09-18-2021, 07:15 AM | #1 |
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how to export highlights like kindle
I like to read in the Kobo forma, since it has a bigger screen than kindle. Recently I tried to export vocabulary (kobonotes) that I highlighted, but found out that it doesn't work out the way as Kindle does.
Under Kindle (kindle mate, see as attached) after I export highlights and vocabulary, I can see the complete sentences that contain the highlighted words, instead of only the highlighted ones. It really upset me, because I take advantage of this feature to learn a foreign language. Is there a way to solve this problem? |
09-18-2021, 08:36 AM | #2 |
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Kobo works better.
1) Use Calibre and Kobo Utilites (Best soiution and why I'd not go back to a Kindle). Select book, Kobo Utility menu Import Annotations, copy to clipboard and paste into any program or a custom Calibre column. Windows, Mac or Linux. OR 2) Enable menu item on long press of book to export highlights, annotations & bookmarks by adding a line to the kobo config file. This creates a text file, better than the Kindle one, but not as good as option 1. |
09-18-2021, 12:52 PM | #3 |
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I've been exporting Kobo annotations for a while now using the change to the config file, etc. Has anyone else noticed that this no longer works on library books? I have a lot of annotations from books I've read through library loan on my Aura One and Forma, but now when I tap the menu to export the annotations, no file is created. Would like to know if this is happening to others.
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09-19-2021, 03:50 AM | #4 | |
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09-19-2021, 09:44 AM | #5 |
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I use Overdrive and download directly to my Aura One or Forma, as the mood strikes. It always used to be easy to export the annotations to a text file that I would then put into Evernote. But now I can get neither device to produce the text file, ever since the last firmware update. It still seems to work on purchased books, just not library books. I'm assuming this is a tweak in the firmware due to publisher pressures re library books, but have no idea whether I'm right.
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10-03-2021, 01:28 PM | #7 |
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Yes, exported highlights used to go to the root directory. This change was made in a recent firmware update with no documentation of it. I had to go searching to find my exported highlights, too.
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10-04-2021, 12:27 PM | #8 |
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Wow. Somehow I had missed that. Thanks!
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10-18-2021, 10:54 PM | #9 | |
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Many thanks! I was thinking of moving to Kindle because I heard highlighting/annotating on non-fiction was better there. But maybe I’ll try upgrading my old Clara HD instead (highlighting by finger is so frustrating on this device) to a Kobo device that has better highlighting/tracking/exporting |
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10-19-2021, 09:38 AM | #10 |
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I don't think you can export highlights after the book is returned; at least, I haven't tried it. As to highlights remaining in a library book that you check out for a second time, I had hoped that was the case, but my highlights are always gone when I do that. Would be interested in others' thoughts on this, as I had thought it was supposed to work.
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10-19-2021, 11:24 AM | #11 | |
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10-19-2021, 08:09 PM | #12 | |
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Of course, it is possible that two different editions were involved so that the system did not see them as the first book. If you borrowed from the same library the second time, I would hope that was not the case, but, it is a possibility. Did you delete the preview that Kobo added? If you had removed that from your library, that would probably explain it. |
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10-19-2021, 11:28 PM | #13 | |
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Also my annotations plugin in calibre does not have options to export/import annotations from a book on the device. Only remove annotations option Last edited by Deobulakenyo; 10-20-2021 at 12:24 AM. |
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10-20-2021, 12:17 AM | #14 | |
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And note, the "Remove Annotations" is actually "Remove Annotations Files". It doesn't touch the annotations that are in the database. Only the annotations files that the RMSDK creates for epubs and PDFs. |
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I really don't understand hahahahaha I have a book which i finished reading last night and there are lots of highlights. I want to export the highlights because i want to delete the book already. It is a sideloaded kepub. There is no option on my libra to export the highlights when i long press the book. I do not understand how Calibre can export/get the highlights from the book in the device when connected. |
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