Send PDF to Kindle

Summary:
This tutorial shows how to send PDF files to Kindle (1, 2 and DX) wireless devices by using novaPDF (PDF creator). If you don't have novaPDF installed, use the Download page to download and install it to be able to send PDF files to Kindle.

Details:
Kindle is a wireless reader device manufactured and distributed by Amazon. Kindle 1 and 2 only support the following document file types: .AZW (Kindle proprietary format), .txt, .mobi or.prc. Therefore, sending PDF files to a Kindle 1 or Kindle 2 device requires converting them to a recognized format first. This can be done in two ways:

emailing the PDF to Amazon, where after a conversion into the AZW format it will be sent to the Kindle device.

converting the PDF on your computer to AZW and transferring it afterwise to the Kindle device

Kindle DX can view other document types, so opening PDF documents on Kindle DX is done without any additional conversion.

Send PDF to Kindle via Amazon’s file converting service

For the newly created PDF to be sent directly to your Kindle wireless device, you need to take the following steps:

1. Amazon requires you to verify email addresses you send emails from. To do so, go to the Manage your Kindle page on Amazon and enter the email address you will be sending the PDF from and click Add address.
2. Each Kindle account is assigned a unique receiving email address: yourname@kindle.com (used for direct wireless delivery – fee required) and yourname@free.kindle.com (used for delivery at the amazon.com account – no fees). To make sure you have this set up, go to Your Kindle email address section, click on the Edit info link and enter the yourname part.
3. The above email addresses need to be configured in novaPDF too. To do so, go to Start->Settings->Printers and Faxes, right-click novaPDF, select Printing Preferences and go to the Email tab. Check the Send Email box and click on Configure Email. Add the email address you set up in the 1st step as the FROM address, and your @kindle.com email address in the TO section.
4. Click OK to save your preferences, and create a PDF file. Once created, it will be sent automatically via email to your Kindle email address.

For the Kindle 1 and 2 generations the PDF file will be converted to AZW upon emailing it to Amazon and then emailed either directly to your Kindle or to your Amazon e-mail account.

Note: The wireless delivery method for the emails containing the PDF documents requires a small fee and it is based on the size of the document to be delivered. This fee will only be charged if the document is delivered successfully to your Kindle device.

Send PDF to Kindle via an USB connection

If you want to avoid the delivery fee or you are not in a wireless area, you can send the created PDF files to the yourname@free.kindle.com mail account to be emailed back to the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.com account. After the delivery is made, you can transfer the PDF file to your Kindle 1 or 2 device through the USB connection from your computer.

Kindle DX officially supports PDF files so you can transfer them directly to the device via the USB connection, no need to configure and send emails to Amazon.

The lack of PDF support for the first generations of Kindle devices is no longer as much of an issue as you can also use MobiPocket Creator or Stanza (both freeware) to convert your PDF documents to the Kindle format.

To convert PDF files to AZW (Kindle format) using Stanza:

1. Download and install Stanza from lexcycle.com
2. Open the book in Stanza and plug in your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable provided with the wireless device
3. Select File->Export Book As->Amazon Kindle, then browse to the Kindle on the save file dialog
4. Kindle will appear in the list with the name you assigned the first time you registered it at Amazon
5. Once the AZW file is created, select and copy it to the Kindle device

To convert PDF files to PRC (Kindle compatible format) using MobiPocket Creator:

1. Download and install MobiPocket Creator from MobiPocket.com (you need to make sure you install the Publisher)
2. Open MobiPocket Creator and on the right side of the main screen you should have the Import from existing file options, one of them being the PDF format
3. Choose the files you need and import them
4. After importing the files, select Build from the top menu
5. This will create the file with the .prc extension recognized by the Kindle and open the folder where the file is saved.

This tutorial shows how to send PDF documents to Kindle wireless devices using novaPDF. If you have suggestions on how to improve this article add a comment or rate it.

Applies to:

• novaPDF Printer 1.x - 6.x
• Kindle 1, 2 and DX generation

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The Kindle 2 with update 2.3 now supports PDF natively.