Reader passage highlights

Logged-in readers can highlight passages in published manuscripts in four colors, with optional notes. Authors can view aggregate highlight data for their scenes.

How readers highlight

While reading a scene on a public book page:

1. Select any passage of text
2. A small toolbar appears above the selection
3. Choose a highlight color (yellow, green, blue, or pink)
4. Optionally add a note to the highlight
5. Click Save

Sharing highlights

A highlight can be made public or kept private. Public highlights are shareable via a direct link — useful for book clubs, discussions, or quoting a favorite passage on social media.

Author analytics

As an author, open your book's Review tab in the Studio to see highlight data:

• Which scenes have the most highlights
• Which passages are highlighted by multiple readers (hot spots)
• Color distribution across highlights

Hot spots — passages highlighted by multiple independent readers — are particularly useful revision signals. A cluster of blue or pink highlights on the same paragraph often means something confused readers or sparked questions.