Top 20 Best High-End Notebook Brands and Suppliers

A NOTEBOOK (notepad, writing pad, drawing pad, legal pad) is a small book or binder of paper pages, often ruled, used for purposes such as recording notes or memoranda, writing, drawing or scrapbooking.

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• best note-taking apps for students - "Our favorite tools for writing assignments and classroom notes."
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• Bullet Journal - since 2013. "The Analog Method for the Digital Age."
• Commonplace books - (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books. They have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century. Such books are essentially scrapbooks filled with items of every kind: recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, proverbs, prayers, legal formulas. Commonplaces are used by readers, writers, students, and scholars as an aid for remembering useful concepts or facts. Each one is unique to its creator's particular interests but they almost always include passages found in other texts, sometimes accompanied by the compiler's responses. They became significant in Early Modern Europe.
• Evernote - since 2008. Software and services, designed for notetaking and archiving. A "note" can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten "ink" note. Notes can also have file attachments. Notes can be sorted into folders, then tagged, annotated, edited, given comments, searched and exported as part of a notebook. Evernote is available in a paid version or a more restricted free version.
• FIFTYTHREE, MAKER OF POPULAR PAPER AND PASTE APPS, GETS ACQUIRED - Wired.
• Filofax - Wikipedia.
• Forget to-do lists. Writing down what I've done gives me a mood boost - "I’m not great at life admin, so this is a handy trick to remind myself how much I have accomplished each day."
• Getting Things Done - time-management method, described in a book of the same title by productivity consultant David Allen. It is often referred to as GTD.
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - Amazon.com.
           
• Gold standard: Smythson's personalisation service - The Telegraph.
• Gratitude Journal - since 2008. "Gratitude Journal iPhone app." As seen on USA Today, Forbes, Oprah, and NPR. Write down 5 things you're grateful for each day, and you will rewire your brain, changing your life forever.
• In a World Gone Mad, Paper Planners Offer Order & Delight - "On Instagram and Facebook, members of a wonderfully obsessive community organize every aspect of their lives - through pandemics and protests - with binders and stickers."
• Moleskine - since 1997. "Moleskine is a brand that encompasses a family of nomadic objects: notebooks, diaries, journals, bags, writing instruments and reading accessories, dedicated to our mobile identity. Flexible and brilliantly simple tools for use both in everyday and extraordinary circumstances, ultimately becoming an integral part of our personality."
• Moleskine adds the Pen+ Ellipse to its Smart Writing System - The Verge.
• Moleskine’s smart planner requires too much effort - engadget.
• Notebook - Wikipedia.
• perpetual disappointments diary - Asbury & Asbury.
• Personal organizer - Wikipedia.
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• Pomodoro Technique - time management method. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are known as "pomodori", the plural of the Italian word pomodoro for "tomato". The method is based on the idea that frequent breaks can improve mental agility.
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• reMarkable - "Organize your thoughts with ease." Meet reMarkable, the paper tablet. "reMarkable digital notepad feels like real paper."
• Scrapbooking - Wikipedia.
• The Benefits of a Gratitude Journal & How to Maintain One - The Huffington Post.
• The benefits of note-taking by hand - "Computers and phones have become the go-to note-taking method for many. But your brain benefits from an old-fashioned pen and paper."
• THE BEST NOTE-TAKING APPS FOR CLASS, WORK, AND LIFE - The Verge.
• The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard - "Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking."
• The reMarkable 2 is the latest attempt to turn your paper notepad digital - "Swapping pen and paper for E Ink."
• Tips for Keeping a Gratitude Journal - Greater Good. The Science of a Meaningful Life.
• What a to-do! How to write the perfect list - "Looking for freedom from that familiar nagging feeling? Here’s how to get stuff done without overwhelming yourself."
• Why we procrastinate on the tiniest of tasks - "When we put off small jobs, they balloon from tiny checklist items into major irritants. Why do we keep doing this?"

