Amazon Kindle 2nd Generation (U.S. Wireless), Kindle 2nd Generation (Free 3G) User Guide

KINDLE USER’S GUIDE 5th EDITION

Table of Contents

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CHAPTER 1:
Getting Started with Your Kindle 20

1.1 Views of Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

1.2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using the Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Using the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The Application Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

1.3 Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Lowercase and Uppercase Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

1.4 Screen Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

1.5 Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Whispernet Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Battery Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Activity Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

CHAPTER 2:
Getting to Know Kindle Content 34

2.1 The Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Home Screen Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sort Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

The Home Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

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2.2 Organizing With Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Creating a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Adding an Item to a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Adding Multiple Items to a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Viewing Collection Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Renaming a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Deleting a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Adding Collections from Another Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2.3 Managing Your Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing Kindle Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

More about Managing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

International Wireless Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

CHAPTER 3:
Reading on Kindle 49

3.1 Types of Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Blogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Background Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Progress Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Changing the Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting the Number of Words per Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Increasing the Size of a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

3.3 Moving from Place to Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the Menu to Get Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Navigating within a Periodical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Selecting Internal Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Viewing a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Reading Across Multiple Kindles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

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3.4 Looking Up Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

The Lookup Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

3.5 Annotations and Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Displaying Popular Highlights in Your Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

3.6 Sharing Notes and Highlights with Your Social Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Linking Your Kindle to Your Twitter Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Unlinking Your Kindle From a Social Network Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Sharing Your Notes and Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

3.7 Reading PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

3.8 Listening to Audio Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Background Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Text-to-Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

CHAPTER 4:
Searching on Kindle 90

4.1 Introduction to Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Types of Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Searching for Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Performing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

4.2 Search Results Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Search Results for a Specific Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Search Results for a Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

4.3 Performing Remote Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Searching Wikipedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Searching the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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CHAPTER 5:
The Kindle Store 98

5.1 Getting Started at the Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Connecting to the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

5.2 Kindle Store Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

The Kindle Storefront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

The Store Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Browsing the Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Getting the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Adding Items to Your Wish List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Recommended for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Looking Up Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Entering a Rating and Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

5.4 Making Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Trying a Sample Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Buying Your Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Returning an Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

CHAPTER 6:
Accessing the Web 109

6.1 Using Basic Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Entering a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using Next Page and Previous Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

The Basic Web Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

6.2 Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Basic Web Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

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CHAPTER 7:
Settings and Experimental 117

7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Registering or Deregistering Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Personalizing Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Password - Protecting Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Choosing Your Primary Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Changing Annotations Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

7.2 Experimental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

CHAPTER 8:
Kindle and Your Computer 128

8.1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Making the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

8.2 Transferring Files from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Managing Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Transferring Your Clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Supported Formats for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Sending Your Documents for Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

8.4 Audiobooks and MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Audiobooks from Audible.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Audiobook Formats for Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Transferring MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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CHAPTER 9:
Your Kindle and Amazon.com 135

9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Browsing the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Searching the Kindle Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Getting the Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Ordering Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Managing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Managing Your Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Downloading Content from Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

9.3 Contacting Kindle Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

CHAPTER 10:
Transferring Content to Your New Kindle 140

10.1 Transferring Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

10.2 Transferring Periodical Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

10.3 Transferring Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

10.4 Transferring Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

10.5 Transferring MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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APPENDIX 150

Safety and compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Servicing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Headphone Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy (Model number D00511) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy (Model number D00701) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Compliance Information for Kindle Users Outside the US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

UL Certification Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

KINDLE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Digital Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Patent Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Copyright and Trademark Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Other Language Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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Welcome to

Thank you for purchasing Amazon Kindle. You are reading the Welcome section of the
Kindle User’s Guide. This section provides an overview of Kindle and highlights a few

basic features so you can start reading as quickly as possible.

You can leave this guide at any time by pressing the Home button on your Kindle.
To turn to the next page, press one of the Next Page buttons.

If your Kindle was a gift, you will need to register your device. Please look at the

Getting Started instructions that came with your Kindle for information on registering

your device.

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Congratulations!

You are reading on your new Kindle.

If you haven’t done so already, please follow the Getting Started instructions that
came with your Kindle and plug your Kindle into a power source to charge the
battery. The charge indicator light on the bottom edge of your Kindle turns yellow
and a lightning bolt appears on the battery icon at the top of the display. Charging the
battery fully should take less than three hours and you can continue reading while
it charges.

Tip: The charge indicator light will turn green when the battery is fully charged.

If you prefer to read the Kindle User’s Guide side-by-side with the device, you can
download and print a PDF copy of the Kindle User’s Guide at:

http://www.amazon.com/kindledocuments

Getting Around

You navigate Kindle using the 5-way controller; the Home, Menu, Back, and

Next/Previous Page buttons; and the keyboard:

Volume Controls

Previous Page Button

Next Page Button

Home Button

Next Page Button

Menu Button

5-Way Controller

Keyboard

Back Button

Symbol Key

Text Key

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To select a particular item such as a menu option or a specific word in your reading

material, move the 5-way controller up, down, left, or right to highlight your choice
and then press to select.

You can press the Next or Previous Page buttons to move forward or backward in your

reading material and press the Back button to retrace your steps on your Kindle. Use
the keyboard to type words or phrases when searching your reading material or items
in the Kindle Store. You can also use the keyboard to create notes while reading. All of
these are covered in more detail later in this guide.

Easy-to-Read Display

Kindle uses a high-resolution display technology called electronic paper. It works
using ink just like books and newspapers, but it displays the ink particles electronically.

The page flash you see when you turn the page is part of the ink placement process.

