Send a file to Kindle from Windows
To send a file to Kindle from Windows, install Send to Kindle for PC, sign in with your Amazon account, then use Explorer’s Send to menu, the app’s drop area, or Send to Kindle in a print dialog. The Windows page numbers the install and the Explorer menu. Drag-and-drop is the alternative it shows on the same screen.
Send to Kindle from Explorer
This is the numbered path on the current Windows page. The package description for 1.1.1.260 says you can select documents, plural, and choose Send to Kindle from the right-click menu so you do not have to open each one.
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Install and sign in
Download and install Send to Kindle for PC, then sign in with your Amazon account.
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Choose Send to Kindle in Explorer
In File Explorer, right-click the file you want to send and select Send to, then Kindle.
The installer is published by Amazon. Use the download and system requirements page, or open Send to Kindle for Windows directly. By using the service you agree to the Send to Kindle terms.
Drop files on the app
The Windows page says to open the Send to Kindle app to upload by drag-and-drop. The drop area is labeled Drop files here, with the line “to send to your Kindle.” Use this when you would rather not open the Explorer menu.
Check that the file is one of the supported file types before you drop it. A password-protected document, or a Word file that still contains ink drawings, can fail conversion. Those limits are on Amazon’s conversion tips.
Print dialog
The package description for Amazon Send to Kindle 1.1.1.260 says the app appears when you right-click a file in Windows Explorer or in the print dialog of any Windows application. From a program that can print, open the print dialog and choose Send to Kindle.
An earlier Amazon page for the PC app said documents sent from the print dialog are delivered as PDF. That sentence is from the older page, not from the current Windows product screen. The current screen documents Explorer and drag-and-drop.
After the file is in the library, reading progress, notes, highlights, and bookmarks are described on the features page.
Sign-in and file size
The Send to Kindle hub says you must be signed in to your Amazon account to send files to your library. It also lists a maximum file size of 200 MB. Help says documents sent through Send to Kindle are protected with end-to-end encryption and that there is no additional cost.
If a send fails, Amazon points people to its troubleshoot page from the sending overview, and to the conversion tips linked above. Removing a password, deleting Word ink, and staying inside the published types are the checks that page names. More short answers are in the FAQ.