To save articles and read them later, choose where to keep them (your browser's reading list or an app that lets you export), save a separate copy when you need it offline or as a PDF, and set aside a time to come back. This guide organizes KeepAnalog's guides for each step, from saving to rereading.
It is an index: each linked guide cites its own sources, and the few facts summarized here come from them, checked on October 6, 2026.
Where do I save articles now that Pocket and Omnivore have shut down?
- Pocket shut down: where to save articles to read later now. Mozilla shut Pocket down on July 8, 2025, according to its announcement. The guide covers Chrome's and Safari's reading lists, Firefox's bookmarks and Tab Groups, and apps that let you export.
- Omnivore shut down: what happened to your articles and where to go. Exports were extended through November 30, 2024, according to the Omnivore blog. The guide explains what to do if you have the export file.
- How to export your Instapaper articles: the whole-account CSV, per-list PDF or ePub downloads and the move to Readwise Reader.
- Readwise Reader vs Instapaper: prices and differences: plans, features and export options from their official pages.
How do I keep a copy that does not depend on the link?
- How to save web articles to read offline: Chrome's and Safari's official steps per device, and why Chrome's reading list on a computer is not an offline copy.
- How to save a web page as a PDF on your phone: the official steps for Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone.
- How to save a web page as a PDF on a computer: Chrome, Edge and Safari, with the web address and date on the page.
- How to take a full-page screenshot of a web page: the built-in tools in Edge, Chrome and on iPhone, and when a PDF is the better copy.
- How to send a web page from your computer to your phone: Chrome's Send to your devices, a QR code, and Handoff or AirDrop between a Mac and an iPhone.
- How to print an article without ads: the reading view in Edge, Safari and Chrome before printing or saving a PDF.
- How to save a newsletter as a PDF: Gmail, Outlook, a Mac, and what Substack writers report.
- When links disappear: a sturdier reading archive: what to keep with each link and how to look for an archived copy.
- How to save a web page to the Wayback Machine: Save Page Now, what it keeps and what it does not, and how to find old versions.
How do I read it on another screen or on paper?
- How to send web articles to Kindle: the Send to Kindle extension, a PDF, or email.
- Paper or screen? Choose by reading task: choosing by the task, not by a general rule.
- How to print a PDF as a booklet: the Acrobat Reader and Word steps to read a long PDF on paper.
- Reading mode in Chrome, Edge and Safari: reading the page without ads or menus, and why the option is sometimes missing.
- How to have a web page read aloud: Chrome on a computer and on Android, Edge, and Safari on iPhone.
- How long does it take to read an article?: an adult reads about 238 words per minute silently in English non-fiction, according to a meta-analysis by Brysbaert, and the guide shows how to estimate your list.
How do I come back to what I saved?
- How to use the reading list in Chrome and Safari: adding, finding, marking as read and deleting pages on each device, and what happened to Edge Collections.
- Saving is not returning: revisit your unread articles: remembering why each article mattered and choosing a few.
- Unread newsletters: how to rescue the ones you meant to read: a search, a filter, and unsubscribing from the ones you no longer open.
- How to export your Chrome, Safari and Edge bookmarks: the HTML file with all your bookmarks and what to do with it.
How do I keep and cite what was useful?
- What is a commonplace book?: the notebook where passages are copied by topic, with its history and method.
- How to highlight text in a PDF: Acrobat, Edge and Preview, without uploading the file, and how to print the highlights.
- How to cite a website article in APA and MLA: what details to note when you save something you will cite.
- What is a personal reading issue?: in KeepAnalog's working definition, a finite selection of readings chosen by one person, arranged as a path and with their provenance.
An order to start with
This order is an original KeepAnalog suggestion, not a rule from the cited sources:
- One place to save: if your list is spread across several apps, bring it into one that lets you export.
- A copy and the link for what matters: save the PDF or offline copy, plus the link with its title and date.
- A set time to come back: once a week, pick a few articles and drop the ones you no longer care about.
If you prefer reading on paper, KeepAnalog takes eligible public links that one person chooses (HTML pages or PDFs) and turns them into a monthly printed issue. The preview shows each piece's title, byline when there is one, and source site, and nothing is printed or charged until the person approves the issue. For now, the pilot is in Argentina only, with no delivery in the United States.