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Import Readwise Highlights into Your Book Library

Import Readwise Highlights into Your Book Library

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If Readwise is where you keep highlights and notes, MyBibliotheca can bring a private copy into your book library. Connect with a Readwise personal access token, choose which annotation types to import, and review the results alongside the matching book.

Readwise remains the source of truth

The connection is one way: MyBibliotheca imports changes from Readwise and does not write highlights, notes, tags, or edits back to Readwise. Choose whether future syncs include highlighted passages, notes, or both. A successful sync can also remove an imported highlight if it has been deleted from Readwise.

MyBibliotheca encrypts the access token before storing it and does not display it again. Treat the token like a password. You can disconnect to stop future imports; disconnecting keeps the imported copies already in your MyBibliotheca account.

Link imported books carefully

Readwise records do not create library books. MyBibliotheca attempts an automatic link when exactly one existing book has the same title and author after ignoring capitalization and extra spaces. Similar titles, alternate editions, or different author spellings may need a manual match in Settings. Until you decide, an unmatched Readwise record remains private.

Once linked, highlights and notes appear under the book’s Highlights and notes section. They do not change the shelf, book details, or reading history. Imported annotation text is subject to a 100 MB account limit.

Connection and matching steps: Import Readwise highlights and notes · Edit book details