The electronic paper display is reflective, which means unlike most displays, you can

read it clearly even in bright sunlight. Also, electronic paper does not need power to
hold the ink in place, which extends your Kindle’s battery life.

Wireless Access with Whispernet

Using the wireless Amazon Whispernet service, Amazon delivers content to your

Kindle whenever and wherever you want it, within the wireless coverage area, using
the same technology as a cell phone. By default, your Kindle ships with Whispernet
already turned on. To turn Whispernet on or off, press the Menu button, move the
5-way controller up to underline “Turn Wireless On/Off,” and then press the 5-way.

Your Choice of Text Size

To optimize your reading experience, Kindle provides a quick way to adjust the size of

the reading text among eight sizes.

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To try it now, press the Text key , move the 5-way controller to choose the size you

prefer and press the 5-way to select. The text changes to the new size. Repeat the
same steps to change the text size back or to change it to a size comfortable for you
to read.

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Your Choice of Number of Words per Line

You can also change the number of words per line in the book or periodical you are

currently reading. Press the Text key , move the 5-way controller to choose the
number of words per line you prefer and press the 5-way to select. This changes
the width of the margins. You may find you read faster with fewer words per line.
Experiment to see what works best for you.

Adjust Screen Rotation

The Kindle screen image can be rotated so you can see the entire width of a web page

or magnify the page of a PDF file. You can lock your Kindle screen to a portrait or
landscape orientation to fit your reading position. Press the Text key , then move
the 5-way controller to select the screen rotation you want. Press the 5-way to select.

Read PDF Files

Kindle can display a PDF document without losing the formatting of the original file.

Just drag PDF files over USB or e-mail them to your dedicated Kindle e-mail address

(found on the Settings page on Kindle or the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.

com). We will wirelessly deliver the original file directly to your Kindle via Whispernet,
for a fee. For details, see “Sending Personal Documents to Kindle on Amazon.com.

Let Kindle Read to You

You can also choose to turn on the experimental application, Text-to-Speech, which

will read aloud your books (where allowed by the rights holder), newspapers, blogs,
and personal documents. Press the Text key , then move the 5-way down so that
the “Text-to-Speech” option is underlined. Press the 5-way to select “turn on.” You
can either listen through your Kindle’s external speakers or plug in earphones into
the headphone jack. While Text-to-Speech is playing, the screen will turn the pages
automatically so you can follow along while the audio is playing. You have the choice
of hearing your content spoken with a male or female voice and can also further
optimize the listening experience by slowing down or increasing the rate of speech.

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Look It Up

Your Kindle includes The New Oxford American Dictionary. You can easily look up

a particular word without leaving the content. Simply use the 5-way controller to
navigate the cursor in front of the word you want defined. A definition of the word
appears at the bottom of the screen. To view the full definition, press the Return key
on the keyboard. To return to the text you were reading, press the Back button.

Take It All with You

Although Kindle is about the size of a paperback book, it can store over a thousand

digital books, newspapers, blogs, and magazines, which are referred to collectively
as “content” throughout this guide. A copy of all your books and recent issues of
newspapers and magazines purchased from the Kindle Store are kept on Amazon.com.

To open content on your Kindle, press the Home button. This displays a list of the

content on your Kindle. Move the 5-way controller up or down to underline the item
you want to open and then press the 5-way to open the item. To delete content on
your Kindle, move the 5-way controller up or down to underline the item you want to

delete. Move the 5-way to the left and then press the 5-way to complete the removal

of the item.

To move previously deleted content from Amazon.com back to your Kindle,

Whispernet must be on. From Home, select “Archived Items.” This shows all of the

content stored at Amazon.com. Underline the item you want to move back to your

Kindle and move the 5-way to the right and then press the 5-way to start the transfer.

In under a minute, the item re-downloads into your Kindle and appears in the list of

content in Home.

Shop Anytime, Anywhere

If you have Whispernet on and you select “Shop in Kindle Store” from any menu,

Kindle connects you to a broad offering of reading material including books,

newspapers, blogs, and magazines. You can browse by category or check out the

latest bestsellers, new and noteworthy items, or your personalized recommendations.

You can see details about an item, read customer reviews, and even download free

samples of books you are interested in. If you want to buy an item, Kindle uses secure
Amazon 1-Click and then Whispernet delivers the item to your Kindle generally in

under a minute.

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Automatic Delivery

Since Kindle connects to the Whispernet network, we deliver your favorite periodicals

over the air to your device as soon as they are published, often before they are even

available in print. For example, if you subscribe to the Kindle edition of The New

York Times, the latest edition is wirelessly delivered overnight so you can read it each

morning. Your favorite periodicals follow you wherever you go in Whispernet’s broad

coverage area, whether you are at home or on the road.

Peruse Your Periodicals

Just as you would thumb through a physical newspaper or magazine to locate an

article of interest, your Kindle supplies you with navigation shortcuts so that you can

quickly zero in on an article of interest. By moving the 5-way controller right or left
you can advance to the next or previous article and pushing the 5-way brings up the

periodical’s section list.

Search Your World

While you are in Home, the Kindle Store, or reading content, you can use your Kindle’s

search feature. From the keyboard, begin typing what you’d like to search for and then

using the 5-way controller, select the range of your search. If you begin your search

while in Home or with open content, you have the option to search for that item in

all of your books, newspapers, blogs, personal documents, and annotations. You

also have the option to focus your search to the built-in dictionary, the Kindle Store,

Wikipedia, and the Web.

