Getting started with KTool: send your first article to Kindle

Start with one article you already want to read. Getting it onto your Kindle is a better first test than importing all your subscriptions and wondering where everything went.

You need a KTool account, your Kindle's delivery email address, and access to the Amazon account that manages the device.

Set up the two email addresses

Open Send-to-Kindle settings. Enter the Kindle address for the device you want to read on. If you haven't used it before, the Kindle email guide explains where to find it.

On the same settings page, copy your full KTool send-from address. Add it to Amazon's Approved Personal Document E-mail List, under Personal Document Settings. Use the complete address shown in your account. An entry containing only @ktool.io is insufficient; see the sending-address notice.

These addresses have different jobs. The Kindle address is the destination. The KTool send-from address tells Amazon which sender you approve.

Send a short public article

Open Quick Send, paste the article's URL, and send it. Pick a public page with ordinary paragraphs for this first attempt. A page that requires a login or contains a complicated interactive layout introduces extra things to troubleshoot.

Connect your Kindle to the internet and allow time for processing and delivery. Open the resulting document and check that the title, paragraphs, and images look right.

If it doesn't arrive, check both addresses first. Then open History to look for the send and any available error information. Repeatedly submitting the same URL can leave you with duplicate documents when delivery catches up.

Add the app or extension you will use

The install page has KTool's apps and browser extensions. Choose the one for the device where you usually find articles. Sending from that device saves you from copying every link into the dashboard.

Once single-article delivery works, try a magazine. Daily Read and Weekly Read collect articles into an ebook for scheduled delivery. A Custom Magazine lets you group material around a topic and deliver it manually.

RSS and newsletters can wait until that first document looks good. Add one RSS feed or forward one issue using your newsletter inbox, then check the result before adding more sources.