1. PocketBook:
• successfully tested on PocketBook HD firmware versions 5.16 - 5.19 and PocketBook InkPad 3
2. Sony PRS:
• models T1, T2, and T3; successfully tested on Sony PRS T3

If your e-book reader is not yet supported, please contact us - we will do our best to help

1. Open any e-book (preferably in epub, fb2 or txt format)
2. Touch with your finger and hold a particular word on the screen. The word will become highlighted:
   
   
   
3. Drag a left and/or right slider until you select the phrase you want
   
   
   
   
4. For PocketBook: Press the button that looks like a marker at the top or bottom left corner (located on a horizontal panel that appears)
   
   
   For Sony PRS: Press the 'Highlight' button that appeared right above the selected phrase

• Does not require access to the Internet
• In addition to highlighted text also saves the reader's notes that have been made in the text
• Allows to use css styles to customize the output file (where highlights and notes are stored)
• Works on multiple operating systems

• Operating systems: any Windows, MacOS (64 bit version)

The easiest way to connect your e-book to a computer is with a USB cable. It may be the same cable that you use to connect your e-book to a charger.

1. Turn on your e-book reader and computer
2. Plug-in the USB cable to the computer
3. Plug-in the other end of the USB cable to the e-book reader
4. The e-book reader may request you to answer a question about the connection:
   
   • PocketBook: may display the following message: 'Select the USB mode'. Select the 'PC link' answer.
     
     
   • Sony PRS: may display the following message: 'Do you want this computer to recognize this device?'. Select the 'Yes' answer.
     
     
     
5. The computer will recognize your e-book reader, and it will look like a hard disk or removable USB drive.
   
   
   

1. Connect your e-ink reader to a computer with a USB cable;
2. Run Highlights Extractor file:
• On Windows:
  from Explorer double click 'eink_highlights_extractor.jar' file;
  from command line type 'java -jar eink_highlights_extractor.jar';
• On Linux: 'eink_highlights_extractor.jar';
• On MacOS: 'eink_highlights_extractor.jar';
3. Select the disk assigned to your e-ink reader after the connection with it has been established and the e-book reader has been recognized by the operating system;
4. Select the e-ink reader model from the list;
5. Click the 'Next' button;
6. Mark the books from which you want to extract highlights and notes; choose 'Select all' check box to select all available books;
7. Choose the folder where the extracted highlights and notes will be stored;
8. Select the output file format from the list;
9. Press the 'Extract' button.

The Desktop Edition of the Highlights Extractor can run in command line. With the command line you may use the Highlights Extractor in a console window without a GUI (graphic user interface). The following command line options are supported:

• -readertype: Reader type: POCKETBOOK|SONY
• -disk: Reader disk/folder
• -savetofolder: Save to folder
• -h, -help: Command line options
• -outputformat: Output file(s) format: HTML|TEXT. Default: TEXT
• -singlefilename: Save to a single file with the specified name

Example:
java -jar eink_highlights_extractor.jar -disk ~/reader -readertype POCKETBOOK -savetofolder ~/reader_notes -outputformat HTML