Collections

To personalize and organize items, you can add your books, personal documents, and

Audible books to collections on your Home screen. Create a new collection from the

Home screen by pressing the Menu button and selecting “Create New Collection”, and

then type a name for the collection. You can add as many items as you wish to each

collection, and you can even add an item to more than one collection for more flexible

organization.

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Clip Your Favorite Passages

While reading a book or a newspaper, have you ever wanted to clip and save a few

words to refer to later? With Kindle, simply select “Add a Note or Highlight” from

the menu and use the 5-way to highlight the content you want to clip and then press

the 5-way to save your selection. The clipping is added to a file in Home called

“My Clippings.” You can review your clippings later, search for words or terms you

clipped, and transfer the “My Clippings” file to your computer. This is a great way to

capture your favorite quotations to share with others.

Popular Highlights

See what the Kindle community thinks are the most interesting passages in the books
you are reading. If several other readers have highlighted a particular passage, then

that passage will be highlighted in your book along with the total number of people

who have highlighted it.

You can also view a list of all the Popular Highlights in the book you’re reading by

pressing the Menu button and selecting “View Popular Highlights”.

Bookmark Your Reading

Kindle automatically saves your place in whatever book you are reading, but you

can also add a bookmark to any page by pressing the Menu button and selecting

“Add a Bookmark.” You can see that the upper right corner of the page is dog-eared.

Kindle stores all your bookmarks for the current content in your annotations.

You can view them at any time by pressing the Menu button and selecting

“My Notes & Marks.”

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Add Your Own Notes

Do you like to take notes and make comments while reading? You can add notes

to any of the content on Kindle. Amazon automatically stores all of your book

annotations in the “My Clippings” file and backs them up on Amazon servers so they

will not be lost.

As an example, this sentence is highlighted and has a note attached as indicated

by the superscripted number one to the right of this text.1 Using the 5-way controller,

move the cursor over the notation number to see the note. To add your own note,

move the cursor to the word where you want to add your thoughts, and begin typing
your note. Then use the 5-way again to highlight the “save note” button onscreen and

press the 5-way to select. You can later view, edit, or remove a note, or see all of your

annotations by pressing the Menu button and selecting “My Notes & Marks.”

Social Networks

Share your notes and highlights with friends using social networks like Twitter.

Whenever you create a note or a highlight, press the ALT+ENTER keys +

to share it to your social network.

To set up your social network accounts on your Kindle, go to the Settings screen and

select “manage” next to Social Networks. The browser will launch and allow you to

link your Kindle to your social network accounts.

Stay in Sync

Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your reading location across your

Kindle(s) and other devices. For example, you can read a few pages on your iPhone

and pick up right where you left off when you return to your Kindle.

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Convert Your Own Documents

In addition to all of the great reading material you can get from the Kindle Store,
Amazon can also convert your own documents so you can read them on Kindle.

You can e-mail Microsoft Word, TXT, HTML, RTF, or image files like JPEGs and GIFs

to your dedicated Kindle e-mail address (found on the Settings page on Kindle or the

Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com). We will convert the document into Kindle

format and wirelessly provide it directly to your Kindle via Whispernet for a fee or

back to your computer for free. If you e-mail a PDF to your Kindle, it will be sent to
your device with no conversion.

Learning More

This ends your brief introduction to just some of the capabilities on Kindle.
The chapters that follow give a more complete overview of these and other features.

Remember, you can always search on a particular feature or learn more about

how to do a particular task by opening this guide and typing on the keyboard to

activate Search.

The Table of Contents for the Kindle User’s Guide shows you all of the topics covered

in this guide. You can get to the table of contents by pressing the Menu button from

any page, selecting “Go to...”, then selecting ‘table of contents’ and pressing the

5-way again.You can also navigate by clicking an underlined word or words like the

“Table of Contents” above. Underlined words indicate a link to somewhere else in

the material you are reading, like a footnote, a chapter, or a web site. In the example

above, when you navigate the 5-way controller over one of the underlined words,

a hand icon will appear. Pressing the 5-way will take you to the beginning of the

table of contents. Press the Back button to go back to where you were reading.

You can also navigate by clicking an underlined word or words like the “Table of

Contents” above. Underlined words indicate a link to somewhere else in the material
you are reading, like a footnote, a chapter, or a web site. In the example above, when
you navigate the 5-way controller over one of the underlined words, a hand icon will

appear. Pressing the 5-way will take you to the beginning of the table of contents.

Press the Back button to go back to where you were reading.

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If you bought your Kindle with your Amazon account, it is already registered with your

account information and you are ready to go. When you go to the Home screen, check

the top left corner of the screen to see if your Amazon name (the same one you see

when you are shopping on Amazon.com) is shown. If it says “My Kindle” instead of
your Amazon account name, you need to register your Kindle. To register, first press

Home to display the Home screen and then press the Menu button. Select “Settings”

and then select “register” on the page that appears to enter your Amazon user name

and password. If your Amazon user name or password contains characters not present

on the Kindle keyboard, press the Symbol key on the bottom of the keyboard to

see a menu of the extended characters and use the 5-way to select the character you

require. Alternatively, you can register your Kindle by visiting the Manage Your Kindle

page on Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle

You can leave the Kindle User’s Guide, or any item you are reading, at any time by

pressing the Home button. If you are done reading, you can put your Kindle to sleep

by sliding and releasing the power button located at the top of your Kindle (you wake

up Kindle the same way). Sleeping your Kindle will extend battery life and also lock

all of the keys and buttons so you don’t inadvertently press one while not using your

Kindle. When your Kindle is asleep, you will see an image on the screen. To turn off
your Kindle completely, slide and hold the power switch for four seconds, then release.

