Like most people during the lock-down, I found myself with some newfound time on my hands to cater to some new habits. I made an active decision to take up reading for leisure and learning, with the help of my 2-year-old Kindle.
But over time, I did find myself forgetting insights from the books I’ve read. Highlighting passages and taking notes within the Kindle didn't help either because of the unnecessary hassles involved in getting around to revisit it. I wanted to find a way to extract my highlights so that I could access them anywhere and anytime.
If you read digitally and highlight at all, I bet you would find this tool helpful. You can even tweak the Notion template provided to your liking. Some suggestions based on my use of this set-up from the last few months:
✔️ Clippings export feature is also supported for third-party books and pdf files within your Kindle.
✔️ Use the database as your personal bookshelf using the default Card View on Notion or even a personal Goodreads clone using the Board View.
✔️ Expand on your clippings further by jotting down your thoughts and insights alongside on the same page once you have finished a book.
✔️ Use Notion's in-built export features to export your clippings in HTML, Markdown or PDF formats.
✔️ Options to save the highlighted date, page and location details of each clipping along with book covers sourced using the Google Books API.
Kindle2Notion just launched on Product Hunt today. Check it out here.
You can also find the source code directly here.