How to Send Articles to Kindle
Longform essays, news features, blog posts, technical write-ups — the kind of reading you want to give your full attention to, not skim between tabs. Send any article to your Kindle and read it later on a calm, distraction-free screen. No ads, no notifications, no blue light. Just paste the link and DropKind extracts the content, cleans it up, and delivers it wirelessly.
Create your DropKind account
Sign up with your email. No password needed — we use a magic code.
Connect your Kindle
A short guided setup: add DropKind as an approved sender in your Amazon account and enter your Kindle email. Takes about a minute.
Paste the article link
Copy the URL and paste it into DropKind. We fetch the page, extract the article text and images, strip ads, navigation, popups, and cookie banners — and deliver a clean document to your Kindle.
Read on your Kindle
The article appears in your Kindle library in under a minute. Just the writing, nothing else.
Why Kindle beats read-it-later apps
Everyone has a Pocket or Instapaper queue with hundreds of unread articles. The problem isn't saving — it's reading. Those apps still show you articles on the same phone or laptop you're trying to take a break from, surrounded by notifications and tabs. Kindle is a different device in a different context. E-ink is easier on your eyes, there's nothing else competing for attention, and you can read offline. People who send articles to Kindle actually read them.
How reliable is link fetching?
We invest a lot into making article extraction work reliably across the web — and it does, in the vast majority of cases. But we want to be honest: the web is messy. Sites change their markup, add new bot protections, or serve different content to different visitors. We can't guarantee 100% success on every URL. When a link does fail, there are ways to improve your chances — or get content from pages behind a login. The Chrome extension sends the page as you see it in your browser, which works even on sites that block server-side fetching. The iOS app lets you share any page from Safari using the share sheet — same idea, it captures what you can already see.
Frequently Asked Questions
What sites work with DropKind?
Most publicly accessible sites — Medium, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, Hacker News links, personal blogs, Wikipedia, documentation sites, and many more. If you can read it in your browser without logging in, DropKind can usually extract it.
Does it work with paywalled articles?
By default, DropKind can only access what's publicly visible. If a page is behind a paywall or login, the link fetch will get the public preview or nothing. But the Chrome extension and iOS app can help here — they send the page as you see it, so if you're logged in and can read the article, it can be captured and sent to your Kindle.
What if a link fails to fetch?
It happens occasionally. Try the Chrome extension or iOS share sheet instead — they capture the page from your browser rather than fetching it from our servers. You can also save the page as a PDF or HTML file and upload that directly.
How is this different from Pocket or Instapaper?
Pocket and Instapaper save articles to read on your phone or laptop — the same screens you're trying to escape. DropKind sends them to your Kindle, a dedicated reading device with e-ink, no notifications, and no distractions. Different device, different context, and you actually read the things you save.
Related Guides
How to Send Web Pages to Kindle
Send any web page to your Kindle. Paste the URL and DropKind extracts the content, removes ads, and delivers a clean document wirelessly.
Send to Kindle from Chrome
Send any web page to your Kindle with one click using the DropKind Chrome extension. Works on any site, even pages behind logins. Free.
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