The Kindle screen will blank and the device will turn off. If you ever need assistance,

you can use the Web or your telephone to contact us. See Chapter 9 for all of the

Kindle Support contact options.

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CHAPTER 1: Getting Started with Your Kindle

In the Welcome chapter of the Kindle User’s Guide, you read about many of the things
you can do with your Kindle. This chapter reviews all of the physical features of Kindle

and covers the basics of using the Kindle buttons, menus, and keyboard.

1.1 Views of Kindle

FRONT VIEW

The front of your Kindle contains the screen the keyboard, and the navigation controls.

These features are illustrated below and explained in the list that follows.

Previous Page Button

Next Page Button

Keyboard

Volume Controls

Home Button

Next Page Button

Menu Button

5-Way Controller

Back Button

Text Key

Symbol Key

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Volume controls — controls the headphone or speaker volume for audiobooks,
background music, and text-to-speech.

Previous Page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material.
Press and hold this button to continuously page backward.

Home button — shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content archived at

Amazon.com.

Next Page button — takes you to the next page in your reading material. To

accommodate different ways of holding the Kindle, there is a Next Page button on

both sides. Press and hold this button to continuously page forward.

Menu button — displays application and navigation choices that are related to the
screen you are viewing.

5-way controller — selects an item or action when pressed down. Moves the

on-screen highlight or cursor up and down when moved up and down.

Moves the on-screen highlight or cursor side-to-side when moved left or right.
Holding the 5-way controller up or down without releasing it accelerates the cursor
movement, making it faster to navigate through lists or text.

Keyboard — use to enter search terms, notes in your content, URLs for Web sites, etc.

Back button — retraces your steps on Kindle just like the back button on a web

browser. For example, you can follow a link in a book and then press the Back button
to return to your place.

Symbol key — presents a menu of punctuation marks and symbols. Move the
5-way controller to select the desired symbol and press the 5-way to select.

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Text key — adjusts font size and number of words per line to suit your reading

preference. Also allows you to turn on/off Text-to-Speech, zoom into PDF documents,

and to change the screen rotation settings.

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BACK VIEW

The back of your Kindle contains stereo speakers for audio content.

Speaker

Speaker

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TOP VIEW

Power
Switch

Power switch — puts your Kindle to sleep, wakes it up, and turns your Kindle on

or off. To put your Kindle to sleep, slide and release the power switch; a full screen
image appears on the display. While your Kindle is asleep, other keys and buttons
are locked so that you don’t accidentally change the place in your reading. To turn
your Kindle off, slide and hold the power switch for four seconds until the screen
goes blank and then release. To wake up or turn on your Kindle, slide and release the
power switch again. If you have set up a device password, you will be prompted to
enter the password after turning on your Kindle or waking it from sleep.

If your Kindle does not power on or is unresponsive during use, try resetting the
device by disconnecting your Kindle from any power source or USB port, and then
sliding and holding the power switch for 15 seconds before releasing.

Headphone
Jack

Tip: Your Kindle will also go to sleep by itself after ten minutes if you are not using

it. If your Kindle had wireless on prior to going to sleep, it will continue to receive your
regularly scheduled subscriptions while in sleep.

Headphone jack — plug in headphones to listen to an audiobook, background music,

or content read aloud through text-to-speech. Attaching headphones turns off the
built-in speakers.

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BOTTOM VIEW

The bottom of your Kindle contains the charge indicator light and a micro-USB port.

Charge

Indicator

USB/Power
Port

Light

Micro-USB/power port — attach the USB cord that came with your Kindle into the
micro-USB/power port and into the Kindle power adapter*. Plug the adapter into

a U.S.-compatible electrical outlet to charge the Kindle battery. You can also charge

your Kindle by detaching the USB cord from the power adapter and connecting
it to a computer’s USB port or powered USB hub. The charging status light will turn
yellow, indicating that the battery is charging; you can continue to use your Kindle
while it charges. A green light indicates that the battery is fully charged.

Check to make sure the power adapter is not covered by anything that could cause
it to overheat. If the charge indicator light does not light up, make sure that the USB
cable is fully inserted into your Kindle and the power adapter or USB port. If Kindle
still is not charging, try another electrical outlet or USB port.

To transfer content between your computer and your Kindle, connect the provided

USB cable to the Kindle and to the computer’s USB port.

* Not all configurations ship with a power adapter.

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1.2 Getting Around

To get around on your Kindle, you use the buttons, menus, and the keyboard—
all of which are explained here.

USING THE BUTTONS

In the Welcome section you learned about the navigation buttons (Previous Page,
Next Page, and Back). For an explanation of what each button does, see “Front View”.

USING THE MENUS

In addition to the physical buttons, you also navigate Kindle using the menus. Kindle’s
menus are context sensitive, but they all work the same way.

You use the 5-way controller to navigate within the menu and press the 5-way to

select an item.

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The illustration below shows the Home menu; the bold line under “Shop in Kindle

Store” indicates that it is ready to be selected.

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THE APPLICATION MENU

You can display a menu from any screen on your Kindle. When you press the Menu

button, it displays choices related to the screen you are viewing. The sample screen
below shows you the screen you would typically see when you press the Menu button
from within a book.

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1.3 Entering Text

To use the Kindle keyboard, most people find it easiest to hold the device in both

hands, and use the tips of their thumbs to press the keys.

