KOReader Highlights in Obsidian

[Edo78]

I'm on board with ereader (in my case Kobo and Koreader) for less than a month now but I'm already a big enthusiast. I grew reading a lot but, now that I'm an adult I have no space to keep books (and with two little daughters it was hard to even find the time) but now I feel the old pleasure growing back and I've always liked to take note (not direclty on the books, I'm not a monster ). KOReader is great but the keyboard (expecially for Italian language) isn't the best so I just write a few lines to elaborate on them later.

I found another great open source sw to take/edit note: Obsidian. Sadly it has only a plugin to grab notes from Kindle so I did the only thing that I can do.

I started writing an Obsidian plugin to import notes from koreader. It's still a young project but it's growing fast with a lot of feature and settings

If you want to give a look at the readme of my plugin to decide if it can help you https://github.com/Edo78/obsidian-koreader-sync

Obviously you'll need Obsidian ( https://obsidian.md/ ) to use my plugin but to me it's a bonus

I'm open to discuss new feature or *GASP* eventual bugs here or on issues on github

I'm also looking for feedback:
- you like the idea but don't want to use it, why?
- you don't like it, why?
- ... ?

Thank you very much

[mbrisco]

I like it but it would be a lot better if it were an addition to the Export Highlights plug-in of KOReader. No USB required. Not sure how Obsidian’s server stuff works though

[reader1xz]

Thanks so much as an Avid Obsidian and Koreader user this will be awesome!!!

[edojan]

I don't know if this is still relevant, but why not use a simple workflow:
1. Use Koreader's menu to export annotations to .md (it will place both the highlights, + your notes into the .clipboard folder naming it as [your bookname.md]
2. Connect your device to a PC via USB
3. Drag and drop the .md file to Obsidian

Easy enough.

[mbrisco]

Originally Posted by edojan

I don't know if this is still relevant, but why not use a simple workflow:
1. Use Koreader's menu to export annotations to .md (it will place both the highlights, + your notes into the .clipboard folder naming it as [your bookname.md]
2. Connect your device to a PC via USB
3. Drag and drop the .md file to Obsidian

Easy enough.

In 2023 on a WiFi enabled device, we ideally shouldn’t have to mess with plugging things in physically to transfer data

[edojan]

Originally Posted by mbrisco

In 2023 on a WiFi enabled device, we ideally shouldn’t have to mess with plugging things in physically to transfer data

The key word here is "ideally". The above is a simple solution that works. While the "ideal" one doesn't. In addition, many keep their wi-fi off because of the unwanted firmware update can really mess things up

[h_nara]

Originally Posted by edojan

The key word here is "ideally". The above is a simple solution that works. While the "ideal" one doesn't. In addition, many keep their wi-fi off because of the unwanted firmware update can really mess things up

I'm currently using Dropsync to sync between the highlights export directory of KOReader on my boox e-reader and a folder in my dropbox. So it's relatively straightforward to make it wireless.

[edojan]

Originally Posted by h_nara

I'm currently using Dropsync to sync between the highlights export directory of KOReader on my boox e-reader and a folder in my dropbox. So it's relatively straightforward to make it wireless.

It depends on what you want to achieve. If all you need is to export highlights to dropbox then yes - this is good enough. In my case I use multiple koreader devices to annotate my books. Often the same book is being read on several devices concurrently. I can make highlights on one device and then switch to another, and back to the first one. So I need a solution that can synchronize the highlights without overwriting them across several devices. Finally, I export everything to obsidian for further processing of my notes. For more info see my post here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=364436