Instapaper / Read It Later for PDFs

March 23, 2011 4:13 PM

Is there a service or setup that replicates instapaper for pdfs?

I love the simplicity of instapaper in syncing pages, and articles, straight from the web to an easy to access list on the web or on my iPhone (I've read this, I haven't read this).

Is there an equivalent for pdfs? I suppose dropbox could work, but anything I have to manage myself always ends up going off the rails.

Thoughts?

posted by stratastar to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: There's Mendeley. Not as simple as Instapaper but if you drag a pdf onto Mendeley, it will automatically sync the pdf and annotations to all devices (other computers and iphone/ipad/ipod touch; Android is under development).
posted by special-k at 4:34 PM on March 23, 2011

Best answer: For more of a one-click method, you could sign up for Pinboard and use the Firefox add-on. So, right-click on the pdf link and choose Bookmark to Pinboard. It will be available on anywhere else at pinboard.in/u:username
posted by special-k at 4:38 PM on March 23, 2011

Best answer: I use Goodreader which now syncs with dropbox, just drop the pdfs in your designated dropbox folder.
posted by Brennus at 4:53 PM on March 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Ok, thanks guys! Give these a try.
posted by stratastar at 10:29 PM on March 30, 2011