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Here are the 10 Kindle books Glasp readers imported and highlighted the most in April 2026 — along with the single passage that the most readers stopped on in each. Where the same book has also been highlighted by Glasp readers in other languages — Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French — you’ll find those linked too.

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📚 The Top 10

1. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman · 28 readers

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman, the former Guardian columnist behind This Column Will Change Your Life, argues that we get about 4,000 weeks alive — and that productivity culture is a doomed attempt to deny that limit. The book reframes time management as the art of choosing what to neglect.

“The fundamental problem is that this attitude toward time sets up a rigged game in which it’s impossible ever to feel as though you’re doing well enough. Instead of simply living our lives as they unfold in time — instead of just being time, you might say — it becomes difficult not to value each moment primarily according to its usefulness for some future goal, or for some future oasis of relaxation you hope to reach once your tasks are finally ‘out of the way.’”

— Top Highlight: 10 of 28 readers · 36%

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: 日本語 (38) · Español (4) · Português (1) · Deutsch (1)

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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2. The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel · 48 readers

Morgan Housel, partner at Collaborative Fund, makes the case that doing well with money has more to do with behavior than intelligence. Across 19 short stories, he shows why patience and humility tend to outperform credentials over the long run.

“If expectations rise with results there is no logic in striving for more because you’ll feel the same after putting in extra effort.”

— Top Highlight: 23 of 48 readers · 48%

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: 日本語 (7) · Español (6) · Português (6) · Deutsch (3)

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3. The Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman · 48 readers

Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman pair 366 passages from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus with short modern meditations — one for each day of the year. Holiday has done more than anyone to bring Stoicism to a contemporary audience.

“Having an end in mind is no guarantee that you’ll reach it — no Stoic would tolerate that assumption — but not having an end in mind is a guarantee you won’t.”

— Top Highlight: 14 of 48 readers · 29%

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: 日本語 (6) · Português (2) · Deutsch (1)

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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4. Deep Work — Cal Newport · 35 readers

Cal Newport, computer science professor at Georgetown, argues that the ability to focus without distraction is becoming both rarer and more valuable. The book lays out a set of rules for protecting concentration in an economy designed to fragment it.

“Deep work is necessary to wring every last drop of value out of your current intellectual capacity. We now know from decades of research in both psychology and neuroscience that the state of mental strain that accompanies deep work is also necessary to improve your abilities.”

— Top Highlight: 15 of 35 readers · 43%

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: Español (1) · Português (3) · Français (1)

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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5. Unlimited Memory — Kevin Horsley · 28 readers

Kevin Horsley, one of fewer than two dozen people in the world to hold the title International Grandmaster of Memory, walks through the techniques memory champions use to learn faster and remember more — including the method he used to memorize the first 10,000 digits of Pi.

“You can have success or excuses, but you can’t have them both. People that learn quickly focus only on the information and skills that matter. Excuses don’t matter — they are ‘thought viruses.’ The only things that keep you from getting what you want are the excuses you make to yourself.”

— Top Highlight: 6 of 28 readers · 21%

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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6. Excellent Advice for Living — Kevin Kelly · 12 readers

Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired, spent his 70th birthday distilling decades of observation into 450 short proverbs for his children. The result reads like a personal Whole Earth Catalog for living well.

“Habit is far more dependable than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. Don’t focus on getting into shape. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a workout.”

— Top Highlight: 8 of 12 readers · 67%

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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7. The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk · 14 readers

Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist who has worked with trauma survivors for over 40 years, shows how trauma reshapes both brain and body — and which kinds of treatment actually help. The book has become a foundational text for understanding modern PTSD.

“The stress hormones of traumatized people, in contrast, take much longer to return to baseline and spike quickly and disproportionately in response to mildly stressful stimuli. The insidious effects of constantly elevated stress hormones include memory and attention problems, irritability, and sleep disorders.”

— Top Highlight: 4 of 14 readers · 29%

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: Español (1)

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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8. Meditations for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman · 7 readers

Oliver Burkeman returns with a four-week course in giving up the fantasy of getting everything done. Where Four Thousand Weeks made the argument, this one turns it into daily practice.

“The main point — though it took me years to realize it — is to develop the willingness to just do something, here and now, as a one-off, regardless of whether it’s part of any system or habit or routine. If you don’t prioritize the skill of just doing something, you risk falling into an exceedingly sneaky trap, which is that you end up embarking instead on the unnecessary and, worse, counterproductive project of becoming the kind of person who does that sort of thing.”

— Top Highlight: 6 of 7 readers · 86%

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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9. Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman · 48 readers

Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate in Economics, introduces the two systems that drive human thought: fast, automatic intuition (System 1) and slow, deliberate reasoning (System 2). The book maps the cognitive biases that emerge when intuition gets ahead of itself.

“Systems 1 and 2 are both active whenever we are awake. System 1 runs automatically and System 2 is normally in a comfortable low-effort mode, in which only a fraction of its capacity is engaged. System 1 continuously generates suggestions for System 2: impressions, intuitions, intentions, and feelings. If endorsed by System 2, impressions and intuitions turn into beliefs, and impulses turn into voluntary actions.”

— Top Highlight: 13 of 48 readers · 27%

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: 日本語 (28) · Español (7) · Português (16)

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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10. Thinking in Systems — Donella H. Meadows · 26 readers

Donella Meadows, environmental scientist and lead author of The Limits to Growth, offers a primer on systems thinking — how to see the world as interconnected feedback loops rather than linear chains of cause and effect.

“The least obvious part of the system, its function or purpose, is often the most crucial determinant of the system’s behavior.”

— Top Highlight: 11 of 26 readers · 42%

🌐 Top highlights in other languages: 日本語 (13) · Português (2)

👉 See the 9 other most-highlighted passages

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⭐ The Highlight of the Month

Out of every book on this list, one passage drew the strongest collective pause: 6 of 7 readers who saved Meditations for Mortals highlighted the same paragraph — an 86% consensus, the highest of the month.

Oliver Burkeman, on the trap of becoming-the-kind-of-person-who:

“The main point — though it took me years to realize it — is to develop the willingness to just do something, here and now, as a one-off, regardless of whether it’s part of any system or habit or routine. If you don’t prioritize the skill of just doing something, you risk falling into an exceedingly sneaky trap, which is that you end up embarking instead on the unnecessary and, worse, counterproductive project of becoming the kind of person who does that sort of thing.”

A fitting capstone for a month where Burkeman appeared twice on the list — readers are clearly wrestling with how to actually live inside their finite time, rather than perpetually prepare to.

📅 Want the bigger picture?

If you’d like to see what Glasp readers highlighted across the whole quarter, here’s the Top 20 from Q1 2026 (January–March):

👉 The Top 20 Books Glasp Readers Highlighted in Q1 2026

Bring your Kindle highlights to Glasp

Every reader in this list imported their Kindle highlights to Glasp. Once imported, your highlights become searchable across every book, article, and PDF you’ve saved — and part of the collective data that shapes lists like this one. If you haven’t imported yours yet, here’s how it works:

👉 How to download and import your Kindle highlights to Glasp

Closing

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Every highlight is a breadcrumb for the next reader. That’s how knowledge sharing works on Glasp.

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👉 How to Import Highlights from CSV to Glasp

CSV Import is a free feature by Glasp that lets you upload highlights from any CSV file directly into your Glasp account. To import, go to Settings → Integrations → CSV Import, upload a CSV file with url, title, and text columns, review the column mapping, and click Import.

Whether you’re migrating from another highlighting tool, consolidating highlights from multiple sources, or backing up your reading notes, CSV Import makes it easy to bring everything into Glasp in one step. Once imported, your highlights are organized by page — just like highlights you create with the browser extension — so you can search, tag, export, and share them right away.

Step 1: Sign up for Glasp

Select a browser: Google Chrome, Brave, Safari, Microsoft Edge, etc.

