Kindle Scribe · Guides
Get your own books and PDFs onto the Kindle Scribe
Use Send to Kindle for EPUB and documents, and understand how PDFs behave on the Scribe — they keep their layout and can be marked up, but do not reflow.
For EPUB and documents, Send to Kindle is the simplest route and works from a phone. PDFs are where the Scribe earns its screen: they arrive unconverted, keep their layout, and can be written on directly. The trade-off is that PDFs do not reflow, so a document designed for a large page reads well while a dense academic PDF still involves some zooming.
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Use Send to Kindle for EPUB, DOCX and text
Install the Send to Kindle app on your phone or computer, or use the Send to Kindle web page, and sign in with your Amazon account. Drag files in and choose the Scribe. EPUB files are converted to Amazon's format on delivery; the text and chapters survive well, custom layouts less so.
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Or email files to the Scribe's address
Every Kindle has an address like "yourname_123@kindle.com", shown under Settings, then Your Account. Email your files there as attachments.
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Understand how PDFs behave on the Scribe
PDFs are delivered as-is — no conversion — and keep their exact layout, which is the point of the big screen. They do not reflow: text size is fixed by the page, so a document typeset for A4 or Letter shows at close to full size on the 10.2-inch screen and is comfortable to read. Small-print or two-column PDFs still need pinch-zoom and panning.
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Mark up a PDF with the pen
Open a PDF and start writing on it with the pen. The Scribe adds your handwriting as an annotation layer. You can highlight, add typed or handwritten sticky notes, and later export the annotated PDF by email from the share menu.
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Keep originals in Calibre if you want a library
Send to Kindle does not organise anything or give you the converted file back. If you want a tidy catalogue and format control, keep your books in Calibre and send from there instead.