Versatile Uses of Kindle eReader


Though I’ve owned a Kindle reader for long, I’ve never bothered to use it even considering the fact that I’m an avid reader, until I came across these features.
Having come across the below-mentioned features I now use it extensively for my reading purposes & it helps expedite my work.
This article is for both the beginners & also those who have been using for long – it helps you put your Kindle for better use.
For Beginners -
You could
  • download free e-books available on the kindle store library
  • access millions of paid e-books with an annual subscription fee
  • Upload documents from your laptop to kindle reader using a kindle cable
Documents that are supportable on Kindle include
  • Microsoft Word (.DOC, .DOCX)
  • PDF (.PDF)
  • HTML (.HTML, .HTM)
  • RTF (.RTF)
  • GIF (.GIF)
  • Images (.JPG, .JPEG, .GIF, .PNG, .BMP)
  • Kindle Format (.MOBI, .AZW)
Here are the lesser known features
1) Send documents from your laptop cable-free
2) Send interesting articles (webpages) to the kindle reader for offline reading
3) Send email attached documents to kindle reader just by forwarding the email.
4) Send documents from your Android mobile to Kindle

1) Send documents from your laptop cable-free
You don’t need to have a Kindle cable to send documents from your laptop to your Kindle without using a USB cable.
Download ‘Send to Kindle’ application. MAC users can download this app from here. Other PC users can download from here.
Once you have downloaded the app, right click on the document(s) you want send to Kindle, you will find an option “Send to Kindle” as shown in the below picture

As seen on a PC

As seen on MAC

Or open the application & simply drag and drop the document as depicted in the below picture.



You could choose to send the document(s) to either kindle reader or mobile app or both as depicted below.


2) Send any interesting articles (web links) that you would like to save them and read later.
Install ‘Send to Kindle’ extension, available for chrome and Firefox browsers and select the link in the address bar, and then hit the 'Send to Kindle' extension.
You would be able to view article downloaded on the Kindle device when connected over internet & synced.

3) Send any attached document(s) in an email to your Kindle reader by simply forwarding the email to the ‘Send to Kindle email address’
How to identify one's kindle email address?
To find one's 'Send-to-Kindle e-mail address', log into Amazon website, visit the “Manage your Content & Devices” page, then “Your Devices” in the same page – under which you can find your kindle email address as abcd@kindle.com

Now, having identified kindle email address can one upload the desired document by simply forwarding the email (containing the desired attached document) to the kindle email address?
  • No. One would be able to add document directly to kindle reader only when an email address is added to the “approved email address”
  • To add an email address to the “Approved email address”, first log into Amazon>Manage your content & Devices> Settings>Add new approved e-mail address
  • Add one or more email addresses from which you want to send documents to your ‘Send to Kindle email address’
  • Once the above steps are taken care of, now forward the email containing the desired document to be sent to your kindle reader or mobile application, to your ‘Send to Kindle email address’
  • When connected to the internet make sure you sync the Kindle. You will find the desired document downloaded onto your kindle reader.
4) Send documents from your Android mobile to Kindle eReader
Make sure you have the latest Kindle app on your mobile. Open the document you want to send to Kindle eReader. Tap 'Share', you will find 'Amazon Send To Kindle'.
Sync the eReader and you will find the document on the eReader.

Happy Reading!



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