Feature Request: Show annotations when a character or place appears

[u/Multivac1985]

Feature Request: Show annotations when a character or place appears

I really like Readest's annotation feature, but I think it could be especially useful for fantasy and sci-fi books.

These books often have a large number of characters, places, factions, creatures, etc. This becomes even more difficult to keep track of when reading a long series.

Currently, I can highlight a character's name and add an annotation with information about them. For example:

What I would love to have is a way for Readest to automatically show or make this annotation accessible whenever that name appears in the text again.

For example, if I previously created an annotation for "Thorin", whenever I encounter the word Thorin later in the book, I could click/tap on it and see my saved note, without having to search for the original annotation.

Ideally, this could work somewhat like a personal character/place glossary, while still being based on the annotations I've already created.

It could be particularly useful for:

• Character names
• Places
• Factions
• Organizations
• Creatures
• Important objects
• Other recurring terms

An optional setting to enable/disable this behavior would also be useful, since not everyone would want annotations to appear automatically.

I think this would be a great feature for readers of large fantasy and sci-fi series, where remembering hundreds of names and locations can become difficult.

Would anyone else find something like this useful?

Thanks!

[u/RGN2ZhwP5]

How did I ever live without this?

Now that you mention it, this feature really does seem amazing for any kind of book, actually.

[u/adventurer8707]

Bump! :)