PERSISTENT ANCHORED SUPPLEMENTARY CONTENT FOR DIGITAL READING

1 . E-reading persistent supplementary content in a trusted e-reading community comprising:

a comment thread creator to create a comment icon and an associated comment thread at a point of interest within an e-document presented on an e-reading device;

a trusted e-reading community establisher to define a trusted e-reading community; and

a comment thread sharer to share the comment icon and the associated comment thread with the trusted e-reading community.

2 . The e-reading persistent supplementary content of claim 1 wherein the comment thread creator creates the comment icon at a word level of granularity in the e-document.

3 . The e-reading persistent supplementary content of claim 1 wherein the comment thread creator creates the comment icon at a sentence level of granularity in the e-document.

4 . The e-reading persistent supplementary content of claim 1 wherein the comment thread creator creates the comment icon at a page level of granularity in the e-document.

5 . The e-reading persistent supplementary content of claim 1 wherein the e-document is selected from the group consisting of: an e-book, an e-magazine, an e-comic book, a PDF, and a scholarly article.

6 . The e-reading persistent supplementary content of claim 1 wherein the trusted e-reading community is selected from the group consisting of: a book club, classmates in an academic setting, one or more friends, one or more family members, and an author.

7 . The e-reading persistent supplementary content of claim 1 wherein the comment thread sharer provides an additional comment capability such that at least one member in the trusted e-reading community can provide an additional comment on the associated comment thread.

8 . A computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;

a display screen having touch functionality;

a processor that access the instructions in memory, the processor further configured to implement a method for persistent anchored supplementary content for digital reading comprising:

creating a comment thread comprising a comment icon and an associated comment thread at a point of interest within an e-document presented on an e-reading device;

defining a trusted e-reading community; and

sharing the comment icon and the associated comment thread with at least one member of the trusted e-reading community.

9 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

creating the comment icon at a word level of granularity in the e-document.

10 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

creating the comment icon at a sentence level of granularity in the e-document.

11 . The computing device of claim 8 wherein the trusted e-reading community is selected from the group consisting of: a book club, classmates in an academic setting, a friend, and a family member.

12 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

providing an additional comment capability such that the at least one member in the trusted e-reading community can provide an additional comment on the associated comment thread.

13 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

providing the associated comment thread in a pop-up window.

14 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

providing a user selectable export capability with the associated comment thread such that the at least one member in the trusted e-reading community can print out the associated comment thread when the selectable export capability has been authorized.

15 . A method for implementing a persistent anchored supplementary content for digital reading, said method comprising:

creating a comment thread comprising a comment icon and an associated comment thread at a point of interest within an e-book presented on an e-reading device;

defining a trusted e-reading community; and

sharing the comment icon and the associated comment thread with the trusted e-reading community, wherein the associated comment thread will become a persistent part of the e-book while the e-book remains in the trusted e-reading community.

16 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

providing an additional comment capability such that at least one member in the trusted e-reading community can provide an additional comment on the associated comment thread.

17 . The method of claim 15 wherein the trusted e-reading community is selected from the group consisting of: a book club, classmates in an academic setting, a friend, and a family member.

18 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

providing a filter criteria for the associated comment thread, the filter criteria selected from the group consisting of: a newest to oldest, a most popular, and a commenter.

19 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

providing a comment search bar within said e-book to allow a search for any comment icons and associated comment threads within the e-book.

20 . The method of claim 19 further comprising:

providing a comment filter to filter user definable content from being displayed within the associated comment thread on a specific e-reading device.