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Kindle highlights can come into Twos two ways: the Twos browser extension, or the My Clippings.txt file on your Kindle. Either way, each book becomes a list.
Kindle sync is manual
Amazon offers no way for Twos to read your highlights on its own, so nothing syncs in the background. Run a sync whenever you want your latest highlights in Twos. Each run only adds highlights you do not already have, so run it as often as you like.
If you want highlights to show up without doing anything, use Readwise instead (more on that below).
With the browser extension
- Install the Twos browser extension and sign in.
- Open
read.amazon.com/notebookand sign in to Amazon. - Click Sync to Twos on the page, or Sync Kindle highlights in the extension.
This picks up highlights from every Kindle device and app on your Amazon account. Instructions and a link to the extension are also in Settings Integrations Kindle.
With your clippings file
Connect your Kindle by cable, find My Clippings.txt in its documents folder, and upload it in Settings Integrations Kindle. You can preview what comes across before importing.
The file only holds highlights made on that one Kindle. Highlights made in the Kindle app on a phone or computer are not in it, which is the most common surprise.
What comes across
Highlight text, plus any note you added to a highlight, grouped into a list per book.
Readwise syncs on its own
Readwise collects your Kindle highlights, and Twos picks up new ones from Readwise about once an hour with no button to press. If you highlight regularly and already pay for Readwise, set that up instead. See Readwise.
Use the extension or the clippings file when you do not want another subscription.
Tips
- Sync after a reading session, then archive the books you are done with.
- Pick one route per book. The extension and the clippings file do not recognize each other's highlights, so using both for the same book brings in duplicates.