4 Ways to Export Kobo Highlights and Notes

I want to get out of my highlights and notes from my Kobo eReader. Is there any way to export kobo highlights and annotations?

Do you like to make notes or highlights while reading ebooks? I do. I find it is enjoyable to read all my notes from my favorite books. That’s why I want to seek the way of exporting kobo highlights.  If you are in the same situation, just read the following parts to get the details.

Method 0. The Easiest Way to Export Kobo Highlights and Notes

Before trying other methods, you should familiarize yourself with the easiest way to export Kobo highlights and notes, as it can save you both time and energy. Epubor Kclippings is specifically designed for this purpose, allowing you to export your Kobo highlights and notes to various formats. Additionally, it offers the functionality to export them directly to Evernote. Meanwhile, if you have kindle books, Epubor Kclippings also can help you export kindle highlights and notes.

   

1.How to export kobo highlights and notes from kobo eReader with Epubor Klcippings?

Step 1: Connect kobo eReader to your computer and tap "Connect" on Kobo eReader.

Step 2: The Kobo highlights and notes will be loaded to Kclippings automatically.

Step 3: You can edit or delete your highlights or notes, or simply select the books to export the highlights and notes to different formats.

To find the exported highlights and notes, click on the output folder located in the bottom left corner.

2. How to export kobo highlights and notes from desktop application with Epubor Kclippings?

Assuming you have synced the Kobo books via Kobo for PC or Mac.

Step 1: Launch Epubor Kclippings and the kobo highlights and notes will be imported to Epubor Kclippings.

Step 2: Now you can choose one or books, and right-click to choose the output format to export it. Now Epubor Kclippings supported output formats include epub, pdf, mobi, txt, docx and markdown.

Just a second, the process will finish. And a notification will appear on the top right corner. And this notification will disappear soon. You can click the "Output folder" icon at the bottom left corner to find your exported kobo highlights and notes.

3. How to export Kobo highlights to Evernote?

If you are using Evernote to manage your kobo highlights and notes, Kclippings can be a perfect choice for transfering your kobo highlights to Evernote.

Step 1: Load kobo your kobo highlights to Kclippings and then choose " Evernote".

Step 2: In the prompt window, log in to your Evernote account to connect Kclippings with Evernote.

Once you have connected Evernote to Kclippings, you won't need to reauthorize it again when exporting Kobo notes or highlights to Evernote in the future.

4. How to export Kobo highlights and notes to Notion?

If you are looking for a way to export highlights and notes automatically to knowledge management apps -- notion, Epubor Kclippings also can help you do such things.

Step 1: Load kobo your kobo highlights to Kclippings. You can import kobo highlights and notes from kobo eReader or kobo desktop application which we have already shared the detailed steps in the very beginning. Then choose Export>>Export to Platform>>Notion.

Step 2: In the prompt window, log in to your Notion account to connect Kclippings to Notion.

Step 3: After connecting your Notion to Klcippings successfully, go back to Kclippings. Then choose the books that you want to export the highlights and notes to Notions. The click Export>>Export to Platform>>Notion. This time your kobo notes and highlights will be exported to Notion.

Now you can view your kobo highlights and notes on Notion.

Method 1. Export Kobo Highlights and Notes from Kobo eReader using code

1. Plugin your kobo eReader to your computer and tap “Connect” on the Kobo device.

2. Find the file called Kobo eReader.config. It’s located on the Kobo drive and its default path is .kobo/Kobo.

3. Right-click on the Kobo eReader.config file and open it with a basic text-editing program like Notepad. Add the following code to the file at the bottom, or anywhere as long as it’s separate from the other code:

Then save this file.

4. Eject your kobo reader from your computer.

5. Go back to your kobo eReader, and press the book you want to export the highlights and notes until the menu appears. And the menu will have an extra option, "Export highlights". Tap it.

6. A new page will pop up and just fill in the name for your highlights and tap “Export”.

7. You just export your highlights in the root directory of the device.

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Method 2. Export Kobo Highlights and Notes Online

KoboNotes is online service that can help you export kobo highlights and notes for free. To use this service, you need to set up account.

1. Register an account if you still don’t have one.

2. Find the “KoboReader.sqlite” file from your Kobo ereader. It should be stored here: \.kobo

3. Upload “KoboReader.sqlite” and your kobo highlights and notes will be displayed at the right column.

Method 3. Export Kobo Highlights and Notes from Adobe Digital Editions

If your kobo books are downloaded on Adobe Digital Editions on your Windows or Mac computer, you can find your kobo highlights and notes by this method.

All adobe digital editions annotations files are stored as .ANNOT file on your computer. Actually, .annot file is used to store auxiliary data for EPUB files like notes, bookmarks, highlights, and other sorts of "meta" data.

Here is the default path for the annotations files on your windows and Mac

Windows: C:\Users\username\Documents\My Digital Editions\Annotations

Mac: /Users/username/Documents/Digital Editions/Annotations

For the .annotations files, you can right click it and open with text editing program such as notepad.

These are four different ways to export kobo highlights and notes. You can just choose one to export your kobo highlights and notes now.

Compared to other methods, Kclippings is the most convenient one. With it, you can automatically import your Kobo highlights and notes from either Kobo eReader or Kobo desktop application. What's more, it also supports different output formats, including EPUB, PDF, Markdown, DOCX, and more. It even allows you to export your Kobo highlights and notes to Evernote.

If you have any better methods to export kobo highlights, please share them in the comments section.

   

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