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gregtarr
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July 7, 2020
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Recover highlights from expired book

  • July 7, 2020
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Hello

 

is there any way to recover the highlights from a book that has expired? I have downloaded the book again but the highlights have not transferred over.

 

really hoping there’s a way!

 

thanks

 

Greg

Correct answer Daniel23233568prgn

I actually found out how to do it.

Suppose you borrowed the Moby Dick book and added it to the ADE library.
It will be downloaded and saved as "moby_dick.pdf" in the "Documents/My Digital Editions" folder.
Simultaneously, ADE will create an annotations file called "moby_dick.pdf.annot" and save it in the "Documents/My Digital Editions/Annotations" folder.

The second time you borrow the book, you will have it as "moby_dick-1.pdf", if the old "moby_dick.pdf" is still there. Consequently, a new annotations file will be created with the name "moby_dick-1.pdf.annot".
Simply make a copy(in another folder) of "moby_dick.pdf.annot", where your annotations are, rename it as  "moby_dick-1.pdf.annot" and move it back to the Annotations folder. When asked if you want to overwrite the existing file, select yes.

 

This will put your old annotations into the new copy of the book.

 

This worked for me. I hope it solves your problem too. 🙂

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Annabelle5E61
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October 21, 2020

How did you do it? I urgently need by notes for an assessment.

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Oana5E9A
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April 13, 2021

Hi, did you manage to find out? Thanks 

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gregtarrAuthor
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July 7, 2020

I worked out a way to do it. It's quite simple really!

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Oana5E9A
Participant
April 13, 2021

Hey can you share this? 

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Daniel23233568prgnCorrect answer
Participant
February 18, 2022

I actually found out how to do it.

Suppose you borrowed the Moby Dick book and added it to the ADE library.
It will be downloaded and saved as "moby_dick.pdf" in the "Documents/My Digital Editions" folder.
Simultaneously, ADE will create an annotations file called "moby_dick.pdf.annot" and save it in the "Documents/My Digital Editions/Annotations" folder.

The second time you borrow the book, you will have it as "moby_dick-1.pdf", if the old "moby_dick.pdf" is still there. Consequently, a new annotations file will be created with the name "moby_dick-1.pdf.annot".
Simply make a copy(in another folder) of "moby_dick.pdf.annot", where your annotations are, rename it as  "moby_dick-1.pdf.annot" and move it back to the Annotations folder. When asked if you want to overwrite the existing file, select yes.

 

This will put your old annotations into the new copy of the book.

 

This worked for me. I hope it solves your problem too. 🙂

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