Delete/
Backspace

Return

Shift Key

Symbol Key

ALT Key Text Key

LOWERCASE AND UPPERCASE LETTERS

To enter lowercase letters, press the appropriate letter key. To enter uppercase letters,

hold down the Shift key , and then press the desired letter key like you do on your
computer keyboard. Alternatively, you can press and release the Shift key and
then press the desired letter. Only the next letter will be capitalized.

NUMBERS, PUNCTUATION, AND SYMBOLS

The number keys are located at the top of the keyboard. If you need a punctuation

mark or a symbol that is not shown, press the Symbol key on the bottom row of
the keyboard. You will see a menu of punctuation marks and symbols.

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Use the 5-way controller to choose the character you want and it will appear in your
text entry box.

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1.4 Screen Rotation

The Kindle screen image can be rotated so you can see the entire width of a web page.
The buttons work the same in either rotation, but the 5-way controller movements are

switched to match the rotation.

To lock your screen into portrait or landscape mode, follow these steps:

1. Press the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard.
Screen Rotation is displayed at the bottom of the menu.

2. Move the 5-way to select one of the four options to lock the display in a set
orientation: portrait , landscape with the keyboard on the left, portrait with the

keyboard at the top, and landscape with the keyboard on the right.

3. Press the 5-way to confirm your choice.

Note — You can view Kindle Store pages only in portrait mode.

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1.5 Status Indicators

At the top of every screen, you also see Whispernet and battery life status indicators

to keep you in the know.

WHISPERNET STATUS INDICATORS

The Whispernet status indicator shows you whether the wireless radio is turned
on or off, the signal strength of your Whispernet service, and the connection speed.

Here are the possible indicators and their meanings.

The Whispernet service is active and your Kindle has a strong signal. The more
bars that are filled in with black, the stronger the wireless signal. Note that a weak
signal can increase power consumption.

None of the bars are filled in. This means the wireless signal strength is too low
to connect. You will not be able to connect to the Kindle Store, Basic Web, register
your device, retrieve content from Archived Items, receive your subscriptions, or sync
to furthest page read.

The bars are filled in grey. This means Whispernet is checking for signal

strength. This usually lasts less than 30 seconds.

The Whispernet service is turned off. You can turn on the wireless by pressing

the Menu button, and using the 5-way controller to navigate to “Turn Wireless On.”

When you activate a menu, icons indicating the speed of your Whispernet service

appear to the left side of the signal bars.

Kindle with international wireless

EDGE and GPRS wireless networks are slower than the 3G Whispernet service. Your
Kindle World Edition will automatically switch to the faster 3G network when available.

Kindle

The 1X icon indicates that your Kindle is connected to the 1XRTT wireless network,

which is slower than the 3G Whispernet service. Your Kindle will automatically switch
to the faster 3G network when available.

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BATTERY STATUS INDICATORS

You have your Kindle plugged into power and the battery is charging.

The charge indicator light on the bottom of your Kindle also lights up. Note that

if your Kindle is plugged into a low powered USB port such as those found

on some keyboards or older computers, you will only derive enough charge

to avoid depleting the battery but not enough to recharge it.

The images above show the various states of the
battery as it discharges. As you deplete the battery, less of the battery indicator will be
filled in.

The battery is too low to power the Whispernet service. You must charge your

Kindle battery to restore wireless service.

The battery state cannot be determined. Restart your Kindle so that the battery

state can be accurately determined. If the question mark continues to be displayed

after a restart then contact Customer Support.

Keep in mind that subscribing to multiple blogs that update frequently may increase
power consumption and decrease the battery life. Weak signal coverage can also
increase power consumption

ACTIVITY INDICATOR

Appears in the top left corner of your Kindle screen when the device is busy

downloading new content, checking for new items, searching for an item, opening a

large PDF file, or loading a web page.

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CHAPTER 2: Getting to Know Kindle Content

The Kindle Home screen gives you an overall picture of what you currently have
on your Kindle. It shows you what has arrived recently, what you are reading, and

where you are in your reading. It also allows you to remove content from your Kindle

and to move content from Amazon.com to your Kindle. Read below for more details.

2.1 The Home Screen

Your Home screen displays a list of all of your Kindle reading materials — books,

newspapers, magazines, blogs, PDF files, personal documents, as well as audiobooks.
It serves as a personal bookshelf for all of your reading material, as well as a starting
point to access other Kindle features.

To display the Home screen, press the Home button on the right edge of your Kindle.

By default, the Home screen lists all of the items that you have on your Kindle
beginning with the most recently viewed (or acquired) items. Each type of content has

a slightly different description and label. You can read more about the types of content
available in Chapter 3.

KINDLE BOOKS

Books are shown by title and author. Below the book title are a series of dots which
give you an approximation of how long the book is. Bold dots within the series
indicate how far along you are in the book based on the last page you viewed.

PERIODICALS

Periodicals include newspapers and magazines that can be purchased as a single
issue or as a subscription delivered on a regular basis. Your Home screen lists the
most recent issue of each periodical you have on your Kindle. Older issues appear
inside a grouping called Periodicals: Back Issues. Selecting the grouping takes you to

a screen that displays the back issues of all the periodicals you have on your Kindle.

Note that Kindle automatically deletes issues that are more than seven issues old to
free up space for new content. An exclamation point next to an issue indicates
that it will be deleted within 24 hours.

