Sync Your Kindle Highlights to Obsidian

If you use Obsidian for note-taking and read books on Kindle, the Obsidian Kindle Highlights plugin is a game-changer. This plugin lets you import your Kindle highlights directly into your Obsidian vault.

Key Features

• Sync highlights from your Kindle (via My Clippings.txt or Amazon account).

• Customize note format with templates.

• Make highlights searchable and linkable in Obsidian.

How to Use

1. Install and enable the plugin from Obsidian’s community plugins.
2. Upload your My Clippings.txt.
3. Click ‘Sync Now’ to sync your highlights using the default format.
4. Feel free to adjust the templates later to fit your needs.
5. Take a look at my sample template below.
   File name

   {{author}}-{{title}}

   ---

   File content

   —
   tags: kindle
   status: currently reading
   —

   # {{longTitle}}
   ## Metadata
   {% trim %}
   {% if authorUrl %}
   * Author: [{{author}}]({{authorUrl}})
   {% elif author %}
   * Author: [[{{author}}]]
   {% endif %}
   {% endtrim %}

   ## Highlights
   {{highlights}}

   ---

   Highlight

   – Highlight: {{text}}

   – Page: {{page}}

   {% if note %}
   – Note: {{note}}
   {% endif %}
   —

   ---

   

Summary: The Obsidian Kindle Highlights plugin makes it easy to import and organize your Kindle highlights in Obsidian, helping you build a useful, searchable knowledge base from your reading.