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ACTG · 03-07-2020, 04:59 PM

Dear all,

First of all many thanks for all your prompt and expert suggestions, and sorry for being such a slow correspondent. But let me assure you that your help is truly appreciated.

3 replies and/or new questions:

1. @stumped and others are right, of course: The Amazon books themselves are not the problem as all notes and annotations are indeed wirelesssly synced across platforms. So that part has been taken care of.

2. But what to do with the 'side loaded books'? And how do I get their notes back onto my new device where I want to continue working on them? I have followed @j.p.s' suggestion and made a backup of the entire Kindle documents folder and saved in on my harddrive (rather than the Kindle itself). That's what you suggested, correct? For on he Kindle itself would not work.

And what would be the next step, just replace the documents folder on the old Kindle with the documents folder currently saved on my harddrive? What do you mean, @mergen3107, by saying:

'Then, you also need to rename the endings of each such file according to device id (or something like that). You can find it out by opening any book on your new Kindle, the new sdr folder will appear with appropriately-named files in them.' ?

Just take the entire folder, put it on the new device, and everything will be taken care of automatically? Or do I have to rename the ends of all file names manually first before doing so?

@j.p.s: The books as such are indeed in both .azw and .kfx format.

3. Finally, a question for the future. I want to see my notes and highlights saved for future use and would rather not want to repeat such a complicated procedure every single time I change devices. Is there an easier way of doing this?

Again, with lots of THANKS to everyone!

03-07-2020, 04:59 PM	#8
ACTG Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2020 Device: Kindle Oasis 2017	Thank yous & more questionss Dear all, First of all many thanks for all your prompt and expert suggestions, and sorry for being such a slow correspondent. But let me assure you that your help is truly appreciated. 3 replies and/or new questions: 1. @stumped and others are right, of course: The Amazon books themselves are not the problem as all notes and annotations are indeed wirelesssly synced across platforms. So that part has been taken care of. 2. But what to do with the 'side loaded books'? And how do I get their notes back onto my new device where I want to continue working on them? I have followed @j.p.s' suggestion and made a backup of the entire Kindle documents folder and saved in on my harddrive (rather than the Kindle itself). That's what you suggested, correct? For on he Kindle itself would not work. And what would be the next step, just replace the documents folder on the old Kindle with the documents folder currently saved on my harddrive? What do you mean, @mergen3107, by saying: 'Then, you also need to rename the endings of each such file according to device id (or something like that). You can find it out by opening any book on your new Kindle, the new sdr folder will appear with appropriately-named files in them.' ? Just take the entire folder, put it on the new device, and everything will be taken care of automatically? Or do I have to rename the ends of all file names manually first before doing so? @j.p.s: The books as such are indeed in both .azw and .kfx format. 3. Finally, a question for the future. I want to see my notes and highlights saved for future use and would rather not want to repeat such a complicated procedure every single time I change devices. Is there an easier way of doing this? Again, with lots of THANKS to everyone!