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COLLECTIONS

Collection names appear in an italicized font to differentiate them from books and

other items. The number of items in each collection is displayed in parentheses to the

right of the collection’s name.

BLOGS

Blogs are subscription-based and appear on the Home screen as a single entry like
books. As additional blog content arrives, it is added to the item and older entries are
rolled off, much like a blog works on a computer.

AUDIOBOOKS

Audiobooks look similar to books, but they will be labeled in the Home screen as
audio content. Like regular books, they have a progress indicator that shows where

you are in the audiobook.

PDF FILES

PDF files also look similar to books, but they will be labeled in the Home screen

as “pdf.” Like regular books, they have a progress indicator that shows where you
are in the file.

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HOME SCREEN FEATURES

What you see on your Home screen varies depending on what reading materials you
have purchased, and how you choose to sort this list. The screen sample and list
below explain the features that you may find on your Home screen.

Device Name

Sort Options

Collection

Audio Book

Sample Title

Author
or Date

Unread Item

PDF Title

Periodicals:

Back Issues

Archived Items

Pages In Home

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Device name —the name of your Kindle. You can edit this name on the
Settings screen.

Sort options — choose the order you want content displayed in Home.

Title — the title of the item.

Author or Date — for books, the author of the item is listed. For periodicals and blogs,

the date is listed.

Collection — the title of the collection. The number of items in the collection is

displayed in parentheses.

Progress indicator — the series of dots below the item shows how long the book
is and bold dots show how far you have read in a particular item.

Unread title — the “new” label indicates the item has never been opened and is less
than 24 hours old. Once you open a new document or more than 24 hours has passed
since the item arrived on your Kindle, the “new” label is removed.

Archived Items — items stored at Amazon.com that you can re-download to

your device.

Audiobook title — the “audio” label indicates the book is an audiobook.

PDF title — the “pdf” label indicates the file is a PDF.

Periodicals: Back Issues — stores older issues of newspapers and magazines.

Sample title — the “sample” label indicates the book is a sample. If you like it,

you can purchase the full book from within the sample.

Pages — indicates the total number of pages in Home. Use the Next Page or
Previous Page button to navigate the pages.

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SORT OPTIONS

The following screen shows the location of the Sort options and the list below

explains each of the options. Moving the 5-way to the right lets you change how
to sort these items.

Sort Options

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Most Recent First — sorts your content by the most recently added or recently

opened items first.

Title — sorts your content alphabetically by title of the item.

Author — sorts your content alphabetically by the author’s last name or publisher’s

name. If you choose this option, periodicals will be sorted by their dates.

Collections — sorts your content by first displaying collections that have been most
recently used, then by items that have been most recently used but are not assigned
to a collection. Items that are assigned to a collection are not displayed.

CHANGING HOW THE HOME SCREEN IS SORTED

By default, your content is sorted by most recent first, meaning all of the new items

and the content you are currently reading are at the top. To change this option, follow

these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Move the 5-way up until the Show and Sort Options are underlined.

3. Move the 5-way to the right to see the Sort options.

4. Move the 5-way to underline how you want the items sorted.

5. Press the 5-way to select it. The sort order on the Home screen

changes immediately.

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THE HOME SCREEN MENU

The Home screen menu allows you to navigate to other places in Kindle or to perform

specialized tasks. To display the Home screen menu, press the Menu button when
your Home screen is displayed. The list below explains the menu.

Current Time Whispernet

Memory Battery

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Turn Wireless Off/On — turns the Whispernet service off or on.

Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront.

View Archived Items — takes you to Archived Items where you can view and

wirelessly re-download content you are storing at Amazon.com.

Search — brings up the Search text entry page for submitting a word or phrase
to search for.

Create New Collection — allows you to enter a name for a new collection of items.

Sync & Check for Items — connects to Amazon.com to download any newly

available items and sync the furthest page read and annotations for all the books
on your device.

Settings — takes you to the Settings screen.

Experimental — takes you to the Experimental page where you can see and use some

of the experimental prototypes we are working on.

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2.2 Organizing With Collections

You can create collections to personalize the way you organize your books, personal
documents, and Audible books to make it easier to find items.

CREATING A COLLECTION

You can create as many collections as you need.

To create a collection, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Press the Menu button and use the 5-way to select “Create New Collection”.

3. Use the keyboard to enter the name of your collection.

4. Use the 5-way to select “save”.

5. Your collection is created and displayed on the Home screen.

The very first time that you create a collection, the sort order changes to sort by

collections on the Home screen. To change the sort order, move the 5-way up to
underline “By Collections”, and then move the 5-way to the right to choose another
sort option.

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ADDING AN ITEM TO A COLLECTION

Collections give you the flexibility to add an item to as many collections as needed.
For example, you can add the same book to collections called “History” and “My
Favorite Authors”.

To add an item to one or more collections, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the item you want to add to a collection.

3. Move the 5-way to the right to view the item’s detail page.

4. On the item’s detail page, use the 5-way to select “Add to Collection…”

5. A screen showing all of your collections and the number of items in each is

displayed. Use the 5-way to select each collection you want to add the item to.
If you have many collections you can use the Next Page and Prev Page buttons to
see them all.

6. After you add the item to a collection the item count for the collection is increased

and a checkmark appears to the right of the collection. You can also remove the
item from a collection by using the 5-way to select the collection again and the
checkmark will disappear.

7. When you are done adding the item to your collections, use the 5-way to select
Done at the bottom of the screen. You can also press the Home or Back buttons
and your changes will be saved.

