Besides the eBooks you may purchase and download from Kindle Store, many times you have other Books or documents, stored on other electronic media, such as PCs or external hard disks, which you want to Send To Kindle.
The best way to do this is by utilizing Amazon’s Send To Kindle feature.
Send To Kindle is a complete solution when you want to upload a book to Kindle.
There are solutions for Send To Kindle through a browser (Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Extensions), through your Desktop (Send To Kindle for PC and Send To Kindle for Mac) as well as through email (Send To Kindle for email) and Android smartphones (Send to Kindle For Android).
In this tutorial, we will go through Send to Kindle for PC, Send To Kindle for Google Chrome and Send to Kindle for Email.
Send to Kindle For PC
In order to use Send to Kindle for PC, you need to go to the respective website.
Click on “Download” to download the application. Then click “Run” to install. If a window like the one shown below pops up, click “Yes” to start the installation.
When the installation is complete, the following window will appear. Click “Finish” to finish the installation.
There are three ways to upload files to Kindle using Send To Kindle, as shown below
Finally, in the application screen, you can change the book’s Title and Author as well as select to which devices you want to upload the eBook.
Send to Kindle For Google Chrome
Setup
First, you have to navigate to the web page shown below
Then Click “Download”
The Google Chrome Store Screen for “Send To Kindle” Extention is displayed. Press “Add To Chrome” Button and then “Add Extension”
Afterward, a new tab will open on Google Chrome, prompting you to Sign In with your Amazon credentials. When you do this, the Setup Screen appears:
Make the changes you want and Click “Save”, for your changes to be saved.
Upload To Kindle
In order to Send to Kindle, you first have to navigate to the web page you want to upload. Then Click the Send To Kindle extension Icon as shown below
If you press “Preview and Send”, the following screen appears. It allows you to see how the web page appears on your Kindle device, as well as change Title and Author.
jeffrey16201 says
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Lots of folks should be interested in your article on how to upload a book to kindle using amazons send to kindle.
I have been considering purchasing an e-reader to purchase kindle books instead of buying the physical books as I have been doing all my life. I am always behind the times with new technology, glad I found your article it is really a cool easy step by step process thanks to your article.
Marios says
Hi!
Glad you liked it! There are other ways to upload a book to your eReader, but for the Kindle, I think this is the simplest way 🙂
Overall I found your site construct is very nice and the layout very presented. I like to read and now I have a better solution.
Of course the article you provided also awesome such as how to send to kindle for PC and send to Kindle for Google Chrome. Very useful for me and Im going to try it later.
I will definitely bookmark your site and share to my networks.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you
Thank you for your kind words, Max. I will keep posting helpful articles regarding eBook readering.