CommentPress is an open source software tool that allows readers to make notations in the margins of a digital text. The developers of CommentPress, at the Institute for the Future of the Book, designed the tool to make reading a more social process and to encourage close textual analysis. Individuals can view other readers’ comments next to individual paragraphs, or sorted by section or by commenter. CommentPress works with WordPress, a popular blogging tool.

You can read an article about the software and its use in the Chronicle of Higher Education or see examples of the software in action at the CommentPress website in the About CommentPress section.

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