Kindle Scribe: PDF Secrets

Hello Everyone! Love reading PDFs on a large e-ink screen…great! Want to read those PDFs and write on them on the Kindle Scribe…you’ve clicked on the right video! Join me in unravelling the Kindle Scribe’s PDF secrets!

Enjoy!

0:00 Intro

0:45 Different Options for Different Paths

1:32 USB-C Method

6:28 These don’t look like anything

7:53 Send-to-Kindle Method

9:17 Coffee Break

10:24 Send-to-Kindle Benefits

13:01 Writing Options on PDFs

14:29 Selection, Copy, and Paste Options

14:48 Other Things to Mention

16:03 Annotated PDF Export

19:11 Amazon’s Document Dance

[illustratedjournal]

Another option to moving PDFs and other documents to the Scribe is to use Calibre. It'll automatically connect to the Scribe without any additional software when you connect via USB-C. Then use "Send to Main Memory" to move the converted KFX files to the Kindle. Then you'll get writable sticky note capability for PDFs and eBooks. (I'm not affiliated with Calibre in any way.) The new format is KFX. For purchased eBooks you'll also need to enter your Scribe serial number using a DRM plugin. (I use an M1 Mac.) (Side loading PDFs currently do not support "write-on" capability.)

[flethacker]

this is one of those videos that needed to be made, and you made it and added so much polish to it. awesome stuff!

[mordielkayam]

Excellent, thorough, and clear review. Thanks a lot

[stefanodemaco]

Thank you, you made one of the best review on K. Scribe I found on YouTube 🎉❤

[raymondowens]

Thanks, I found this video to be jam packed with important information on the Scribe's handling of PDF's!

[XDTuber]

Amazing information in this concise video. Also loved the halftime coffee segment!

[kizri]

I've scoured the ruins of Google Search trying to find people talking about privacy concerns regarding the Kindle Scribe, and it blows my mind how much people don't care. Appreciate your video - nice to know others share my thoughts.

Did you keep the Scribe or just use one for the video? I love it for reading but Idk.

[mitchgusat]

Excellent review, all points are relevant ... what can we do about the 'magnificent' Cloud-based business model?
Cloud, unfair snooping and DRM: Calibre was and remains one of the best steps against this and DRM in general; what else can we code to open up these Linux-based walled gardens ?
PDF (besides WWW articles Send to Kindle) is my main reason to buy 10-13" readers; i need to review 100s of 2-column science papers... tough call on the current crop
e.g., just zoom and crop the margins of a PDF page, then scroll to the next... redo for 50 pages... ouch 🙂

[RobH-xxnw]

Excellent informative video. Does this apply to older versions of the Kindle Scribe? I bought a refurbished first release, so wondering if I’m ‘disadvantaged’ in any way. Looking forward to your next episode !

[interpabdulrahman]

Many thanks for this very informative video.

I do care about privacy, but I need to buy a Kindle. Is there a way to do both?!

[heavenchun]

How about the "convert" opition of sending an email to your kindle device email address with attached a pdf file by typing "convert" on the subject of the email? Is it still working in the Kindle Scribe?

[rgonciarz]

Thank you @theinktelligent It helped me to not to choose Kindle Scribe for reading my technical PDF books. I contacted Amazon's customer support and asked if there is any plan to change users' experience, unify feature set and adjust whistle-sync policy. I asked about the quality of notes if that's another PDF layer and if notes are saved as raster or vector images, but they didn't give me any answer. They promised me to forward those questions to their Product team.
Anyway what would you recommend for reading and taking notes for PDFs (with some diagrams, source code, etc.). I'm rather interested in a color screen A4 size, maybe based on Gallery 3 or Kaleido 3 screen. Is there any vendor that offers a device with a good software that can properly crop pages, display PDF in two page layout? I'm not looking for a tablet, just a decent e-reader with ability to make notes. I'm looking for a good quality for a price.

[dixonnegron]

I purchased the kindle Scribe n I don’t really see anything great. It’s way overpriced n I feel if you’re going to do lots of reading just get a lower priced kindle.