We have too much respect for the printed word, too little awareness of the power words hold over us. We allow worlds to be conjured up for us with very little concern for the implications. We overlook glaring incongruities. Learning to read with pens in our hands would bring huge benefits.

Discover marks, codes, & abbreviations to support reader annotation. Note-taking alongside annotations allows readers to remember their thoughts.

“reading but like..REALLY reading”

marginalia | David Foster Wallace

Put down your iPhone, iPad, iWhatever for a second, and pick up one of these collections of printed sheets of paper bound together to tell a story. You know, books.

I used to rarely keep marginalia, but recently, I’ve been enjoying having the space to highlight some things or add short notes and thoughts. Do you use your margins in your notebooks or books you’re reading? #commonplacebook #handwriting #notetaking #marginalia #fountainpencommunity #stalogy365

-Contributed by Emily Gainer. Most libraries frown on writing in books. At the CHP, we like to see the handwritten notes psychologists have made in the books that they donate. Recently, I have been…