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💡 WiseUp! Vol. 19 — A guide for good taste, spoiler-free recaps, and more!

This week, we're discussing good taste—and applying what we learnt in a more aesthetic icon for the app. We'll also help you export to Craft with our latest integration guide. Plus, step up your AI game by chatting with your highlights and getting spoiler-free recaps.

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 18 — Time to rethink, refresh and get organized!

This week, we're helping you step up your organization game, just in time for a mid-year refresh. We'll also show you how to make your home screen aesthetic with our Readwise widget. Plus, get a peek at our esoteric Slack emoji reactions—can you guess what

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 17 — Infinite library, a guide for importing from Pocket, and more!

This week, we're all hands on deck bringing your content from Pocket before it shuts down. We're also helping you improve your iPad experience and bringing your favorite passages from your Kindle books. Plus, we open the floor to discuss crying on planes (spoiler alert -

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 16 — Chat with your highlights, trim your library, and more

This week, we're sharing tricks for creating flashcards to unlock the power of spaced repetition, chatting with your highlights using Raycast, and applying actions to your library in bulk. Plus, don’t miss our video on how to chat with your highlights in Claude. On the app side,

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 15 — Beautify your reading with quoteshots, EPUB covers, and more

This week, we're sharing tricks for creating aesthetic quoteshots to share with friends, warming up your desktop reading with an indie sepia hack, and customizing appearance settings to enhance your reading experience. Plus, don’t miss our tip on using your AirPods to highlight on the go. 🏃 On

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 14 — Prompt your memory with Cloze Deletion, Bump documents, and more

This week, we're sharing tips on organizing your document list, boosting highlight recall with Cloze Deletion, and connecting to the MCP server with Cayla’s new guide. On the app side, we've upgraded our database for better performance and adapted to recent Twitter changes. Read on

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 13 — Upgrade your reading with Ghostreader, recover your streak, and more

This week, we're excited to spotlight some amazing content from Readwise users: a library of custom Ghostreader prompts to spark inspiration, plus a new video from Maneetpaul Singh on tackling dense assigned readings with Reader. On the app side, we've added a new option to upload

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 12 — World Book Day, a chance to test our new project & bookish tips

Happy 📚 World Book Day! This week, we're excited to share a special themed edition celebrating our love of books. Learn how to round out your highlights with our ✍️ Goodreads integration, jog your memory about key characters with 👻 Ghostreader’s Internal x-ray command, and read on the road 🚗 with

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 11 — Connect to Craft, add freeform highlights, and more

This week, we're excited to announce our new integration with Craft, along with a guide from Cayla and a tutorial from Erin to help you get started. Keep reading for an exclusive discount just for Readwise users! While our team’s focus in Italy was on experimental features

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 10 — Drop into flow with focus mode, translate quotes, and more

This week, we’re sending WiseUp! from the hills of Tuscany during our company offsite. In today's tips, you’ll discover how to use Ghostreader for translation and where to find the best leather coats in Florence. Plus, we're thrilled to share Erin’s interview with

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 9 — Share annotated docs, Broadcast your highlights, and more

This week, we’re showing you how to share annotated documents with friends and turn your highlights into an email newsletter using Broadcast—an experimental feature from our early days. Plus, take advantage of NotebookLM’s latest capabilities with Cayla’s new guide to the Google Docs integration. New this

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 8 — Upgrade your highlights with headings, share curated Bundles, and more

This week, we’re showing you how to impress your friends with a custom collection of documents using the Bundles feature. We're also sharing Cayla's updated guide on action tags—read on to learn how to upgrade your Readwise highlights with headings for easier navigation. On

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 7 — Customize your Daily Review, skip mid-paragraph fluff, and more

This week, we’re sharing Erin's new video on the Daily Review, guiding you through customizing your review, formatting highlights, and more. We're also featuring Cayla's updated guide on action tags—read on to learn how to skip the fluff in your highlights. New

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 6 — Curate Themed Reviews, send articles to Kindle, and more

This week, we’re sharing tips on curating your first Themed Review, navigating articles with shortcuts, and sending documents to Kindle—courtesy of Cayla’s guide. Pro tip: read to the end to meet our newest tiny reader and enter our onesie giveaway. ❤️ On the update front, we’ve made

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 5 — Customize filtered views, add popular highlights, and more

This week, we’re sharing tips on subscribing to YouTube channels in Reader and adding popular highlights from books you’ve read elsewhere to Readwise. Plus, test your vocabulary skills with a viral quiz that brought out our team’s competitive streak. On the app front, we’ve made several

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 4 — Add your paper book highlights, YouTube improvements, and more

This week, we’re answering your top questions about watching YouTube videos on Reader—like how to resize the video window or select a transcript—and sharing a recommended video so you can put these tricks into practice. We’re also sharing a tip from our support specialist, Angie, on

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 3 — Export to Apple Notes, find similar highlights, and more

This week, we're sharing a guide walking you through setting up the new Apple Notes Export, along with notes on what's changed in Readwise and Reader. We’re also sharing Erin’s refreshed tutorial on organizing documents using features we’ve rolled out this past year—

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 2 — Learn to chat with highlights, tame your feed, and more

This week, we're sharing a tutorial to help you make the most of your learning with our new Chat with Highlights feature, along with notes on what's changed in Readwise and Reader. We're also featuring a guide from our technical writer, Cayla, on taming

💡 WiseUp! Vol. 1 — Add tags with the browser extension, refresh your library, and more

Welcome to WiseUp!, our new weekly newsletter to help you make the most of Reader and Readwise. This week, we're sharing tips on how you can organize your library, along with notes on what's changed in Readwise and Reader. We're also featuring a short