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# Kindle HTML Export

If you read using the Kindle app on your phone, tablet, or desktop instead of a physical Kindle device, you won't have a `My Clippings.txt` file. Instead, you can export your highlights and notes as an HTML file directly from the app and upload that to AfterWord.

### Step 1: Open the book's notebook view

1. Open the Kindle app on your phone, tablet, or desktop.
2. Open the book whose highlights you want to import.
3. Go to the book's **Notebook** view, which lists all of your highlights and notes for that book.

{% hint style="info" %}
Menu names can shift slightly between iOS, Android, and desktop versions of the Kindle app. Look for "Notebook," "Your Highlights," or a highlighter icon in the book's menu.
{% endhint %}

### Step 2: Export as HTML

From the Notebook view, use the export or share option and choose to save/export as an **HTML** file rather than sharing as text or a link. Save it somewhere you can access from AfterWord — your device's downloads, Files app, or cloud drive.

### Step 3: Upload to AfterWord

1. Open AfterWord and go to the **Upload** tab.
2. Tap **Import from File** and select the exported `.html` file.
3. AfterWord parses the highlights and notes out of the HTML, matches or creates the book, and generates search embeddings automatically.

### A note on scope

This method exports one book at a time, so it's best for importing a handful of specific books rather than your entire reading history at once. If you have a large backlog, repeat this for each book, or check whether any of your books are also available on a physical Kindle device — the [My Clippings.txt method](broken://pages/8a09c0fe10c282544b5c916d9409af3fa4fea001) can bring in everything at once.

### Troubleshooting

If the import fails or shows zero highlights found, see the [FAQ & Troubleshooting](broken://pages/452b0babce85b85b23d2ba28f411c359b4c6a229) page.


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