- connect kobo to your device
- open a file browser and navigate to the mounted kobo folder
- navigate to the hidden folder
.kobo/Kobo - open the file
Kobo eReader.conf - navigate to the section
[FeatureSettings], if it doesn't exist, create it. - add the line
ExportHighlights=trueand save - disconnect the device
- now you can long press on a book and export the note file into a .txt file which will be saved alongside your books. to get it connect your ereader.
- Kobo Clara HD
- Kobo Libra
- Kobo Libra 2
- Kobo Nia
- Kobo Glo
- Kobo Elipsa (not necessary, default functionality)
- Kobo Libra Colour
https://www.matteopezzi.com/how-to-export-annotations-on-kobo-aura/
See also Export-Kobo.
(Solution below) Tried it on my Kobo Clara BW and in the beginning it seemed to work, I got the exported file and everything, but when I opened it I couldn't read the text. I thought that there must be something wrong with the encoding, but I tried many different ones (I opened the file on Word and tried all the options there) and nothing worked. I'm attaching a picture of the output for reference. Do you know if there's something I could do about this?
Update: I was trying this on epub files that I had imported into the device myself by simply dropping them into the device folder on my computer. I thought I would try it with a book that I purchased in the Kobo store and it works. This made me think that maybe the file itself is the problem, and decided to test it with an epub file that wasn't purchased through the Kobo store, but sent to the device via send.djazz.se and with the kepubify option selected. Thankfully it works! So if anyone is planning on working with their own epub files, I'd make sure to import the files that way.