P2K: how to make friends with your Pocket Kindle
Web Services / / December 25, 2019
Read on your Kindle book - it is a pleasure, but when it comes to articles from the Internet, begin complexity. There are variants with highly reader services like Instapaper and Readability, but they are not suitable for the because they have very few uses and under the article you like one of your favorite sites, you are unlikely to find the button "Send to Readability ».
With Pocket another story altogether: the integration of this service are everywhere. He has long been a way of deferred default reading. But support for Kindle Pocket obzavolsya did not, and it is unlikely to appear at all. But as a kind of bridge you can use the new service P2K.
The basic in name displayed primary function - sending articles from Pocket straight to the Kindle without any manipulation and intermediates. After logging in and connecting Pocket delivery address Kindle service will send you a deferred article once a week, once a day, or momentarily.
primary setup
Pocket account is connected to a couple of clicks, you need only select the "Authorize" P2K and allow access to your articles. With the Kindle will have to tinker a bit, or rather, not with the reader, and the settings on the Amazon site. If you have never connected the delivery of content from third-party services, we recall how it's done.
By default, send documents to your personal email Kindle is only possible with the permitted addresses. To add P2K delivery address to the trusted list, do the following:
- go to this link.
- Switch to the Settings tab and scroll to the bottom to the section Approved Personal Document E-mail List.
- Click Add a new... and add the address [email protected].
Everything. Now you can proceed to configure the schedule for sending articles from Pocket in the Kindle on P2K site.
Setting the delivery of articles in P2K
The service has three delivery options: daily, weekly, and one-time. For the first two you can set several parameters, among which are:
- the delivery time with the time zones;
- day of the week (for weekly delivery);
- type of articles (old, new, random, or by volume);
- the number of articles in the digest (3 to 15);
- archiving option after sending.
you can choose in the free version of either daily or weekly delivery. In principle, it is not so scary, people tend to prefer any certain digest format.
If you just need to send a few recent articles in the Kindle, it is still easier. Choose a one-time delivery, specify the number of articles, and they are in the reader.
Planned delivery appear in the tab Status. Here you can see whether the digest sent to endlessly not to run to the reader (actually the free version to send the delay).
Unfortunately, the automatic synchronization of the latest articles from the Kindle immediately after adding them to the Pocket not. Apparently, this is due to limited service.
Test
Adding a task with comfortable settings for you, you can be sure that the articles at the appointed hour to get your reader. Before sending the articles in the Kindle, P2K imposes them into a neat digest with sections, images and the ability to customize the display fonts as in a conventional book. It is very convenient, because the materials do not go a continuous stream and do not litter Kindle menu. Yes and delete read much easier time, rather than one by one.
By formatting the pages have no complaints, everything looks very good. Pictures, headings, quotes, lists, reading progress display - just like in the books.
The only thing that is a bit frustrating - it's not the most beautiful covers, on which we advertise a paid subscription for P2K. But this is, if it is strongly quibble.
Price differences and the paid version
Free service works with certain restrictions. This us fair warning when the primary setting and offer to buy the paid membership for $ 3 per month. What do we get for this money?
The main difference - it is instant delivery. The free version of the sample articles fall into the Kindle within a few minutes (maximum about an hour), the paid - quickly (a few seconds). If we talk about the one-time digests, the expectation brings some inconveniences. The daily and weekly it generally does not matter. It is always possible to set the time on an hour earlier and get the latest articles when needed.
Other advantages are not so important, but it definitely adds to the convenience. Among them are:
- the ability to manually select articles to be sent;
- delivery of articles with certain tags;
- the ability to customize several deliveries;
- sending to addresses other than @ kindle.com.
Total
Limitations of the free version is quite forgiving, it is quite possible to use for the planned weekly or daily delivery, and for one-off. If you are using Pocket not only for deferred reading, but also to store a variety of content, the lack of choice of articles to be sent can cause inconvenience.
In other cases, P2K can be recommended for use. I will say this: my Kindle, he just brought back to life.
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