Take Note! It's Now Even Easier to Share Your Kindle Notes and Highlights with Friends (U.S., U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India)

Posted by Eric Franklin on November 7, 2017


Ever had a moment reading a book where you've gasped aloud? Or laughed out loud? How about that moment when you read about a new idea that is perfect for what's going on in your life? Readers often want to share moments like these with friends, so last year we launched the ability to share your Kindle notes and highlights on Goodreads. Now we are making it even easier to let your friends see what you "wrote in the margins" with our new page where you can see all the books with your notes and highlights.

Since we launched Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads, we've been hearing from our members that they love having another way to share more of what they read.


By default, your Kindle notes and highlights are only viewable by you—you're always in control. You can choose to share them with friends by marking any (or all) of your notes and highlights as "Visible," and your friends will be able to view, like, and comment on them.

You can also add notes or edit your notes directly on Goodreads, and your changes will be saved back to your Kindle book. And if you're worried about spoilers, we've got you covered! You can mark individual notes and highlights as spoilers, so your friends can decide when they're ready to read them.

In the past few months, we've made several improvements. Now you can also:

  • Access your notes and highlights from the Goodreads apps for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices (in addition to Goodreads.com). Want to refer to a key passage while you're at lunch with a friend or at your book club? Go to the book page in your Goodreads app and you'll find a link to your Kindle notes and highlights.
  • In Kindle for iOS, choose which notes to share from the notebook.
  • Share the notes and highlights from any Kindle book you purchase or borrow. This now includes Kindle books you borrow from your library, or read with a Kindle Unlimited or Prime Books subscription.
  • See annotations from authors. Look for a link at the end of the description on the Goodreads book page to find books with author annotations, including The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab, Royally Screwed by Emma Chase, and The Friends We Keep by Susan Mallery.

One of the top requests has been for an easy way to see all your Kindle notes and highlights in one place on Goodreads, and we're now making that possible with our new Kindle Notes & Highlights page. It's a quick way to review all the books in your Kindle library with notes and highlights, edit or add to your notes, and decide which ones to share with your friends to start a conversation.



In which markets is this supported?
Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads is supported within the following Kindle marketplaces: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India, for customers who have linked their Goodreads and Amazon accounts.

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RoXXie | The Art of Reading When will this feature be available for Germany?


message 52: by Emily (new)

Emily RoXXie wrote: "When will this feature be available for Germany?"

We don't have a timeline for this, but we'll be sure to share if and when this expands!


RoXXie | The Art of Reading Emily wrote: "RoXXie wrote: "When will this feature be available for Germany?"

We don't have a timeline for this, but we'll be sure to share if and when this expands!"


Thank you. Hopefully soon ;)


message 54: by MiGueL (new)

MiGueL When can we enjoy the link between goodreads and amazon Spain?

Thank you


message 55: by Emily (new)

Emily MiGueL wrote: "When can we enjoy the link between goodreads and amazon Spain?"

We don't have a timeline for this, but we'll be sure to share if and when it expands to additional markets!


message 56: by [deleted user] (new)

Doesn't this work on mobi ebooks ? is there a possibility of an upgrade in the future where it'd be possible ?


message 57: by Emily (new)

Emily Maryem wrote: "Doesn't this work on mobi ebooks ? is there a possibility of an upgrade in the future where it'd be possible ?"

Kindle Notes & Highlights only works on Kindle books that you own or borrow. We'll be sure to share any future updates on this!


message 58: by Dickie (new)

Dickie Erman When I go to sign up for the Kindle Notes & Highlights (with Amazon), my email address and real name appear (not my pseudo name). Will my real name and email address be visible on Goodreads? (Don't want that to happen) Thanks for your reply(s).


message 59: by Dani (new)

Dani Please make this available in Malaysia!


message 60: by Emily (new)

Emily Dickie wrote: "When I go to sign up for the Kindle Notes & Highlights (with Amazon), my email address and real name appear (not my pseudo name). Will my real name and email address be visible on Goodreads? (Don't..."

You can change the name that displays in your Account Settings. Your email address will not be displayed on Goodreads. If you have any more questions about this, please email support (at) goodreads (dot) com.


message 61: by Danny (new)

Danny Tyran What if I don't want to see other people's Notes and hithlights ?


message 62: by Danny (new)

Danny Tyran What if I don't want to see other people's Notes and hithlights ?


Octothorpe Reader Leora K Hi, I am reading a paperback and would like to manually add my Notes and Highlight, but cannot seem to find where to add directly to my GoodReads without a Kindle?


message 64: by Emily (new)

Emily Octothorpe Reader wrote: "Hi, I am reading a paperback and would like to manually add my Notes and Highlight, but cannot seem to find where to add directly to my GoodReads without a Kindle?"

Unfortunately only Notes & Highlights made on Kindle are able to be shared using this feature; there is no way to manually add them. Another option would be to add them to your review or include them in status updates as you're reading.


message 65: by marie♡ (new)

marie♡ is there any way I could share my highlights/notes regardless if I'm using android?? or is it because the books in my kindle are only sent to me and not bought? my highlights won't update on goodreads.


message 66: by Emily (new)

Emily Shiela wrote: "is there any way I could share my highlights/notes regardless if I'm using android?? or is it because the books in my kindle are only sent to me and not bought? my highlights won't update on goodre..."

