Question on Daril's book on Kindle

jam92102

Does the electronic version let you cut and paste out of kindle into word? I make flash cards and study materials and I don't want to constantly type in notes from reading the book, if I can copy/paste as I go along.

thanks for any help you can give on the matter.

badboyeee

Nope, Kindle doesn't allow copy & pasting... I wasn't able to figure out a work around..

hackman2007

Here is a semi-tedious workaround.

1. Read the Kindle book (be sure you are on the Internet while you do this).
2. When you come to something you want on a flash card, highlight it.
3. Now to go http://kindle.amazon.com and sign in, select Your Highlights and you should see the highlighted text there. Now you can copy/paste.

Note: You may have to click File and select Close Book from the Kindle for PC application for the highlights to appear there.

badboyeee

hackman2007 wrote: »

Here is a semi-tedious workaround.

1. Read the Kindle book (be sure you are on the Internet while you do this).
2. When you come to something you want on a flash card, highlight it.
3. Now to go http://kindle.amazon.com and sign in, select Your Highlights and you should see the highlighted text there. Now you can copy/paste.

Note: You may have to click File and select Close Book from the Kindle for PC application for the highlights to appear there.

sweet, thanks for the info!

jam92102

Thanks for the info. Not going to buy it if you can't copy/paste.

badboyeee

jam92102 wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Not going to buy it if you can't copy/paste.

Are you buying the physical book?

jam92102

badboyeee wrote: »

Are you buying the physical book?

Yes I just received it yesterday from Amazon. I was just hoping to be able to copy paste notes rather than type it all out. Oh well no biggie!

badboyeee

jam92102 wrote: »

Yes I just received it yesterday from Amazon. I was just hoping to be able to copy paste notes rather than type it all out. Oh well no biggie!

oh okay, i was about to say you should get the book no matter what

I got both versions, I ended up reading 75% of the book with the Kindle version. It was convenient when I can read it on my home PC, smartphone, and work PC.

IUgrad505

jam92102 wrote: »

Yes I just received it yesterday from Amazon. I was just hoping to be able to copy paste notes rather than type it all out. Oh well no biggie!

It can't hurt to write it down. It exposes you to the information again even if you never read it back to yourself. I read somewhere you should be exposed to it a minimum of 3 times.

ericcumbee

i read the whole thing on my kindle and ipad. i looked like a complete loon standing outside of the testing center pacing back and forth tapping on my ipad and muttering to myself during my last minute cram.

although it seems like 90% of what i went over at the last minute was not on the test.

Jinuyr

You can always use an application like Greenshot depending on how the text is setup in you Kindle application. I use it all the time as I find it easier in some cases over copy and pasting text from resources for personal Flash Cards.