Your First Import
The fastest way to get started is by syncing your Kindle highlights using the Becoming Chrome extension.
During Setup
Section titled “During Setup”When you first set up Becoming, one step asks where your reading lives. On the web it offers:
- Connect with Kindle — the rest of this page walks through it.
- Connect with Goodreads and Connect with Readwise.
- Add Books Manually — add a few books, and Becoming brings in their popular highlights.
- Import a YouTube video — paste a link and the transcript becomes highlights.
- Save a link — paste the address of an article or an X post.
- Import from Photos — photograph the pages you marked.
- Paste your highlights — copy passages from anywhere and file them under a book.
Below them, after an Or, Start from your interests fills a starter shelf for when you have nothing to import yet. The app offers it on the same step.
Pick one, or several. After each import, Your highlights are in shows what just landed — how many books, highlights, and notes came in — before you move on. From there, Add another source, or carry on with setup.
In a phone’s browser, Kindle can’t sync — the Kindle option points you to the Becoming app for iPhone and Android, which can.
Install the Extension
Section titled “Install the Extension”Kindle syncing is powered by the Becoming Chrome extension, which you install from within the web app:
- In your library, click Add source and choose Kindle.
- Click Install Extension. If you don’t have the extension yet, this takes you to the Becoming extension on the Chrome Web Store to add it.
Sign In
Section titled “Sign In”The extension uses your Becoming web app session, so make sure you’re signed in to the Becoming web app. You also need to be signed in to Amazon at read.amazon.com in the same browser — that’s where Becoming reads your Kindle highlights from.
Sync Your Highlights
Section titled “Sync Your Highlights”Once the extension is installed, clicking Install Extension starts the sync. A Syncing Kindle highlights dialog opens and runs while Becoming fetches your Kindle Notebook in the background — there’s no tab or popup to watch.
Check Your Import
Section titled “Check Your Import”After syncing, head to the Becoming web app. You’ll see your imported books and highlights in your library.
Other Import Sources
Section titled “Other Import Sources”The Kindle extension is the quickest start, but Becoming supports many other sources. See the full Import Overview → for all options.
Nothing to import yet? Start from a starter shelf of books and talks on a few topics you pick.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”Highlights imported? Let’s generate your first Theme →