Answers.Body: <p>The Clippings.io allows you to extract your kindle notes and highlights and put them into a word, excel, pdf doc - or send them straight to evernote.  Also you can search your notes, archive them, share them and tag them!</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>If you don't use an Amazon account (which i don't since i don't want all my private data uploaded and shared - Amazon records every page you turn...), you can simply use <a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Calibre</a> to download your annotations to your laptop:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/g3SwX.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
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Answers.Text: This seems to simply copy the content of `My Clippings.txt`. IMHO, there is no need of installing another piece of software just for a simple copy and paste. Nevertheless, [Calibre](https://calibre-ebook.com/) seems a great app.
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Answers.Body: <p>Vox recently had a great article on this here <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/6/11/8766159/internet-reading-kindle-instapaper-highlights" rel="nofollow">http://www.vox.com/2015/6/11/8766159/internet-reading-kindle-instapaper-highlights</a></p>
  
  <p>and recommended <a href="https:///www.clippings.io" rel="nofollow">https:///www.clippings.io</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>If you are a Linux user you can export your notes and highlights by book title using just one command line, like this:</p>
  <pre><code>grep -A 3 Wendy My\ Clippings.txt | grep -v Wendy &gt; Abolish\ Silicon\ Valley\ notes.txt
  </code></pre>
  <p>where:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>&quot;Wendy&quot;: the keyword to search for (can also be a phrase)</li>
  <li>&quot;My Clippings.txt&quot;: the file where kinlde holds all notes and highlights</li>
  <li>&quot;Abolish silicon valley notes.txt&quot;: the file where the notes will be stored</li>
  </ul>
  <p>For a more thorough explanation of this command line you can read this article: <a href="https://www.fossoffice.com/blog/2020/08/15/export-kindle-notes-and-highlights/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.fossoffice.com/blog/2020/08/15/export-kindle-notes-and-highlights/</a></p>
  <p>(This is a far more privacy-respecting way to deal with notes/highlights, if one can speak of &quot;privacy&quot; when using Kindle...)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes, this can be done through the Kindle website:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Go to <a href="https://kindle.amazon.com">https://kindle.amazon.com</a>.</li>
  <li>At the top of the page click "Your Highlights."</li>
  <li>You may be asked to login, fill in the login information to the account your kindle is linked.</li>
  <li>Your highlights and notes should show, you may copy them anywhere you want.</li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Text: Above works well only for amazon books but don't work for non-amazon books. For managing notes and nightlights for non-amazon books [I found this helpful] (http://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/1xpnrf/share_clippings_from_nonamazon_books/)
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Body: <p>Is there a way to extract/export my notes and highlighted passages from books on a Kindle or in one of the Kindle reader apps? I primarily use the iOS apps and tend to mark up books heavily as I go, particularly for passages I might later quote in a blog post or tweet. It would be great if I could export all of those highlighted or annotated passages at once.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: my `Kinlde 3 Keyboard` keeps highlights and notes in `documents/My Clippings.txt` and `documents/<document-name-here>.mbp`
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ThreadText: # Extracting notes and highlighting from Kindle books
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-18)
  
  Is there a way to extract/export my notes and highlighted passages from books on a Kindle or in one of the Kindle reader apps? I primarily use the iOS apps and tend to mark up books heavily as I go, particularly for passages I might later quote in a blog post or tweet. It would be great if I could export all of those highlighted or annotated passages at once.
  
  **Tags:** kindle, annotations
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: my `Kinlde 3 Keyboard` keeps highlights and notes in `documents/My Clippings.txt` and `documents/<document-name-here>.mbp`  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_7 on 2013-12-18. Score: 11 | Accepted answer
  
  Yes, this can be done through the Kindle website:
  
  1. Go to <https://kindle.amazon.com>.
  2. At the top of the page click "Your Highlights."
  3. You may be asked to login, fill in the login information to the account your kindle is linked.
  4. Your highlights and notes should show, you may copy them anywhere you want.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_8**: Above works well only for amazon books but don't work for non-amazon books. For managing notes and nightlights for non-amazon books [I found this helpful] (http://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/1xpnrf/share_clippings_from_nonamazon_books/)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-08. Score: 2
  
  The Clippings.io allows you to extract your kindle notes and highlights and put them into a word, excel, pdf doc - or send them straight to evernote. Also you can search your notes, archive them, share them and tag them!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Welcome to the site! Do you have any connection with that site? If so, please be sure to edit your answer to disclose your relationship.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-03-04. Score: 1
  
  If you don't use an Amazon account (which i don't since i don't want all my private data uploaded and shared - Amazon records every page you turn...), you can simply use [Causername_2re](http://causername_2re-ebook.com/) to download your annotations to your laptop:
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/g3SwX.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: This seems to simply copy the content of `My Clippings.txt`. IMHO, there is no need of installing another piece of software just for a simple copy and paste. Nevertheless, [Causername_2re](https://causername_2re-ebook.com/) seems a great app.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2015-11-17. Score: 0
  
  Vox recently had a great article on this here <http://www.vox.com/2015/6/11/8766159/internet-reading-kindle-instapaper-highlights>
  
  and recommended <https:///www.clippings.io>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2020-08-06. Score: 0
  
  If you are a Linux user you can export your notes and highlights by book title using just one command line, like this:
  grep -A 3 Wendy My\ Clippings.txt | grep -v Wendy > Abolish\ Silicon\ Valley\ notes.txt
  
  where:
  
  "Wendy": the keyword to search for (can also be a phrase)
  "My Clippings.txt": the file where kinlde holds all notes and highlights
  "Abolish silicon valley notes.txt": the file where the notes will be stored
  
  For a more thorough explanation of this command line you can read this article: https://www.fossoffice.com/blog/2020/08/15/export-kindle-notes-and-highlights/
  (This is a far more privacy-respecting way to deal with notes/highlights, if one can speak of "privacy" when using Kindle...)
  
  
  ---
  
  