Top 20 Best High-End Notebook Brands & Suppliers

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• ALFRED DUNHILL - since 1893. All models.
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• Bellroy - since 2010. All models.
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• Caran d'Ache - since 1915. All models.
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• EUROPA MINOR NOTEPADS - contains 60 leaves of 80 g ruled paper; multicoloured elastic strap keeps notes safe; size: 127×76 mm.
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• Field Notes - since 2007. "Memo Books, Notebooks, Journals & Planners. Proudly Printed in the U.S.A.". Collection of smartly-designed, vintage-styled pocket notebooks, calendars, and various office accoutrements.
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• Filofax - since 1921. "Filofax Notebooks offer more than just a notebook. Featuring repositionable and refillable paper and accessories in a range of classic and fashion colours to suit all. And unlike traditional notebooks, they can also be folded back and lay perfectly flat when open to create a beautiful writing surface." All models.
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• La Compagnie du Kraft - since 1930. "The objects you find for sale on La Compagnie du Kraft are far more than everyday notebooks or journals. At Compagnie du Kraft, we combine high-quality oiled leather covers with natural Kraft paper to build rare, unique objects. The leather notebooks are elegant, robust, refillable and completely personalisable - you choose the format, cover colour, binding screw finish and page finish. Most of the notebooks for sale at La Compagnie du Kraft can also be personalised by engraving your initials on the cover or printing a short message at the bottom of each page. This is a long-term investment in an object filled with (your) character. Inside the personalised cover of your notebook, you will find all your thoughts and words, the traces of your touch on the leather ... a part of you!"
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• leuchtturm1917 - since 1917. "Details make all the difference." Notebooks & Planners.
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• Linley - since 1985. Notebooks.
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• Little Black Book - Made in England; Black pocket address and telephone book bound in cross-grain lambskin; 96 leaves of gilt-edged, pale blue Featherweight paper; Dimensions: W7 × H10.5cm / W3 × D4-inches.
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• Louis Vuitton - since 1854. "This must-have branded notebook cover will last a lifetime as a work and travel companion. Its iconic lock provides a luxurious guarantee that your secrets will remain yours forever."
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• Maruman 1 Hardcover Executive Notebook - 80 micro perforated white papers with 7 mm (0.28 inch) college ruled lines, bound with double wire binding system.
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• Moleskine - "Timeless Tools For Timesless Stories." Italian manufacturer, papermaker & product designer founded in 1997. It produces and designs luxury notebooks.
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• Montblanc - since 1906. MeisterstĂck Notebook Medium.
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• Muji - since 1979. Notebook A5 6mm Rule 30sheets - Pack of 5books.
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• Portage Reporter’s Notebook - "Portage Notebooks has been the Journalism industry's standard notebook since 1955." #200 Gregg Ruled 4" × 8" Professional Spiral Notebook for Taking Notes in the Field - 140 Pages (12 Pack).
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• Public - Supply - since 2013. "Our notebooks are printed in neighboring New Jersey and come stocked with rich 60# natural cream paper. For when you’re feeling expansive. Fits in your back pocket; sold in packs of 3."
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• Rhodia Wirebound Notebook - "A modern notebook since 1934." 8.8 × 11.75 Inches Black Grid, Satin.
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• Ritz Paris Essentials - Blue Notebook A5.
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• Rocketbook Everlast Reusable Smart Notebook, Executive Size - since 2014. "The Rocketbook Smart Notebook instantly connects and stores notes and doodles in the cloud with our free app." 36 reusable pages wipe clean with a damp cloth when used with Pilot FriXion pens. Letter Size: 21.59 × 27.94 centimeter. Blast your notes to Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, Box, OneNote, Slack, iCloud and email.
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• Smythson of Bond Street - since 1887. "Keep your notes in order with our luxury handcrafted notebooks in classic leathers." All models.
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• STAEDTLER Premium - founded 1835. All models.
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• TOPS Reporter's Notebook - Gregg Rule, 4 × 8 Inches, White, 70 Sheets Each, 4-Count.