Kindle Highlights Import

Kindle Highlight Import

This project is a plugin for Obsidian that allows users to import Kindle highlights into their Obsidian vault. It helps organize and manage your Kindle highlights seamlessly within your Obsidian notes.

Features

• Import Kindle highlights directly into Obsidian.
• Automatically format highlights for easy readability.

Installation

From Obsidian

1. Open Obsidian and go to Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
2. Search for "Kindle Highlight Import" and install it.
3. Enable the plugin.

Manual installation

1. Download the latest release from the Releases page.
2. Extract the downloaded archive.
3. Copy the extracted folder to your Obsidian plugins folder:

   cp -r /path/to/extracted/folder /path/to/your/obsidian/vault/.obsidian/plugins/kindle-highlight-import
   

Usage

1. Export your Kindle notebook: open the Kindle app, go into your highlights, choose Share, select None as the citation style, and email the file to yourself.
   • Note: PDF exports created directly from a Kindle device are also supported, but they do not include chapter titles. For best results, exporting from the Kindle app on iOS or Android is recommended.
2. In Obsidian, use one of the plugin commands to import the notebook:
   • Import Kindle notebook with file picker to choose the exported file from your device.
   • Import Kindle notebook from vault to select an exported file already stored in your vault.

Configuration

Adjust the plugin's settings in Settings → Kindle Highlight Import to customize its behavior:

• Notebook location – path in your vault where Kindle notebook HTML exports are stored. This is used by the Import Kindle notebook from vault command.
• Book notes location – folder where generated Markdown notes are saved. If left empty, notes are created at the vault root.
• Query Goodreads – when enabled, the plugin searches Goodreads for the book and adds a link to the page in the exported note.
• Goodreads user ID – optional ID used to link your own Kindle notes on Goodreads; only relevant if Goodreads querying is enabled.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bugfix:

   git checkout -b feature-name
   

3. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m "Add feature-name"
   

4. Push to your fork:

   git push origin feature-name
   

5. Open a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.