The Knotd blog publishes reading lists, learning guides and comparisons of reading apps. This page explains who writes them, how we check them, how we use AI, how we write about other apps, and how to tell us when we get something wrong.
Who writes
Articles are by Knotd Editors, the team that builds the Knotd app at YBit Limited. Knotd is an app for iPhone and Android that teaches the key ideas from nonfiction books through narrated audio, text and short exercises.
That makes us interested parties. When Knotd appears in an article, we say it is our app. When an article compares apps, it opens with the line "Knotd publishes this page, and Knotd is one of the apps below."
What we write, and what we don't
We write for people early in their careers who want to learn from books and use what they learn at work. Each article answers one question, and we only publish it if it adds something you can't easily find elsewhere: a reading order, a comparison table built from primary sources, a worked example or a plan.
We don't publish single-book summaries on the blog. Those live on our book pages, one per book.
How we research and check facts
- We open every source we cite and list it at the end of the article with the date we checked it.
- We prefer primary sources: the original study rather than an article about it, the government's own page for tax and retirement rules, a company's own website or App Store listing for facts about that company, and an author's own site for what an author says.
- We report studies with their limits: who took part, how many people and what the study can't tell us.
- We date facts that change. App features, catalog sizes, free plans and ratings are marked "as of" the month we checked them. Comparison articles show a "Facts checked" date at the top.
- We don't print prices, ours or anyone else's. They differ by country and change often. The App Store shows the current price for your region.
- Money articles are education, not advice. We explain what books teach and where local rules differ, link to the official source for each country and recommend no financial products. Our articles are not medical advice either, and we make no health claims.
How we use AI
We use AI tools, including Anthropic's Claude, to help us research, outline and draft articles. AI doesn't decide what's true. A person on the Knotd team reads every article and checks every fact, number, quote and claim about another product against its source before it goes live. If we can't confirm something, we remove it.
We don't publish large numbers of near-identical pages, and we don't publish an article just because a keyword exists. Each piece has a plan that says what it adds for the reader, and the plan has to hold up when the article is finished.
How Knotd's own book content is made
Knotd's book pages and in-app lessons are written for each book by the Knotd team with AI assistance, then checked before release. They paraphrase each book's ideas in our own words. The audio in the app is narrated in an AI voice called Laura. If you find an error in a book page or lesson, tell us using the address below and we'll fix it.
How we write about other apps
Many good apps help people learn from books: book-summary apps, audiobook services, highlight tools, podcast players and reading trackers. When we write about them:
- We describe them from their own pages, attribute every number to the company that published it and date it.
- We say who each one suits, generously and specifically. Different people want different things from a reading app, and we try to help each reader find the right one, even when it isn't ours.
- We don't criticize or disparage other products, and we don't write "reviews" of competitors.
- We point out when apps do different jobs. Many people use a summary app and a full audiobook service or a highlights tool side by side.
- We don't take payment, affiliate commissions or free subscriptions from the products we write about. If that ever changes, the article will say so at the top.
If you work at a company we mention and something we said is out of date, email us with a link to the page that shows the current fact and we'll update the article.
Quoting and copyright
We quote no more than a short phrase (15 words or fewer) from any book, website or app. We explain ideas in our own words and never reuse another service's summary of a book. When an author publishes their own notes on a book, we link to them.
Updates and corrections
Every article shows the date it was published and, if it changed, the date it was last updated. We change the "Updated" date only when we change the content, never just to make a page look fresh.
When we correct a factual error, we fix the article and add a short note at the end saying what changed and when. To report an error, email ybitapp@gmail.com with the article link and what you think is wrong. We read every report.
Independence
We don't publish sponsored posts or paid placements. If we ever do, they will be labeled as sponsored at the top of the page.
Contact
Knotd Editors, YBit Limited. Email: ybitapp@gmail.com