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howyoudoin · 12-31-2014, 02:07 AM

Hi, I've taken to highlighting new words while reading on the Kobo as a DIY substitute to Kindle's vocabulary builder. I have the annotations backup plugin in calibre, and I can collate all those words into a single text file later if I want to.

I have two questions -

(1) Once I'm done with the book, I'd like to delete all those vocabulary-related highlights from the device. How do I accomplish that quickly without having to open up the annotations for the book and long-pressing and deleting each highlight one by one? Can I edit the annotations from within calibre instead nd have the changes reflected in the book on the device?

(2) As far as I can see, the annotations are backed up as metadata in calibre, and I can copy-paste them into a text file if I want to. Are those annotations a two-way street though? Supposing I buy a new aura and re-load my books onto it, can I pass on the annotations from calibre to the new aura and have them show in the corresponding book on the new device?

12-31-2014, 02:07 AM	#1
howyoudoin how YOU doin? Posts: 1,100 Karma: 7371047 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: India Device: Kindle Keyboard, iPad Pro 10.5”, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Libra 2	How to deal with annotations? Hi, I've taken to highlighting new words while reading on the Kobo as a DIY substitute to Kindle's vocabulary builder. I have the annotations backup plugin in calibre, and I can collate all those words into a single text file later if I want to. I have two questions - (1) Once I'm done with the book, I'd like to delete all those vocabulary-related highlights from the device. How do I accomplish that quickly without having to open up the annotations for the book and long-pressing and deleting each highlight one by one? Can I edit the annotations from within calibre instead nd have the changes reflected in the book on the device? (2) As far as I can see, the annotations are backed up as metadata in calibre, and I can copy-paste them into a text file if I want to. Are those annotations a two-way street though? Supposing I buy a new aura and re-load my books onto it, can I pass on the annotations from calibre to the new aura and have them show in the corresponding book on the new device?