On your search tab, type in “glasp.co” and you will be automatically directed to the page of Glasp. Or access it from the link below.

👉 Glasp — Social Web Highlighter

Upon reaching it click “Sign up” and continue using your Google Account.

You can sign up for Glasp with either Google Sign-in or Apple Sign-in. If you’re not an iPhone/iPad user, we strongly recommend you use Google Sign-in.

After finalizing your account, you will be redirected to the Chrome Web Store.

Step 2: Go to your Glasp profile page

Once you created an account, go to your Glasp profile page by clicking Dashboard. If you cannot see it, go to glasp.co page again.

On your profile page, click + button and then Integrations & API.

On the Integrations page, click “Import” under CSV Import.

After that, you’ll see a modal show up. Upload your CSV file by dragging and dropping it, or click to select a file. If you don’t have the CSV file prepared, please see Step 3.

Step 3: Prepare the CSV file

If you don’t have the CSV file to upload, please prepare it. The CSV file must have three columns: url, title, and text. You can add note, color, tags, author, and highlighted_at as optional columns.

Download the CSV file.

Step 4: Upload the CSV file and view highlights

After preparing the CSV file, upload it to Glasp.

After successfully uploading the file to Glasp, you can see the page like below.

Click View My Highlights to see your imported highlights. It takes you to your Glasp profile page.

(Optional) Step 5: Re-highlight on the original page

Highlights imported via CSV are saved to your Glasp profile, but they won’t appear on the original webpage automatically. If you want to see the highlights directly on the page, open the original URL in your browser with the Glasp extension installed, and highlight the same passages again. This way, the highlights will be visible both on your profile and on the webpage itself.

(Optional) Step 6: Delete highlights

If you want to delete the imported highlights, there are two ways: 1. Delete a single highlight. 2. Delete a page and all its highlights.

Delete a single highlight: To delete a specific highlight, go to your Glasp profile, select the page, hover over the highlight, and click the three-dot menu (⋯). Select Delete Highlight. The other highlights on the same page will remain.

Delete a page and all its highlights: To remove a page and all of its highlights at once, go to your Glasp profile, select the page, and click the three-dot menu (⋯) in the top-right corner. Select Delete. This will remove the page and all of its highlights from your profile.

FAQs

Q: What format does the CSV file need to be in?

A: Your CSV must include three required columns: url, title, and text. You can optionally include note, color, tags, author, and highlighted_at columns for additional metadata.

Q: What color and visibility will my imported highlights have?

A: Imported highlights use your default color and visibility settings. You can update these in the Highlight Settings page before importing.

Q: Can I import highlights from Readwise, Instapaper, or other tools?

A: Yes — if you can export your highlights as a CSV file with url, title, and text columns, you can import them into Glasp. For Readwise, Instapaper, Hypothesis, and Weava, Glasp also offers dedicated one-click sync integrations under Settings → Integrations.

Q: Is CSV Import free?

A: Yes, CSV Import is free to use.

Q: Can I delete imported highlights?

A: Yes. You can delete a single highlight by hovering over it and selecting Delete Highlight from the three-dot menu. To remove an entire page and all its highlights, click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the page view and select Delete.

Q: What happens if my CSV has extra columns that Glasp doesn’t recognize?

A: Unrecognized columns are ignored during import. Only columns that match Glasp’s supported fields (url, title, text, note, color, tags, author, highlighted_at) will be mapped and imported.

Before you leave

Thanks for reading. We hope this tutorial helps you import highlights to Glasp through CSV file.

See you next time,

Glasp team

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👉 Best Free Kindle Highlight Exporter: Glasp, Readwise, and Clippings.io Compared

Glasp is the best free Kindle highlight exporter. It works directly in your browser via Kindle Cloud Reader, bypasses Amazon’s publisher-set export limits, exports to TXT, CSV, and Markdown, and sends highlights directly to 11+ note-taking apps — all at no cost. If you want to export Kindle highlights for free without compromising on features or limits, Glasp is the tool to start with.

Why Amazon’s Built-In Export Falls Short

Every Kindle book has a publisher-set export limit — typically between 10% and 20% of the book’s total text. Once you hit that cap, Amazon stops showing you the rest of your highlights. You’ll see a message like “Some highlights have been hidden or truncated due to export limits.”

This means if you’re a heavy highlighter — a researcher, student, or avid reader — you may lose access to half or more of your own annotations. The highlights are still in your Kindle, but you can’t get them out using Amazon’s native tools.

That’s why dedicated Kindle highlight exporters exist. Below is a comparison of the best options, starting with the strongest free choice.

The 5 Best Kindle Highlight Exporters

1. Glasp — Best Free Option Overall

• Price: Free Requires Kindle device: No (works via Kindle Cloud Reader in your browser)
• Export limits: None
• Export formats: TXT, CSV, Markdown
• How it works: Copy all highlights to clipboard in one click, or download as TXT/CSV/Markdown and import into any app
• Browser support: Chrome, Brave, Edge, Safari

Glasp is a free browser extension that overlays directly on Kindle Cloud Reader (read.amazon.com). Once installed, you’ll see a Glasp panel appear on the Kindle Cloud Reader page. From there, you can select one or multiple books and export all highlights at once — with no export limit regardless of how heavily you’ve highlighted a book.

What sets Glasp apart from other free tools is its direct integrations with note-taking apps. With one click, highlights land in Notion, Obsidian, or whichever PKM tool you use — complete with book title, author, thumbnail, and a link back to the original book. You don’t need to manually copy, paste, or format anything.

Glasp also supports Amazon stores across multiple regions including the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, India, Australia, Brazil, and more.

One additional feature worth noting: Glasp can send you a daily review email with random Kindle highlights from your library. This turns your exported highlights into an ongoing spaced-repetition habit without any extra setup.

Best for: Anyone who wants to export all Kindle highlights for free and send them directly to a note-taking app.

2. Amazon’s Native Export — Free but Limited

• Price: Free (built into Kindle)
• Requires Kindle device: Depends on method
• Export limits: Yes — publisher-set, typically 10–20% of book text
• Export formats: HTML (Kindle app), TXT (My Clippings.txt), Email
• Direct app integrations: None

Amazon offers several built-in ways to access highlights: the Kindle app’s Export Notebook feature (saves an HTML file), the My Clippings.txt file accessible via USB on a physical Kindle device, and the read.amazon.com/notebook web page.

The major limitation is the publisher-imposed export cap. For any book you’ve highlighted heavily, you will hit this limit. Highlights beyond the cap are hidden in the notebook view and excluded from any export.

Additionally, none of Amazon’s native methods connect directly to note-taking apps. After exporting, you’ll need to manually format and paste your highlights wherever you want them.

Best for: Casual readers who highlight lightly and don’t need app integrations.

3. Readwise — Best Paid Option

• Price: $7.99–$12.99/month (30-day free trial, no free plan)
• Requires Kindle device: No
• Export limits: None (bypasses Amazon’s limits)
• Export formats: CSV, Markdown
• Direct app integrations: Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more (30+ integrations)

Readwise is the gold standard for readers who want a comprehensive highlight management system across multiple platforms — Kindle, Apple Books, Instapaper, web articles, physical books (via photo), and more. It syncs everything to one place, resurfaces highlights via daily email using spaced repetition, and connects to a wide range of PKM tools.

The tradeoff is price. Readwise has no free plan — only a 30-day trial. The full bundle including Readwise Reader costs $9.99/month (annual) or $12.99/month (monthly). For readers who only want to export Kindle highlights without paying a monthly subscription, Glasp covers the core use case for free.

One important caveat: once the 30-day trial ends, Readwise locks you out of your highlights entirely unless you upgrade to a paid plan. You cannot view, search, or export the highlights you’ve already imported without an active subscription. This is a significant risk if you’ve moved your entire reading library into Readwise and then decide not to pay — your annotations become inaccessible until you subscribe again.

