How to send a web article to your Kindle

Long articles are easier to read on an e-ink screen than on a laptop: no pop-ups, no autoplay video and no glare. Amazon already gives you several free ways to get a web page into your Kindle library. This guide walks through each one honestly, explains the one-time setup most methods need, and shows where our free extension, ArticleFerry, fits in.

Before you start: the one-time setup

Every email-based method depends on two settings in your Amazon account. Amazon describes them on its Send to Kindle by email page:

1. Find your Send to Kindle email address. Go to Manage Your Content & Devices → Preferences → Personal Document Settings. Each Kindle device and Kindle app on your account has its own address ending in @kindle.com.
2. Approve the address you send from. On the same page, open Approved Personal Document E-mail List and add the email address you will send from, for example your Gmail address. Amazon only accepts documents from approved addresses (Amazon help: add an approved email).

You only do this once. If a document never arrives, an unapproved sender address is the most common reason.

Way 1: Amazon's Send to Kindle extension for Chrome

Amazon publishes an official, free Send to Kindle extension for Google Chrome. You sign in with the Amazon account linked to your Kindle, open an article and click the toolbar icon. Amazon's page lists three options: Quick send sends the full page, Preview and send shows how it will look first, and Send selection sends only the text you highlighted. You can also choose which devices receive it.

Good for: Chrome users who are happy to sign in to Amazon inside the browser and just want the article on their Kindle. If that describes you, it is a sensible first choice.

Keep in mind: it is a Chrome extension, it does not give you a file to keep, and the article is processed by Amazon's service rather than on your computer.

Way 2: Email a file to your Kindle address

If you have the article as a file, attach it to an email and send it to your @kindle.com address from an approved sender. No subject line is needed. According to Amazon's email help page, one email can carry up to 25 attachments with a total size of 50 MB or less, and you can approve up to 15 sender addresses.

Supported formats include EPUB, PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF and common images (Amazon's list of supported file types). That raises the obvious question: how do you turn a web page into a file?

• Print to PDF. Every browser can do this from its Print dialog. It is quick, but a PDF keeps the page layout, so text can be tiny on a 6-inch screen and you cannot change the font size properly.
• Save the page as HTML. Kindle accepts HTML, but a saved page often includes the site's menus, cookie banner and related links.
• Make an EPUB. EPUB is a reflowable ebook format, so the text adapts to your screen and font settings. This usually reads best. Our guide on converting a web page to EPUB covers the free options.

Way 3: Upload with Send to Kindle for Web

Amazon's Send to Kindle web uploader lets you drag a file into a page while signed in to Amazon. It accepts files up to 200 MB and the same formats as email, including EPUB. It is handy when you already have a file and do not want to use email at all. Amazon also offers Send to Kindle apps for Windows and Mac, and the Kindle app for iOS and Android can send documents to your library from a phone.

Way 4: ArticleFerry, an EPUB you keep, made on your device

ArticleFerry is our free browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge. It combines "make a clean file" and "email it to your Kindle" into one short flow:

1. Open the article and click the ArticleFerry icon, or right-click the page and choose Send page to Kindle.
2. Check the preview. You see the extracted title, author and word count, and you can edit the title and author.
3. Click Download EPUB. ArticleFerry builds an EPUB 3 file on your computer, with a generated cover and images embedded where it can fetch them.
4. Or click Download & open Gmail. The EPUB downloads and Gmail opens a new message already addressed to your Kindle. You attach the file and press Send. Browsers do not let a link attach a file for you, so this last step is yours.

Using Outlook or another provider? Download the EPUB and attach it to an email from any address on your approved list.

Why choose it over Amazon's extension? You keep a real EPUB file you can back up or open in other reading apps. It works in Firefox and Edge as well as Chrome. The article is processed on your device and never uploaded to our servers, and the extension does not need your Amazon login. It also removes common "Sponsored" and advert blocks that article pages often leave inside the text. The trade-off is the manual attach step. If you would rather never touch a file, Amazon's extension is the simpler tool.

Troubleshooting

• Nothing arrived. Check that the exact sender address is on your approved list, and that the Kindle is online. Amazon says delivery is retried for up to 60 days.
• The title in your library looks wrong. Amazon often uses the attachment's file name. ArticleFerry names files like Title - Author.epub for this reason. Rename the file before sending if you made it another way.
• You cannot find it in the browser reader. Amazon describes personal documents as going to your Kindle devices and Kindle apps. Look there after a sync.

FAQ

Is sending articles to Kindle free?

Yes. Amazon's Send to Kindle email, web uploader, apps and Chrome extension are free, and Amazon describes the service as having no additional cost. ArticleFerry is also free.

Can Kindle read EPUB files?

Not by copying them over USB, but Send to Kindle accepts EPUB by email, the web uploader and the apps. Amazon converts it for your library.

Does the Kindle email address work for any sender?

No. Only addresses on your Approved Personal Document E-mail List can send to it, which protects you from spam.

Does ArticleFerry send email for me?

No. It never sends mail from our servers. It opens a pre-addressed Gmail message, or you attach the EPUB from your own email account.