KTool
Productivity
reading tool
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
12 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 6 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful, slick setup process and a good alternative to Amazon's send-to-Kindle
From 3 comments
Been using this for a few months, really solid replacement for Amazon's own send-to-kindle, with a lot of potential.
futhey on HNI have to say, your setup process for your chrome extension is very slick. I look forward to giving this thing a shot, I use Pocket to save articles but it's kind of just a junk…
dchuk on HNI love this. This is the killer feature that would get me to buy a kindle. If the affiliate program were still as lucrative as it was I'd use your link to do just that. what a…
gigatexal on HN
Objections
Subscription price is too high for occasional use
From 2 comments
I use Amazon's official extension to send webpages to Kindle all the time. [1] My feedback: I can't justify paying $4/month to be able to send few packaged webpages to my kindle,…
nabaraz on HNWebsite says cancel with click of a button...can't find the button... Can't find an email to try to get a refund. found in email.
8675309t on HN
Setup requires Kindle email lookup via Amazon account, a privacy concern
From 1 comment
I just signed up for a year to try it out. A few things: 1) The way you get the kindle email address is slick, but some people might get squicked out from a privacy standpoint…
oidar on HN
Some users dislike the idea of Kindle becoming a non-reading device
From 1 comment
Just to play devils advocate, I 100% do not want this. I understand your reasons for making this and I fully support them, but the day Amazon make the Kindle into something other…
cgrealy on HN
Requests
RSS support
From 1 comment
Do you have a way for me to demo the RSS support? I'd love to have a calm technology flow for reading articles on my kindle and I think ktool may just be what I'm looking for.
xena on HN
Weekly or daily digest of top HN posts
From 2 comments
Hi Daniel First, I love what you've done here, and why - congratulations on making it this far! A few suggestions: 1) An independent web route is important, but you could lower…
mft_ on HNSomething like a weekly digest of most popular HN posts in the epub/pdf format would be great.
akomtu on HN
Share sheet support in iOS app
From 1 comment
I just signed up for a year to try it out. A few things: 1) The way you get the kindle email address is slick, but some people might get squicked out from a privacy standpoint…
oidar on HN
reMarkable and Kobo support
From 1 comment
Any chance to be able to use this on reMarkable? It has epub support
fudged71 on HN
Questions
How does the Amazon 2FA approved-email requirement affect delivery?
From 2 comments
> my vision for KTool I see what you did there. Didn't Amazon tighten up how custom content is delivered to Kindles fairly recently, requiring 2FA? So you need to connect the…
password4321 on HNThank you for your work! Yeah I haven't run into the 2FA issue yet, but probably will. Is there any docs about this 2FA issue I can read (other than the short doc on amazon.com)?…
longnguyen on HN
How to use the tool and whether the EPUB can be downloaded without setup
From 2 comments
I may be missing something - but how exactly do I Use it?
rantingdemon on HNI was under the impression you can opt to simply download the epub and send it to Kindle yourself but the website will not let me do anything before I set up the Kindle upload.
rugina on HN
Alternatives named
Amazon Send to Kindle extension
From 1 comment
I use Amazon's official extension to send webpages to Kindle all the time. [1] My feedback: I can't justify paying $4/month to be able to send few packaged webpages to my kindle,…
nabaraz on HN
Push to Kindle
From 2 comments
Hi Daniel First, I love what you've done here, and why - congratulations on making it this far! A few suggestions: 1) An independent web route is important, but you could lower…
mft_ on HNThanks for your feedback and I'm glad that the official extension works well for you. All I can say is you probably are not my target customers. Most of the time, the official…
longnguyen on HN
Instapaper
From 1 comment
I just signed up for a year to try it out. A few things: 1) The way you get the kindle email address is slick, but some people might get squicked out from a privacy standpoint…
oidar on HN
HN to Kindle / hntoebook
From 1 comment
Hi Daniel, Congratulations on the launch! I received an email from HN user telling me about this post because a while back I was running 'HN to Kindle' service[0] and since…
Abishek_Muthian on HN