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Readest highlights don't sync back to my reader #87
Description
Readest highlights don't sync back to my reader
What's happening?
Highlights I make on my e-reader show up fine in Readest, but any highlight I make or edit inside the Readest app never syncs back to my reader or CrossPoint Sync.
Steps to reproduce:
- Connect Readest in CrossPoint Sync.
- Highlight text on the reader -> It shows up in Readest (works).
- Open Readest on phone/web, highlight a passage in the same book.
- Sync reader again -> The new highlight from Readest never shows up.
Expected behavior:
Highlights created in Readest should sync back to CrossPoint Sync and show up on the e-reader, so it works both ways.
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itsthisjustin commentedon Nov 10, 2026
Yes currently this is only one way sync. I think it wasn't possible to sync the other way without downloading a copy of the epub or something. I'll look into it again
eszter007 commentedon Nov 10, 2026
You’re right that it needs the EPUB. Readest stores a highlight as a position in its own copy of the book. There’s no way around opening that file. But the Sync server already fetches that file from Readest atm as it does already currently when it sends a clipping to them to work out where the highlight goes. BookOrbit’s highlight import does the same.
I implemented now readest-to-CP sync direction reusing the same fetch we already have in #92. However, this PR only covers NEW highlights. Edits and deletes would be a separate feature.