[farss]

Don't forget to backup your marks and highlights also. I made that mistake once, and then lost my Kindle. Lost years worth of highlights and notes, so now I set up a bash script to automatically sync them to a Git repo when my Kindle is plugged into my laptop.

[neves]

Your bookmarks and highlights are synced to the cloud. You should be able to read them online on: http://read.amazon.com/notebook

From the kindle you can also export all the highlights of a book to your email. It's a lot better to read it on your email. The kindle device reader note reading experience is subpar.

[farss]

Yes, but only for the books you purchase through Amazon. If you import DRM free books (or presumably re-import DRM free versions of Amazon purchases) or personal docs, the notes on those won't be saved.

[preek]

And that’s a big use case. I use Kindle for most of my reading and import many other documents (papers, DRM free books I bought and such).

[bduerst]

Tangential, but is there a way to scrape this page or an API to access it? I'd like to be able to automatically pull my highlights and haven't found an easy way.

[pkd]

Look into readwise. There's no API access to highlights, do they scrape it from an open tab.

[preek]

This sounds like something that many could benefit from!

Would you mind sharing your script?

[farss]

Sure! I barely know what I'm doing, but this worked for me: https://github.com/wneuheisel/Kindle-Notes-Backup

Suggestions welcome!

[preek]

Thank you so much for sharing! You’re even using notify-send for notifications^^

I’ll test it as soon as I can and will get back to you with feedback if I make changes. From quickly glancing over the code, I do like it!

This closes my last Kindle lock-in. I’m very grateful _/\_

[djsumdog]

Huh. Are there scripts you recommend for those of us without physical Kindel's and just use our phones/tablets?

[Insanity]

If you add your Goodreads account to the Kindle, it will store them there. :)

[farss]

Does that work for imported documents also, or only Amazon-purchased books?