# Send to Kindle

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Send to Kindle and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People use it to send ebooks and documents to a Kindle over wifi, with epub files converted to Amazon formats. Critics note that Amazon can refuse or stop delivery.

## Why people recommend it

- Wireless transfer instead of SD cards (2 comments): "use Amazons Send-to-Kindle service to send ebooks in epub format to my kindle via wifi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326991)) "I'd rather use Send-to-Kindle and never bother with SD cards again." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540299))
- Accepts epub and converts to Kindle (2 comments): "use Amazons Send-to-Kindle service to send ebooks in epub format to my kindle via wifi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326991)) "Amazon will convert them to the appropriate Amazon format if you use send to kindle" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847160))

## What people warn about

- Delivery depends on Amazon's goodwill (3 comments): "Depends on Amazons 'blessing'. Ends when Amazon ends support for your device." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540078)) "some time later, when Jeff Bezos allows so, the doc might appear" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626222)) "sometimes Amazon isn't happy and doesn't send it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49100290))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Calibre](https://hackerapproved.com/p/calibre.md): 107 recommend
- [Calibre-Web](https://hackerapproved.com/p/calibre-web.md): 19 recommend
- [Grimmory](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grimmory.md): 9 recommend
- [Kavita](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kavita.md): 5 recommend
- [Shelfmark](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shelfmark.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Send to Kindle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/send-to-kindle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).