01-08-2013, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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MOBI files on iPad (Kindle App)
I have started using iPad instead of my Kindle to read (and highlight) my library of MOBI books (managed by Calibre on my PC). I do a lot of highlighting. When I used a Kindle, the highlights were kept in another/companion file (*.MBP). Good, so I had a clean original version of the book and could also read/share a version with my highlights by also using the *.MBP companion file.
So, I highlighted a few books on the new iPad. If I try to export from the iPad the highlighted MOBI book (from the documents subdirectory, under Kindle App directory [using iExplorer to see into the hidden directories on the iPad], there is only the MOBI file showing, not the *.MBP highlighting file). I look at the book back on my desktop (using Kindle for PC) and my highlights are gone; I go back to the iPad, they are still there. Does anyone know the ins/outs of MOBI/*.mbp [highlight/notes files]/iPad/Kindle App? Is my value added (by highlighting) trapped forever on my iPad and not exportable back to my desktop? Is the Kindle device the only one that let's me manage/export my highlights (*.MBP file) back to my desktop for sharing? Thanks! |
01-08-2013, 06:01 PM | #2 |
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You've got that right, CtB -- Kindle for iOS is a sub-par product, and the inability to export highlights and notes is one of the major flaws in it. There's just no way around that currently. If you need to export your annotations fom books you read on the iPad (as I need them), I suggest for you to convert (for example, in Calibre) your books from MOBI to EPUB and read them in the Marvin app, which is the best app to read books on the iPad. Marvin allows you to export your highlights and notes with a single tap of your finger, in an XHTML file. It's much better than the hardware Kindle's snippets file. I'm in the same pickle as you are -- I read books on hardware Kindles in daytime, and in Marvin on the iPad after it gets dark, so I end up with two sets of highlights/annotations, but there's just no way around that currently.
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01-08-2013, 07:02 PM | #3 |
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If you sync your highlights, they should show up on other devices.
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01-08-2013, 09:39 PM | #4 | |
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What a load of crap! I'm glad you are so deeply in love with Marvin, but please get a room... |
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01-09-2013, 12:11 AM | #5 |
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Huh? Please explain what was factually wrong in what I wrote. Unlike the hardware Kindles, the Kindle app for iOS does not allow you to export your highlights and notes, which is a major flaw, and is one of the reasons (by no means the only reason) why I would call Kindle for iOS a sub-par product. That said, the Kindle app for Android is a lot worse still.
As to your workaround, Jack, you only described how you can synchronize your highlights and notes across various Kindle devices or Kindle apps. (With the inability to side-load books being a major stumbling block.) However, that's different from exporting your highlights and notes. If the original poster has (unlike me) completely replaced his hardware Kindle device with the Kindle app on the iPad, he seems to have lost the ability to export his notes and highlights. (If the Kindle app for Mac OS or Windows can do it, I will happily apologize, but last time I checked, they were extremely crude, bare-bones apps.) |
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01-09-2013, 04:28 PM | #7 |
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Right, CtB, that workaround is well-known. But it presupposes several things, among them:
When I looked at the above (and many other) limitations of the Kindle app, I had to decide for myself: is it worth sticking with the Kindle app, if it tortures the user so much with senseless, arbitrary limitations? My answer: nope, it's definitely not worth it. So, I just convert the MOBI book into an EPUB book (takes a couple of seconds in Calibre), and then enjoy reading it in the fabulous Marvin app that allows you, among many other great and even unique features, to export all your highlights and notes in an XHTML file with a single tap of your finger. Last edited by Faterson; 01-09-2013 at 04:37 PM. |
01-12-2013, 03:36 PM | #8 |
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What about kindle.amazon.com?
My highlights taken on the ipad seem to be available there. I have not tested it extensively, so I am not sure whether it works with side-loaded books as well, or only with Amazon purchases. But I do buy most of my books on Amazon and it seems to work well for me. |
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Those are 2 different things:
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I intend to never make that mistake again -- reading a book in the Kindle app. I do like reading on the hardware, classic Kindles, especially Kindle DX. |
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01-13-2013, 01:14 PM | #10 |
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What you are all forgetting is that Amazon is about selling the hardware. It will NEVER give the same features to the apps on other devices. They are "tasters" of what you can have on a "real" kindle.
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01-13-2013, 02:41 PM | #11 |
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The software on a "real" Kindle is now inferior to a reading app like Marvin on iOS, so that's no excuse. Besides, I've always found it to be a counter-productive strategy to intentionally annoy your customer with product A, hoping that will inspire you to buy product B from the same vendor. It just doesn't work.
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07-30-2013, 06:24 AM | #12 |
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Thanks to Faterson for recommending Marvin
I'm transferring my annotations at the moment.
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07-30-2013, 09:15 AM | #13 |
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But the device itself isn't. I'd far, far rather read fiction on my Kindle PW than on my iPad. It's much lighter weight, I can read it anywhere, in any lighting conditions, and it doesn't need charging for weeks at a time. I enjoy using my iPad for all sorts of things, and it's unbeatable as a PDF reader, but for fiction, give me an eInk device any day.
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