Video Tutorial: How to Send to Kindle after the "Send to Kindle" service is switched off
Faithlife have announced that on 31 March 2016, they're disabling their "Send to Kindle" service. That means you won't be able to automatically send Logos resource to Kindle. There's good news though. You can still send Logos resources to a Kindle device, it just takes a little longer (about 10 minutes per resource). These walkthrough will guide you through that process.
And there's more good news: It's a lot simpler than it used to be in Logos 5 days.
First, here's the video: https://youtu.be/ANfakC6QSlw
Or, if you prefer, here are instructions:
- Download the Send to Kindle software from www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle and install it.
- In Program Settings, make sure "Copy footnotes" reflects your preference.
- Open the resource you want to send, and on the resource menu:
- Reduce the text size to the minimum possible.
- Make sure "Show footnotes on page" is off.
- Choose Print/Export
- Press CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to remove all hyperlinks.
- If you want, remove the formatting from old hyperlinks by clicking in one, then choose "Select text with similar formatting". The set the font to automatic, and removing the underline.
- Repeat the above step for the footnotes, and for any hyperlinks in italics.
- Find a chapter heading in the document, and again choose "Select Text with similar formatting".
- Right-click on the Heading 1 style and choose "Update to Match Selection". That will ensure your chapter headings appear in your TOC.
- Repeat the step above for level 2 headings, if desired.
- If your document has a Table of Contents, you can delete it (the links no longer work, anyway). Replace it with a Word TOC, by clicking on the References tab and choosing "Table of Contents". The style doesn't matter, but I prefer a custom TOC with "show page numbers" deselected. If you want to show
- Save your document.
That's it! The whole process should take less than 10 minutes.
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- Send the first block to Word in the normal way.
- Look in Word to see how far you've got. Copy the last sentence to the clipboard.
- In the Logos resource, press Home then CTRL+F, and paste in the sentence to find that location in your Logos resource. It's Command+↑ then Command+F on a Mac.
- Temporarily turn on the page numbers visual filter to see where the current page begins, and remember the page number.
- Delete a small amount of text from your Word document so that your text in Word ends at the end of the previous Logos page. Make sure there's a space at the end of your Word document so the next text won't run into your existing text.
- Turn off the page number visual filter.
- Re-run the whole procedure, but this time type page XXX-9999, where XXX is the page number you remembered in step 4. Send it to the open Word document instead of a new Word document.
- Press CTRL+A and then ALT+B to convert all links and add the passage footnotes.
- Continue doing a normal "Send to Kindle" method as described here. This is the most popular and known method in these more recent threads, but raises legal/ethical concerns for many and takes too long for others.
- Jailbreak/root the Kindle, turn it into a second monitor for your computer, and open/control Logos on your PC. This is hard, risky, clunky, and apparently irrevocably destroys some Kindles (or, at least my particular Paperwhite 6) from being a normal Kindle ever again.
- Go to Biblia.com in the Experimental Browser and use Article Mode. It was mentioned in 2011 threads, but I only found it after browsing this forum for the past year or so.
- It is slightly clunky because it takes a little maneuvering to ignore the "invalid certificate," log in, get to your library, choose the book, go to the contents, and choose the section you want to start from. However, if you trim everything past the period in the URL (so, for example, if the URL ends in /article/R10.1.1A, trim it to /article/R10) and then go to article mode, it may load a huge portion of the book instead of just that section so that you don't have to go out of Article Mode every time you finish a section. Otherwise, you need to get out of Article Mode (or just don't use Article Mode altogether) and tap the faint-ish arrows to move to the next section.
- Like #2, this will only let you view the book, not highlight and make notes.
- Footnotes don't seem to work when tapped on my PW6 (in Article Mode or not).
- Forum users say it drains battery faster by being on the internet.
- You need internet to load the book.
- It only scrolls; no page turns by just tapping the screen.
- I don't see a way to adjust it from the default font size (plenty readable for me, but something to note).
- Switching to desktop mode out of curiosity makes you need to clear your cache and/or cookies and re-log in.
Does this method preserve internal footnote functionality where footnotes in the text on the Kindle appear as clickable links that display the footnote as a popup? I understand links to external resources won't work, I just really like how the footnotes currently work.
Yes, it preserves footnotes.
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Mark this video is very, very helpful. I (and many others) truly appreciate you taking the time to make it.
Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant Mark. Many thanks, I've always wanted to know how to quickly reformat TOCs in Word like that
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Mark will the hyperlinks to preferred Bible translations in the Bible references still show up as footnotes as they did with the send to kindle feature when using this method?
No, unfortunately.
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Is there a way to filter the library to only show resources that have not been sent to kindle? Or can we automatically create a collection of not sent-to-kindle resources?
