I changed the titles of some books and I lost all the annotations

ineedtoreed · 01-20-2021, 12:46 PM

Hi all.

I was trying to change the title of some ebooks in my kindle using calibre but I lost all the annotations.

Well, sort of. Before doing anything I made a copy of "My Clippings" file in txt.

I tried to to the find-replace thing with the new titles but the hightlights doesnt appears on the kindle.

I dont know what else to do.

jhowell · 01-20-2021, 01:59 PM

Here is some information that might help explain what went wrong.

By default the file name used to store each book is derived from the title and author. If you change one of those and resend the book you will essentially be creating a new book on the device. Any reading history or annotations associated with the original are lost.

The "My Clippings" file contains a log of annotations that you have made on that Kindle. It does not contain the actual highlights used by the Kindle. Those are stored in the .sdr folder associated with each book.

issybird · 01-20-2021, 02:58 PM

Please report a thread and ask for it to be moved rather than reposting elsewhere. Thread closed.

BetterRed · 01-20-2021, 03:09 PM

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@issy - we cross-modded - I closed the other one, I re-opened this one in case OP wants to respond to jhowell.

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LuiMD · 01-25-2021, 04:37 PM

Hi, kind of same problem. I change devices (KINDLE), and I saved the myclippings file on txt, I placed it in the new kindle, however when I highlight a book, it started a new "Myclippings", any chance I can merge those, or do I have to highlight all previous books again in the new device.
Thanks in advance!

davidfor · 01-25-2021, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuiMD

Hi, kind of same problem. I change devices (KINDLE), and I saved the myclippings file on txt, I placed it in the new kindle, however when I highlight a book, it started a new "Myclippings", any chance I can merge those, or do I have to highlight all previous books again in the new device.

As stated, the My Clippings.txt file is just a log. The device adds new annotations to it, but, it doesn't read them later. If you want to maintain the history, you should be able to copy the file to the new device after setting it up.

As to copying the actual annotations to the new device in a way that will let the device show them, this isn't really a calibre problem. I would suggest you ask in the Kindle forum.

01-20-2021, 12:46 PM	#1
ineedtoreed Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2021 Device: Kindle	I changed the titles of some books and I lost all the annotations Hi all. I was trying to change the title of some ebooks in my kindle using calibre but I lost all the annotations. Well, sort of. Before doing anything I made a copy of "My Clippings" file in txt. I tried to to the find-replace thing with the new titles but the hightlights doesnt appears on the kindle. I dont know what else to do.

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01-20-2021, 01:59 PM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,072 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	Here is some information that might help explain what went wrong. By default the file name used to store each book is derived from the title and author. If you change one of those and resend the book you will essentially be creating a new book on the device. Any reading history or annotations associated with the original are lost. The "My Clippings" file contains a log of annotations that you have made on that Kindle. It does not contain the actual highlights used by the Kindle. Those are stored in the .sdr folder associated with each book.

01-20-2021, 02:58 PM	#3
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,294 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Please report a thread and ask for it to be moved rather than reposting elsewhere. Thread closed.

01-20-2021, 03:09 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Moderator Notice @issy - we cross-modded - I closed the other one, I re-opened this one in case OP wants to respond to jhowell. BR

01-25-2021, 04:37 PM	#5
LuiMD Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Device: Kindle PPW3	Hi, kind of same problem. I change devices (KINDLE), and I saved the myclippings file on txt, I placed it in the new kindle, however when I highlight a book, it started a new "Myclippings", any chance I can merge those, or do I have to highlight all previous books again in the new device. Thanks in advance!

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