5 useful apps and services for Kindle owners

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

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1. EpubPress

This extension for Chrome and Firefox allows you to create an e-book from open browser tabs that can be saved to the reader. This is useful if you need to study a topic in great detail, but you do not want to read text from a computer.

Here's how to use the extension:

1. Open all the links you need in different tabs and arrange them in the order in which they should appear in the book.
2. Click on the EpubPress icon and select the tabs you want to include in the book.
3. Click Download and wait until the process is complete - the finished file will be in the browser downloads folder.

Books are saved in EPUB format, so they will need to be converted to MOBI, the main format for Kindle readers. To do this, you can use one of the many online converters such as Convertio.

2. Push to Kindle

One of the oldest and best services for quickly uploading web articles to the Kindle. It can be used through a desktop browser or mobile device.

To send an article to a reader from a PC, just open it in a browser, click on the extension icon, enter the postal address of your reader and click Send.

On Android, the process is identical, but there you need to select the Push to Kindle app from the Share menu.

On iOS, you can use the same menu to send an article to a special mailbox, from which the publication will be sent to the device in a ready-to-read form. To do this, you need to enter the email reader, replacing @ kindle.com with @ pushtokindle.com.

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3. Snippet

Available as a web app and browser extension, this service allows you to view selected text and notes from any books you've read on your Kindle. However, to access the notes, you have to use the paid version, which costs five dollars a month.

In Snippet, you can create tags and assign them to different notes. So, for example, it is convenient to search for motivational quotes - just add the tag "Motivation". A total of five different colors are available to make it easier to distinguish between different types of markings.

Snippet - Web & PDF Highlighter / Kindle Importer by Snippet Developer

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4. Kinstant

The Kindle browser is far from the most convenient thing, but Kinstant makes it a lot easier to use. This is a streamlined home page with large text and large buttons that are hard to miss.

The upper part of the site is not very useful for Russian-speaking users, as it consists of links to English-language news, sports and entertainment resources. But on the other hand, there are buttons to go to Gmail, Facebook and Twitter, which can also come in handy.

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5. Bookly

A companion app for all book lovers. It is convenient to track your reading habits through it.

First, add the work you are reading and note the number of pages that you have already covered. And when you pick up the book, just start a session in the application. Then you can add quotes, take notes, and even include soundtracks such as the sound of rain or the flow of a river.

When you're done reading, end your Bookly session. The program will collect statistics and generate infographics with useful facts about your habits.

In the application, you can set goals for the month and for the year. It also knows how to remind to read at a certain moment. For example, at nine in the morning, when you get on the train.

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