Absurdity of iBook highlights

2 different cases:
1)
I buy an ebook directly from the store
I can read the book from all my devices
I take highlights
The highlights are stored in apple servers consequently these are accessible by any devices
--> BUT I can not export this highlights -> the copy/paste feature is deactivate -> absurdity of intellectual property -> any ideas to workaround?
2)
I load an ebook directly in iBook from my dropbox or email
this is just locally on device - no cloud
I take highlights
In this case i CAN export these highlights but just in a text format to save it in a txt or pdf or evernote
--> BUT i can not export an highlights-data-file to re-import to the same book in some other device
do you know a way?
example: in iPad i load Pinocchio.epub -> i take highlights -> both epub and highlights are stored locally -> now i load the same Pinocchio.epub in my Mini-iPad -> I want to see the same highlights taken on iPad .. how to do it?

magafr wrote:
--> BUT i can not export an highlights-data-file to re-import to the same book in some other device
do you know a way?
example: in iPad i load Pinocchio.epub -> i take highlights -> both epub and highlights are stored locally -> now i load the same Pinocchio.epub in my Mini-iPad -> I want to see the same highlightstaken on iPad .. how to do it?
Did you try using Transfer Purchases to get the ePub into iBooks and then select that ePub to sync back to the other device? I know that there is a way to do this. I helped someone else in this very same situation. He was downloading free ePub books, taking Notes and highlighting sections of text and wanted to transfer those opus from one device to the other using iBooks.
I know what the company line is about not being able to transfer "non purchased" content from your device into iTunes, but I did it, so I know that there is a way to do it, but I believe that I used transfer purchases to get the ePub into iBooks,

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Yes.
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