diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts
index b7d65dd59..3a81a2d6b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/find_thumbnail.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ export const _findThumbnail = (imagesSizes: (ImageSize | null)[]) => {
 export const findThumbnail = async (data: Data) => {
   const { libraryItemId, userId } = data
 
-  const item = await findLibraryItemById(libraryItemId, userId)
+  const item = await findLibraryItemById(libraryItemId, userId, {
+    select: ['thumbnail', 'readableContent'],
+  })
   if (!item) {
     logger.info('page not found')
     return false
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
index 9099e7468..89e554b9e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/save_page.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { saveFile } from '../services/save_file'
 import { savePage } from '../services/save_page'
 import { uploadFile } from '../services/upload_file'
 import { logError, logger } from '../utils/logger'
+import { downloadFromUrl, uploadToSignedUrl } from '../utils/uploads'
 
 const signToken = promisify(jwt.sign)
 
@@ -47,39 +48,6 @@ const isFetchResult = (obj: unknown): obj is FetchResult => {
   return typeof obj === 'object' && obj !== null && 'finalUrl' in obj
 }
 
-const uploadToSignedUrl = async (
-  uploadSignedUrl: string,
-  contentType: string,
-  contentObjUrl: string
-) => {
-  const maxContentLength = 10 * 1024 * 1024 // 10MB
-
-  logger.info('downloading content', {
-    contentObjUrl,
-  })
-
-  // download the content as stream and max 10MB
-  const response = await axios.get(contentObjUrl, {
-    responseType: 'stream',
-    maxContentLength,
-    timeout: REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-  })
-
-  logger.info('uploading to signed url', {
-    uploadSignedUrl,
-    contentType,
-  })
-
-  // upload the stream to the signed url
-  await axios.put(uploadSignedUrl, response.data, {
-    headers: {
-      'Content-Type': contentType,
-    },
-    maxBodyLength: maxContentLength,
-    timeout: REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-  })
-}
-
 const uploadPdf = async (
   url: string,
   userId: string,
@@ -98,7 +66,19 @@ const uploadPdf = async (
     throw new Error('error while getting upload id and signed url')
   }
 
-  await uploadToSignedUrl(result.uploadSignedUrl, 'application/pdf', url)
+  logger.info('downloading content', {
+    url,
+  })
+
+  const data = await downloadFromUrl(url, REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+
+  const uploadSignedUrl = result.uploadSignedUrl
+  const contentType = 'application/pdf'
+  logger.info('uploading to signed url', {
+    uploadSignedUrl,
+    contentType,
+  })
+  await uploadToSignedUrl(uploadSignedUrl, data, contentType, REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
 
