Do you guys write notes while reading non-fiction books?

No, annotation is cancer. If you can't understand something while reading it in plain text, then either
A: you're not at the level of education or intellect necessary to read the text
or
B: the text itself fails at its job of expressing thought and ideas in a form that can be digested by its target audience

The exception of course being exceptionally long works but I'd posit that being so long as to be impossible to remember in sum never did have much value.

>>8934439
I personally haven't written annotation/notes, but I do imagine it would at least be a little worthwhile for revisiting later on.

>>8934451
It's no substitute for simply revisiting the text
And there's a difference between writing notes for specific use and annotating a book because your highschool english teacher told you writing in the margins would make your brain think smarter

>>8934439
This, except for bibliography suggestions and external work/scholarship recommendations in the footnotes.

>>8934439
This is the state of lit.

>>8934507
>>8934523
Right, fair enough. I do tend to forget stuff over time so maybe even just bookmarking pages or rereading a chapter would be more beneficial

>>8934392
Nope. That's all I have to say about that.

>>8934392
Yes, but in a separate notebook.

Also, I do the same while reading poetry, myths, and philosophy.

>>8934439
>hurr durr ppl need to do things leik me or thir nawt kewl

Get over yourself. I know Ph.D's whose books look like a fucking wreck there are so many notes in it.