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ADDING MULTIPLE ITEMS TO A COLLECTION

Collections also let you efficiently add multiple items to a single collection. This is
useful for organizing similar types of items into one collection in a single pass.

To add multiple items to a collection, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection you want to add items to.

3. There are two ways to start the process:

a. Move the 5-way to the right to view the collection’s detail page. On the

collection’s detail page use the 5-way to select “Add/Remove Items”.

- or -

b. Use the 5-way to select the collection and see all the items in the collection

Press the Menu button and select “Add/Remove Items”.

4. A screen showing all of your items is displayed. Use the 5-way to select each item
you want to add to the collection. If you have many items you can use the Next
Page and Prev Page buttons to see them all.

5. After you add each item to the collection a checkmark appears to the right of the
item. You can also remove the item from the collection by using the 5-way to
select the item again and the checkmark will disappear.

6. When you are done adding the item to your collections, use the 5-way to select
Done at the bottom of the screen. You can also press the Home or Back buttons
and your work will be saved.

VIEWING COLLECTION DETAILS

The collection details page lets you see information about a collection, the actions
available for the collection, and the cover of the most recently read item in the

collection.

To view a collection’s details, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection.

3. Move the 5-way to the right to view the collection’s detail page.

4. Use the 5-way to select an action or press the Back button to exit.

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RENAMING A COLLECTION

You can rename your collection if you made a mistake when creating it or if you want

to update it.

To rename a collection, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection.

3. Move the 5-way to the right to view the collection’s detail page.

4. Use the 5-way to select “Rename Collection”.

5. Use the keyboard and 5-way to edit the name of your collection.

6. After you finish editing the name, use the 5-way to select “save”.

DELETING A COLLECTION

You can delete collections if you’re no longer using them or you want to reorganize

them. Deleting a collection will never delete the items in the collection. Any item that
is in a deleted collection will stay on your Kindle. If the item is not associated with

another collection, it will reappear in the Home screen.

To delete a collection, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection.

3. Move the 5-way to the right to view the collection’s detail page.

4. Use the 5-way to select “Delete Collection”.

5. You will see a confirmation box asking you whether you want to delete the
collection or not.

6. Use the 5-way to select either “ok” or “cancel”.

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ADDING COLLECTIONS FROM ANOTHER KINDLE

If you have more than one Kindle associated with your Amazon account, you can add
the collections from another Kindle and merge them with collections on your current
Kindle. This is useful if you’ve set up an organization system on another Kindle and
you want use it on your current Kindle. The new collections will appear in Home on
your current Kindle. Kindle books from the other device can be manually downloaded
from Archived Items and they will appear in Home.

For example, suppose you have two devices named Tom’s Kindle and Judy’s Kindle. If

Tom’s Kindle already includes some collections, you can copy those collections along

with their content hierarchy and merge them with the collections on Judy’s Kindle.

After you copy the collections from Tom’s Kindle to Judy’s Kindle, then both devices

will have the same collections.

If Tom’s Kindle included “Marley & Me” in the “Summer Reading” collection, and

“Marley & Me” was already on Judy’s Kindle when collections from Tom’s Kindle

were added, “Marley & Me” will automatically appear in “Summer Reading”. If

Tom’s Kindle included “The Lost Symbol” in the “Summer Reading” collection, and

if you download “The Lost Symbol” from Archived Items onto Judy’s Kindle, it will

automatically appear in Home.

Note that if you later decide to remove “Marley & Me” from the “Summer Reading”
collection on Tom’s Kindle, your changes are not synchronized with Judy’s Kindle.

“Marley & Me” will remain in the “Summer Reading” collection on Judy’s Kindle.

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To merge collections, follow these steps:

1. Manually transfer any books from Archived Items to your current Kindle. See
Transferring Books in Chapter 10 for more information.

2. On your current Kindle, if you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home
button.

3. Use the 5-way to select Archived Items. If you have many items you may need to
use the Next Page button to locate Archived Items.

4. When in Archived Items use the 5-way to select the item labeled Add Other Device
Collections.

5. In the Add Other Device Collections view you will see a list of all Kindles that are
associated with your Amazon account. Use the 5-way to select the other Kindle
that has the collections you want to add. You can repeat this step for as many
devices as you wish to add collections from.

6. After the collections are merged, press the Home button to return to the Home
screen. You will see the collections that were copied over and merged together
with the collections already on your current Kindle.

2.3 Managing Your Content

All books you purchase are automatically backed up on Amazon.com. When you

remove a book that you have purchased, it appears in your Archived Items.
You access your Archived Items from your Home screen. To move content between
Archived Items and Home, Whispernet needs to be on.

REMOVING KINDLE CONTENT

To remove content, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. In the list of the content already on your device, move the 5-way to underline the
item you want to remove.

3. Move the 5-way to the left to remove the item.

4. For books purchased from the Kindle Store you will see “remove from device” and
for all other content you will see “delete.” Press the 5-way to remove the content.

To change your mind, move the 5-way up or down to cancel. Note that Kindle

books are backed up for you at Amazon.com even if removed from the device.

5. For content other than books purchased from the Kindle Store, you will need to
confirm the deletion of the content by selecting “ok.”

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MORE ABOUT MANAGING ITEMS

Amazon also stores the seven most recent issues of your newspapers and magazines.

If you’d like to keep a copy of an issue indefinitely, open the issue, press the Menu
button, and select “Keep this Issue”; you will then see the word “keep” to the left

of the issue title in Home.

