11-26-2013, 11:05 AM | #1 |
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Are annotations transferable?
I highlighted, underlined and made some notes in an epub this weekend. But when I saved the epub to dropbox and opened it in other apps and also when I sent the epub to another device to read in iBooks - all the annotations were gone.
Are they saveable, or locked to the file that they are made on? Should I be able to start on an iPhone and pick it up later on an iPad or any other epub reader? Thank you. |
11-26-2013, 01:06 PM | #2 |
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Marvin never modifies the epub itself. Annotations, etc. are written to Marvin's database which is not user-accessible (well, it actually is but you don't want to mess with it).
You *can* transfer annotations, etc. if you use Calibre and Marvin XD, the Calibre connector. No ebook reader but Marvin will be able to use Marvin's annotations, though. I've not tried sending Marvin's annotations from Calibre to another device. |
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11-26-2013, 02:05 PM | #3 |
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Bummer. I'd like something that marks the file itself and then lets you use those markings elsewhere.
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11-26-2013, 02:59 PM | #4 |
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That's not the job of an ebook *reader*.
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11-26-2013, 07:08 PM | #5 |
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I'm interested in this also. It would make the reader usable in a classroom setting where you can highlight words to look up and notes for students to read and possibly write short answers.
I think goodreader will do this for pdfs but I don't know if goodreader does epubs. |
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In order to actually modify the contents of an ebook so that annotations would appear to be a permanent part of the text, it would be necessary to use an ebook editor, but it doesn't make sense to do that for a number of reasons - the same reasons that it doesn't make sense to store bookmarks or your last location within the book. Some ebook readers are capable of synchronizing annotations among multiple devices. That feature has been requested for Marvin. G Last edited by GRiker; 11-27-2013 at 06:47 AM. |
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Here's how I'd go about it:
At this point, each student would be starting with a clone of the teacher's copy. Then, you could assign the student to look up vocabulary words and create their own annotations, which could be individually exported by student. Not an elegant solution, but possible. G |
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Or have them connect their iPad/iPhone to the classroom's Calibre database and transfer the annotations via Calibre/MarvinXD.
Much safer than mucking with files and iFunBox And that these would only be usable with Marvin should not be an objection. Students are used to acquiring required materials, so just make Marvin a requirement. Last edited by At_Libitum; 11-27-2013 at 07:50 AM. |
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Or is that a one-way route? (haven't looked at Marvin XD in a while so I may be off the mark) |
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You can also export annotations and import them into another instance of Marvin (say, on another device) by swiping the book to the left in the library, choose Share and "Export annotations".
An email will be created with an attachment that can be opened in the other instance of Marvin. |
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I will examine the annotation export as that may do the trick. Thank you and everyone else. |
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Are there any plans to enhance Marvin XD to allow the annotations to be sent back to Marvin? This would obviously be hugely useful.
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