Best for: Power users who highlight across multiple platforms and want automatic syncing plus spaced-repetition review.

4. Clippings.io — Free Import, Paid Export

• Price: Free to import and view; paid plan required for full exports
• Requires Kindle device: No (browser extension) or Yes (My Clippings.txt upload)
• Export limits: Free plan exports are truncated to the first 100 characters per highlight
• Export formats: PDF, Word, Excel, Markdown, JSON, Text (full exports on paid plan)
• Direct app integrations: Evernote, Dropbox, OneDrive, OneNote, Google Drive (paid)

Clippings.io is one of the oldest Kindle highlight managers. It lets you import highlights for free and view them in an organized library. However, the free plan truncates every exported highlight to its first 100 characters — making full-text exports unavailable without a paid subscription.

If you want to view and organize your highlights in Clippings.io without exporting, the free plan is functional. But for any export workflow, you’ll need to upgrade.

Best for: Readers who primarily want to organize and search highlights within the Clippings.io interface, and are comfortable paying for export access.

5. Bookcision — Free Bookmarklet

• Price: Free
• Requires Kindle device: No (works via read.amazon.com)
• Export limits: Subject to Amazon’s display limits
• Export formats: Plain text, JSON
• Direct app integrations: None

Bookcision is a JavaScript bookmarklet originally created by the Norbauer brothers and now maintained by Readwise as an open-source project (hosted at bookcision.readwise.io). You drag it to your bookmark bar, navigate to a book on read.amazon.com, and click it to extract highlights into a clean page you can copy or download.

It works one book at a time and has no direct integrations with note-taking apps. Some users have also reported that recent changes to Kindle Cloud Reader have limited its ability to capture all highlights. It’s a useful lightweight option for quick one-off exports, but not practical for regular or bulk use.

Best for: Occasional use on a single book when you want a quick copy without installing an extension.

Quick Comparison Table

How to Export Kindle Highlights with Glasp

Getting started with Glasp takes about 3 minutes.

Step 1: Install the Glasp extension

Go to the Chrome Web Store (or the equivalent for Brave, Edge, or Safari) and install the Glasp extension. Sign up for a free Glasp account when prompted.

Step 2: Open Kindle Cloud Reader

Go to read.amazon.com and sign in with your Amazon account. Once logged in, click “Notes & Highlights” in the left sidebar. You’ll see all your annotated books listed.

Step 3: Select your books and export

The Glasp panel will appear in the top-right corner of the page. Click “Select Books,” choose the books you want to export, then click your preferred format:

• TXT, CSV, or Markdown — downloads immediately as a file
• Import to Glasp — opens your highlights in your Glasp account, where you can send them to Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, and 8 other apps with one click

That’s the full workflow. There’s no limit on how many books you can select or how heavily you’ve highlighted them.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Glasp really free to use for Kindle exports?

Yes. Glasp’s core Kindle export features — including file downloads (TXT, CSV, Markdown) and direct exports to all 11 supported note-taking apps — are free with no usage limits.

Q: Can I export Kindle highlights without Readwise?

Yes. Glasp provides the same core capability — unlimited highlight exports with direct integrations to Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, and other apps — without a monthly subscription. Readwise offers a broader platform (web articles, Apple Books, Instapaper, spaced repetition review), but for Kindle-only exports, Glasp covers everything at no cost. It’s also worth noting that once Readwise’s 30-day trial ends, you lose access to all your highlights — including viewing and searching them — until you start paying. With Glasp, your highlights are yours to access anytime, for free.

Q: What is the best free alternative to Readwise for Kindle highlights?

Glasp is the strongest free alternative for Kindle highlights specifically. It bypasses Amazon’s export limits, supports 11 direct app integrations, and requires no paid plan. Clippings.io is another option, but its free plan truncates highlight text on export.

Q: What is the Kindle highlight export limit, and does Glasp bypass it?

Amazon applies a publisher-set export cap — typically between 10% and 20% of a book’s total text — when you use Kindle’s built-in export features. Glasp bypasses this limit by reading highlights directly from Kindle Cloud Reader, so you can export all your highlights from any book regardless of how much you’ve highlighted.

Q: Do I need a physical Kindle device to use Glasp?

No. Glasp works entirely through Kindle Cloud Reader (read.amazon.com) in your browser. You don’t need a physical Kindle device — any Kindle book purchased on Amazon will be accessible there.

Q: Does Glasp work with Amazon stores outside the US?

Yes. Glasp supports Amazon Kindle stores in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, India, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and more. When you sign in to Kindle Cloud Reader, simply select your country’s store.

Q: Can I bulk-export highlights from multiple Kindle books at once?

Yes. Glasp allows you to select multiple books at once and export all of them in a single action. Amazon’s native export and tools like Bookcision require you to export one book at a time.

Q: Which Kindle highlight exporter works best for Notion?

Glasp and Readwise both support direct one-click export to Notion. Glasp is free; Readwise requires a paid subscription. Clippings.io also integrates with Notion but only on its paid plan.

Related Tutorials

• How to Download Highlights and Notes from Kindle with Glasp — complete overview of all export methods
• How to Save Kindle Highlights to Notion with Glasp
• How to Save Kindle Highlights to Obsidian with Glasp
• How to Copy and Paste Kindle Highlights Beyond Export Limits

👉 Try Kindle highlight export for free: glasp.co/kindle-highlight-export

Before You Leave

If you’ve been losing highlights to Amazon’s export limits or paying for a tool just to get highlights into your notes, Glasp offers the same core functionality at no cost. Install the extension, open Kindle Cloud Reader, and have your highlights in Notion or Obsidian within minutes.

👉 Sign up for Glasp — it’s free

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👉 How to Auto-Sync Kindle Highlights with Glasp

Auto-Sync Kindle Highlights is a free Glasp feature (currently in Beta) that automatically imports new Kindle highlights on a schedule — daily, every 3 days, or weekly. To enable it, install the Glasp extension, sign in to your Kindle Cloud Reader, open the Glasp extension settings, go to Kindle Integration, and toggle Auto-sync to On.

Before You Begin

• A free Glasp account Sign up here
• Glasp browser extension (Chrome / Brave / Edge / Safari)
• Signed in to your Kindle Cloud Reader (read.amazon.com or your regional equivalent)

💡 If you haven’t installed Glasp yet, see How to Download Highlights and Notes from Kindle for the setup walkthrough.

Step 1: Open Glasp Extension Settings

Click the Glasp icon in your browser toolbar and open Settings.

On the Settings page, select Kindle Integration.

Step 2: Select Your Amazon Region

Under Amazon region, choose the Kindle store you use (e.g., United States — read.amazon.com, United Kingdom — read.amazon.co.uk, Japan — read.amazon.co.jp). Make sure you’re signed in to your Kindle notebook for the selected region.

Step 3: Run a Test Sync (Optional but Recommended)

Click Test sync (3 books) to verify the connection. This checks your 3 most-recently annotated books and imports highlights from them. Use this to confirm everything is working before enabling full auto-sync.

After it runs, a status line appears below the buttons — for example, Last synced: just now (2 books, 47 highlights, 1 skipped). To confirm the highlights imported correctly, click the your Glasp profile link in the description above the buttons (or open your Glasp profile in a new tab).

If your highlights appear under the Kindle tab, you’re ready to enable full auto-sync.

Step 4: Configure Sync Frequency and Range

• Frequency — choose Daily, Every 3 days, or Weekly based on how often you read.
• Recent books to check — set how many of your most-recently annotated books each sync looks at (default: 100). Increase this if you frequently revisit older books.

Step 5: Manage Excluded Books (Optional)

Click Manage under Excluded books to skip specific titles during auto-sync. Useful if you have books you don’t want to import (e.g., references you’ve already exported elsewhere).

