Import Your Google Play Books Highlights

Importing from Google Play Books is a little tricky: Google Play Books only lets you export highlights one book at a time. Once a book’s notes are saved to Google Drive, you can email that file to PastReads and we process it automatically.

Email your notes

Your highlights will be processed automatically, usually within a minute.

Save Google Play Books highlights in Google Drive

Google Play Books can sync highlights to Google Drive so you can email them to PastReads.

Open the Google Play Books app. Go to Play Books settings → Ebook reading, and enable Save notes, highlights, and bookmarks in Google Drive.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues:

• Your Google Drive account email must match your PastReads account email, or be added as an associated email. Google automatically sends the notes from that Drive account.
  If your Google Drive account is different from your PastReads sign-in email, add it under My Profile > Settings > Associated emails.

• Make sure Don't attach. Include content in the email. is selected. PastReads needs the notes in the email body, not only as an attachment.
• Some books may export a row that says "Highlighted text cannot be displayed." Those rows are skipped because Google does not include the passage text.
• Most imports are processed within a minute. Please wait a short while if you don't see your highlights appear.
• Check your email for status updates. A confirmation will be sent after your email is successfully received.