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 I think of it this way:

The 30040 is the binder and the 30041s are the individual papers in it, sorted in a particular order, all pertaining to some topic.

You could have 500 papers in that binder, or 5, but the binder always takes up the same amount of room on the shelf. 
 
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 nielliesmons You have a new design branch to cover. 🤝

We need everything for books, journals, magazines, e-readers, book clubs, etc. 
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Let's goooooow! 🚀 
 
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 Working on the hopping from Wiki to Article to Zettel to Book and back to Wiki flows now. 
Exciting stuff.

I'm calling it #interhopping  🙈  
 All Nostr internal addresses. 😎 
 Zettel is probably the event for unusual formatting options. Articles need to stay simpler.

Liminal was originally thinking about publishing academic papers and then you'd need the option to include something like LaTeX or nicely-formatted C-code. 
 Just realized that we can now highlight books, like on a Kindle. Whoa. 
 This means you could write a post on some passage, in a highlight, and everyone could click on it to read the full source or see the context. Nice. 
 Easier said than done UX-wise 😉 .

What do you want to see when you click on a book highlight?

Because let's imagine the author of the actual book is dead. 
You'd give priority to diplaying who actually wrote it, right? 
And only then show who published this version on Nostr.  
 I'm assuming that it just goes to the 30041. 
 Margin notes are the highest signal.

If a friend lends you a book and you find highlights and scribbles from your friend on the margins, that’s where your attention will go first.

It’s not just a highlight. It’s not just a book. It’s not just a thought from your friend.

Is the intersection of a book you might enjoy and a person you care about. 
 Seems like it could also be useful for book clubs. 
 That was always my vision for highlighter

Instead of wasting time with a bunch of noise and minutia, discover highly relevant and timeless content that propels you to become your best self 
 I'm trying to use it more, but the struggle with the UI is real. 
 😓😓 I’ll get them fixed 🙏🙏🙏