💡 WiseUp! Vol. 22 — Three thousand books, custom shortcuts and TTS your Daily Review!
This week, we share the massive task of organizing 3,000 books and explore how a personal library reflects someone’s history. We also show you how to make use of our latest features, like listening to your Daily Review hands-free and creating a Themed Review in mere seconds.
On the app side, we’ve added support for connecting another Twitter account to sync content. We also fixed several frustrating bugs, including shared documents appearing blank and unexpected errors when chatting with docs. Read on for all the details or check out our log of weekly improvements.
Before we get into the tips…
📍 Let's start with a reading recommendation
Taming a library of 3,000 tomes
Like this author, our QA specialist Eleanor recently renovated her bookshelves and found herself facing the daunting task of reorganizing her library. In this piece, Joel Miller offers a delightful tour of a personal library bursting at the seams, and explores the quirky, heartfelt systems that help bring order to such a massive collection.
“A library is not merely a place to keep books; it’s an evolving autobiography, a physical manifestation of a mind in motion.”
From the support inbox
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❓ A Readwise question from Helton C:
Is there a way to listen to the Daily Review when I can’t use my hands?
There is now, thanks to Readwise’s brand new Audio Reviews! Stay on top of your Daily and Themed Reviews while commuting, walking, or driving — all through natural, high-quality narration. Thoughtfully structured like a podcast, these reviews blend your highlights into a seamless listening experience. Try it yourself by tapping the play button in the top right, and you'll even keep your review streak going automatically. (Pst – it's also available on mobile!)
❓ A Reader question from Zach:
Can I customize my keyboard shortcuts?
Yes! You can customize your keyboard shortcuts to save time and make tasks like editing metadata quicker. For example, in Readwise Reader, you could set a shortcut to edit the title or author when extra information needs to be cleaned up.
To adjust your shortcuts, go to Preferences > Customize next to Keyboard shortcuts and choose what works best for you.
📖 New help doc of the week
Elevate your Themed Reviews with automatic source selection
With the launch of AI-powered Themed Reviews, Cayla has revamped the documentation to provide clear instructions for creating new themes, along with practical tips and unique ideas for taking full advantage of the new feature. Also, check out Erin's video below for a closer look!
🎬 New video of the week
A new way to review your highlights
Last week, we shipped a highly-requested feature to Readwise Reviews, making it easier than ever to review your highlights hands-free. Here’s how to activate it.
📰 Jun 20 - Jun 26 updates
What's new in Reader and Readwise
🐦 NEW! Multiple Twitter Accounts — It is now possible to connect multiple Twitter accounts to Readwise, so you can save tweets and threads from even more sources.
💬 Fixed Document Chat — Adam fixed a bug causing an “unexpected error” message if you tried to chat with a document while it was still being processed. He also fixed an issue with non-English languages, where lists in document chats could overflow outside the visible chat window.
🔗 Fixed Shared Documents — Adam fixed a glitch that sometimes caused highlights in shared documents to fail to render. Now, all highlights for a shared document should be visible.
🖼️ Fixed Image Display — Piotr fixed a bug where certain images weren't loading correctly in some documents, which particularly affected older websites that use HTTP instead of HTTPS.
📖 Fixed Book Opening — Mitch fixed a glitch that prevented some books from opening properly.
🛜 Parsing Updates — Krzys improved how Reader handles posts from archive.md, archive.ph, wsj.com, faz.net, forbes.com, and ft.com.
👍 Three featured finds
From quality assurance specialist Eleanor
Something to read 📖
The short version is that Eleanor loves the War Dogs trilogy by Greg Bear because it feels like classic military sci-fi cleverly written for the modern day. The long...can be found here on her blog.
Something to focus 🍦
Eleanor got this cooler to transport a big cake for her kid's birthday—but now it has earned a spot in her minivan for whenever she needs to buy something frozen, without stressing about meltdowns!
Something to unwind 🖼️
Eleanor finally hung her art without the hassle of framing. This is how she got it done!
💬 From the Readwise group chat
Code & drink, debug later
According to the wisdom of developers everywhere, there's something about writing code with a nice drink on the side. Just remember to code responsibly: the right drink can fix bugs, the wrong one can write them.
See you next week!
Warmly,
the Readwise customer support team