Managing Highlights

Sunshine82 · 08-17-2022, 12:01 AM

Hi, all.

I continue to have problems finding a best practice for managing my highlights. In addition to restrictions with DRM-protected content (even for ebooks I've purchased), I notice that there are often discrepancies in the completeness of my captured highlights between my e-reader's My Clippings folder and the Amazon Read program online.

I currently use an older Kindle Paperwhite and Calibre. I'm willing to purchase a new e-reader or software if required. But perhaps there's a workaround?

1) Is DRM-protected content tracked the same way for different e-readers? Is there a way to remove those restrictions for content I own?
2) Is there a different e-reader that is more generally compatible with Calibre and might have a built-in function to facilitate the transfer of highlights?

Thank you for your help!

bt12 · 11-16-2022, 02:42 PM

Hey there, I recently faced a similar problem where I wanted to manage my highlights, even potentially put them into quotes apps so it would help me remember them, or just be able to get a nice condensed list of all my quotes for each book on my Kindle.

This doesn't answer either of your questions, but another way you can retrieve all the highlights from your Kindle could be to use a free tool that I recently created where you can convert your My Clippings.txt into an Excel CSV which contains all your quotes in a nicely presented format.

You can give it a go here - hopefully it helps
https://kindle.brendantrinh.com/

08-17-2022, 12:01 AM	#1
Sunshine82 Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2022 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Managing Highlights Hi, all. I continue to have problems finding a best practice for managing my highlights. In addition to restrictions with DRM-protected content (even for ebooks I've purchased), I notice that there are often discrepancies in the completeness of my captured highlights between my e-reader's My Clippings folder and the Amazon Read program online. I currently use an older Kindle Paperwhite and Calibre. I'm willing to purchase a new e-reader or software if required. But perhaps there's a workaround? 1) Is DRM-protected content tracked the same way for different e-readers? Is there a way to remove those restrictions for content I own? 2) Is there a different e-reader that is more generally compatible with Calibre and might have a built-in function to facilitate the transfer of highlights? Thank you for your help!

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11-16-2022, 02:42 PM	#2
bt12 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2022 Device: Kindle	Hey there, I recently faced a similar problem where I wanted to manage my highlights, even potentially put them into quotes apps so it would help me remember them, or just be able to get a nice condensed list of all my quotes for each book on my Kindle. This doesn't answer either of your questions, but another way you can retrieve all the highlights from your Kindle could be to use a free tool that I recently created where you can convert your My Clippings.txt into an Excel CSV which contains all your quotes in a nicely presented format. You can give it a go here - hopefully it helps https://kindle.brendantrinh.com/

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