PW3 Any OS that lets you export highlights? More info inside

leito360 · 10-20-2018, 01:34 AM

Hi!
I use my kindle for reading papers and documents for college, so i do a lot of highlighting, recently i discovered Kindle lets you export highlighted text in PDF format and send it to your email address. But this only works for books bought from the kindle store. I also know that highlights can be stored on "myclippings" but there's a lot of unnecesary info (like location, book, author), and other issues that makes the reading difficult.

Is there an OS for kindle that lets you export highlighted text in PDF/TXT/CSV/any other format for every type of book or document?

kaneorotar · 10-20-2018, 02:28 AM

I don't think such OS exists. It could be the functionality of an application or software at best. That said, I am not aware of any software/application that meets your specific requirement.

My suggestion would be to learn a programming language (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby. etc.) and then write a script to strip those 'unnecessary info' from your 'myclippings' file. You could even generate pdf files with the help of certain modules/libraries.

Edit:
Good to know such applications exist. Glad you have your problem solved and thanks for sharing the solution.

leito360 · 10-20-2018, 11:16 AM

Solved. Solution provided in reddit (Also, there is software like KMate and Kintrospect that do this. An alternative es Annotations plugin for calibre, but not quite good as the mentioned above):

Send the documents to your cloud.

Read, highlight, make notes on your Kindle. Open the same doc on a phone app, iOS or Android, both work. Send to email from there.

This is how I do it. Works well

pavelh · 12-18-2018, 04:40 AM

Could you post the reddit link you mentioned, pls?

Quote:

Originally Posted by leito360

Solved. Solution provided in reddit (Also, there is software like KMate and Kintrospect that do this. An alternative es Annotations plugin for calibre, but not quite good as the mentioned above):

Send the documents to your cloud.

Read, highlight, make notes on your Kindle. Open the same doc on a phone app, iOS or Android, both work. Send to email from there.

This is how I do it. Works well

mergen3107 · 12-18-2018, 10:46 AM

I use Kindle Mate. You can connect your Kindle and it will find MyClippings.txt, or you can import it manually. Then you can select authors/titles and choose any formatting you would like to see, for exporting these highlights separately.

burn · 05-12-2020, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leito360

Solved. Solution provided in reddit (Also, there is software like KMate and Kintrospect that do this. An alternative es Annotations plugin for calibre, but not quite good as the mentioned above):

Send the documents to your cloud.

Read, highlight, make notes on your Kindle. Open the same doc on a phone app, iOS or Android, both work. Send to email from there.

This is how I do it. Works well

Just made a highlight in a cloud doc in a Kindle PW3. Sync'd the Kindle.

Opened an iPad Kindle app, sync'd the app, re-downloaded the doc, no highlight.

Also, on a reader and while in that doc, when I use "Go to" -> "Highlights", there's no send to e-mail/share button.

arooni · 05-12-2020, 03:12 PM

koreader lets me export directly to evernote. it's one of my favorite features.

10-20-2018, 01:34 AM	#1
leito360 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Any OS that lets you export highlights? More info inside Hi! I use my kindle for reading papers and documents for college, so i do a lot of highlighting, recently i discovered Kindle lets you export highlighted text in PDF format and send it to your email address. But this only works for books bought from the kindle store. I also know that highlights can be stored on "myclippings" but there's a lot of unnecesary info (like location, book, author), and other issues that makes the reading difficult. Is there an OS for kindle that lets you export highlighted text in PDF/TXT/CSV/any other format for every type of book or document?

10-20-2018, 02:28 AM	#2
kaneorotar Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 17678 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: CA, USA Device: K3, KW3, PW4	I don't think such OS exists. It could be the functionality of an application or software at best. That said, I am not aware of any software/application that meets your specific requirement. My suggestion would be to learn a programming language (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby. etc.) and then write a script to strip those 'unnecessary info' from your 'myclippings' file. You could even generate pdf files with the help of certain modules/libraries. Edit: Good to know such applications exist. Glad you have your problem solved and thanks for sharing the solution. Last edited by kaneorotar; 10-22-2018 at 04:48 AM. Reason: Update

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10-20-2018, 11:16 AM	#3
leito360 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Solved. Solution provided in reddit (Also, there is software like KMate and Kintrospect that do this. An alternative es Annotations plugin for calibre, but not quite good as the mentioned above): Send the documents to your cloud. Read, highlight, make notes on your Kindle. Open the same doc on a phone app, iOS or Android, both work. Send to email from there. This is how I do it. Works well

12-18-2018, 10:46 AM	#5
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	I use Kindle Mate. You can connect your Kindle and it will find MyClippings.txt, or you can import it manually. Then you can select authors/titles and choose any formatting you would like to see, for exporting these highlights separately.

05-12-2020, 03:12 PM	#7
arooni Addict Posts: 315 Karma: 26 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4 (2018)	koreader lets me export directly to evernote. it's one of my favorite features.