2024. Amazon removed Kindle Flashcards
Amazon has begun sending out emails notifying customers about their plan to discontinue the Flashcards feature on Kindles. The Flashcards feature allows you to review words that you’ve looked up in the dictionary and mark them as mastered. However, the Vocabulary Builder feature will remain, so you can still review looked up words, just not using flashcards. Amazon already started removing the Flashcards feature from Kindle apps and they intend to do away with Flashcards entirely in November of 2024. Users can request the flashcards associated with their account from this page at Amazon and continue using them on their own devices, but all flashcards will be deleted from Amazon’s servers later this year, so you need to download them soon.
2021. Uptime turns books into knowledge hacks
A new service Uptime positions itself as a “knowledge hacking” app. It offers brief 5-minute “knowledge hacks” from books, created by their authors and validated by a team of specialists. The goal is to allow you to quickly grasp key ideas and insights from books without investing too much of your valuable time. In return, authors gain a fresh method to reach audiences who may then choose to purchase the complete works. Hacks are presented in a distinctive visual story format, designed to be inspirational and make learning efficient, enjoyable, engaging and shareable.
