Putting Non-book and Personal Content onto Your Kindle

As my students and I continue learning how to use Amazon's Kindle in the pursuit of literary study, I'd like to draw attention to how it's possible to use the Kindle to read, archive, and manage certain kinds of personal and non-ebook content. Amazon would like people to use their Kindle as a go-to reading device, and not just for ebooks they sell. What are the implications? First, let's see what you can do.

(Note: I've digested much of this from official pages at Amazon, so consult these for additional details not covered here: "Kindle Personal Documents Service" and "Send to Kindle")

Save and Send Web Pages to Your Kindle

There are many read-it-later apps that allow you to save online content to consume at your leisure (Instapaper, Pocket, etc.). They may even do a better job in some respects. But they are also apps, which means they are part of a tablet or smartphone experience that comes with the web and lots of distractions. Not so with Kindle (except perhaps the Kindle Fire tablet).

This is how to set yourself up to send web pages to your Kindle. First, you add an extension to your web browser (Chrome or Firefox). Click on the image to go to where you can get PC or Mac extensions for Chrome or Firefox: