Importing all my bookmarks into the annotation browser

ownedbycats · 09-25-2020, 09:42 PM

I notice my previously-add bookmarks are put in the database and annotation browser when I open the ePub in the Calibre viewer.

After several years of using Calibre though I don't remember exactly which books have bookmarks or not. Since I don't store my bookmarks inside the ePubs I can't use Quality Check to search for epubs with Calibre bookmark files.

Is there any way to do this aside from opening every ePub in my library?

ownedbycats · 09-25-2020, 09:59 PM

Okay after a bit of poking around I searched the jsons in the AppData\calibre\viewer\annots\ folder for "title" and got a list of jsons that contain bookmarks, but I can see no way of identifying which books they are actually from.

Example:

Code:

[{"pos": "epubcfi(/36/2/4/4/6/4/2/1:26)", "timestamp": "2020-07-09T02:37:45.983000+00:00", "pos_type": "epubcfi", "type": "last-read"}, {"pos": "epubcfi(/16/2/4/4/6/4/2/1:324)", "timestamp": "2020-05-25T16:08:04.585000+00:00", "pos_type": "epubcfi", "title": "Bookmark #1", "type": "bookmark"}]

However for the ones that are excerpts of text (rather than just "Bookmark #2" or whatever) I can search for those texts with Agent Ransack or Power Search and open the ePubs.

kovidgoyal · 09-25-2020, 10:08 PM

No, there is no builtin way, I'm afraid. It would need a script to go through the central bookmarks store (annotations and bookmarks are stored in the config folder in addition to the database and inside individual files) and sync up the results with the database.

ownedbycats · 09-25-2020, 10:13 PM

Thanks. My kludgey workaround is good enough for the time being and the Bookmark #2s will pop up in time.

ownedbycats · 09-25-2020, 10:35 PM

Another question: Is there a way to change the date of an annotation? I'm converting some of my bookmarks to annotations but would like to keep the original date since it seems to be sorted that way.

EDIT: Or even a way to make them not sort by date.

kovidgoyal · 09-25-2020, 10:45 PM

No, the timestamp of an annotation is how syncing across all the various locations is done. If that were malleable, it would lead to vast breakage. If you are very careful, you could edit the timestamp field by hand in *all* locations, but I would really not recommend it.

ownedbycats · 09-25-2020, 10:50 PM

I was afraid of that. Oh well.

09-25-2020, 10:35 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,574 Karma: 64960983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Another question: Is there a way to change the date of an annotation? I'm converting some of my bookmarks to annotations but would like to keep the original date since it seems to be sorted that way. EDIT: Or even a way to make them not sort by date. Last edited by ownedbycats; 09-25-2020 at 10:46 PM.

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09-25-2020, 09:42 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,574 Karma: 64960983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Importing all my bookmarks into the annotation browser I notice my previously-add bookmarks are put in the database and annotation browser when I open the ePub in the Calibre viewer. After several years of using Calibre though I don't remember exactly which books have bookmarks or not. Since I don't store my bookmarks inside the ePubs I can't use Quality Check to search for epubs with Calibre bookmark files. Is there any way to do this aside from opening every ePub in my library? Last edited by ownedbycats; 09-25-2020 at 09:51 PM.

09-25-2020, 09:59 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,574 Karma: 64960983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Okay after a bit of poking around I searched the jsons in the AppData\calibre\viewer\annots\ folder for "title" and got a list of jsons that contain bookmarks, but I can see no way of identifying which books they are actually from. Example: Code: [{"pos": "epubcfi(/36/2/4/4/6/4/2/1:26)", "timestamp": "2020-07-09T02:37:45.983000+00:00", "pos_type": "epubcfi", "type": "last-read"}, {"pos": "epubcfi(/16/2/4/4/6/4/2/1:324)", "timestamp": "2020-05-25T16:08:04.585000+00:00", "pos_type": "epubcfi", "title": "Bookmark #1", "type": "bookmark"}] However for the ones that are excerpts of text (rather than just "Bookmark #2" or whatever) I can search for those texts with Agent Ransack or Power Search and open the ePubs. Last edited by ownedbycats; 09-25-2020 at 10:04 PM.

09-25-2020, 10:08 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,563 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, there is no builtin way, I'm afraid. It would need a script to go through the central bookmarks store (annotations and bookmarks are stored in the config folder in addition to the database and inside individual files) and sync up the results with the database.

09-25-2020, 10:13 PM	#4
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,574 Karma: 64960983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Thanks. My kludgey workaround is good enough for the time being and the Bookmark #2s will pop up in time.

09-25-2020, 10:45 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,563 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, the timestamp of an annotation is how syncing across all the various locations is done. If that were malleable, it would lead to vast breakage. If you are very careful, you could edit the timestamp field by hand in all locations, but I would really not recommend it.

09-25-2020, 10:50 PM	#7
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,574 Karma: 64960983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I was afraid of that. Oh well.

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