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How to read news and newspapers on Kindle
By Daniel Nguyen · Published · Updated
You can read news on Kindle by sending articles as documents or collecting them in a daily reading digest. With KTool, use the browser extension for articles you pick yourself, RSS for new posts from a feed, or email forwarding for newsletters.
These methods give you article text to read offline after delivery. If you want a newspaper's complete print edition, including its page layout, check whether the publisher provides a downloadable edition you can use on Kindle.
What happened to Kindle newspaper subscriptions?
Amazon stopped selling new Kindle magazine and newspaper subscriptions in March 2023. Instructions that tell you to buy a new newspaper subscription in the Kindle Store are out of date. Previously delivered Newsstand issues remain accessible, and Kindle Unlimited has a separate magazine offering. See Amazon's Newsstand changes.
A subscription on a newspaper's website gives you whatever access that publisher includes. It does not automatically arrange Kindle delivery. KTool can help you send articles you can access, but it does not include newspaper subscriptions.
Choose how you want to receive the news
| Your reading habit | Method | What you receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pick a few articles yourself | KTool browser extension | The article loaded in your browser, converted for Kindle |
| Follow new posts from a publication | RSS on a KTool plan with RSS access | Available feed articles, sent individually or collected in a magazine |
| Read an email briefing | Forward the newsletter to KTool | The text included in the email |
| Read a complete newspaper edition | A downloadable edition from the publisher | The supplied file, subject to its format and access restrictions |
Send a newspaper article from your browser
Start with one article before setting up recurring delivery. This checks your Kindle connection and lets you see how that publication's formatting converts.
- Connect your Kindle. Save its delivery address in KTool and approve your full personal KTool sender address at Amazon.
- Install the KTool browser extension and sign in.
- Open a news article in your desktop browser. If it requires a subscription, sign in to the newspaper and load the full article first.
- Open the extension and choose Send to Kindle.
- Connect your Kindle to Wi-Fi and sync its library. Open the document once Amazon has processed it.
The extension can capture the page you have loaded. Pasting the same link into Quick Send sends the URL without your browser's publisher login. Use Quick Send for public articles; use the extension when the article depends on your signed-in session.
Check the opening paragraph and the end of the article on your Kindle. A headline followed by a subscription prompt means the full text was not captured. Interactive charts, videos, and live updates may need the original webpage even when the article text converts well.
Build a daily news digest with RSS
RSS lets you follow a publication's new articles without selecting each link. You need a paid KTool plan that includes RSS. Free and trial accounts do not include it.
Open RSS, subscribe to the publication's feed, and choose Add to Daily Read as its destination. Then open magazine settings and check the delivery hour and time zone. Weekly Read is another option for sources you read less often.
For a manageable first digest, try one publication or one topic feed. A newspaper's general feed can publish far more than you want to read in a sitting. If the publisher offers a science or local-news feed, subscribe to that section instead.
KTool checks feeds in the background. A digest contains the items available in its queue when it runs; it should not be treated as an up-to-the-minute edition of the paper. The RSS guide explains feed URLs, destinations, and incomplete articles.
Send an email briefing to Kindle
For a morning briefing you already receive by email, forward one issue to your personal KTool inbox. Copy that address from Newsletters; it ends in @inbox.ktool.io.
Choose direct delivery or a digest in newsletter settings. After checking the first issue, set up a forwarding rule for that publication if you want future issues sent too. The newsletter guide covers Gmail filters and delivery checks.
An email that contains only headlines and links will not supply a full newspaper. Open the linked stories you want and send them separately. Avoid following the same publication through both RSS and email unless you want both versions.
Other ways to read news on Kindle
If you already use calibre, its news recipes can turn RSS feeds and news pages into ebooks. You can start with a built-in source or configure your own. This is useful when you want control over extraction and ebook preparation on your computer.
A publisher may also offer a downloadable PDF or EPUB. Check its terms and file restrictions, then use Amazon Send to Kindle for supported documents. A fixed newspaper page can be awkward to read on a small screen; article text usually gives you more control over font size.
If your news does not arrive
First check the destination in KTool. An article waiting in Daily Read will not arrive as an individual document. Check the magazine's next scheduled delivery before sending it again.
For a missing individual article, verify the complete Kindle address and the approved sender in Send-to-Kindle settings. Approve the exact personal address shown there, such as [email protected]; the domain-only entry @ktool.io is insufficient.
Then sync the Kindle on Wi-Fi. A successful handoff to Amazon does not confirm that the document has downloaded to your device. The delivery checklist covers the remaining checks.