On a Kindle, use Amazon's free Send to Kindle tools: email, the web uploader, or the browser extension. On a Kobo, use the built-in Instapaper integration, which officially replaced Pocket in 2025. Both routes are free, and both took over duties that Pocket handled before it shut down.
This guide covers every method that still works in 2026, and when each one makes sense.
Last reviewed: July 12, 2026.
Kindle: three ways that work
All three are official Amazon tools and free with any Kindle. Details are on Amazon's Send to Kindle page.
1. Send to Kindle by email
Every Kindle has its own @kindle.com address. Find it under Manage Your Content and Devices, approve your personal email as a sender, then email documents to your device. The limit is 50 MB per email, and supported formats include EPUB, PDF, DOC, DOCX, HTML, TXT, and RTF. Kindle handles EPUB natively now, so EPUB is the format to prefer for anything text-heavy.
Best for: files you already have (an EPUB, a PDF, an exported article).
2. Send to Kindle on the web or desktop
Amazon's web uploader takes drag-and-drop files up to 200 MB, and there are desktop apps for Mac and Windows. Same formats as email, larger limit, no sender approval dance.
Best for: bigger files and batches.
3. The Send to Kindle browser extension
Amazon's Chrome extension sends the article you are currently reading straight to your Kindle, stripped to a readable layout. This is the closest thing to a one-click "read this on my Kindle later" flow.
Best for: sending individual articles as you browse.
Kobo: the Instapaper integration
Kobo devices had Pocket built in for years. When Pocket shut down in 2025, Kobo replaced it with Instapaper via a free firmware update; the official announcement covers the rollout. It works the way Pocket did: link your Instapaper account on the device, and everything you save to Instapaper appears on the Kobo, readable offline, with archive and delete from the device.
Setup: update your Kobo's firmware, sign in to Instapaper under More, then save articles with Instapaper's apps or browser extension. A free Instapaper account is enough; Premium is not required for the Kobo integration.
If you still have a Pocket export file, Instapaper imports it at instapaper.com/pocket.
Third-party option: Push to Kindle
Push to Kindle by FiveFilters has done article-to-Kindle conversion since long before Amazon's extension existed, and its parser handles some pages better. It is worth trying if Amazon's extension mangles a layout you care about.
Which method to use
| You want to... | Use |
|---|---|
| Send one article while browsing (Kindle) | Send to Kindle extension |
| Send an EPUB or PDF you already have | Send to Kindle email or web uploader |
| Read a steady queue of articles on a Kobo | Instapaper integration |
| Fix an article the Kindle extension parsed badly | Push to Kindle |
The part e-readers don't solve
Sending articles to an e-reader is a one-way trip. The article lands on the device, you read it, and that is the end of the story: months later there is no way to search across everything you sent, no tags, and no export.
That is fine for reading. It fails the day you think "I read something about this last year" and need to find it. The fix is to keep a searchable library as the system of record and treat the e-reader as one reading surface. Gleamr does not send to Kindle or Kobo; what it does is keep every article you save full-text searchable and exportable as JSON, so the things you read remain findable after the e-reader forgets them. More on that setup in what a personal reading library needs.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I send a web article to my Kindle in 2026?
Use Amazon's free Send to Kindle browser extension to send the page you are reading, or email the file to your device's @kindle.com address. EPUB, PDF, DOC, HTML, and TXT are all supported, up to 50 MB by email or 200 MB via the web uploader.
What replaced Pocket on Kobo e-readers?
Instapaper. Kobo replaced the built-in Pocket integration with Instapaper through a free firmware update in 2025, and it works the same way: save articles to Instapaper and read them offline on the Kobo.
Do Kindles support EPUB now?
Yes. Every Send to Kindle method accepts EPUB and converts it to Kindle's native format automatically, so there is no need to convert files yourself.
Can I search articles I sent to my Kindle or Kobo?
Not across your library in any practical way. E-readers are built for reading, not retrieval. Keep a searchable read-later library as your system of record and use the e-reader as a reading surface.
Read on the device you like. Keep the library somewhere you can search it.
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