Highlight text in Calibre

[rrrsaraf]

Hi,

I would be very grateful for your help. Slightly new to ebook reading. Just bought a couple of books to read from Amazon. Using it on my windows Tab using Kindle App.

I like to highlight text on ebook so that next time I only need to read the highlighted matter.

I read that books purchased on Amazon can be wiped out by Amazon at any time as we do not own them and it is only a licence to read it.

So, I wanted to switch from Kindle app on my windows tab to calibre but I understand that I cannot highlight text in epub using calibre and incase I want to highlight text, I have to do some complicated stuff like edit HTML code or something in calibre.

Should I try to convert kindle book purchased by me from mobi to pdf format and then open it in adobe reader to highlight text for future reference.

Or alternately, should I convert it to PDF & copy this text to MS Word document and then highlight it?

Look forward to your valued reply.

[ichbindasauge]

I convert books I want to highlight to PDF. It still seems to be the only format, where you can make highlights permanent and see them everywhere. I use Drawboard PDF to read and highlight, also on a Windows tablet.

[rrrsaraf]

Thanks for your reply, I will try that. Can we buy ebook in PDF format?

Originally Posted by ichbindasauge

I convert books I want to highlight to PDF. It still seems to be the only format, where you can make highlights permanent and see them everywhere. I use Drawboard PDF to read and highlight, also on a Windows tablet.

[ichbindasauge]

Originally Posted by rrrsaraf

Thanks for your reply, I will try that. Can we buy ebook in PDF format?

Not from Amazon, some other stores might do it and many of the free books on the web are in PDF. AS I said, I often convert the book to PDF (using calibre).

[valida]

Please calibre Gods: offer us the highlight feature...