Can reMarkable 2 Read Kindle Books? 2026 Honest Answer

Native

Can reMarkable 2 read Kindle books natively?

No. The reMarkable 2 cannot read Kindle books natively in 2026. The device runs reMarkable’s closed operating system, which has no app store and no support for sideloading the Amazon Kindle app. Books purchased through Amazon’s Kindle ecosystem are wrapped in Kindle DRM and live in the Kindle app or on Kindle hardware; the reMarkable cannot access either directly. This is a design choice, not a feature gap that’s likely to close. The reMarkable’s value is in being a single-purpose writing tool, and adding the Kindle ecosystem would mean adding the app, the account login, the sync layer, and Amazon’s content guidelines on top of a workflow that doesn’t otherwise need them.

The reMarkable 2 reads PDFs and EPUBs you upload yourself through the reMarkable mobile or desktop app. So the question becomes whether you can get your Kindle library into one of those formats. The answer depends on the book: some Kindle purchases ship DRM-free or are downloadable as EPUB/PDF from the publisher, but most are locked to the Kindle ecosystem. The workarounds below handle the gap when the workflow is worth the friction.

Workarounds

Three workarounds for reading Kindle content on reMarkable 2

The Calibre + DeDRM path is the workaround the reMarkable community has used for years. Calibre is free open-source ebook management software; the DeDRM plugin handles Kindle’s DRM wrapping. Convert a Kindle .azw or .kfx file to PDF (which renders best on reMarkable for fixed-layout content) or EPUB (which reflows for adjustable type size). Then sideload through the reMarkable mobile or desktop app the same way you’d sideload any other PDF. Per-book friction is low once Calibre is set up; legal status varies by jurisdiction, so the discipline is to use this only for books you legitimately own.

Buy fresh

Buying ebooks DRM-free: the cleaner long-term path

For new ebook purchases, the cleaner workaround is to buy outside the Kindle ecosystem when you can. Tor.com sells DRM-free EPUBs of all their sci-fi and fantasy catalogue. Project Gutenberg offers tens of thousands of public-domain works as free EPUBs. Many academic publishers (Springer, Routledge, MIT Press) sell PDFs direct without DRM. Indie authors on platforms like Smashwords or direct sites usually ship DRM-free files. Send these to your personal reMarkable email address from any device and they appear in the reMarkable app within seconds, no conversion needed.

The trade-off is library fragmentation. If your existing reading life is centred on the Amazon Kindle store, switching to DRM-free purchases means your library lives in two places. For most readers this is a small cost compared to the conversion friction; for readers with thousands of Kindle purchases, the dual-device path below is often more honest.

Dual-device

The dual-device pattern: Kindle for reading, reMarkable for notes

The most honest answer for users whose Kindle library is large and active is the dual-device pattern. Read on a Kindle (or Kindle Scribe, which adds note-taking to the Kindle ecosystem) and use the reMarkable as a notebook for written notes, journaling, and PDF markup. The two devices each do what they’re best at; neither one has to pretend to be the other. The reMarkable doesn’t have to handle Kindle’s DRM, and the Kindle doesn’t have to handle the writing surface and template workflows the reMarkable does well.

If you’re shopping for one device that does both, the Kindle Scribe is the right pick. It reads your full Kindle library natively and handles handwriting + note-taking with the included pen, on an 11-inch screen comparable to the reMarkable Paper Pro. Our reMarkable alternatives roundup covers the wider e-ink field if neither the reMarkable nor a Kindle is feeling right for your use case.

If you’ve worked out a Kindle + reMarkable reading workflow that holds up day to day, drop the pattern in the comments. The conversion-vs-dual-device choice depends on your library size and reading volume; specific patterns from heavy readers help calibrate the recommendations above.

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