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Commonplace book

Commonplace book

15 January 2026

A Commonplace book is curated repository for the author to collate information they find interesting or useful.

The Purpose of a commonplace book comes not from the information stored, but how it is used.

Commonplace book vs journal describes the differences in use from a temporal perspective.

In a digital system, there are benefits to Linking journals and commonplace books.


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