I read a lot on Kindle and highlight things, but I almost never go back to them. Even when I do, they’re hard to reuse. The highlights are there, but not in a form that’s actually useful.
So I decided to solve this in a simple way for myself.
I built LitMarks.ai, a small Chrome extension.
What it does is straightforward:
- open your Kindle notebook page
- click one button
- export all your highlights as clean JSON with title, author, color, and location
No extra steps. No manual copy-paste. You can drop the output straight into Notion, Obsidian, or your own tools.
This started purely as something I needed. I’m sharing it in case others have the same problem.
I also have some ideas for improving this over time, especially around using AI to make highlights more useful, but for now the focus is keeping it simple and practical.
Most career advice is about optimization—how to be more productive, more visible, more strategic. But Charlie Munger, the late billionaire investor and Warren Buffett’s intellectual partner, had a different approach:
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”
In other words, don’t chase brilliance—just avoid catastrophe.
I created a new project: https://visitprep.ai to turn rushed doctor visits into more productive ones. This is what my wife and I have been doing with very strong results.
When patients don’t ask their doctors the right questions—whether due to lack of time or concerns about overstepping—they often receive brief, generic answers. The large amounts of patients that doctors have to see everyday also adds fuel to the fire.
These problems can result in missed diagnoses or the need for additional follow-up visits, leading to higher costs. The solution is simple: prepare the right questions to ask your doctor in advance for more productive doctor visits.
I read a lot on Kindle and highlight things, but I almost never go back to them. Even when I do, they’re hard to reuse. The highlights are there, but not in a form that’s actually useful.
So I decided to solve this in a simple way for myself.
I built LitMarks.ai, a small Chrome extension.
What it does is straightforward: - open your Kindle notebook page - click one button - export all your highlights as clean JSON with title, author, color, and location
No extra steps. No manual copy-paste. You can drop the output straight into Notion, Obsidian, or your own tools.
This started purely as something I needed. I’m sharing it in case others have the same problem.
I also have some ideas for improving this over time, especially around using AI to make highlights more useful, but for now the focus is keeping it simple and practical.
https://litmarks.ai
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