Book Annotations on Boox

ODelphi · 03-07-2017, 09:02 AM

Hello Friends,

I want to talk about the notes on books at Boox:

The device saves epub notes in txt and mrk files with the same name as the book. This makes backup easier. This ensures that the size of the note file is small. Whereas, Kindle records the notes of each book into a single file. Over time the size of that file is growing too. And it becomes unusable. But I don't know yet where the device records the notes in the PDF documents.

Did you come across a program that could show books with their Boox notes? On the PC or Android environment? Because Boox seems to be open source. Therefore, there may be compatible software. So we can see books with their notes on every platform. Would not it be nice? Book notes can be viewed in every Android Reader.

Though, it requires industry standard. No standard yet! So notes taken with the X device do not appear on the Y device. Boox looks like the best option on the market. Still, there is not yet a solution that would rescue books with their notes at the device where they are imprisoned.

Does anyone have investigated this issue? What are your ideas?

Geremia · 08-05-2020, 05:22 PM

AlReader saves as *.mrk files. I'm not sure what those are, but when I open one in a text editor, I get gibberish.

Are *.mrk files a standard bookmark file format?

Tume · 08-06-2020, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geremia

AlReader saves as *.mrk files. I'm not sure what those are, but when I open one in a text editor, I get gibberish.

Are *.mrk files a standard bookmark file format?

This is 3 years old topic lol

Question Mark · 08-06-2020, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tume

This is 3 years old topic lol

That may be the case. However, some users are new to Onyx devices and it isn't always easy to locate information which might be buried in various threads.

Crowriver · 08-21-2020, 10:23 AM

There seem to be a variety of "expert" opinions on the interwebs about what a .mrk flle is and what software, data, and devices it may be commonly associated with...

03-07-2017, 09:02 AM	#1
ODelphi Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 2072578 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Boox N96	Book Annotations on Boox Hello Friends, I want to talk about the notes on books at Boox: The device saves epub notes in txt and mrk files with the same name as the book. This makes backup easier. This ensures that the size of the note file is small. Whereas, Kindle records the notes of each book into a single file. Over time the size of that file is growing too. And it becomes unusable. But I don't know yet where the device records the notes in the PDF documents. Did you come across a program that could show books with their Boox notes? On the PC or Android environment? Because Boox seems to be open source. Therefore, there may be compatible software. So we can see books with their notes on every platform. Would not it be nice? Book notes can be viewed in every Android Reader. Though, it requires industry standard. No standard yet! So notes taken with the X device do not appear on the Y device. Boox looks like the best option on the market. Still, there is not yet a solution that would rescue books with their notes at the device where they are imprisoned. Does anyone have investigated this issue? What are your ideas?

08-05-2020, 05:22 PM	#2
Geremia Addict Posts: 235 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Calibre	*AlReader .mrk files** AlReader saves as .mrk files. I'm not sure what those are, but when I open one in a text editor, I get gibberish. Are .mrk files a standard bookmark file format? Last edited by Geremia; 08-05-2020 at 05:31 PM.

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