A new social networking site allows you to share snippets from longer pieces (so long as the source is electronic).  With the help of a bookmarklet installed in your browser, text-sharing can be completed at the click of a button.

“By adding a Twitter-like interface layer to Highlights, Findings gives e-books an innovative edge on their paperbound ancestors: Here’s a social network that literally lets you actively read over other bookworms’ shoulders and watch their thought processes coalesce in real time.”

(Via The Millions)