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Reading with a pen again: what changed in v1.1.0
From v1.0.0 (2026-10-19, 88af9da07) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-27, db67c5ce1), paragraph by paragraph.
0 paragraphs added, 0 removed, 3 changed in place, 41 unchanged. About 0 words added and 243 removed. Insertions are marked like this, deletions like this; unchanged runs are folded to one line; figures appear as their file names.
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!shot pb-page1.webp | images/ | Page 1 of the printed release candidate, two ways.ways: Onmy photograph with the left,pen mymarks, photograph:and the spiral-boundagent's pageredrawn on a café table, with a box drawn at the top saying "Graph representation of book", an arrow saying it "can also go here", lines struck through the small print, and two notes in the margin: "should be what is the book all about" and "this paragraph buys more time from the reader to continue reading". On the right, the same page as the agent redrew it, every mark in place and every note typed and numbered, so anyone can read it. From the book's site, RC2 on paper, batch 1.page. | screenshot
14 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, A book is my favourite medium {#medium}, The three moments of reading {#three}
!shot pb-moments.webp | images/ | Three moments of reading,reading: andtyping theup onemarks, thatwhich always failed. Before: read, mark the page, andfailed, then process it, typing it up and cross-referencing it, which took hours, was rarely done, and so made the marking not worth its cost. Now: read, mark the page with a pen, photograph it,pen and an agent processesprocessing it, reading the handwriting, asking when it is unsure and capturing every note, which becomes an article that can be found later, links to the ideas it touches, or feedback the author receives. The pen review of 19 October: 13 pages, 83 notes, 7 uncertain readings.it. | concept
9 unchanged paragraphs, under What happened today {#today}, The name changed in the margins {#margins}
!shot pb-page4.webp | images/ | Page 4 of the printed release candidate, with the agent's callouts.callouts Noteon 14:each "thehandwritten ZX FOUNDER doesn't care yet → maybe at the end of the Book"; note 15: "is this a better name than ZX developer?"; and the notes that became the book's decisions that day: "WRONG" over "not a version", "this is an RC which will be added to Leanpub & sold", "this should be a release → not a draft". Each note isnote, grouped by theme, with what it means. From the book's site, RC2 on paper, batch 2.theme. | screenshot
16 unchanged paragraphs, under What I would like to do with every book {#every-book}, And what an author would get {#author}, This is the crude version {#crude}…