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You're right. Sending web articles & newsletter has been my primary use-case. I haven't updated my marketing pages yet.

> How does it work with SE Books?

To use KTool with SE Books, you need to install the browser extension[0]. Then you can browse standardebooks.org, find the ebook you love, click KTool > Send to Kindle and it will send the _epub_ version to your device. The quality of the epub ebook is pretty good, actually. Here is a screenshot[1]

> Are you able to do it wirelessly while still maintaining the azw3 features given SE's Kindle FAQ indicating it doesn't work with send to Kindle

Yes. It's less straight-forward though. First, you need to update your settings to "preferAZW3"[2]. Then, instead of sending the epub version, KTool sends a document with a download button (link to the AZW3 ebook file). Tapping that button to download the high-quality ebook to your device. Screenshot[3]

Happy to support if you running into any issues (my email in profile)

[0]: https://ktool.io/install

[1]: https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/155152385925356748...

[2]: https://ktool.io/app/extension?settings

[3]: https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/155171706234696908...




Very cool. Also, did you add that feature just in response to my question?

As far as the download, is this equivalent to "Method 2" of downloading it via the built-in browser, so it's not in the Kindle Library and won't have a cover, (but it will still remember the reading position)?

Thanks for the support.


> Also, did you add that feature just in response to my question?

Haha. Kinda. My unique selling point has always been the "easiest" way to send stuffs to Kindle. But for ebooks, especially on SE Books, quality is more important than convenience. So I figured it's important to support your request.

> As far as the download, is this equivalent to "Method 2" of downloading it via the built-in browser, so it's not in the Kindle Library and won't have a cover...

Yes, it's equivalent to downloading the .azw3 file via the built-in browser. I checked and my Kindle does recognize the downloaded file as "book", not "document". Also it supports some of the Amazon features that not available in an epub ebook: better typography, Goodreads integration...

But you were right. It won't have a cover unless you plug your Kindle in and perform some Calibre magic




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