It is the original location from which the notes and highlights are retrieved. For this reason, we will show you how to easily export your Kindle notes and highlights.įirst of all, there are three broad ways to export Kindle notes and highlights. Summarizing the main points and what you want to say after you finish reading a book can make a tremendous difference in retention in your memory. However, many people are annoyed by the limitations of leaving a book unread or exporting highlights after finishing it. You can have a lot of books, and while you are reading, you can highlight and take notes. Seriously.Kindle is a very useful e-reader. On the bottom you should see the “Export Notes” button.From the “Go To” dialog, select the Notes (sorry, my Kindle is in Italian) How did this feature pass under the radar of almost every other note-taking nerd I follow? Why nobody notified me and let me export notes like a savage for months? How toįirst, go to the “go to” dialog (the one with the Table of Contents of the book).įigure 1. Long story short: I selected the “I f**king want!” button and I received an email with a PDF with all my highlights for the book. I swear to the Universe I was just like this: Then I clicked it, and the Kindle asked me if I wanted to receive by email all my highlights. Today, instead, I was browsing my Kindle’s note on my physical Kindle, and I discovered a huge “Export Notes” button. I mean, the web is full of paid services with the only purpose of exporting Kindle’s highlights (e.g., Klib and clippings.io come to mind). I spent an insane amount of time researching the easiest way to do that.

Unless I am crazy, I remember this being a very ( unnecessarily) hard task.

This is a quick article to share a very surprising and beautiful thing I discovered today: it is possible to request a PDF with all your Kindle’s highlights directly from the Kindle interface.

Kindle book notes export