Step 6: Toggle Auto-Sync On

Switch the Auto-sync toggle to On. Glasp will now check for new Kindle highlights on your chosen schedule and import them to your Glasp profile automatically.

If you want a one-time import without enabling the schedule, click Sync now instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Auto-Sync Kindle Highlights free?

A: Yes. Auto-Sync is a free feature available to all Glasp users. It is currently in Beta.

Q: How often does Auto-Sync run?

A: You can choose Daily, Every 3 days, or Weekly. Glasp checks for new highlights at the chosen interval and imports any new ones it finds.

Q: Which Amazon regions are supported?

A: Auto-Sync supports all major Kindle regions, including the United States (read.amazon.com), United Kingdom (read.amazon.co.uk), Japan (read.amazon.co.jp), and others. Select your region in the Amazon regiondropdown.

Q: What’s the difference between “Sync now” and “Test sync (3 books)”?

A: Sync now runs a full one-time sync using your current settings. Test sync (3 books) is a lightweight check that imports highlights from only your 3 most-recently annotated books — useful for verifying the connection before enabling auto-sync.

Q: Can I exclude specific books from Auto-Sync?

A: Yes. Click Manage under Excluded books to add titles you want to skip. Excluded books will be ignored on every auto-sync run.

Q: Do I still need to be signed in to my Kindle account?

A: Yes. Auto-Sync uses your active Kindle Cloud Reader session, so you must remain signed in to read.amazon.com (or your regional equivalent) for syncs to succeed.

Q: Where do my synced highlights appear?

A: Imported highlights appear on your Glasp profile under the corresponding book, alongside any highlights you’ve imported manually.

Related Tutorials

• How to Download Highlights and Notes from Kindle — full overview of every Kindle export method
• How to Save Kindle Highlights to Notion with Glasp
• How to Save Kindle Highlights to Obsidian with Glasp

For all export methods, see How to Download Highlights and Notes from Kindle.

Before You Leave

Auto-Sync is the easiest way to keep your Glasp library in sync with your Kindle reading — set it once and your new highlights show up automatically.

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Every quarter, Glasp readers import thousands of new Kindle highlights into their libraries. Here are the 20 most-imported English-language books between January 1 and March 31, 2026 — a snapshot of what our community has been thinking about.

For each book, we also surfaced the Top Highlight — the single passage that the most readers independently highlighted. When many strangers stop at the same sentence, that sentence matters. This is the knowledge layer Glasp was built on.

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1. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson · 50 readers

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson, a blogger-turned-author, argues that the good life isn’t about caring more but about choosing what to care about. His counterintuitive framing has made the book a go-to for readers burned out on conventional self-help. Our #1 most-imported book of Q1.

“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.”

— Top Highlight: 15 of 50 readers · 30%

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2. $100M Offers — Alex Hormozi · 72 readers

Alex Hormozi, founder of Acquisition.com, breaks down how to build offers prospects feel stupid saying no to. Dense with frameworks and examples, it’s become a modern playbook for anyone selling products, services, or ideas.

“The Grand Slam Offer only becomes valuable once the prospect perceives the increase in likelihood of achievement, perceives the decrease in time delay, and perceives the decrease in effort and sacrifice.”

— Top Highlight: 16 of 72 readers · 22%

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3. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant — Eric Jorgenson · 60 readers

Eric Jorgenson distilled a decade of Naval Ravikant’s tweets, essays, and podcast appearances into a single volume on wealth, happiness, and how to think. Short chapters, high density — tailor-made for highlighting.

“Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable.”

— Top Highlight: 28 of 60 readers · 47%

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4. Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman · 27 readers

Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman maps two systems of thought: System 1 (fast, intuitive) and System 2 (slow, deliberate). The foundational text on cognitive biases, and still the most-cited popular psychology book of the past two decades.

“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”

— Top Highlight: 7 of 27 readers · 26%

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5. The Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman · 46 readers

Ryan Holiday, who has done more than anyone to bring Stoicism to modern audiences, pairs 366 short meditations from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus with daily commentary. One page per day, built for a year-long practice.

“Having an end in mind is no guarantee that you’ll reach it — no Stoic would tolerate that assumption — but not having an end in mind is a guarantee you won’t.”

— Top Highlight: 13 of 46 readers · 28%

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6. The War of Art — Steven Pressfield · 34 readers

Novelist Steven Pressfield (Gates of Fire, The Legend of Bagger Vance) names the invisible force that stops creative work “Resistance” — and treats fighting it as a lifelong discipline. A cult favorite among writers, founders, and anyone who makes things.

“When I began this book, Resistance almost beat me. This is the form it took. It told me (the voice in my head) that I was a writer of fiction, not nonfiction, and that I shouldn’t be exposing these concepts of Resistance literally and overtly; rather, I should incorporate them metaphorically into a novel.”

— Top Highlight: 11 of 34 readers · 32%

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7. Atomic Habits — James Clear · 69 readers

James Clear, whose newsletter reaches millions, lays out how tiny habits compound into remarkable results. His cue-craving-response-reward framework has become the default mental model for behavior change.

“A handful of problems arise when you spend too much time thinking about your goals and not enough time designing your systems.”

— Top Highlight: 24 of 69 readers · 35%

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8. The God Delusion — Richard Dawkins · 8 readers

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins makes the case against religious belief and for a scientific worldview — a sharp challenge to faith that has drawn both admirers and critics since its 2006 release.

“Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: ‘When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.’”

— Top Highlight: 3 of 8 readers · 38%

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9. Four Thousand Weeks — Oliver Burkeman · 18 readers

Journalist Oliver Burkeman reframes time management as an existential question: a typical life is only about 4,000 weeks long. The book is an antidote to hustle culture, arguing that the point isn’t to do more but to accept what we can’t do.

“Principle number one is to pay yourself first when it comes to time. If you take a portion of your pay cheque the day you receive it and squirrel it away… you’ll probably never feel the absence of that cash. But if, like most people, you ‘pay yourself last’ instead, you’ll usually find that there isn’t any.”

— Top Highlight: 8 of 18 readers · 44%

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10. Unlimited Memory — Kevin Horsley · 27 readers

Kevin Horsley, a Grand Master of Memory, shares the visualization and association techniques competitive memory athletes use. Practical, not mystical — useful for anyone trying to learn faster.

“When your mind is at peace, you can enjoy the moment and your mind becomes like a laser beam. Peace and concentration are the same thing.”

— Top Highlight: 6 of 27 readers · 22%

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11. Building a Second Brain — Tiago Forte · 50 readers

Productivity teacher Tiago Forte introduces the PARA method for organizing digital notes into a searchable external memory. Arguably the most on-brand book for Glasp readers on this list — and our Highlight of the Quarter (see below).

“The best way to organize your notes is to organize for action, according to the active projects you are working on right now. Consider new information in terms of its utility, asking, ‘How is this going to help me move forward one of my current projects?’ Surprisingly, when you focus on taking action, the vast amount of information out there gets radically streamlined and simplified.”

— Top Highlight: 30 of 50 readers · 60%

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12. The Miracle Morning — Hal Elrod · 22 readers

Hal Elrod lays out a morning routine built around six practices — Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing — designed to be done before 8 AM. Simple, repeatable, and still one of the most-imported productivity books.

“Always remember that who you’re becoming is far more important than what you’re doing, and yet it is what you’re doing that is determining who you’re becoming.”

— Top Highlight: 7 of 22 readers · 32%

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13. Deep Work — Cal Newport · 32 readers

Georgetown computer scientist Cal Newport argues that the ability to focus without distraction is the defining skill of the knowledge economy — and that it’s becoming rare. A manifesto for anyone doing cognitively demanding work.

