Kindle Highlights

Import highlights from your Kindle into Workflowy.

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If you annotate books on a Kindle, you can import your highlights by uploading your My Clippings.txt file from the Kindle's documents folder. Your notes will be brought in as structured content.

Find your clippings file

  1. Connect your Kindle to your computer with a USB cable.
  2. Open the Kindle drive on your computer.
  3. Open the documents folder.
  4. Find My Clippings.txt.

Import into Workflowy

  1. Open Import Kindle Notes.
  2. Select Choose file and choose My Clippings.txt.
  3. Select Import Notes.
  4. Keep the page open while Workflowy processes the file.
  5. Workflowy creates a Kindle item in your Workflowy account.

The upload must be a .txt file no larger than 20 MB.

Troubleshooting

  • No highlights found: Make sure you selected the My Clippings.txt file from the Kindle's documents folder.
  • Some entries are missing: Check whether they contain text and use a supported date format.
  • Invalid file type: Upload the original .txt file rather than a converted document or archive.
  • File is too large: The upload must be no larger than 20 MB.