How to read ebooks in continuous scrolling mode and save highlights?

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I figured out the solution. Use Calibre to convert to HTML, use Prince XML to convert to PDF, then use Skim to read in continuous scrolling mode, highlight, and annotate.

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incandescentman

Updated on September 18, 2022

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incandescentman almost 2 years
I'm looking for a way to manage my academic workflow for reading e-books in .epub or .mobi formats on OSX.

My requirements:
- continuous scrolling mode
- ability to highlight text (e.g. in yellow, using a single keyboard shortcut)
- ideally, the ability to make annotations as well
Amazon Kindle reader for OSX offers annotating, but not continuous scrolling mode. Calibre offers continuous scrolling mode, but does not allow highlighting or annotating.

Is there a solution that will allow me to do this?

I'm also open to workarounds, e.g. using Calibre to convert to HTML, then reading the book in a browser---but I would still need the ability to highlight using a single keystroke.
- JinSnow almost 8 years
  
  3 years later, same question. Sumatrapdf (opensource) doesn't offer highlights, adobe digital edition doesn't allows textflow (but highlights). Even converting in pdf doesn't work since you can't textflow + highlights at the same time (we must chose).
- JinSnow almost 8 years
  
  did you finally find a workaround?
- incandescentman almost 8 years
  
  @GuillaumeCombot iBooks now offers both highlighting, but since it offers continuous scroll only on iOS, not OSX, I'm still converting to PDF and using Skim PDF to highlight and annotate.
- JinSnow almost 8 years
  
  Amazing to get an instant reply after all these years, thanks! Too bad, I'm on windows (skim works only on OS X). Let's wait another 3 years...
- incandescentman almost 8 years
  
  Try PDF Annotator?
JinSnow almost 8 years

Adobe Digital Editions doesn't offers scrolling mode