The same reason you pay for your books: to learn and grow wiser.

The true cost of a book is not the sale price, but the hours you invest into reading it. Why invest all of that time if you aren’t going to use or remember anything from it?

Readwise costs much less than a single book per month, but lets you get much more out of your time spent reading.

In order for us to be able to build Readwise sustainably, we need to charge a small monthly fee. Not only does this align our incentives with yours (we never sell your data or advertise to you), it ensures that Readwise won't go anywhere. You can read more about how and why we made this decision in this blog post we wrote.

Absolutely. You can cancel any time at your Account Preferences.

We're building Readwise to improve the way people read, not squeeze every last cent out of our users. Because of this, we're happy to give you your money back if it means we can learn how to do better.

Yes! We offer a 50% discount to students and other members of academia. Just sign up, shoot us a quick email at hello@readwise.io letting us know you're a student before subscribing, and we'll apply the 50% discount to your account. When you do subscribe after receiving the discount, make sure to do it via the Readwise website!

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