“In this new economy, three groups will have a particular advantage: those who can work well and creatively with intelligent machines, those who are the best at what they do, and those with access to capital.”

— Top Highlight: 18 of 32 readers · 56%

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14. The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel · 47 readers

Morgan Housel, partner at The Collaborative Fund, tells 19 short stories about how people actually think about money. His thesis: personal finance is less about math than about behavior, psychology, and long time horizons.

“But it’s one of the most important. If expectations rise with results there is no logic in striving for more because you’ll feel the…”

— Top Highlight: 23 of 47 readers · 49%

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15. Becoming Supernatural — Dr Joe Dispenza · 9 readers

Joe Dispenza, a former chiropractor turned meditation teacher, blends neuroscience, meditation, and quantum-physics metaphor. A more spiritual pick than most on this list — but clearly finding an audience in the Glasp community.

“Every person, object, thing, place, or situation in our familiar physical reality has a neurological network assigned to it in our brain and an emotional component connected to it because we’ve experienced all these things. This is how our energy becomes bonded to our past-present reality.”

— Top Highlight: 4 of 9 readers · 44%

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16. The Millionaire Fastlane — MJ DeMarco · 24 readers

Entrepreneur MJ DeMarco argues that the “save 10% and retire at 65” model is the slow lane — and that real wealth comes from building businesses that scale. A cult classic in the entrepreneurship corner of the internet.

“Priorities: Some want to look rich, and others want to be rich.”

— Top Highlight: 5 of 24 readers · 21%

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17. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — J.K. Rowling · 14 readers

The only fiction in our top 20. A reminder that Glasp readers don’t just highlight business books — sometimes they highlight the opening chapters of a story they first read as kids.

“Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel — Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.”

— Top Highlight: 7 of 14 readers · 50%

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18. Sapiens — Yuval Noah Harari · 14 readers

Historian Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of humankind from the cognitive revolution to the present in 400 pages. Sweeping, provocative, and endlessly quotable.

“The human collective knows far more today than did the ancient bands. But at the individual level, ancient foragers were the most knowledgeable and skilful people in history.”

— Top Highlight: 3 of 14 readers · 21%

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19. Mindset — Carol Dweck · 22 readers

Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck introduced the terms that now saturate educational and workplace discourse: fixed mindset vs growth mindset. The original source is still worth reading.

“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?”

— Top Highlight: 10 of 22 readers · 45%

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20. Die With Zero — Bill Perkins · 12 readers

Hedge fund manager Bill Perkins makes a counterintuitive case: optimize your life for peak experiences, not for your net worth on your deathbed. Money is a tool for memories, not a scorecard.

“Start actively thinking about the life experiences you’d like to have, and the number of times you’d like to have them. The experiences can be large or small, free or costly, charitable or hedonistic. But think about what you really want out of this life in terms of meaningful and memorable experiences.”

— Top Highlight: 5 of 12 readers · 42%

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The Highlight of the Quarter

Across all 20 books, this was the passage with the strongest reader consensus of Q1 2026:

“The best way to organize your notes is to organize for action, according to the active projects you are working on right now. Consider new information in terms of its utility, asking, ‘How is this going to help me move forward one of my current projects?’ Surprisingly, when you focus on taking action, the vast amount of information out there gets radically streamlined and simplified.”

— Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain

— Top Highlight: 30 of 50 readers · 60%

This passage topped both metrics — the highest absolute number of readers marking the same sentence (30), and the highest consensus rate across the top 20 (60%). Fitting that the quarter’s most agreed-upon highlight came from the book about organizing your highlights.

Closing

Click any title to read the other highlights Glasp readers left behind. Each book is a window into how the community is thinking — and a shortcut to the ideas that shaped their quarter.

Every highlight is a breadcrumb for the next reader. That’s how knowledge sharing works on Glasp.

Bring your Kindle highlights to Glasp

Every reader in this list imported their Kindle highlights to Glasp.

Once imported, your highlights become searchable across every book, article, and PDF you’ve saved — and part of the collective data that shapes lists like this one. If you haven’t imported yours yet, here’s how it works:

👉 How to Download Highlights and Notes from Kindle

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👉 How to Bulk Download YouTube Transcripts

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We’re excited to announce a new tutorial on Glasp: How to Bulk Download YouTube Transcripts

Most YouTube creators script, record, and edit their videos — but the transcript rarely goes anywhere after that. It stays locked inside the video, unused.

Glasp lets you bulk download transcripts from your own YouTube channel — automatically syncing all your videos so you can export them at once, in the format of your choice.

Once set up, Glasp will:

• Sync all public videos from your YouTube channel
• Let you select one video, a few, or your entire catalog
• Download transcripts in bulk — .txt, .md, .csv, .json, or .srt
• Allow you to track up to 30 videos per channel (Pro plan)

In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to connect your YouTube channel to Glasp and bulk download your transcripts — so the ideas you’ve recorded actually stick.

Note: Please use this feature for your own content and use transcripts responsibly. Make sure to comply with YouTube’s terms of service and the copyright laws in your country.

If you want to reread or highlight this newsletter, save it to Glasp.

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🪄 How It Works

Step 1: Sign up for Glasp

Select a browser: Google Chrome, Brave, Safari, Microsoft Edge, etc.

On your search tab, type in “glasp.co“ and you will be automatically directed to the page of Glasp. Or access it from the link below.

👉 Glasp — YouTube Transcript

Upon reaching it click “Sign up” and continue using your Google Account.

You can sign up for Glasp with either Google Sign-in or Apple Sign-in. If you’re not an iPhone/iPad user, we strongly recommend you use Google Sign-in.

After finalizing your account, please go to your profile page by clicking “Dashboard” at the top right. If you cannot see the “Dashboard,” please visit glasp.co again.

Step 2: Go to the “Channels” Tab

On your Glasp profile page, click the Channels tab at the top. Then, click “+ Add YouTube Channel.”

Please check your YouTube channel’s handle. You can find it on your channel page, right below the channel name.

Then, type the channel handle on the modal and click “Add Channel.”

After you click “Add Channel,” Glasp will connect your channel and start syncing all your public videos.

Step 3: View Your Channel

Once your channel is added to the list, it shows up on your page. Click it to see the videos’ transcripts.

You can see all the videos in chronological order by publication date.

Step 4: Download the Transcripts

To bulk download the transcripts, click the check box at the top. Then, click “Download All” at the top right.

Choose your preferred file format and click it. Your transcripts will be downloaded as a zip file.

Unzip the downloaded file to access your transcripts.

To download transcripts from more than 20 videos at once, click “Load More” at the bottom and select the checkbox again.

To download the transcript from a single video, click the download icon next to that video and choose your preferred file format.

You can also copy the transcript directly by clicking the copy icon next to each video.

Your video transcripts shouldn’t stay locked inside YouTube.

With Glasp’s YouTube Channel Tracking, you can connect your channel, bulk download all your transcripts, and turn your videos into reusable knowledge — in the format of your choice.

If you haven’t already, sign up for Glasp and start making the most of everything you’ve recorded.

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💡 Pro Tips

Go further with these resources:

👉 How to Import YouTube Transcripts into NotebookLM with Glasp — Use your video transcripts as sources for AI-powered research and insights

👉 How to Highlight YouTube Transcript — Save and annotate the most important moments from any video

👉 How to Turn a YouTube Video into an X Post and Article — Repurpose your video content into written posts and articles

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👉 How to Auto-Export Highlights with Zapier

You can automatically export your Glasp highlights — including web articles, PDFs, and YouTube transcripts — to apps like Slack, Google Sheets, Discord, and Gmail using Zapier. This integration uses Glasp’s API as a trigger in Zapier, so every new highlight you save is automatically sent to your destination app without any coding.

This guide walks you through the full setup, step by step.

What Is Glasp?