Is there a way to filter the library to only show resources that have not been sent to kindle? Or can we automatically create a collection of not sent-to-kindle resources?
No, sorry.
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Thank you very much for making the time to create the video. I haven't used the Logos Send to Kindle feature as much as others have, but it was very convenient and I'm sorry it's being removed. Having seen your video however takes much of the bite out of the loss of this feature in Logos for occasional users. It's nice to know there is still a way to get the job done. [:)]
Is there a way to filter the library to only show resources that have not been sent to kindle? Or can we automatically create a collection of not sent-to-kindle resources?
No, sorry.
The only thing you could start doing is look at the books you've sent to Kindle, then tag them with "Kindle" using Library tags, and do this each time you send one to your Kindle, to keep track of it.
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Anyone know how to 'select text with similar formatting' on a mac - it doesn't seem seen to be a feature in the mac version.
Thanks for taking the time to make and explain this. Losing the send to kindle feature is a huge bummer, this is a great help.
Mark, first thanks for the video - great to know, you can bet I''l be using it ;-) I have one question though; one of the books I would like to convert and send to my Kindle is longer than 100npages (even after making the mods you suggest). I would assume that means I need to make two (or more) passes. Would the proper procedure be pass 1 - pass two (send to open Word doc (at cursor) - etc. until all is moved over? If yes, the preview images in the export window is so small I can't read it - so how would I know where to start the next cycle?
Would the proper procedure be pass 1 - pass two (send to open Word doc (at cursor) - etc. until all is moved over? If yes, the preview images in the export window is so small I can't read it - so how would I know where to start the next cycle?
Yes.
In those circumstances I do the following:
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I was excited to see this video. However, it is not working for me. I'm following the steps carefully, but when I get to the step to Print/Export and enter "page i-9999" or "page 1-9999" Logos does not update the page numbers. The only way I'm able to select multiple pages is to click the boxes under "use these sections." That becomes tedious when there are many boxes to check for a resource. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks for all your videos! They are very much appreciated!
Thank you for the advice, did work with Mac too 
Thank you so much, Mark! Great video. Very thorough.
I had one issue, which I eventually managed to solve. So I thought I'd share in case anyone else is trying to do the same thing and running into the same problem.
The resource I converted was Berkhof's Systematic Theology, and I really wanted four levels in the table of contents. I set up the headings (1-4) without too much trouble, and everything looked good in the navigation pane. But I didn't get a table of contents the first time I sent the file to Kindle. Then I added the table of contents in the Word document, as suggested in the discussion above, and when I re-sent it, I did get the table of contents, but it only had two levels.
I searched all over trying to find out why, and I finally ran across something that suggested the conversion couldn't handle more than one indentation. That explained it. The first level (heading 1) had no indentation, the second level (heading 2) had one indentation, but the third and fourth levels and two and three indentations. So they were either ignored or lost in the conversion.
I went back into Word, clicked on the table of contents (just anywhere inside it), went to the References Tab, and selected "Table of Contents" and then "Custom Table of Contents" and then in the window that opened selected "Modify." From there, I was able to adjust the indentation so that all four levels showed up in the Kindle table of contents.
In doing this, you obviously lose the visual nesting (each descending level isn't indented one step further to the right), but that doesn't seem to be an option. Fortunately in this resource, levels 3 and 4 had roman numerals and letters proceeding them, so it's not too difficult to distinguish them. It's not ideal, but it's a lot better than not having those levels in the table of contents at all. So I'm happy.
Thanks again, Mark. Your video was extremely helpful!
I don't understand the reasoning behind dropping the Vyrso application from Kindle. I certainly use my Kindle as a preferred reader. This makes it hard for me to use my Logos library when I am away from home. My iPhone Plus screen is small for older eyes. I am a retired lay person and cannot readily upgrade to Logos 6, or now 7; I am still on Logos 5.
Can someone please send me instructions on how to send the Basics of Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary App to my Kindle Fire using My Macbook Pro and Logos 5? (The instructions above imply it is more difficult and probably a different process for Logos 5.) Thank you.
HI Caryn - and welcome to the forums
I don't understand the reasoning behind dropping the Vyrso application from Kindle
I don't understand - as far as I knew the Logos apps were still supported on Kindle Fire as per https://community.logos.com/forums/p/131783/857559.aspx#857559
I am a retired lay person and cannot readily upgrade to Logos 6, or now 7
As above I don't think is the issue to focus on - at least initially - but the free Logos 6 engine is available at https://www.logos.com/support/install_logos_6 and the free Logos 7 engine should be available next month. Upgrading to Logos 6 is recommended as 5 is no longer supported.
Can someone please send me instructions on how to send the Basics of Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary App to my Kindle Fire using My Macbook Pro and Logos 5?
