Importing from Readwise into Tagsora
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Readwise exports to CSV. Tagsora reads that CSV and groups the highlights by article: where Readwise has one row per highlight, your library ends up with one link per article and its highlights inside it.
1. Export from Readwise
In the Readwise web app, go to your account’s export section
(readwise.io/export) and download the CSV of your highlights.
Readwise offers several export destinations; the one you want here is the direct CSV download, not the integrations with other tools.
2. Import into Tagsora
File import lives in the web app. Go to app.tagsora.com on a computer and open Settings → Import → Choose file.
Tagsora detects that the CSV carries highlights and tells you how many distinct articles it found before importing anything.
What comes across
| From the Readwise export | In Tagsora |
|---|---|
| Article URL | Yes |
| Title | Yes |
| Highlight text | Yes |
| Note on the highlight | Yes |
| Highlight date | Yes |
| Document tags | Yes |
| Book and Kindle highlights | No (see below) |
Book highlights cannot be imported
Tagsora organises the library by web address: every highlight needs an article with a URL to belong to. An underline from a paper book or a Kindle has none, so those rows are dropped during import.
If your Readwise highlights are mostly from books, this migration will fall short for you. Better to say so before you find out halfway through.
How highlights get re-anchored
An imported highlight carries the quoted text but not its exact position. Tagsora re-anchors it onto the article the first time you open it, by finding the quote inside the text.
If the original article has changed since you highlighted it, the quote may no longer be there: the highlight stays saved and stays searchable, but it is not painted onto the text.
What happens after importing
Articles arrive instantly, unprocessed; each one is processed the first time you open it. Importing uses no AI quota.
On the free plan up to 100 new links are processed per day; the rest wait for tomorrow without getting lost.
Common problems
Fewer articles than highlights. That is expected: twenty underlines from the same article are one link with twenty highlights.
Articles are missing. Check whether their rows had a URL. Without a web address, a row cannot be imported.
Did this help?
If something is missing or does not match what you see in the app, write to us at hola@tagsora.com and we will look into it.