Choose better sources for your daily Kindle news digest

Your daily news digest will reflect the feeds you put into it. If several sources repeat the same stories, KTool will give you a convenient way to receive a repetitive reading list.

Before adding more subscriptions, decide what you want to learn from the next issue.

Give each source a reason to be there

You might want local reporting and a specialist publication about your work. Those sources have different jobs. Adding another broad news feed may contribute less than finding a better source for one topic you are missing.

On KTool's RSS page, subscribe to a publication or its topic feed. Choose a destination for that subscription. Daily Read suits reporting you want during the week; Weekly Read suits analysis that can wait.

Publisher-provided section feeds can reduce the volume at the source. Check the feed itself before assuming it covers only the section you want. A website's homepage and its RSS feed may contain different selections.

Inspect an issue for repetition

Open Daily Read before delivery and look at the titles. If three articles cover the same announcement, decide whether you need all three. Keep another account when it adds reporting or a different argument you want to understand.

You can remove unwanted articles from the pending magazine and arrange the remaining ones. A headline you already saw on your phone may still be worth reading in full. The decision depends on the article, rather than whether its subject is familiar.

If the same source produces material you skip every day, change the subscription. Editing each issue by hand is a poor substitute for a feed that fits your interests.

Keep the delivery pace realistic

Set the delivery hour and time zone in magazine settings. Then give the setup a few issues before making it larger.

If you regularly finish only the opening articles, shorten the selection or move less urgent feeds to Weekly Read. Changing the delivery time may help if the document arrives after the part of the day when you read.

KTool uses the feeds you choose. It doesn't need a profile of your search history or social-media activity to decide what goes into this digest. Review the sources yourself as your interests change.

For the next issue, add one source that covers a gap and reconsider one that supplies mostly repetition. Check the resulting magazine before making another change.