How to Export Highlights and Notes from Nook (Barnes & Noble): The 2026 Guide | Chapterly Blog
How to Export Highlights and Notes from Nook (Barnes & Noble): The 2026 Guide Quick Answer: As of 2026, Nook does not have a real export feature for highlights and notes — no CSV, no spreadsheet, no "export reading data" button anywhere in the ecosystem. Your highlights live inside the Notes & Highlights tab of the Reading Tools menu, on whichever device or app you made them on, and the only way to get them out is to open that list and copy the text manually, book by book. This is true on Nook Color/Tablet devices, the Nook apps for iOS, Android, and Windows, and it is also true — perhaps most surprisingly — of Nook for Web, which does not support highlights or annotations at all, even for viewing. If you were hoping for a Kindle-style "Your Highlights" page or a Libby-style export button, Nook simply does not have one yet. Below is the realistic, current workflow for getting your notes out anyway. If you read on a Nook GlowLight, a Nook tablet, or through the Nook app on your phone, and you have been highlighting passages or writing notes as you go, you have probably already discovered that...