Getting highlights from Kindle to computer (mac)

randalthevandal · 03-22-2018, 12:19 PM

Hello! First post here. I had originally posted this in the Amazon forums and luckily someone directed me here.

I'm getting rid of my ancient nook and getting a kindle today. The biggest dealbreaker with regards to my nook was that there was NO way for me to get my highlighted text passages off of the device - so I was stuck manually typing out my hihglights after I read which was what I did for physical books years ago. I have a wide collection of ebooks that I'll be syncing to my new kindle via Calibre - none of which were purchased via Amazon - additionally, I'm a journalist working with sensitive material and therefore cannot have notes / highlights syncing to Amazon services where I can't verify their safety.

With that said, is there any way that I can manually sync my highlights in NON amazon ebooks to my computer? Are the newest devices still capable of producing the "my clippings" files I've read about? This seems like the best non-cloud option for me to sync my notes to my computer.

Again, in short... I'm just hoping to get highlighted passages of text from my kindle over to my computer so I can copy and paste them into word docs for my notes... but WITHOUT any amazon software / products.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

HarryT · 03-22-2018, 02:32 PM

All your highlights will be stored in the "my clippings" file which is just a text file you can copy to your computer.

johnnyb · 03-22-2018, 03:57 PM

As Harry said, the myclippings file holds all the highlights and notes you made in chronological order.
I would have recommended the Kindle Mate application (http://kmate.me) for easier sorting, export and backup, but unfortunately it only works with Windows (now, if you are using a virtual machine...)
For Mac, there is this, which at least gives you a better overview over your highlights: https://tom.alby.de/software/kindle-clippings-manager/

randalthevandal · 03-22-2018, 09:06 PM

Thank you both so much! So glad there's a work around.

tomsem · 03-23-2018, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by randalthevandal

Hello! First post here. I had originally posted this in the Amazon forums and luckily someone directed me here.

I'm getting rid of my ancient nook and getting a kindle today. The biggest dealbreaker with regards to my nook was that there was NO way for me to get my highlighted text passages off of the device - so I was stuck manually typing out my hihglights after I read which was what I did for physical books years ago. I have a wide collection of ebooks that I'll be syncing to my new kindle via Calibre - none of which were purchased via Amazon - additionally, I'm a journalist working with sensitive material and therefore cannot have notes / highlights syncing to Amazon services where I can't verify their safety.

With that said, is there any way that I can manually sync my highlights in NON amazon ebooks to my computer? Are the newest devices still capable of producing the "my clippings" files I've read about? This seems like the best non-cloud option for me to sync my notes to my computer.

Again, in short... I'm just hoping to get highlighted passages of text from my kindle over to my computer so I can copy and paste them into word docs for my notes... but WITHOUT any amazon software / products.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

If you have a Fire, iOS, or Android device, the Kindle app will let you export notes from Personal Documents (content you ‘sent to kindle’).

JoeC · 03-23-2018, 07:02 PM

I have used this article to learn how to export Kindle Highlights to Evernote. I find this very handy when doing research. Perhaps someone will find this helpful.

http://jonathanmilligan.com/a-simple...-for-evernote/

JoeC · 03-23-2018, 07:14 PM

One of the solutions earlier in the thread had a comment about this solution that may be a more elegant way to incorporate Kindle Highlights into Evernote. I have not tried this method but it looks pretty cool - http://blog.clippings.io/2016/01/31/...automatically/

johnnyb · 03-23-2018, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeC

One of the solutions earlier in the thread had a comment about this solution that may be a more elegant way to incorporate Kindle Highlights into Evernote. I have not tried this method but it looks pretty cool - http://blog.clippings.io/2016/01/31/...automatically/

Great, but not for those who are looking for a non-cloud-option

03-22-2018, 12:19 PM	#1
randalthevandal Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Kindle Paper White	Getting highlights from Kindle to computer (mac) Hello! First post here. I had originally posted this in the Amazon forums and luckily someone directed me here. I'm getting rid of my ancient nook and getting a kindle today. The biggest dealbreaker with regards to my nook was that there was NO way for me to get my highlighted text passages off of the device - so I was stuck manually typing out my hihglights after I read which was what I did for physical books years ago. I have a wide collection of ebooks that I'll be syncing to my new kindle via Calibre - none of which were purchased via Amazon - additionally, I'm a journalist working with sensitive material and therefore cannot have notes / highlights syncing to Amazon services where I can't verify their safety. With that said, is there any way that I can manually sync my highlights in NON amazon ebooks to my computer? Are the newest devices still capable of producing the "my clippings" files I've read about? This seems like the best non-cloud option for me to sync my notes to my computer. Again, in short... I'm just hoping to get highlighted passages of text from my kindle over to my computer so I can copy and paste them into word docs for my notes... but WITHOUT any amazon software / products. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

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03-22-2018, 02:32 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	All your highlights will be stored in the "my clippings" file which is just a text file you can copy to your computer.

03-22-2018, 03:57 PM	#3
johnnyb Cloud Reader Posts: 1,124 Karma: 4000066 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Scribe, iPad Pro 11	As Harry said, the myclippings file holds all the highlights and notes you made in chronological order. I would have recommended the Kindle Mate application (http://kmate.me) for easier sorting, export and backup, but unfortunately it only works with Windows (now, if you are using a virtual machine...) For Mac, there is this, which at least gives you a better overview over your highlights: https://tom.alby.de/software/kindle-clippings-manager/

03-22-2018, 09:06 PM	#4
randalthevandal Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Kindle Paper White	Thank you both so much! So glad there's a work around.

03-23-2018, 07:02 PM	#6
JoeC Addict Posts: 397 Karma: 2257942 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 2 and 3, Scribe, reMarkable Pro	I have used this article to learn how to export Kindle Highlights to Evernote. I find this very handy when doing research. Perhaps someone will find this helpful. http://jonathanmilligan.com/a-simple...-for-evernote/

03-23-2018, 07:14 PM	#7
JoeC Addict Posts: 397 Karma: 2257942 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 2 and 3, Scribe, reMarkable Pro	One of the solutions earlier in the thread had a comment about this solution that may be a more elegant way to incorporate Kindle Highlights into Evernote. I have not tried this method but it looks pretty cool - http://blog.clippings.io/2016/01/31/...automatically/

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