Agree with Paul, this is what I use as well. As an added bonus, if you index your .md files in Devonthink, you get all of Devonthink’s superpowers.
I use Tinderbox AFTER Devonthink in my workflow, unless I am just randomly brainstorming a hot topic.
Tom
I’ll look into this; it might take a week or so, owing to being at the wrong end of route 1. It should be FAR easier in 10 than it was in 9.6.
Are you getting the xml payload?
For me, pressing the stamp “Load” results in the message “Starting Readwise import”, and then nothing. No payload.
a bit late to the party, but was an update to the Readwise importer?
thanks!
I was distracted by the Hypertext Conference, and will return to finish this presently.
How was the conference ?
Outstanding! Also distracting. @satikusala, @echuck and others have been working on new tech for packaging libraries like this, so I’ve let this slide while that experiment proceeds. I’ve not forgotten.
I’d love to use TBX with Readwise — is there anything ready-made I can use? I know people import MD using Readwise’s Obsidian plugin. Readwise also syncs with Apple Notes, and with a watch folder, I can get Notes into TBX. Ideally, each highlight would become its own note that links back to a book or article (Reader) note, etc.
What export formats does ReadWise offer.
Readwise offers an API that lets you download passages you have highlighted in various pdf readers and in Kindle (as json).
I did a demo of a Readwise module for Tinderbox when functions were introduced. Subsequent changes in Tinderbox likely broke that demo, but also make it MUCH easier to rewrite. I’m going to be tied up for the next 5-6 weeks with other pressing Tinderbox stuff; I’ll do a Readwise integration then if no one in the community beats me to it.
Readwise offers many export options. If the subscriber wants raw data, then csv and md exports are available.
The md export is configurable. The csv export is very raw and needs pre-processing in Numbers or other, before importing the csv to Tinderbox. (E.g., the column header / field settings need to be set up to match your attributes. Also there is no way to tell the csv exporter not to export 100% of the database, another reason to preprocess.
I get more value from integrating Readwise with Notebook LM, and with Obsidian, than with Tinderbox. Mainly because I don’t like having to do a bunch of fiddly tweaking and configuring just to use my data.
Agree with Paul, I use Obsidian - Readwise integration… it is rock solid. I curate the pieces I want to dig deeper in Tinderbox… nice, clean and works all the time.
Cheers
Tom
