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Sharing Notes and Highlights

With VitalSource Bookshelf you can share your notes and highlights with your friends and classmates. It is also possible to subscribe to your friends notes and highlights. Before you can share notes and highlights you will need to have Note Syncing turned on.

Sharing a highlighter- Requires an Active Internet Connection
1- Find the highlighter you wish to share 2- Turn on Shared Highlighters 3- Choose it to be Anyone or Friends only
To share a highlighter, click on the highligher you want to share in the Bookshelf window. In the main Bookshelf window you'll see the where you can turn on your notes and highlights, click the Share this highlighter to: checkbox. Choose Anyone or Friends Only

About Sharing Notes to Anyone:
  • Before you can share notes and highlights you will need to have Note Syncing turned on.
  • In order for another user to see your Notes and Highlighters that are set to Anyone, they will need to know your Bookshelf User ID.
  • When someone is subscribing to your notes, they will only see notes for books that you both have in your license.
  • You will have to have an active internet connection and Bookshelf open to publish any changes to your notes.
 About Sharing Notes to Friends Only:
  • Before you can share notes and highlights you will need to have Note Syncing turned on.
  • You have one friends list, so any highlighter that is set to Friends Only will share the same friends list.
  • Anyone who subscribes to your notes and highlights that are in your friends list will also automatically be subscribed to any shared highlighters that are set to be shared to Anyone as well.
  • When someone is subscribing to your notes, they will only see notes for books that you both have in your license.
  • You will have to have an active internet connection and Bookshelf open to publish any changes to your notes.

How to set up your Friends list- Requires an Active Internet Connection
1- Open Friends Tab 2- Enter in Friend 3- Verification
First you will need to open up your friends list. Go to the Edit menu > Preferences > Friends tab (Windows) | Bookshelf menu > Preferences > Friends tab (Mac OS X) Enter in the users name and email address and click the Add Friend button. (Note: the person you are adding must have an account with VitalSource Bookshelf in order for them to see your notes and highlightes) Once your friend has been verified, add another friend or if you are finished close the window.

How to Subscribe to a users Notes and Highlights- Requires an Active Internet Connection
1- Click the Subscribe button 2- Enter in Bookshelf ID 3- Sync Other Users Notes
To make subscribe to another users notes and highlights, first click on the Subscribe button. Enter in the users Bookshelf ID (The email address they used to register with VitalSource) and press the Subscribe button. Beneth your highlighters will appear the highlighters of the user you just subscribed to.

Tips and Tricks for working with Shared Notes and Highlights:
  • It can take up to 15 minutes or more, before the shared notes and highlighters fully sync to your computer.
  • When you subscribe to another users notes, you will only see notes for books that you have in common.
  • You cannot edit another users notes and highlighters
  • A shared note will be identified by the buddy icon that is attached to it.
  • To unsubscribe from another users shared notes and highlighters, right click on the users name and choose Unsubscribe "User Name"
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VitalSource Bookshelf: How-To
Last Updated:
09 Feb, 2010 04:40 PM

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