Best Way to Enter Notes for Books?

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When it comes to a book (and not only), there are different types of notes:

  • about the book itself
    • they are facts
      • belong to the book’s page
    • their value is mostly for:
      • searching
      • statistics
    • they are meta-data, served best by:
      • properties in the first block of the book’s page
        • more useful when standardized
      • custom pseudo-properties in other blocks of the book’s page
  • about the book’s actual content
    • not of its structure or other meta-data
    • these are usually thoughts of the author
    • their value is mostly for outlining the book
      • served best by blocks in the book’s page
  • because of reading the book
    • these are thoughts of the reader, triggered by reading
      • belong to other pages
    • these can be high-value original knowledge

All those notes:

  • may begin in a journal
  • belong to a variety of pages
  • should not remain mixed forever

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