NOTE: This script will no longer be updated. Please see the zim-kindle plugin for better functionality.
Script to import your Kindle clippings to Zim Desktop Wiki.
- Find the file
My Clippings.txton your Kindle - Copy the file somewhere
- Run
kindle_to_zim.py My\ Clippings.txt
The script creates one Zim page for each book, listing all the highlights, notes, and bookmarks you made. See the example output below.
Content-Type: text/x-zim-wiki
Wiki-Format: zim 0.6
Creation-Date: 2023-09-10T21:18:32+02:00
====== Exhalation ======
Created Sunday 10 September 2023
Author: Ted Chiang
**Entry:** Highlight / Page 235 / Location 3253-3254 / Saturday, March 13, 2021 11:00:26 AM
**Text:** Human activity has brought my kind to the brink of extinction, but I don’t blame them for it. They didn’t do it maliciously. They just weren’t paying attention.
**Entry:** Highlight / Page 238 / Location 3276-3276 / Saturday, March 13, 2021 11:04:44 AM
**Text:** education is just as important a part of an archaeologist’s job as fieldwork.