Glasp is a social web highlighter that lets you highlight and organize content from web pages, PDFs, Kindle, and YouTube — all saved to your Glasp profile. With Glasp’s API, you can programmatically access your highlights and integrate them into your personal knowledge workflow.

What Is Zapier?

Zapier is a no-code automation platform that connects over 8,000 apps. It uses a trigger-action model: when something happens in one app (the trigger), Zapier automatically performs an action in another app. In this tutorial, Glasp’s API serves as the trigger, and your destination app (Slack, Google Sheets, etc.) serves as the action.

What This Workflow Does

This Zap checks for new Glasp highlights on a schedule and sends them to your chosen destination. Specifically, it:

1. Fetches your latest highlights from Glasp using the Glasp API
2. Parses the highlight data (title, URL, highlight text, tags, and notes)
3. Sends each new highlight to your destination app automatically

What You’ll Need

• A Glasp account (free at glasp.co)
• A Zapier account (free plan works for basic setups)
• Your Glasp Access Token (we’ll show you how to get it)
• A destination app — Slack, Google Sheets, Discord, Gmail, or any app Zapier supports

Step 1: Go to Zapier

First, open the Glasp integration page on Zapier. If you don’t have a Zapier account yet, you can create one for free — the free plan supports up to 100 tasks per month, which is enough for most personal workflows.

You’ll see a set of pre-built templates for connecting Glasp with popular apps like Slack, Discord, and Google Sheets.

Click “Connect Glasp to 8,000 apps” to open the Zap editor.

Once the editor opens, you’ll see the Zap with a single step: a Glasp trigger.

Step 2: Get Your Glasp Access Token

To connect Zapier with Glasp, you’ll need your personal API access token.

Once you’ve signed up for Glasp, go to Glasp Access Token page. Click Generate if you haven’t created one yet, or copy your existing token.

Back in Zapier, paste your token into the API Key field when prompted to connect your Glasp account.

💡 Keep your access token private. Don’t share it publicly or commit it to a public repository.

Step 3: Test the trigger

After connecting your Glasp account, Zapier will ask you to test the trigger. This step verifies that Zapier can successfully fetch your highlights from Glasp’s API.

In the trigger setup, select “New Document” as the trigger event and click “Continue.”

Click “Test trigger” and wait a few seconds. Zapier will pull in your most recent highlights as sample data. You should see your highlight text, the source URL, page title, tags, and any notes you’ve added.

If the test fails, double-check that:

• Your access token is correct (go back to Step 2 and regenerate if needed)
• You have at least one highlight saved in your Glasp account

Once the test successfully finishes, click “Continue with selected record.” This tells Zapier to use this highlight as sample data for configuring the next step — your destination app.

Step 4: Connect Your Destination

Now add an action step — the app where your highlights will be sent. Click the “+” button below the trigger, search for your destination app, and select it.

Choose your destination app and follow the example below. If your app isn’t listed here, the setup process is similar — select your app, connect your account, and map the Glasp data fields.

Below are setup instructions for the most popular destinations.

Example: Slack

After selecting Slack, choose “Send Channel Message” as an action event. Then, click “Sign in” to connect to Slack.

A Slack authorization window will appear. Select your workspace and click “Allow” to grant Zapier access.

Connect your Slack workspace and choose which channel should receive your highlights. You can map the Glasp data fields to your Slack message format:

• Channel: Select the channel (e.g., #highlights or #reading-notes)
• Message Text: Map the highlight text, page title, and URL from the trigger data

For example, you could format your message as:

📌 * [title]*

Highlights Text (combined)

🔗 < [URL] | Original Article >

🟢 < [Glasp URL] | Open in Glasp >

You can also customize how the message appears in Slack. Scroll down in the configuration panel to find these optional settings:

• Bot Name: Change this to “Glasp” (or any name you prefer) so you can easily identify highlight notifications in your channel.
• Bot Icon: Paste the Glasp logo URL to give the bot a recognizable icon:https://storage.googleapis.com/glasp.co/src/img/glasp_logo.png
• Auto-Expand Links: Set to Yes so that URLs in your highlights automatically show a preview in Slack.

The rest of the settings can be left as default. Click “Continue” to proceed to testing.

After configuring the message fields, click “Continue” to move to the Test tab. Click “Test step” to send a test message to your Slack channel. Zapier will send a real message using your most recent Glasp highlight data.

If the test succeeds, you’ll see “A Message was sent to Slack” with the output data showing your channel ID and message content. Go to your Slack channel and confirm the message was delivered correctly.

Example: Google Sheet

Select Google Sheets as the action app, then choose “Create Spreadsheet Row” as the action event. This adds a new row to your spreadsheet for each Glasp highlight. Click “Sign in” to connect your Google account.

After signing in, select the spreadsheet and worksheet where you want highlights saved. Before configuring the action in Zapier, create a new Google Spreadsheet with column headers in the first row. Zapier will automatically detect these headers as fields. You can use any column names you like — here’s an example:

Then go back to Zapier and select your spreadsheet and worksheet. Zapier automatically detects the column headers as fields. Click the “+” button next to each field to map it to the corresponding Glasp data:

• Title → Title
• Highlight → Highlights Text (combined)
• URL → URL
• Tags → Tags
• Date → Created At

Click “Continue” and then “Test step” to send a test row to your spreadsheet. If your test is successful, you can see the sheet populated with your Glasp highlight data like below:

Then proceed to Step 5 to publish your Zap.

Example: Discord

Select Discord as the action app, then choose “Send Channel Message” as the action event. Click “Sign in” to connect your Discord account.

A Discord authorization window will appear. Select your server, review the permissions, and click “Authorize” to grant Zapier access.

Once connected, configure the message:

• Channel: Select the channel where you want highlights posted (e.g., glasp-discord)
• Message Text: Click the “+” button to map Glasp data fields. You can include the original article URL and Glasp URL for easy access to both the source and your highlights.
• Bot Name: Set to “Glasp”

Click “Continue” and then “Test step” to send a test message to your Discord channel. Confirm it looks correct, then proceed to Step 5 to publish.

Example: Gmail

Select Gmail as the action app, then choose “Send Email” as the action event. Click “Sign in” to connect your Google account.

Once connected, configure the email. The key fields are:

• To: Your own email address (or anyone you want to receive the highlights)
• From Name: Set to “Glasp” so you can easily identify these emails in your inbox
• Subject: Map to the page title from Glasp (e.g., New Highlight: {Title})
• Body Type: Select Plain for simple text, or HTML if you want formatted emails
• Body: Click the “+” button to map Glasp data fields. For example:

The other settings (Cc, Bcc, Attachments, Signature) can be left as default. Click “Continue” and then “Test step” to send a test email.

Tip: Set up a Gmail filter to automatically label these emails (e.g., “Glasp Highlights”) to keep them organized in your inbox.

Step 5: Publish the Workflow

If the test is successful, click “Publish” to activate your Zap. You’ll see a confirmation: “Your Zap is live!”

From now on, Zapier will automatically check for new Glasp highlights on a schedule (every 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your plan) and send them to your destination app. You can monitor your Zap’s activity and task history in the Zapier dashboard.

You’ll see a confirmation: “Success! Your Zap is live!” Your Zap will now run automatically every time a new highlight is saved in Glasp.

Zapier checks for new highlights on a schedule (every 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your plan). You can monitor your Zap’s activity and task history in the Zapier dashboard.

Tips & Troubleshooting

• Free plan limits: Zapier’s free plan allows 100 tasks per month. If you highlight frequently, consider upgrading your plan.
• Multiple destinations: You can create separate Zaps to send highlights to different apps simultaneously — for example, Google Sheets for long-term storage and Slack for team sharing.
• Filtering by tag: Add a Zapier Filter step between the trigger and action to only process highlights with specific tags or from specific domains.
• Prefer self-hosted? We also have a guide for n8n, an open-source alternative to Zapier.

