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Ask the book
Ask anything while you read, in your own words. The answer comes from this book alone.
In a meeting she can't recall a number from the book she read yesterday. She asks once, and there it is.
Donna, 28, works in an officeHow it finds the answer
What it won't do
- Go to the web. It only searches this book.
- Make things up. If the book doesn't say, it tells you.
- Work on every book yet. The list you can ask keeps growing.
Questions you could ask
How much did Knight and Bowerman each put in at the start?
At the start they split it fifty fifty. Knight figured the first order at a thousand dollars, so Bowerman's half was five hundred.
Why did his father call it jackassing around?
He thought the shoe business was a lark, not a serious career.
The other features
Ask while listening
Ask out loud while you listen. The book pauses, answers in another voice, and goes on when you say “got it”.
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I don't understand
Select a line you don't get and tap “I don't understand”. Two or three plain sentences appear below, and you can keep asking.
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Illustrated biographies
Some biographies have a drawing for every passage and portraits of the main people, so names stick.
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Three columns on a computer: contents, the book, and Ask the book. Slack off mode lives here too.