Patent ID: 8799493

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving information concerning user generated content added to a first copy of an electronic content work by a first user of the electronic content work, the information comprising the user generated content, a first identifier of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the user generated content, and user preferences concerning presentation of the user generated content to a second user, wherein the user generated content includes one or more of notes, discussions, highlighting, and annotations to or concerning content of the electronic content work; storing the received information; receiving a request for information for a requested portion of the electronic content work, wherein the requested portion of the electronic content work is associated with a second identifier; determining on a computer processor that the first identifier matches the second identifier; and responsive to determining that the first identifier matches the second identifier, sending the user generated content to a computing device; displaying, on the computing device, a second copy of the electronic content work along with those portions of the user generated content deemed acceptable for presentation in accordance with the received user preferences.