More Newbie Help: saving quote

Dougr33 · 12-25-2018, 11:55 AM

Hello. Have the Clara HD with latest firmware.
1. Is Facebook the ONLY way to save some highlighted text off of the reader? Is there any other way/hack that I can save an interesting paragraph off of the Kobo?
2. If Facebook is the only way...

I can sign into my Facebook account from Settings/Accounts: It shows me signed in, and my username, even after reboot. BUT, when I highlight some text, and choose Facebook, it asks me to log in again(it actually signed me out!)... and the signin fails/loops, even though, of course, my username and password had just worked from the settings menu.

So, any ideas on a non-Facebook solution, or what's going on with Facebook.
Many thanks for any ideas folks!!

davidfor · 12-25-2018, 05:25 PM

Getting annotations of the Kobo devices has been discussed plenty of time here before. Facebook is the only supported method. But, I've never used it, so I can't help there.

There are plenty of other methods including, querying the database directly, the Annotations plugin in calibre, several tools written by people here. Exactly which is best for you depends on what you want to do with them and your skills. A search should find the discussions. Nothing has changed recently in this area, so they should all still be valid.

Dougr33 · 12-26-2018, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Getting annotations of the Kobo devices has been discussed plenty of time here before. Facebook is the only supported method. But, I've never used it, so I can't help there.

There are plenty of other methods including, querying the database directly, the Annotations plugin in calibre, several tools written by people here. Exactly which is best for you depends on what you want to do with them and your skills. A search should find the discussions. Nothing has changed recently in this area, so they should all still be valid.

Thank you very much. I found one, and will look for others.

RobertJSawyer · 12-26-2018, 07:50 PM

If you edit the file "Kobo eReader.conf" on your Kobo, you can add these lines, and an option to export ALL the highlights in a ebook to a SINGLE file will be added to the readers Annotation menu:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
ExportHighlights=true

If the line "[FeatureSettings]" already exists, don't add it again, just put the "ExportHighlights=true" line beneath it; if it doesn't exist, add both lines.

Dougr33 · 12-26-2018, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer

If you edit the file "Kobo eReader.conf" on your Kobo, you can add these lines, and an option to export ALL the highlights in a ebook to a SINGLE file will be added to the readers Annotation menu:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
ExportHighlights=true

If the line "[FeatureSettings]" already exists, don't add it again, just put the "ExportHighlights=true" line beneath it; if it doesn't exist, add both lines.

Thanks so much! Very helpful.

Quoth · 12-27-2018, 11:59 AM

The Kobo Utilities Plugin on Calibre works best for me as it allows copy highlights/annotations of selected book in calibre to be pasted to clipboard. I proof read / correct my own writing on it and find my Original H2O far better for that than any Kindle or my other ePub based readers.

12-25-2018, 11:55 AM	#1
Dougr33 Nameless Being	More Newbie Help: saving quote Hello. Have the Clara HD with latest firmware. 1. Is Facebook the ONLY way to save some highlighted text off of the reader? Is there any other way/hack that I can save an interesting paragraph off of the Kobo? 2. If Facebook is the only way... I can sign into my Facebook account from Settings/Accounts: It shows me signed in, and my username, even after reboot. BUT, when I highlight some text, and choose Facebook, it asks me to log in again(it actually signed me out!)... and the signin fails/loops, even though, of course, my username and password had just worked from the settings menu. So, any ideas on a non-Facebook solution, or what's going on with Facebook. Many thanks for any ideas folks!!

12-26-2018, 07:50 PM	#4
RobertJSawyer Guru Posts: 730 Karma: 3871570 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Libra 2, Clara 2E, and Clara HD; Kindle PaperWhite	If you edit the file "Kobo eReader.conf" on your Kobo, you can add these lines, and an option to export ALL the highlights in a ebook to a SINGLE file will be added to the readers Annotation menu: Code: [FeatureSettings] ExportHighlights=true If the line "[FeatureSettings]" already exists, don't add it again, just put the "ExportHighlights=true" line beneath it; if it doesn't exist, add both lines.

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davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Getting annotations of the Kobo devices has been discussed plenty of time here before. Facebook is the only supported method. But, I've never used it, so I can't help there. There are plenty of other methods including, querying the database directly, the Annotations plugin in calibre, several tools written by people here. Exactly which is best for you depends on what you want to do with them and your skills. A search should find the discussions. Nothing has changed recently in this area, so they should all still be valid.

12-27-2018, 11:59 AM	#6
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,158 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	The Kobo Utilities Plugin on Calibre works best for me as it allows copy highlights/annotations of selected book in calibre to be pasted to clipboard. I proof read / correct my own writing on it and find my Original H2O far better for that than any Kindle or my other ePub based readers.