I know I haven't answered this question but, hopefully, if we can work out why you aren't able to use the Logos apps on Kindle Fire it won't be necessary!
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I don't understand the reasoning behind dropping the Vyrso application from Kindle. I certainly use my Kindle as a preferred reader.
As Graham said, "welcome!" [:)]
I think he gave you what you needed, but for clarification: The announcement about "send to kindle" does not refer to Kindle Fire devices. The "send to kindle" service was a way to get Logos resources on the eInk (non-fire) kindle devices, which don't run apps.
Also, Faithlife develops mobile apps for iOS & Android. The Kindle Fire devices run a modified version of Android. Consequently, they have a greater say over which apps they sell in their app store and/or allow to run on their devices. If you continue to have issues with your fire, you should create a new thread in the ANDROID forum. That will allow you to get the best help possible.
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Press CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to remove all hyperlinks.
On Word for Mac 2016, here is the equivalent: "If you want to remove multiple hyperlinks, press 
+A to select all text and then press +6."
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clicking in one, then choose "Select text with similar formatting"
If this is possible in Word for Mac 2016, I don't know how.
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If this is possible in Word for Mac 2016
Yes it is, while in the home view on the ribbon, click on the styles pane in the upper right corner, then you will see a button on the right of that pane that says "select all". Just be sure you are clicked in an area containing the style you'd like to select all instances of
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Would this announcement make things any different?
https://goodereader.com/blog/indie-author-news/kindle-create-available-to-all-authors
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I can't adjust font size on my kindle after I down Load the file. Did I do something wrong or is that the way it is?
Hello, I am using the latest version of logos, Word, and running the lates MacOS Mojave. I followed your steps but when I paste, send to microsoft word, etc. It's only pasting the last chapter of the book. It's so frustrating And, in Logos, I am under the 100 page threshold for the whole book so I don't know what's going on. Any help?
Did you miss out on step 6 where you need to reference the entire book?Hello, I am using the latest version of logos, Word, and running the lates MacOS Mojave. I followed your steps but when I paste, send to microsoft word, etc. It's only pasting the last chapter of the book. It's so frustrating
Did you miss out on step 6 where you need to reference the entire book?
In the video? It's 1:47 in: https://youtu.be/ANfakC6QSlw?t=107
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Did you miss out on step 6 where you need to reference the entire book?
In the video? It's 1:47 in: https://youtu.be/ANfakC6QSlw?t=107
Sorry, Mark was replying to David Kim but forgot to quote. [:)]
Thank you Mark for taking the time to answer my question. So, I finally figured out ... kinda. I try the steps with another book in my library and it had no problem at all. It's my new book that I downloaded that is having an issue for some reason. I bought the book via Vyrso. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Do you know think I should re-download? If so, do you have any idea how I can re-download a book? Thank you again Mark and everyone!
Thanks for sharing this, Mark!
For those who are missing the convenient, clickable Logos' Bible references on Kindle and are using Microsoft Word on Windows, you can give the Word add-in Blinx a try. It converts the Logos Bible references to hyperlinks pointing to an online Bible and (more importantly) adds footnotes with the Bible passage to each of them. The generic footnote symbol being used can then be clicked on your Kindle to display the passage.
Once you've installed Blinx, instead of removing all hyperlinks at the beginning of step 8 in Mark's instructions, do the following:
You will need to adjust the Logos "Copy Bible Verses" settings to determine the Bible version and format of the passage being inserted. (Unless you have BibleWorks installed, which allows Blinx to determine the Bible version and format itself and is currently checked first.)
Great post Mark, however, I have a question. I understand that it is Amazon's fault that the "send to kindle" function is no longer supported, but why Logos has an export to Word function, but it is not possible to download purchased books in mobi or epub formats? After all, they are generated automatically (they do in all stores). That would simplify things, because I could download the mobi format and put it on a kindle myself.
The tutorial is no longer helpful, Logos changed the export settings so that it is not possible to send the entire book. I really don't understand this policy. After all, they do not have to get along with Amazon, it would be enough to enable export in mobi format. Buying books in Logos is pointless.
If the book is too long, even for a virtual A2 size paper, you will need to export the book into parts. I usually go chapter by chapter. Then merge them together in Word.
I have to agree with you here. If I could export the book as a MOBI format, I could import it on my Kindle Paperwhite. If I am going to read a digital book, I prefer to use a Kindle. The "10 minutes" per book took me maybe 2 hours. Never again will I do this, unless it becomes push-button simple.
Okay, so it looks like there's now three possible ways to read a Logos book on an e-ink Kindle:
I just confirmed that #3 still works 12 years later on my Paperwhite 6. It requires no special setup, no hacking, and no (as far as I know) potential ethical/legal concerns.