You should be able to share Notes & Highlights regardless of what device you're using to read on Kindle. Please email support (at) goodreads (dot) com so we can help troubleshoot this!


message 67: by BLACK (new)

BLACK CAT How about doing the same for Audible bookmarks?


message 68: by marie♡ (new)

marie♡ Emily wrote: "Shiela wrote: "is there any way I could share my highlights/notes regardless if I'm using android?? or is it because the books in my kindle are only sent to me and not bought? my highlights won't u..."

but my books are not directly from kindle. only sent to me through email. how bout that situation


message 69: by Eric (new)

Eric Franklin shiela wrote: but my books are not directly from kindle. only sent to me through email. how bout that situation." Unless your books came from the Kindle store or a Kindle-linked source (such as many library programs), these features will not work. While we'd love to make it work for everybody, the implementation requires services that we can only access via Kindle.


message 70: by Dani (new)

Dani Please expand this to more countries! I can't use this feature, and I know it'll be useful for me.


message 71: by Milad (new)

Milad It would be great to have this feature for Kobo e-reader too!


message 72: by Ais (new)

Ais HA This is wonderful I loved it


message 73: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Octothorpe Reader Leora K wrote: "Hi, I am reading a paperback and would like to manually add my Notes and Highlight, but cannot seem to find where to add directly to my GoodReads without a Kindle?"

I'm another one who reads hard copy books in preference to Kindle. I'd also appreciate a way to add "Notes and Highlights" manually for books.


message 74: by Dumitru (new)

Dumitru we want Germany on the list, please!


message 75: by Waleed (new)

Waleed Morsi Hi. I hope you apply this idea to Kobo e-readers too


message 76: by Riley (new)

Riley My child has a Paperwhite Kindle that she reads on and her own Goodreads account. Her Kindle is under my Amazon account. If I sync my Amazon account with her Goodreads account, will it let me link only her Paperwhite device with her Goodreads account, or could I later add MY Goodreads account to my Amazon Kindle account?


message 77: by Emily (new)

Emily Riley wrote: "My child has a Paperwhite Kindle that she reads on and her own Goodreads account. Her Kindle is under my Amazon account. If I sync my Amazon account with her Goodreads account, will it let me link ..."

Only one Goodreads account can be linked to a single Kindle device. Please feel free to email support (at) goodreads (dot) com if you need further help!


message 78: by Flora (new)

Flora Nocturna Will this feature also be available in Germany? If yes, when will that be?


message 79: by Emily (new)

Emily Flora wrote: "Will this feature also be available in Germany? If yes, when will that be?"

At this point, we don't have a timeline for expanding this to additional markets, but we'll be sure to share an update when we do!


message 80: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Emily wrote: "At this point, we don't have a timeline for expanding this to additional markets, but we'll be sure to sha..."

The answer seems to be the same since the beginning, always referring to “having no timeline”. Do you even plan to expand into other countries?
You’d think with Amazon being available pretty much everywhere it wouldn’t be that much of an issue.


message 81: by Farshid (new)

Farshid Aghamali خواندن، و خواندن و خواندن، بهترین تجربه من در زندگی بوده، و البته در اینجا بهترین فرصت برای نوشتن و خواندن از دیگران است، تجربه های که همیشه همراه من است


message 82: by Mylie (new)

Mylie yo you awsome bro dude


message 83: by Evi (new)

Evi Great feature, but I was informed thatit is not available in my country only after I connected the accounts. :-(


message 84: by Quentin (new)

Quentin Gershon We try to live and enjoy the little we have but yet someone somewhere planning evil about us


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message 86: by Quentin (new)

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message 87: by Lingwijournal (new)

Lingwijournal I'm considering of trying it. So is it true that it will only make visible the notes I personally allow to become visible? I always read before sleeping, but sometimes my Kindle hits my nose, haha and I accidentally highlight things I did not intend to.


message 88: by O. (last edited Mar 14, 2020 08:36AM) (new)

O. Matt Why none of my books are not on kindlehights? These should be on that program. THE ACOMPLISESS, THE TWO DO NOT SUM UP THIRTY AND THE EARTHQUAKE BY O.MATT INDIE AUTHOR.


message 89: by شبيه (new)

شبيه الريح البدو والباديه


message 90: by شبيه (new)

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message 91: by Johnson Diogene (new)

Johnson Diogene D


message 92: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Would GoodReads be offering to link accounts to Kobo anytime soon?


message 93: by Thais (new)

Thais I updated my Kindle yesterday, but even though I'm happy with it, I got some problems. Whenever I try to share my notes and highlights, I just can't, because the only option available for me is to close the share menu (I only can see "share quote" and nothing more!). Now I only have the highlights and nothing more!


message 94: by Flora (new)

Flora Nocturna Emily wrote: "Flora wrote: "Will this feature also be available in Germany? If yes, when will that be?"

At this point, we don't have a timeline for expanding this to additional markets, but we'll be sure to sha..."

Almost a year later and the feature still hasn't found its way to the German market. Is there any hope this will happen?


message 95: by Jarrett Vaughn (new)

Jarrett Vaughn https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088N2FTHW?... Phenomenal book as well author who wrote, everyone check it NOW!


message 96: by aarja (new)

aarja Really! Is this a joke?!


I love Goodreads, and this feature is really impressive, but it is still not linking my Amazon account to Goodreads! Literally.


message 97: by Erica (new)

Erica Williams V


message 98: by O. (last edited Jul 22, 2020 08:14AM) (new)

O. Matt these are my novels can be found on kindle and paper on amazon.

why belinda leave through that window.by o.matt
they grew up in the same borough.
the two don't sum up thirty.PLEASE GO TO AMAZON.CO.
o.matt 4176@yahoo.com


message 99: by marc beauchamp (new)

marc beauchamp how do you highlight and make notes?


message 100: by Addie (new)

Addie Does this feature let you import the list of "read" books from Kindle? Or just notes?


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