Web Notation
(1) Clippings.io lets you import your notations from your Kindle to another device. You can then tag, sort, and otherwise organize your information easily.(2) Unlike the kindle's crippled notation options, Google Books has multiple colors of highlights, and will store your notes for you in a text file on your google drive. But, if the book includes DRM, then you will not be able to view your highlights, including highlights to which you've appended notes.
(3) Outline.com (a) scrubs pages of the distractions (b) lets you share and annotate articles with a group (c) pierces many paywalls.
Cataloging books with Calibre
Calibre is the best way to keep track of your e-books and download periodicals. A bit of a learning curve, but btw the main program and the add-ons, you will be able to do more than what is possible with the limited programs which come within the walled gardens of e-readers.
With Calibre you can: organize e-books bought from multiple outlets; organize real books, periodically download new issues of magazines and newspapers from around the world (many for free); batch process your document details; set up a personal server; use the personal server to forward your downloaded periodicals and books to your phone/tablet. You have to plug your device into the computer on which you've installed Calibre to download your content to your device; otherwise, you can access books on your phone from your PC via the internet or wifi.
Dear Reader has an extensive selection of posts that can help you get the most out of Calibre.
Calibre add-ons present even more functionality, like importing your annotations from your kindle (but maybe you should leave kindle, if you agree with what i've written below).
Dear Reader has an extensive selection of posts that can help you get the most out of Calibre.
Calibre add-ons present even more functionality, like importing your annotations from your kindle (but maybe you should leave kindle, if you agree with what i've written below).
Why I stopped using my Kindle and switched to Google books.
Google books is always with me on my phone.
Google books has better note taking features (see above, under notation apps).
It is much easier for me to go to the "my books" section of google play and upload my books onto Google than it is for me to upload books onto my kindle.
Google could be dethroned, but not by kindle. If I had an always on personal server (home pc), I would use Calibre to forward books to my phone and use an e-reader to read the books.