FAQ

Q: Is Zapier free to use with Glasp?

A: Yes. Zapier’s free plan supports up to 100 tasks per month, which is enough for most personal workflows. Each highlight sent to a destination counts as one task. If you highlight more frequently, you may need a paid plan.

Q: How often does Zapier check for new highlights?

A: Zapier checks for new triggers on a schedule. On the free plan, it checks every 15 minutes. Paid plans can check as frequently as every 1–2 minutes.

Q: Can I send highlights to multiple apps at the same time?

A: Yes. Create a separate Zap for each destination. For example, one Zap for Google Sheets and another for Slack. They all use the same Glasp trigger independently.

Q: What data fields are available from Glasp?

A: The Glasp trigger provides: Title, URL, Highlights Text (combined), Tags, Created At, Glasp URL, and more. You can map any of these fields to your destination app.

Q: Can I filter highlights by tag or domain before sending?

A: Yes. Add a Zapier Filter step between the trigger and the action. You can set conditions like “only continue if Tags contains ‘research’” or “only continue if URL contains ‘arxiv.org.”

Q: Does this work with Kindle highlights?

A: Currently, the Zapier integration supports web article highlights, PDF highlights, and YouTube transcript highlights. Kindle highlights are not yet available through the Glasp API.

Q: My Zap stopped working. What should I check?

A: First, check your Zapier dashboard for error logs. Common issues include: an expired Glasp access token (regenerate it in your Glasp settings), a disconnected destination account (re-authenticate in Zapier), or exceeding your Zapier plan’s task limit.

Q: Can I export my existing highlights, or only new ones?

A: Zapier only triggers on new highlights saved after the Zap is published. To export existing highlights, use the Glasp export feature or the Glasp API directly.

Q: Is there an alternative to Zapier for this workflow?

A: Yes. We have guides for n8n (a self-hosted, open-source automation tool) and GitHub Actions (ideal for developers who prefer code-based automation). Glasp also has built-in integrations with apps like Notion, Obsidian, and Readwise.

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment below or reach out to us at hi[at]glasp.co

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👉 How to Get Your Highlights Delivered to Your Inbox Every Day

One of the simplest habits you can build with Glasp: highlight anything on the web, and let Glasp send it back to you automatically.

No extra apps. No manual review. Just your own highlights, arriving in your inbox at a frequency you choose.

Here’s how to set it up in two steps.

Step 1: Highlight Something

Install the Glasp browser extension and highlight any sentence or paragraph you find interesting — on any article, blog post, or webpage.

That’s it. Glasp saves it automatically.

Step 2: Turn On Daily Highlight Review

Go to Settings → Email in your Glasp dashboard.

You’ll see two options worth turning on:

• Daily Highlight Review — sends you a selection of your web highlights. You can set the frequency to Every day, Twice a week, or Once a week.
• Daily Kindle Review — if you’ve connected your Kindle, this sends your Kindle highlights on the same schedule.

Set whichever frequency works for you, and you’re done.

What It Looks Like

Each email shows a handful of highlights you’ve saved — the article title, the sentence you highlighted, and links to view or share each one. There’s also a “Chat with Your Highlights” button that lets you ask AI questions across everything you’ve saved.

It takes about thirty seconds to read. And every so often, you’ll rediscover something you highlighted three months ago that suddenly makes perfect sense today.

That’s the whole setup. Two steps, and your reading starts coming back to you.

→ Set up your Daily Highlight Review

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👉 How to Export Glasp Highlights with GitHub Actions (Free, No Server)

Glasp Export is a free GitHub Actions template that automatically sends your Glasp highlights to Slack, Notion, Airtable, or Google Sheets on a daily schedule. No server or coding skills required — just add your API keys as GitHub Secrets and it runs automatically.

You can enable multiple destinations at the same time. For example, send new highlights to Slack for daily review and to Notion for long-term storage — all from a single setup.

What Is Glasp Export?

Glasp Export is an open-source GitHub Actions template that connects your Glasp account to your favorite productivity tools. It fetches your latest highlights via the Glasp API and pushes them to whichever destinations you configure.

Supported destinations:

• Slack — Highlights posted to a channel with rich formatting and thumbnails
• Google Sheets — Highlights appended as rows — one highlight per row
• Airtable — Highlights added as records in a table
• Notion — One page per article, with highlights as Quote blocks inside

Why GitHub Actions instead of Zapier or n8n?

• Completely free (GitHub Actions is free for public and private repos up to 2,000 minutes/month)
• No third-party automation account needed
• Runs on a schedule you control
• Open source — you own the code

How to Export Glasp Highlights with GitHub Actions

Step 1: Create Your Repo from the Template

1. Go to github.com/glasp-co/glasp-export
2. Click “Use this template” → “Create a new repository”

3. Give it a name (e.g., my-glasp-export) and set it to Private

Step 2: Add Your Glasp Access Token

1. Go to glasp.co/settings/access_token and copy your token

2. In your new repo, go to Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret

3. Name: GLASP_ACCESS_TOKEN / Value: your token

This secret is required for all destinations.

Step 3: Set Up Your Destination(s)

How to Export Glasp Highlights to Slack

1. Go to api.slack.com/apps → Create New App → From scratch
2. Enable Incoming Webhooks → Add New Webhook to Workspace → select a channel

3. Copy the webhook URL

4. Add a secret: SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL / Value: your webhook URL

5. Go to Actions → Glasp → Slack → Run workflow to test

Each article appears as a Slack message with the title, numbered highlights, inline notes, and links to the original article and Glasp page.

How to Export Glasp Highlights to Google Sheets

1. Create a Google Cloud Service Account

1. Go to console.cloud.google.com and create or select a project
2. Enable the Google Sheets API (APIs & Services → Enable APIs)
3. Go to IAM & Admin → Service Accounts → Create Service Account
4. Give it a name → Done (no roles needed)
5. Click the service account → Keys → Add Key → Create new key → JSON → download

2. Share your Sheet with the Service Account

1. Copy the client_email from the JSON file
2. Share your Google Sheet with that email as Editor

3. Add secrets

• GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON — paste the entire contents of the JSON file
• GOOGLE_SHEET_ID — from your sheet URL: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/THIS_PART/edit

4. Run workflow Go to Actions → Glasp → Google Sheets → Run workflow

A “Highlights” tab and header row are created automatically on first run. Output columns: Timestamp, Document Title, Document URL, Glasp URL, Highlight Text, Note, Tags, Color, Highlighted At.

How to Export Glasp Highlights to Airtable

1. Set up your Base

1. Create a new Base in airtable.com
2. Rename the default table to Highlights
3. Add these fields as Single line text: Timestamp, Document Title, Document URL, Glasp URL, Highlight Text, Note, Tags, Color, Highlighted At

2. Create a Personal Access Token

1. Go to airtable.com/create/tokens → Create new token
2. Add scopes: data.records:read and data.records:write
3. Under Access, add your Base → copy the token

3. Get your Base ID Your Base ID is in the URL: airtable.com/appXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/...

4. Add secrets and run

• AIRTABLE_API_KEY — your Personal Access Token
• AIRTABLE_BASE_ID — your Base ID (starts with app)

Go to Actions → Glasp → Airtable → Run workflow

How to Export Glasp Highlights to Notion

1. Create a Notion Integration

1. Go to notion.so/my-integrations → New integration
2. Give it a name → copy the Internal Integration Token

2. Create a Database Create a new Database (Table view) with these properties:

• Name — Title (default)
• URL — URL
• Glasp URL — URL
• Tags — Multi-select
• Highlighted At — Date
• Highlights Count — Number

3. Connect the Integration Open the Database → click ··· (top right) → Connect to → select your integration

4. Get your Database ID Open the Database as a full page. The URL looks like: notion.so/yourworkspace/DATABASE_ID?v=...Copy the 32-character ID before ?v=.

