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pavelh · 01-29-2019, 07:23 AM

Hi,
after the crash of my Kindle 3, I am looking for a new device and I think it will be Clara HD.

My main issue before the buy, that is rather difficult to confirm w/o having the device with me and testing all the advices presented here, is - I need to be able to transfer highlights and annotations from sideloaded books to PC as easily as possible. I buy only DRM-free books from local resellers (e.g. kosmas.cz) and I don't want to support DRM in any way... which locks some solutions to this issue for me.

On K3, I became used to transferring a text file that held history of all highlights and annotations and then used my VBA script to turn that into a manageable Excel table, so I am used to some kind of extra work in this regard.

I am also not particularly dependent on keeping formatting of the original text. It would be a nice bonus, but it is not required.

I use Calibre, so perhaps Kobo Utilities could do it? (last update seems to be 2017 though...). Or any other solution working on Clara?

Any advice, pls?

Best,
pavel

01-29-2019, 07:23 AM	#1
pavelh Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 565178 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Clara HD	Highlights/Annotations trasnfer to PC Hi, after the crash of my Kindle 3, I am looking for a new device and I think it will be Clara HD. My main issue before the buy, that is rather difficult to confirm w/o having the device with me and testing all the advices presented here, is - I need to be able to transfer highlights and annotations from sideloaded books to PC as easily as possible. I buy only DRM-free books from local resellers (e.g. kosmas.cz) and I don't want to support DRM in any way... which locks some solutions to this issue for me. On K3, I became used to transferring a text file that held history of all highlights and annotations and then used my VBA script to turn that into a manageable Excel table, so I am used to some kind of extra work in this regard. I am also not particularly dependent on keeping formatting of the original text. It would be a nice bonus, but it is not required. I use Calibre, so perhaps Kobo Utilities could do it? (last update seems to be 2017 though...). Or any other solution working on Clara? Any advice, pls? Best, pavel