Questions about Exporting Instapaper Digest Highlights

Dereks · 02-02-2018, 02:53 PM

Apologies in advance if this comes off as another weird specific highlight request in relation to export highlights mechanics.

I often read articles from Instapaper on Kindle. Luckily, with automated digests the delivery works like a charm, though I also have an Instapaper recipe in Calibre and occassionally use it too.

The issue is that I am also a compulsive note taker and ofter mark those on instapaper articles too. When this is for books I read on my kindle, I usually rely on clippings.io. However, Clippings seem to rely solely on 'My Clippings’ file and it only contains reference to a page location in a book, nothing more. So when I export highlights and notes from the Instapaper digest file to clippings.io, I cannot immediately decipher which article each note relates to.

So I wonder if there is a way to export notes in such a way that it would also have at least a name of the article to which the note relates? Ideal would be if it also had a link to the original article.

I know that the “My Clippings” file does not contain this information, but at least when you are viewing the notes on Kindle for a particular Instapaper digest, they are clearly grouped by articles. So at least Kindle itself is able to sort this...

HarryT · 02-03-2018, 03:15 AM

If you're asking if there's a way to customise the information that gets written to the clippings file, no, there isn't.

Dereks · 02-03-2018, 03:18 AM

Well, partially - yes. Maybe there is some other way to capture notes?

HarryT · 02-03-2018, 04:24 AM

Well, the notes are stored in one of the files in the sidecar folder associated with the book - I think the one with the ".mbp" extension. You could try dissecting that file and see if you can pull out any more information from it. Good luck, and keep us informed as to your progress!

02-02-2018, 02:53 PM	#1
Dereks Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	Questions about Exporting Instapaper Digest Highlights Apologies in advance if this comes off as another weird specific highlight request in relation to export highlights mechanics. I often read articles from Instapaper on Kindle. Luckily, with automated digests the delivery works like a charm, though I also have an Instapaper recipe in Calibre and occassionally use it too. The issue is that I am also a compulsive note taker and ofter mark those on instapaper articles too. When this is for books I read on my kindle, I usually rely on clippings.io. However, Clippings seem to rely solely on 'My Clippings’ file and it only contains reference to a page location in a book, nothing more. So when I export highlights and notes from the Instapaper digest file to clippings.io, I cannot immediately decipher which article each note relates to. So I wonder if there is a way to export notes in such a way that it would also have at least a name of the article to which the note relates? Ideal would be if it also had a link to the original article. I know that the “My Clippings” file does not contain this information, but at least when you are viewing the notes on Kindle for a particular Instapaper digest, they are clearly grouped by articles. So at least Kindle itself is able to sort this...

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02-03-2018, 03:15 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you're asking if there's a way to customise the information that gets written to the clippings file, no, there isn't.

02-03-2018, 03:18 AM	#3
Dereks Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	Well, partially - yes. Maybe there is some other way to capture notes?

02-03-2018, 04:24 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Well, the notes are stored in one of the files in the sidecar folder associated with the book - I think the one with the ".mbp" extension. You could try dissecting that file and see if you can pull out any more information from it. Good luck, and keep us informed as to your progress!

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