💡 WiseUp! Vol. 64 — Reading habits, hiding side panels, and how to set up bonus highlights

📍 Let's start with a reading recommendation

Americans still opt for print books over digital or audio versions; few are in book clubs

Pew Research Center recently published new data on U.S. book readers, revealing how reading habits vary across demographics. Read more than one book last year? You’re already ahead of 25% of adults. More than five? That puts you ahead of 63%. Read on for more insights: “The share of adults who have read a print book in the past 12 months has declined from 72% in 2011 to 64% in October 2025. Digital and audiobooks, by comparison, have become more widely used. About three-in-ten adults (31%) now report reading an e-book in the past year, up from 17% in 2011.”

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From the support inbox

Have questions about using Readwise or Reader in your workflow? We'd love to be your guide! Reply to this email with your question and you might be featured in an upcoming issue. Even if your question isn’t featured, we’ll respond to every message.

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❓ A Readwise question from Clifford E:

Can I send Twitter/X posts from two different accounts to Readwise?

You can connect multiple Twitter accounts from the Twitter/X settings page so everything flows into Readwise together. On the left side, you’ll see which accounts are already connected. Just click “Add another account” whenever you want to include one more.

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❓ A Reader question from Alex W:

Can I make articles open with the side panels closed by default?

Open documents with fewer distractions and more room to read comfortably. In your account preferences, you can decide whether the left panel, right panel, or both stay hidden by default. This setting remembers your preference each time you come back. It’s a nice way to make your reading space feel more tailored to you.

📖 New help doc of the week

The case of the unknown highlight

That unfamiliar highlight at the end of your Daily Review isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Learn how Bonus Highlights deliver book recs and tips, plus how to dial them up, down, or out entirely.

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🎬 New video of the week

Discover hidden connections

Your highlights tell a deeper story than you realize. Our Themed Connections feature illuminates the subconscious patterns between your highlights that will surprise, delight, and inspire you. Here’s how to turn it on.

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📰 Apr 4 - Apr 10 updates

What's new in Reader and Readwise

⚡ Faster Web Performance — Artem made a number of performance upgrades and improvements to the Reader web and desktop apps. They should now be noticeably smoother to use, especially when scrolling through your documents.

🤖 Improved Readwise MCP — Piotr made Claude more efficient when working with your Readwise highlights through MCP. You can ask Claude to find highlights from a specific book and get back the results in a single request rather than two, with the book's title, author, and tags included.

🔐 Updated OAuth App Verification — Piotr updated the MCP's OAuth flow to allow connections from any app, with a new Verified badge on the authorization screen so you can tell at a glance whether the app is trusted. Untrusted apps will now display a warning, instead of blocking the connection entirely.

🔀 Fixed Notion Reconnect — Rasul fixed the Notion export reconnect flow so the navigation lands in the right place. Reconnecting your Notion integration should work smoothly now.

📄 Fixed PDF Loading — Tristan fixed a cache issue that caused some users to be unable to open PDF files. Affected users should find PDFs loading normally again on their next page load.

🛜 Parsing Updates — Krzys improved how Reader handles documents from nytimes.com, antiochian.org, Steel.dev, and Twitter. He also fixed newsletters from Dan Koe, Liberty's Highlights, and Substack that were being incorrectly truncated due to a script tag.