Content Can I somehow save highlights and notes of the books which not Amazon's

xversion1 · 12-05-2019, 12:40 AM

With the books I got from Amazon I can sync highlights and notes, which means if I change my Kindle, I can still have those highlights and notes on the new one.
But there are books I downloaded from other sources and sideloaded them to my Kindle, is there any way I could save highlights and notes of those books to my computer so if I copy them to another device, I can still have those highlights and notes?

hius07 · 12-05-2019, 12:42 AM

Yes, they are stored in the <name-of-the-book>.sdr subfolders in the documents folder.

xversion1 · 12-05-2019, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by hius07

Yes, they are stored in the <name-of-the-book>.sdr subfolders in the documents folder.

So I just need to copy those files along with the books? Can I do it automatically via Calibre?

Junket · 12-05-2019, 05:26 PM

Calibre has or at least had a Send to device | Fetch annotations menu that would copy these. I haven't looked at or used that feature for quite a while so you will want to confirm those details which may vary with the version of Calibre you use.

Alternately most file sync programs e.g. FreeFileSync would easily keep an up to date copy of the .sdr subfolders for you.

xversion1 · 12-07-2019, 12:31 AM

Thank guys!

12-05-2019, 12:40 AM	#1
xversion1 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 4245188 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Kindle	Can I somehow save highlights and notes of the books which not Amazon's With the books I got from Amazon I can sync highlights and notes, which means if I change my Kindle, I can still have those highlights and notes on the new one. But there are books I downloaded from other sources and sideloaded them to my Kindle, is there any way I could save highlights and notes of those books to my computer so if I copy them to another device, I can still have those highlights and notes?

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12-05-2019, 12:42 AM	#2
hius07 Wizard Posts: 1,058 Karma: 3581267 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ukraine Device: Kindle PW2, PW3, PW4, Voyage	Yes, they are stored in the <name-of-the-book>.sdr subfolders in the documents folder.

12-05-2019, 05:26 PM	#4
Junket Nil adsuetudine maius Posts: 278 Karma: 500000 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: US Device: PW4	Calibre has or at least had a Send to device \| Fetch annotations menu that would copy these. I haven't looked at or used that feature for quite a while so you will want to confirm those details which may vary with the version of Calibre you use. Alternately most file sync programs e.g. FreeFileSync would easily keep an up to date copy of the .sdr subfolders for you.

12-07-2019, 12:31 AM	#5
xversion1 Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 4245188 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Kindle	Thank guys!