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Readwise Help

Welcome to the Readwise Help Center, a comprehensive resource to help you maximize the benefits of the Readwise apps. Readwise can help dedicated scholars, lifelong learners, and ambitious professionals master the art of reading knowledge retention.

Explore our documentation to discover how Readwise and Reader can work together to enhance your reading experience, improve retention, and help you build a rich, organized knowledge base.

What is Readwise?

Revisit your ebook and article highlights to get the most from what you read.

What is Reader?

Explore the all-in-one reading app that integrates seamlessly with Readwise.

New to Readwise and Reader?

Here are a few starting points to get set up with the apps:

  1. Import Your Highlights: Import from Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, and other sources to seamlessly consolidate all your highlights in one central location.
  2. Customize Your Daily Review: Set up personalized daily review emails to consistently revisit and reinforce your most valuable highlights.
  3. Import Articles & Documents: Import your previously saved articles from Pocket, Instapaper, and other platforms to start reading within the Readwise Reader.
  4. Customize Your Reading Experience: Choose your preferred font size, reading theme, pagination, and more for a comfortable and personalized reading experience.
  5. Start Highlighting and Taking Notes: Highlight key passages and add notes directly within Reader, which will automatically sync with your existing Readwise highlights.

Ready to dive deeper?

Learn more about both apps with comprehensive FAQs, feature guides, and more.

Readwise FAQs

Everything you need to know about Readwise.

Reader FAQs

Everything you need to know about Reader.

Ghostreader Guide

Use Reader's AI reading companion to define words, summarize documents, and more.

Themed Reviews Guide

Create customized sets of highlights and resurface them at any volume and interval.

Have a suggestion?

We're pretty familiar with our product, so we occasionally fall victim to the Curse of Knowledge. If any part of this documentation confuses you or seems incomplete, please let us know!