How to Export Highlights and Notes from Libby (OverDrive): The 2026 Guide | Chapterly Blog
How to Export Highlights and Notes from Libby (OverDrive): The 2026 Guide Quick Answer: Libby added a genuine export feature in a February 2026 update. Open a title's Reading Journey screen, tap Actions, then Export Reading Data. Choose Table for a shareable, bookmarkable web page, or Spreadsheet for a file saved to your device — with separate options for Bookmarks and Highlights (highlights include any notes you wrote). The export captures highlight text, notes, color, chapter/location, the date you made each one, and your circulation dates (when you borrowed and returned the title). Crucially, it still works after the loan has expired, since library books disappear from your device but Libby keeps a record of your reading activity tied to the title. The one limitation: it is a per-title export, not a whole-library bulk export, so if you have highlighted twenty library books you will be doing this twenty times. If you use Libby to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your public library, you have probably run into the platform's biggest historical weakness: once a loan expires, the book vanishes from your shelf and, for years, so did any sense that your notes were safe. That fear was not unreasonable....