Can I see all the highlights I've made in different books at one page on PW2 or Aura?

hahahaha · 11-22-2013, 01:01 PM

Hello!

I am thinking of getting myself an e-reader for Christmas but I still can't decide which one to get. I need a little help! I heard about My Clippings feature of Kindle and I am not sure about it. What is it? Does it allow you to see all the highlights you've made in different books at one page even after you delete the books in your library? Does Aura have the equivalent?

Also, I'm pretty sure you can download different dictionaries on Kindle. Can you do the same on Aura?

Thanks a lot!

susan_cassidy · 11-22-2013, 04:04 PM

My Clippings.txt is a file that is created on your Kindle when you first create a bookmark, note, or highlight. If you delete the file, it starts over again. It contains all the bookmarks, notes, and highlights from all books on the Paperwhite.

If you sync your notes and highlights, they are also available on kindle.amazon.com.

Don't know anything about Auras.

ETA: It is not likely that all of your notes, etc. will be on one screen, but you can page through them like with any book on the Kindle.

eschwartz · 11-22-2013, 04:36 PM

My Clippings.txt is filled by copy-pasting the highlighted stuff into a text file.

You can download different dictionaries. You start off with the New Oxford American Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of English, plus a few foreign-language ones I personally deleted. All these are free and available to all Kindle accounts. You can also buy any dictionaries made available in the Kindle Store.

No idea about the Aura.

By the way, using the Annotations plugin for calibre you can import all your notes/highlights/bookmarks from the My Clippings.txt into a custom column in calibre, and view them per-book. I believe they are ordered according to Location. I do know that it's ONLY available for Kindles and for Marvin and Goodreader apps for iOS. No Kobo support. (Yet.) Although using Fetch Annotations (experimental) can add them to the end of the comments field. The plugin does it much better.

robko · 11-22-2013, 08:27 PM

Short version for the Aura would be NO and NO.

hahahaha · 11-23-2013, 11:55 AM

Thank you all very much! I ordered PW2 yesterday!

11-22-2013, 01:01 PM	#1
hahahaha Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Canada Device: kindle paperwhite 2	Can I see all the highlights I've made in different books at one page on PW2 or Aura? Hello! I am thinking of getting myself an e-reader for Christmas but I still can't decide which one to get. I need a little help! I heard about My Clippings feature of Kindle and I am not sure about it. What is it? Does it allow you to see all the highlights you've made in different books at one page even after you delete the books in your library? Does Aura have the equivalent? Also, I'm pretty sure you can download different dictionaries on Kindle. Can you do the same on Aura? Thanks a lot! Last edited by hahahaha; 11-22-2013 at 01:03 PM.

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11-22-2013, 04:04 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	My Clippings.txt is a file that is created on your Kindle when you first create a bookmark, note, or highlight. If you delete the file, it starts over again. It contains all the bookmarks, notes, and highlights from all books on the Paperwhite. If you sync your notes and highlights, they are also available on kindle.amazon.com. Don't know anything about Auras. ETA: It is not likely that all of your notes, etc. will be on one screen, but you can page through them like with any book on the Kindle.

11-22-2013, 04:36 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	My Clippings.txt is filled by copy-pasting the highlighted stuff into a text file. You can download different dictionaries. You start off with the New Oxford American Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of English, plus a few foreign-language ones I personally deleted. All these are free and available to all Kindle accounts. You can also buy any dictionaries made available in the Kindle Store. No idea about the Aura. By the way, using the Annotations plugin for calibre you can import all your notes/highlights/bookmarks from the My Clippings.txt into a custom column in calibre, and view them per-book. I believe they are ordered according to Location. I do know that it's ONLY available for Kindles and for Marvin and Goodreader apps for iOS. No Kobo support. (Yet.) Although using Fetch Annotations (experimental) can add them to the end of the comments field. The plugin does it much better.

11-22-2013, 08:27 PM	#4
robko Wizard Posts: 2,454 Karma: 5469320 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	Short version for the Aura would be NO and NO.

11-23-2013, 11:55 AM	#5
hahahaha Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Canada Device: kindle paperwhite 2	Thank you all very much! I ordered PW2 yesterday!

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