The Chapterly blog is the working notebook of a small team obsessed with one question: why do most people forget what they read? Posts cover learning science, reading strategy, tool comparisons, and step-by-step how-to tutorials. Every post is written and edited by a human.
What you'll find on the Chapterly blog
The Chapterly blog is the working notebook of a small team obsessed with one question: why do most people forget what they read? Most reading advice on the internet is either generic productivity content (read more! make time!) or thin SEO content that paraphrases the same five techniques. Our writing tries to do something different — translate the actual cognitive science of memory and reading into things you can do this afternoon.
Posts here fall into four buckets:
- Learning science — what the research literature actually says about retention, retrieval practice, the spacing effect, the production effect, dual coding, interleaving, and why most "learning styles" advice is mythology.
- Reading strategy — concrete systems for active reading, annotation, marginalia, deep work with difficult books, and reading at speed without losing comprehension.
- Tools and comparisons — honest write-ups of how Chapterly compares to Readwise, Anki, Obsidian, Kindle's built-in tools, and the rest of the modern reading stack. We try to tell you when something else is the right answer.
- How-to tutorials — step-by-step guides for things like exporting Kindle highlights, setting up a personal reading curriculum, building flashcards from a book without losing the plot, and getting an AI tutor to do something useful instead of just summarizing.
Every post is written by a human, edited by a human, and built around a Chapterly user's actual question. If you find a claim in here that contradicts the research, tell us — we will update the post and credit you.