How to Export Your Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks from Kindle

Amazon recently announced that it is withdrawing its Kindle e-reader from the Chinese market. Users in China have until June 30, 2024, to download e-books to their devices.

How can you easily and quickly export your highlights, notes, and bookmarks from your Kindle? You can do this through official channels or by using third-party tools. This article will guide you through the process for each method, giving you a clear understanding of how to accomplish this task!

Export Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks from Kindle E-readers

The most common method for exporting highlights is using the Kindle e-reader. You can export your notes from your Kindle device to your Amazon account email, so they won't be lost or corrupted when you close the app (this will also make them easier to access in the future).

Step 1: On your Kindle device, open the book and tap near the top edge. Tap the row of three horizontal lines to access advanced options.

Step 2: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Notes and Highlights” tab.

There, you'll find an “Export Notes” button that sends your highlighted text directly to Amazon's email server as a PDF or CSV file (depending on your output format of choice)!

Export Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks from the Kindle Desktop App

There are Kindle apps for both Windows and macOS. However, it can only export to HTML. So if your goal is to export highlights, notes, and bookmarks from the Kindle, this will be helpful.

Step 1: Download the desktop app from the Amazon website.

Step 2: Open a book in the client.

Export with the Kindle desktop app

Click "Save As," choose a location, and your HTML file will be exported.

Export Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks from the Kindle App

One feature that the Kindle app for iOS and Android share with the Kindle reader is a Notebook menu from which you can export all your highlights, notes, and bookmarks.

Step 1: Download the Kindle app from the app store first.

This link, https://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16571048011, points to a specific category page on the Amazon website. In the Chinese site, this could be a subcategory within the "Books" category, but the exact classification cannot be directly translated since Amazon's node numbers represent different product categories in various countries and regions. To understand the content of this link, you would need to visit the Amazon US website and explore the page.

Step 2: Launch the Kindle app on your iPhone or Android device. Tap "Library" in the center of the screen.

On iOS, you can access it by clicking the “Notebook” icon in the top right corner. On Android, you'll first need to click “More,” then select “My Notebook.”

Step 3: You're taken straight to the highlights.

Step 4: Select “Email” (or your preferred send option) from the menu, and choose your citation style before clicking “Export.”

Exporting Highlights, Notes, and Bookmarks from Kindle with Third-Party Tools

All your highlights, notes, and bookmarks are stored in a file called “My Clippings.txt” on your Kindle device, which you can access at any time. Since this “My Clippings.txt” file is stored on the Kindle device, the third-party tools mentioned below need access to your Kindle via USB cable to read this data, and all of them parse this .txt file to get the annotations from all your Kindle books. So, first, you'll need a USB cable to connect your device to your computer, which will allow us to easily export highlights, notes, and bookmarks through the “My Clippings” file of the Kindle.

Kindlemate translates to "Kindlemate" in Chinese.

Kindle Mate is a program that helps you sync, import, and manage your highlights on your computer. If you want to export any highlights or full bookmarks from its library, connect your Kindle to your computer, right-click on it, and choose Export to File.

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is a browser extension for Kindle that helps you manage and sync your Kindle highlights.

With Clippings.io, you can easily organize your Kindle highlights and notes, research material, or any other type of clips you make on your devices.

Plug your Kindle into your computer, then click “Export. ” This will export all of your highlights to another location on your hard drive.

### Transfer Kindle highlights, notes, and bookmarks from PC to PC

Have you ever thought about transferring your Kindle highlights from one computer to another? If so, then the Todo PCTrans tool is the perfect solution. This software effortlessly transfers all your Kindle highlights without loss or merging. It also has a handy feature called "Product Key" that lets users quickly copy files across networks – just hit Enter when you see its icon on each machine, and Boom! Everything gets copied successfully.

This article will go into more detail about how to transfer Kindle highlights from one PC to another.

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The above are several methods to export Kindle highlights. You can choose the one that suits you to export your Kindle highlights. After exporting, you can also migrate Kindle highlights to prevent data loss due to device issues.

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