Cons of #3:
As one who almost did option #2, I just want to make sure other browsers of this forum like me can find that #3 exists. I, for one, think it's super cool that Faithlife still hosts Biblia.com when they have app.logos.com, ostensibly for just such backwards-compatible and lower-spec use cases. Even if limited in its current state, it may be able to get the job done for some.
Here's a few old threads that mention #3:
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/39450.aspx
Thank you for sharing these options. I've bought so many books over the years, but haven't tried to read them outside of Logos since they got rid of the Vyrso app. I was just starting to read a book and was feeling bummed about my best option being to read it on an iOS device and just leave a tab open until I finished the book. This thread shows me it's possible to export the book to Kindle, and while not perfect, I'm so glad to find this, as I've been having trouble with my eyes lately on computer screens. Being able to read on my Kindle is a real blessing!
If you have a paid version of Microsoft Word, there is now an add-on that restores the "Send to Kindle" functionality, and it's really good! Yes, we're still subject to the 100 page limit, so obviously you wouldn't want to use this for lots of books all at once. For me, it's just a way to be able to read the books I've purchased on a more eye-friendly device.
You mentioned some having ethical concerns. If it's for your own use, I'm not sure what those concerns would be. I believe this falls under "fair use", and I'm very thankful that the means to do so are still present. No book exported in this way should be shared with anyone else, as I believe the intent is to allow us to get the most use out of the resources we've purchased.
Thank, you Logos, for permitting this kind of use.
It seems this is problematic now...just tried it with Logos 9 on PC and I could not export the whole book. I could export a section at a time into Word and combine each section. I did that, but the heading styles in the book I exported were not unique and I could not just select all heading and make them heading 1. I brute force pushed through and got this to work still but...it was not worth it. After over an hour for a single book I am wishing I had bought this book on Kindle instead of getting it FOR FREE on Logos. Bummer.
I know this is an old post, but I don't see an updated way to do this and wanted to share my experience in 2021 (5 years after this article was posted).
In any case, Logos has had for quite some time a limitation on the export to 100 pages at a time. This is still true in Logos 10.
Not having uniform heading styles in your book would certainly make it more time consuming.
In some cases, converting from Logos to ebook formats is the only option if the book is not available in other ebook formats other than Logos. I'm currently working on converting The Revised English Bible to kindle format as because as far as I've been able to find the only ebook format it is available in is in Logos. It does have consistent formatting for the book and chapter headings, but unfortunately Word requires the headings to be on their own line, and the REB has the chapter numbers on the same line with the text of the chapter, so I have to add a carriage return after the chapter numbers and then do the exercise of selecting all text with similar formatting and changing the chapter numbers to Heading 2 to get a proper hierarchical table of contents.
A few other tips - 1) I've been following another procedure which is found here: https://wiki.logos.com/Export_a_Logos_Resource_to_an_eReader_format_$28Kindle,_Nook,_etc.$29. It also works well. 2) The only caveat is that in Step 11 it tells you to use Calibre to export the book to your device, which does work, but I ended up with a huge flat TOC with the books and chapters all in one lengthy list. After a bit of investigation I discovered that it was automatically converting the book to MOBI format on my Kindle. If I used Calibre to manually convert the book to Amazon's native AZW3 format first, then that is the format that it will transfer to the device, and you end up with a proper hierarchical table of contents, being able to expand the books to get the chapter links (hope that makes sense).
This tip still works in 2025.
I could successfully export the N. T. Wrights "für heute" Books to my eBook reader.
On my mac if i set the pages i then need to select another category and then the custom page radio button to get it updated.
To get even larger Page size of A1, I used following virtual PDF Print Driver:
For removing Hyperlinks in Word after CMD+A to select everything, at the same time, holding "FN," press "Command+Shift+F9" simultaneously.
I then imported the Word in Calibre and converted it there to an Epub:
Afterwards i added all metadata.
Finally I moved the book via calibre to my Pocket Book Reader.
Hope this helps anyone 😃
You are a champ, Mark Barnes.
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Thanks, Mark! Great summary and video.
FWIW - maybe I've just had bad luck, but I've found that I won't get a fully native Kindle Table of Contents, even having applied Heading 1, 2, etc., unless I actually create a Word "table of contents" at the very end of the document.
Thanks so much for sharing Mark. It will offer hope to many.
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I don't have a kindle yet, but I will when Amazon create a bigger kindle. So, this is great!
You're right — this does seem unreliable, and creating a Word TOC seems to be the answer.
I've found that it doesn't need to be at the end of the document. You can replace the TOC at the beginning of your document instead. I'll see if I can edit that into the video!
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Mark thank you so much! I just sent many many books to kindle and then realized Amazon disabled the ability to download from the Amazon Cloud to your computer, so you can't convert anything to epub. This is the format I need for the Marvin app, so this video is a life saver!
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