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Copy and Paste from Kindle for PC

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March 24, 2011

Drew Maust

Update: a new version of Kindle for PC (1.5.0) allows copying within the program. Upgrade to make the method below obsolete.

~~Here’s the method I use to copy and paste text from Kindle for PC.~~

Step #1: Enable Public Notes

And enable public notes by clicking the unlock button.

Step #2: Highlight in Kindle for PC

Open Kindle for PC and highlight the text you wish to copy and paste.

Step #3: Sync to Update

In the Kindle for PC menu click Tools and select Sync to Furthest Page Read.

Step #4: Refresh and Copy and Paste

Refresh the book’s kindle.amazon.com page and look for your highlight in plain text.

There you go. Now you can copy and paste.

16 responses to “Copy and Paste from Kindle for PC”

david

April 8, 2011

I didn’t get that last step to work? Unclear on what to do..

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1. drew
  
  April 8, 2011
  
  Hi David, once you’ve highlighted in Kindle for PC and synced, your highlight will appear on the book’s kindle.amazon.com page. If you’re having trouble finding it, try looking under “Your Highlights Only” (see the first screenshot above).
  
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Bret

April 11, 2011

Drew: Works, but apparently can only highlight text on one page. So if the portion you want to copy and cite is across a page break, you have to do this in two separate efforts? Is there no way to highlight text across a page break? Thanks.

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1. drew
  
  April 11, 2011
  
  Yeh, Bret, this is one shortcoming of this method. I normally just do two separate highlights and paste them together. It’s an extra step, but it still gets it done.
  
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AndrewFinden

April 27, 2011

Thanks for this! Appreciate it.

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AndrewFinden

April 27, 2011

Another slightly clunky method is to select some text and select More > Google and then copy the text from the google search box – but only works for a limited number of characters.

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drew

April 28, 2011

After updating to the latest version of Kindle for PC (1.5.0), an option to copy pops up within the program itself and works like a charm.

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1. AndrewFinden
  
  May 18, 2011
  
  really? I’m running 1.5.0 and that doesn’t happen.. can’t find a ‘copy’ option anywhere..
  
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Luke

May 23, 2011

Yeah, apparently copy/paste for US customers only. Unbelieveable.
This is the last first and Kindle book I buy.

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Stephen Said

October 15, 2011

Thanks mate, revolutionised my study! Really appreciated.

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Patti

February 23, 2012

I can copy with the newest version easily enough but then after too many copies I get a message saying ” publishers limit for copying”. I am trying find a way to get around that so I can copy more of the book. Any ideas?.

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Stephen Said

February 26, 2012

I haven’t had this problem Patti. Let me know if you find a solution.

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tom

April 14, 2012

Hi,

Im in germany. I really dont understand that lost step. I sny and then have no idea where to go?

Cheers

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Owen Marcus

September 9, 2012

Thanks. I was trying to find a work around and you gave it to me.

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Mike

March 7, 2013

I know this post is old, but have you found out a way to copy/paste an image from a Kindle for PC book? Even highlighting some text before and after the image (including the image) the image gets left behind.

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