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Convert an HTML file of book notes exported from an Amazon Kindle to a Markdown document

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# Kindle Notes to MD

Convert an HTML file of book notes exported from an Amazon Kindle to a Markdown document.

The output format is particularly suitable for copy-pasting into
[Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com):

![Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/krystofl/kindle-notes-to-md/master/screenshot.png)

# Quickstart

Install python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Convert the example notes:

kindle_notes_to_md.py example_notebook.html

Optional arguments:

-nl, --no-location    Do not include the source location of each note/highlight
    -c, --clipboard       Export .md directly to the clipboard instead of file
    -y, --override        Override .md file if one already exists
    -o OUTPUT, --output   A file to which save the Markdown document

You can then open `example_notebook.md` in your favorite text editor.

You can import that markdown file into [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com),
and you'll get a nicely organized note as shown in the screenshot above.
Copy-pasting into Roam no longer works.

Roam seems to be in decline; you may wish to explore alternatives,
such as [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/).

## Copying the output directly to the clipboard

You can copy the output directly to your clipboard (so that you can later paste it into your preferred document) using the `-c --clipboard` flag. To make this work, you may need to install a package with a command-line interface to X selections. On Ubuntu, you can accomplish this with

```
sudo apt-get install xclip
```

There are some known issues with this working on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) under Windows 11 which are yet-to-be-investigated.

# How to get your notes in HTML format

I generally read and take notes on my Kindle e-ink reader. When I finish a book, I open the same book on the Kindle app on my phone, go to "My Notebook" for the book (the icon looks like a page with lines), then Export Notebook. This saves the HTML file you can convert.

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