Kindle Fire owners can ignore this article, because it doesn’t apply to you. For any of the Kindle E-Reader devices, if you want to read a PDF on your Kindle, it takes a few extra steps. These steps work whether you have an older model like a Kindle Touch or the Kindle Keyboard. They also work for the newer Paperwhite and Scribe models. The first step is to put a PDF on the Kindle device.
Use Send to Kindle to Add a PDF on your Kindle device
One of the easiest ways to upload a PDF to your Kindle is to use the Send to Kindle service on Amazon. Just visit this link from your computer and make sure you are signed in to the same Amazon account you use with your Kindle.
You will see a screen with an interface like the screenshot below. Just drag and drop your PDF file, click the button to upload it, and Amazon will load the PDF on your device.
Use the Kindle app to load PDFs from iOS or Android
You can also use your phone to put a PDF on a Kindle. Be sure to have the Kindle app installed with it signed into your Kindle account. From there you locate the PDF file on your phone and use the share sheet to choose the Kindle app as the destination. Once the file is added to the app on your phone, you will also be able to read the PDF on your Kindle as your account syncs the file to your other devices.
Emailing Files to Your Kindle Account
The original method for loading files on a Kindle still works too. If you have the Kindle app on an iPad, iPhone, or Android phone, the easiest way to find the email to send to is by going to the settings in the app.
On a computer, go to Amazon in your browser and find Content Library in your Amazon account. From there, click on Preferences. Near the bottom of the preferences list are the Personal Document Settings, including the Send-to-Kindle Email Setting. Here you will find the Kindle E-mail Address for your account. This address will be something @Kindle.com.
Use the email address associated with your Amazon.com account to send the PDF you want to read as an attachment to your Kindle Email Address.
Important note about Send-to-Kindle Email
Do not insert a subject in the message. Do not type any text in the message body. A subject or body text in your email to your Kindle E-Mail Address might make the PDF conversion fail.
Reading PDFs on Your Kindle
Regardless of which option you choose here, you will be able to read the PDF on your Kindle. Each of these options also works for other file formats, including: DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, HTM, HTML, PNG, GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, and EPUB.
2 responses to “How to Put PDF on Kindle”
You did not mention the option of using Calibre, a free bit of software, or some other such program, (if there are, indeed, others), to convert files to one’s preference, mobi for Kindle, and send to one’s device. This option does not involve amazon, an e-mail transfer, or even the ten cents you mention.
I just upload the pdf directly to the Kindle and read it. Never needed to convert.