Clipper
Clipper is a Command Line Utility tool that allows you to take your Clippings from your kindle and then seperate them out into their individual books. Making it easy to then copy and paste all the notes for the book into your favourite note taking app.
How to use Clipper
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First you will need to install NodeJs which is a JavaScript runtime needed to run this Command Line Utility tool.
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Find your kindle drive.
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Navigate into your kindle drive and find the documents directory.
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Once inside the documents. Copy the My Clippings.txt and paste it somewhere where you can easily access it.
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Remove the whitespace from the file name.
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Once you have Node Js installed you can run the following command in your Terminal.
npx @rdforte/clipper@latest
It might ask you to download some packages. Just select Yes to proceed.
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You will be presented with the text What is the absolute path to your clippings?. Enter in the absolute path to the file and hit enter.
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You will then be presented with the text What is the absolute output path to your clippings?. Enter in the absolute path where you would like to paste your clippings and then hit enter.
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You should then end up with something like this.
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You should then see a directory called Clippings which will have each of your books and the notes for each.