   logger.info('pdf uploaded successfully', {
     url,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/upload_content.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/upload_content.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..572f335e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/upload_content.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { findLibraryItemById } from '../services/library_item'
+import { htmlToHighlightedMarkdown, htmlToMarkdown } from '../utils/parser'
+import { uploadToSignedUrl } from '../utils/uploads'
+
+export const UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB = 'UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB'
+
+type ContentFormat = 'markdown' | 'highlightedMarkdown' | 'original'
+
+export interface UploadContentJobData {
+  libraryItemId: string
+  userId: string
+  format: ContentFormat
+  uploadUrl: string
+}
+
+const convertContent = (content: string, format: ContentFormat): string => {
+  switch (format) {
+    case 'markdown':
+      return htmlToMarkdown(content)
+    case 'highlightedMarkdown':
+      return htmlToHighlightedMarkdown(content)
+    case 'original':
+      return content
+    default:
+      throw new Error('Unsupported format')
+  }
+}
+
+const CONTENT_TYPES = {
+  markdown: 'text/markdown',
+  highlightedMarkdown: 'text/markdown',
+  original: 'text/html',
+}
+
+export const uploadContentJob = async (data: UploadContentJobData) => {
+  const { libraryItemId, userId, format, uploadUrl } = data
+  const libraryItem = await findLibraryItemById(libraryItemId, userId, {
+    select: ['originalContent'],
+  })
+  if (!libraryItem) {
+    throw new Error('Library item not found')
+  }
+
+  if (!libraryItem.originalContent) {
+    throw new Error('Original content not found')
+  }
+
+  const content = convertContent(libraryItem.originalContent, format)
+
+  // 1 minute timeout
+  const timeout = 60000
+
+  const contentType = CONTENT_TYPES[format]
+
+  await uploadToSignedUrl(uploadUrl, Buffer.from(content), contentType, timeout)
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index 2d0bf5881..359bdfcf1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import {
   UPDATE_LABELS_JOB,
 } from './jobs/update_db'
 import { updatePDFContentJob } from './jobs/update_pdf_content'
+import { uploadContentJob, UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB } from './jobs/upload_content'
 import { redisDataSource } from './redis_data_source'
 import { CACHED_READING_POSITION_PREFIX } from './services/cached_reading_position'
 import { getJobPriority } from './utils/createTask'
@@ -182,6 +183,8 @@ export const createWorker = (connection: ConnectionOptions) =>
           return forwardEmailJob(job.data)
         case CREATE_DIGEST_JOB:
           return createDigest(job.data)
+        case UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB:
+          return uploadContentJob(job.data)
         default:
           logger.warning(`[queue-processor] unhandled job: ${job.name}`)
       }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 660474c7b..026cb7988 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ export const getArticleResolver = authorized<
           'recommendations.recommender',
           'recommendations_recommender'
         )
+        .leftJoinAndSelect(
+          'recommendations_recommender.profile',
+          'recommendations_recommender_profile'
+        )
         .where('libraryItem.user_id = :uid', { uid })
 
       // We allow the backend to use the ID instead of a slug to fetch the article
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
index 467c00cc5..c99fa94aa 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,21 @@ export const articleSavingRequestResolver = authorized<
 
     let libraryItem: LibraryItem | null = null
     if (id) {
-      libraryItem = await findLibraryItemById(id, uid)
+      libraryItem = await findLibraryItemById(id, uid, {
+        select: [
+          'id',
+          'state',
+          'originalUrl',
+          'slug',
+          'title',
+          'author',
+          'createdAt',
+          'updatedAt',
+        ],
+        relations: {
+          user: true,
+        },
+      })
     } else if (url) {
       libraryItem = await findLibraryItemByUrl(cleanUrl(url), uid)
     }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/recommendations/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/recommendations/index.ts
index e22401542..ef8b1b430 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/recommendations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/recommendations/index.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,14 @@ export const recommendResolver = authorized<
   MutationRecommendArgs
 >(async (_, { input }, { uid, log, signToken }) => {
   try {
-    const item = await findLibraryItemById(input.pageId, uid)
+    const item = await findLibraryItemById(input.pageId, uid, {
+      select: ['id'],
+      relations: {
+        highlights: {
+          user: true,
+        },
+      },
+    })
     if (!item) {
       return {
         errorCodes: [RecommendErrorCode.NotFound],
@@ -259,7 +266,9 @@ export const recommendHighlightsResolver = authorized<
       }
     }
 
-    const item = await findLibraryItemById(input.pageId, uid)
+    const item = await findLibraryItemById(input.pageId, uid, {
+      select: ['id'],
+    })
     if (!item) {
       return {
         errorCodes: [RecommendHighlightsErrorCode.NotFound],
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
index 6b3bab37f..fbe9ea4d5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ export function articleRouter() {
       })
 
       try {
-        const item = await findLibraryItemById(articleId, uid)
+        const item = await findLibraryItemById(articleId, uid, {
+          select: ['title', 'readableContent', 'itemLanguage'],
+        })
         if (!item) {
           return res.status(404).send('Page not found')
         }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/page_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/page_router.ts
index 459456292..bcf2e5b46 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/page_router.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/page_router.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ export function pageRouter() {
         return res.status(400).send({ errorCode: 'BAD_DATA' })
       }
 