5. Add secrets and run

• NOTION_API_KEY — your Integration Token
• NOTION_DATABASE_ID — your Database ID

Go to Actions → Glasp → Notion → Run workflow

Each article becomes a Notion page. Highlights appear as Quote blocks with highlight colors preserved. Notes appear as Callout blocks (📝) directly below each highlight.

How to Customize the Schedule

By default, each workflow runs daily at 09:00 UTC. To change the schedule, edit the relevant .github/workflows/ file:

schedule:
  - cron: "0 9 * * *"    # Daily at 09:00 UTC (default)
  - cron: "0 9 * * 1"    # Every Monday
  - cron: "0 */6 * * *"  # Every 6 hours

Tip: If you change the frequency, update LOOKBACK_HOURS to match so you don't miss highlights or see duplicates.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Glasp Export really free?

Yes. GitHub Actions is free for public repos and includes 2,000 free minutes/month for private repos. The workflow typically runs in under 30 seconds.

Can I enable multiple destinations at the same time?

Yes. Just add the secrets for each destination. For example, add both SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL and NOTION_API_KEY to send highlights to both Slack and Notion.

What happens if I don’t add secrets for a destination?

The workflow will skip gracefully with a message — no errors, no failed runs.

Does it send duplicate highlights?

No. Each destination uses deduplication to avoid sending the same highlight twice.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. The setup is entirely through GitHub’s UI and the third-party tool’s settings pages.

Get Started

→ github.com/glasp-co/glasp-export

Click “Use this template” and have your highlights flowing to your favorite tools in under 15 minutes.

Have a question or want to request a new destination? Open an issue — we’d love to hear from you.

Resources

• GitHub Repository
• Glasp API Documentation

How to Export Glasp Highlights with GitHub Actions (Free, No Server) was originally published in Glasp on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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👉 How to Auto-Export Glasp Highlights with n8n

Do you wish your Glasp highlights could automatically flow into Notion, Slack, Google Sheets, or any other tool you use? With the Glasp API and n8n (a workflow automation platform), you can set this up in minutes — no coding required.

In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through setting up an n8n workflow that automatically fetches your new Glasp highlights every few hours and sends them wherever you want.

What You’ll Need

• A Glasp account with highlights
• An n8n account (Cloud or self-hosted)
• A Glasp Access Token (get it here)

What This Workflow Does

• Runs automatically on a schedule (default: every 6 hours)
• Fetches only new highlights since the last run
• Skips documents you’ve already exported (no duplicates)
• Formats highlights as both plain text and Markdown
• Sends them to any destination you connect

Step 1: Import the Workflow

The workflow is published as an official n8n template. You can import it with just a few clicks — no need to copy-paste a URL.

1. Go to the Glasp Highlights Export template on n8n

2. Click “Use for free”

3. Choose one of the import options:

• Copy template to clipboard (JSON) — then paste it into your n8n instance
• Get started free with n8n cloud — if you don’t have an n8n account yet
• Open self-hosting installation docs — if you prefer to self-host

If you chose “Copy template to clipboard (JSON)”, go to your n8n instance and press Cmd+V (Mac) or Ctrl+V (Windows). The workflow will be imported automatically.

Once imported, you should see the workflow with four nodes:

Schedule Trigger --> Prepare Parameters --> Glasp API --> Filter & Format

Step 2: Get Your Glasp Access Token

To connect n8n with Glasp, you’ll need your personal API access token.

Once you’ve signed up for Glasp, go to Glasp Access Token, where you can get the access token. Click Generate (or copy your existing token)

💡 Keep your access token private. Don’t share it publicly or commit it to a public repository.

Step 3: Configure Your Credentials

Once the workflow is imported, you need to add your Glasp credentials.

1. Open the Glasp API node (the HTTP Request node)

2. Confirm the settings:

• Authentication: Generic Credential Type
• Generic Auth Type: Bearer Auth

3. Click the Bearer Auth dropdown and select “+ Create new credential”

4. In the credential modal, paste your Glasp access token into the Bearer Token field

5. Save the credential

💡 Your access token is stored in n8n’s encrypted Credentials, never in the workflow JSON. Exported doc tracking auto-cleans after 30 days. No secrets in code.

Optional: Adjust the schedule frequency by clicking the Schedule Trigger node. Default: every 6 hours.

Step 4: Test the Workflow

Click Execute Workflow at the bottom of the canvas. If everything is set up correctly, you should see your recent highlights flowing through each node.

The Filter & Format node outputs each document with these fields:

• title -- the article or page title
• url -- the original URL
• highlightsText -- all highlights as plain text
• highlightsMarkdown -- highlights formatted as Markdown
• highlightCount -- number of highlights
• tags, domain, category -- metadata
• highlights[] -- individual highlight objects with text, notes, and colors

Step 5: Connect Your Destination

Now connect the output to wherever you want your highlights to go. Here are some popular examples:

Example: Notion

1. Add a Notion node → Create Database Page
2. Connect your Notion account
3. Select your database

4. Map the fields:

• Title: {{ $json.title }}
• URL: {{ $json.url }}
• Highlights (as a Block): {{ $json.highlightsText }}

Make sure to add the n8n integration to your Notion database (Database … menu → Connections → add your integration).

Example: Slack

1. Add a Slack node → Send Message
2. Connect your Slack account
3. Select your channel
4. Set Message Text:

{{ $json.title }}

{{ $json.url }}

{{ $json.highlightCount }} highlights

{{ $json.highlightsText }}

Example: Google Sheets

1. Add a Google Sheets node → Append Row
2. Connect your Google account
3. Select your spreadsheet
4. Map columns: title, url, domain, highlightCount, highlightsText, createdAt

Example: Webhook / Custom API

1. Add an HTTP Request node
2. Set method to POST
3. Enter your webhook URL
4. Send {{ $json }} as JSON body

Step 6: Activate the Workflow

Once you’ve tested everything and connected your destination, click Publish (top-right). The workflow is now active and will run automatically every 6 hours. You can change the frequency by clicking the Schedule Trigger node.

The Schedule Trigger node runs at your set interval (e.g., daily, hourly) and automatically exports any new highlights.

(Optional) Step 7: Customize the Schedule

By default, the workflow runs every six hour. To change the frequency:

1. Double-click the Schedule Trigger node
2. Adjust the interval (e.g., every hour, every week, specific time)
3. Save and reactivate the workflow

How It Works Under the Hood

• Prepare Parameters: Calculates the time range. On the first run, it looks back 24 hours. After that, it only fetches highlights updated since the last run, with a 5-minute buffer to avoid missing anything.
• Glasp API: Calls the Glasp Export API with your token and handles pagination automatically.
• Filter & Format: Filters out documents you’ve already exported (tracked in n8n’s static data) and formats the output with both plain text and Markdown versions.

Tracking data is automatically cleaned up after 30 days to prevent unbounded growth.

Troubleshooting

“No new highlights found”

This is normal if no new highlights were added since the last run.

Authentication error

Check that your Glasp access token is correct and hasn’t expired. Get a new one at glasp.co/settings/access_token

Notion “not found” error

Make sure the n8n integration is added to your Notion database via Connections.

Slack “not_in_channel”

Invite the Slack bot to the channel using /invite @your-bot-name.

Credential not accessible

If you’re using n8n Projects, make sure your credential is assigned to the same project as your workflow. Go to Overview → Credentials → … → Move to Project.

Resources

• GitHub Repository
• Glasp API Documentation
• n8n Documentation
• Get your Glasp Access Token

Before you leave

Thanks for reading. We hope this tutorial helps you automate your Glasp highlights export and build a seamless knowledge workflow.

See you next time,

Glasp team

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How to Auto-Export Glasp Highlights with n8n was originally published in Glasp on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.