Kindle Personal Document File Types That Support Notes

Discover which Send to Kindle file types are compatible with Kindle formats and notes for your Kindle E-Reader and Kindle applications.

Note: You can write directly on the page in PDF documents, or write on the page in other personal documents imported through the Send to Kindle service. Kindle Scribe doesn't currently support writing directly on the page in PDF documents loaded via USB-C or previously sent to your library before 11/11/2022.

Kindle Scribe doesn't support handwriting features in EPUB comics, Manga, and children’s books currently.

Table 1. Documents Imported with Send to Kindle
Device or App DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, HTM, HTML, PNG, GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, EPUB PDF (adjustable layout) PDF (original layout), DOCX, and DOC sent from Microsoft Word ("Like a printed document")
Kindle Scribe
  • Handwritten sticky notes
  • Text notes
  • Active canvas
  • Highlights
  • Underlines
  • Handwritten sticky notes
  • Text notes
  • Active canvas
  • Highlights
  • Underlines
  • Direct page markup
Other Kindle E-readers
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
Kindle for iOS
  • Handwritten sticky notes (read only)
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Handwritten sticky notes (read only)
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
  • Highlights

Kindle for Android

Kindle app on Fire Tablet
  • Handwritten sticky notes (read only)
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Handwritten sticky notes (read only)
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
  • Highlights

Kindle for Mac

Kindle for PC
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
  • Text notes
  • Highlights
Kindle for Web N/A (personal documents aren’t supported yet) N/A (personal documents aren’t supported yet) N/A (personal documents aren’t supported yet)

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