How to add an approved email to Send to Kindle

Amazon only delivers documents sent from addresses you've approved. Anything else is quietly dropped. Here's how to approve a sender on any Amazon store.

Step by step

  1. Sign in to the Amazon store your Kindle is registered to (links below) and open Manage Your Content and Devices → Preferences.
  2. Scroll down and expand Personal Document Settings.
  3. Under Approved Personal Document E-mail List, click Add a new approved e-mail address.
  4. Enter the sender's address, for example your Serifize address, and click Add Address.

While you're on that page, note your Send-to-Kindle E-Mail address in the same section. It ends in @kindle.com, and you'll need it to set up any newsletter service.

Direct links by Amazon store

Each link opens the Preferences page directly. You may be asked to sign in first.

Documents still not arriving?

Check you approved the exact address

The approved address has to match the sender character for character. If you use Serifize, it's the address shown in your Serifize settings, not your personal email.

Check you used the right Amazon store

Kindle settings belong to the store your Kindle is registered to. If you shop on amazon.co.uk but your Kindle is registered on amazon.com (or the other way round), approve the sender on the store that lists your device.

Check the Kindle address belongs to the device you read on

Each Kindle and Kindle app gets its own @kindle.com address. If you replaced your Kindle or deregistered an old one, documents may be going to a device you no longer use. The Docs tab in Manage Your Content and Devices shows everything Amazon received, even if it never reached your current device.

Look for an email from Amazon

When Amazon can't convert a document, it emails the sender to say so. Serifize watches for these and marks the newsletter as failed on your dashboard.

Newsletters on your Kindle, automatically

Approve one address and every newsletter you choose arrives as a proper Kindle ebook. 3 a month free, unlimited for $36 a year.

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