-      const item = await findLibraryItemById(itemId, claims.uid)
+      const item = await findLibraryItemById(itemId, claims.uid, {
+        relations: {
+          highlights: true,
+        },
+      })
       if (!item) {
         return res.status(404).send({ errorCode: 'NOT_FOUND' })
       }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index d91cfa10d..5ace2a4a0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -782,17 +782,27 @@ export const findLibraryItemsByIds = async (ids: string[], userId: string) => {
 
 export const findLibraryItemById = async (
   id: string,
-  userId: string
+  userId: string,
+  options?: {
+    select?: (keyof LibraryItem)[]
+    relations?: {
+      user?: boolean
+      labels?: boolean
+      highlights?:
+        | {
+            user?: boolean
+          }
+        | boolean
+    }
+  }
 ): Promise<LibraryItem | null> => {
   return authTrx(
     async (tx) =>
-      tx
-        .createQueryBuilder(LibraryItem, 'library_item')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('library_item.labels', 'labels')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('library_item.highlights', 'highlights')
-        .leftJoinAndSelect('highlights.user', 'user')
-        .where('library_item.id = :id', { id })
-        .getOne(),
+      tx.withRepository(libraryItemRepository).findOne({
+        select: options?.select,
+        where: { id },
+        relations: options?.relations,
+      }),
     undefined,
     userId
   )
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index 47d1a7386..8740ba7f6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ import {
   UPDATE_HIGHLIGHT_JOB,
   UPDATE_LABELS_JOB,
 } from '../jobs/update_db'
+import {
+  UploadContentJobData,
+  UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB,
+} from '../jobs/upload_content'
 import { getBackendQueue, JOB_VERSION } from '../queue-processor'
 import { redisDataSource } from '../redis_data_source'
 import { writeDigest } from '../services/digest'
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ export const getJobPriority = (jobName: string): number => {
     case `${REFRESH_FEED_JOB_NAME}_low`:
     case EXPORT_ITEM_JOB_NAME:
     case CREATE_DIGEST_JOB:
+    case UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB:
       return 50
     case EXPORT_ALL_ITEMS_JOB_NAME:
     case REFRESH_ALL_FEEDS_JOB_NAME:
@@ -953,4 +958,24 @@ export const enqueueCreateDigest = async (
   }
 }
 
+export const enqueueBulkUploadContentJob = async (
+  data: UploadContentJobData[]
+) => {
+  const queue = await getBackendQueue()
+  if (!queue) {
+    return ''
+  }
+
+  const jobs = data.map((d) => ({
+    name: UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB,
+    data: d,
+    opts: {
+      attempts: 3,
+      priority: getJobPriority(UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB),
+    },
+  }))
+
+  return queue.addBulk(jobs)
+}
+
 export default createHttpTaskWithToken
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
index 2d31b525f..64f94abe9 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
 import { File, GetSignedUrlConfig, Storage } from '@google-cloud/storage'
+import axios from 'axios'
 import { ContentReaderType } from '../entity/library_item'
 import { env } from '../env'
 import { PageType } from '../generated/graphql'
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ const storage = env.fileUpload?.gcsUploadSAKeyFilePath
   ? new Storage({ keyFilename: env.fileUpload.gcsUploadSAKeyFilePath })
   : new Storage()
 const bucketName = env.fileUpload.gcsUploadBucket
+const maxContentLength = 10 * 1024 * 1024 // 10MB
 
 export const countOfFilesWithPrefix = async (prefix: string) => {
   const [files] = await storage.bucket(bucketName).getFiles({ prefix })
@@ -112,3 +114,33 @@ export const uploadToBucket = async (
 export const createGCSFile = (filename: string): File => {
   return storage.bucket(bucketName).file(filename)
 }
+
+export const downloadFromUrl = async (
+  contentObjUrl: string,
+  timeout?: number
+) => {
+  // download the content as stream and max 10MB
+  const response = await axios.get<Buffer>(contentObjUrl, {
+    responseType: 'stream',
+    maxContentLength,
+    timeout,
+  })
+
+  return response.data
+}
+
+export const uploadToSignedUrl = async (
+  uploadSignedUrl: string,
+  data: Buffer,
+  contentType: string,
+  timeout?: number
+) => {
+  // upload the stream to the signed url
+  await axios.put(uploadSignedUrl, data, {
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': contentType,
+    },
+    maxBodyLength: maxContentLength,
+    timeout,
+  })
+}