Christian TietzeMay 8, 2023

I'm really happy with the #Boox device as a reader and note taking tool. The pen feel and eink is nice.

But exporting book annotations in a useful format for processing is 👎

I'm apparently better off going through the annotations inside the #NeoReader app, just like I'd process book annotations with the book on my desk.

Show threadBill SeitzMay 8, 2023
@ctietze #MoonReader is good for exporting book highlights/notes. http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/MoonReader
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Show threadChristian TietzeMay 8, 2023

@billseitz I'm demoing this a.t.m.!

Highlighting often lacks context, I found. I'd need to highlight a whole page sometimes. Otherwise, the highlight would be an effective, well, highlight, but I'd have to jump to the page and check what the rest there is about.

Your wiki doesn't say how you process shared highlights exactly. Any tips?

Show threadBill Seitz
@ctietze In MoonReader I view highlights, then "share all highlights", email them to myself, then clean them up (remove weird characters inserted by MoonReader, make headers, most importantly make wikilinks) on my laptop in a text editor, then paste into my wiki.
Example: http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/MinistryForTheFuture
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Show threadBill SeitzMay 8, 2023
@ctietze I agree that highlights are often just a hook to the main source.
It's a shame #MoonReader doesn't exist on the Mac. (Though you could open in Mac books.app and then Search for the highlight blech.)
Show threadChristian TietzeMay 8, 2023
@billseitz I believe I read somewhere that the Moon Reader format is compatible with the open source Skim.app? Need to look that up though
Show threadBill SeitzMay 8, 2023
@ctietze Looks like Skim is just for PDF, not ePub.