Pocketbook Annotations Extraction

[wold]

- Not quite sure how we should build UUID, when from scratch... might be dependent from other fields ?

Why not keep it? It's a random ID string, that tries to provide an unique ID. Since you copy the annotations, might as well keep them. For syncing it can be useful, though outside PB Cloud I can't think of any using it yet.

Originally Posted by Frapi

Then copy back books.db on reader's /mnt/ext1/system/config/
(with a rooted reader it might be more convenient)
reboot

This can also be `/system/profiles/default/`, especially for recent devices.

- books you want to add notes for MUST have been opened at least once on the reader (they are not listed in books table otherwise)

Good, don't get stuck re-creating the metadata. On firmware changes this might break.

I'd suggest letting the user selects a book title first. Then get its book OID. In `Items` there are rows that link the book OID with the actual annotation data in `Tags`. These `Item` rows need to be moved.
Next copy the related `Tags` rows over. No need to be specific about the TagID rows for each note, just copy them all.

One assumption is the source/target files are the same, otherwise annotation locations will mismatch.

It's a nice learning project. I could implement it for AVATeR with some GUI window, might even do so later.

[Frapi]

I've done a python prog to
- export bookmarks, notes and highlights from a pocketbook e-reader
- import into another pocketbook e-reader

Just released a first version, proven working between my 2 PB632s.


https://github.com/FrapiFrance/pocketbook-notes

As soon as you backup your books.db before, you can try it and restore if any issue. Please try and tell me here.

So far, you 'll need a python3 with simplejson, and that's it. will see for a binary packaging, I think it could be done for those without python (windows guys for instance ?)

Originally Posted by wold

Why not keep it?

UUID are kept

This can also be `/system/profiles/default/`, especially for recent devices.

OK, README updated

I'd suggest letting the user selects a book title first.

One assumption is the source/target files are the same, otherwise annotation locations will mismatch.

Don't care, as I do not handle books by themselves. Just take care of same author & title

It's a nice learning project. I could implement it for AVATeR with some GUI window, might even do so later.

you may :-)