You can download items stored at Amazon.com any time you are within Whispernet

coverage. If you are not within coverage, Kindle will automatically download the item
when you re-enter Whispernet wireless service.

Personal documents (including PDF files) sent to your Kindle are not backed up

at Amazon.com.

When you remove a Kindle book you bought from Amazon, we automatically save

all of your annotations for the book in case you ever want to download it again.

However, if you remove a subscription issue that is older than seven days, a blog
of any age, or an item you did not get from Amazon, any annotations you created
on Kindle for those items do not get saved. Your “My Clippings” file will still remain
as a separate file containing all the clippings you added regardless of whether the

content is a book, subscription, or blog or was purchased from Amazon or not.

See Chapter 3 for more information.

INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS DELIVERY

(Kindle with international wireless only) If you wirelessly receive or download content

to your Kindle via Whispernet while outside the U.S., additional fees may apply.

For further information go to: http://www.amazon.com/kindlewhispernetroaming

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CHAPTER 3:

Reading on Kindle

Kindle retains the best qualities of printed books, but adds many features that are
available only through digital technologies such as word look up, changeable text size,
and clippings. This chapter explains more about Kindle’s reading features.

3.1 Types of Content

There are many types of reading material available for your Kindle such as books,

newspapers, magazines, and blogs. If you want to begin purchasing and downloading

reading material, you can learn more in Chapter 5. You can also purchase audiobooks

from Audible.com and even have Amazon convert and deliver personal documents

to your Kindle. The different types of supported content are described below.

BOOKS

Thousands of books — both popular and hard-to-find — are available in the Kindle

Store. Once you buy a book, it usually arrives wirelessly in under a minute. Because

you can’t always judge a book by its cover, you can download and read a sample of

most Kindle books for free. If you like it, simply buy it from within the sample and

continue reading. You can learn more about this feature in Chapter 5.

NEWSPAPERS

The Kindle Store offers a selection of U.S. and international newspapers.

Subscriptions are delivered wirelessly to your Kindle overnight so that the latest

edition can arrive on your device every morning, and every newspaper subscription

starts with a free trial.

MAGAZINES

The Kindle Store offers an expanding selection of magazines to meet every interest.
As with newspapers, all periodical subscriptions are delivered wirelessly and start

with a free trial.

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BLOGS

The Kindle Store offers thousands of Kindle blogs, including up-to-the-minute news

feeds and topical blogs. Blog categories include business, technology, sports, politics,

culture, entertainment, humor, and science. Kindle blogs are sent to you wirelessly

throughout the day, allowing you to keep current. Unlike traditional feeds, which often
only provide headlines, Kindle downloads the complete feed onto the device so you

can read them even when you are not wirelessly connected. All blog subscriptions are
delivered wirelessly and start with a free trial.

PERSONAL DOCUMENTS

In addition to purchased content, you can read your personal documents on Kindle.

Kindle can display a PDF document without losing the formatting of the original

file. You can either drag PDF files over USB to your device or e-mail them to your
dedicated Kindle e-mail address (found on the Settings page on Kindle or the

Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com). When you choose to e-mail a PDF, we

will wirelessly provide it directly to your Kindle via Whispernet for a fee. You can
also press the Text key to change the orientation of your display to widescreen

viewing. For more information on the unique aspects of reading PDF files on Kindle,

see Section 3.7.

Additionally, if you have files formatted as text, Microsoft Word, HTML, PDF, or image

files like GIF or JPEG, you can e-mail the files as attachments to your Kindle e-mail
address. Amazon will convert the files if necessary and send them back to your

computer for free or via Whispernet to your Kindle for a fee, whichever you prefer.

For more information on transferring, converting, and e-mailing your personal
documents, see Chapter 8.

For details on fees, see the “Your individual charges” section of the Manage Your

Kindle page on Amazon.com.

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AUDIOBOOKS

You can download and enjoy thousands of audiobooks from Audible.com. Due to their

large file size, audiobooks must be downloaded to your PC or Mac over your existing

Internet connection and then transferred to Kindle over USB. Listen to audiobooks

through Kindle’s speakers or plug in your headphones for private listening. For more

information on transferring and listening to audiobooks, see Chapter 8.

BACKGROUND MUSIC

If you like to listen to music while you use your Kindle, use your computer to transfer

MP3 files to the “music” folder on your Kindle. When you select “ play music” from

the Experimental page, each of the songs will play in the order they were added to

your Kindle.

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3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle

When you read a book on Kindle, you will find that the formatting generally follows

the printed version of the book. If the book has a table of contents, it will appear in

Kindle. If the book has chapters, a preface, an illustrated cover, and so forth, these will

be displayed.

While you are reading, each page displays a header showing the content title and/or

issue date. The top of the page shows the battery and Whispernet status indicators.

Whispernet

Title

Battery

Progress
Indicator

Locations

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PROGRESS INDICATOR

At the bottom of every page of your reading material, you can see where you are by

glancing at the progress indicator. As you progress further into the content, you will

see a solid bar growing longer. The progress indicator also shows structural marks

within content such as chapters, articles, bookmarks, notes, or highlights.

In books, the progress indicator also shows you the overall percentage of the book

you have read and a numeric location of where you are reading, so you can easily find
a particular passage or reference it to your friends. Locations are the digital answer

to page numbers. Changing the text size on Kindle also changes the page numbering,

but with locations, you return to the same place every time regardless of the text size.

CHANGING THE TEXT SIZE

You can adjust the size of the text to suit your preference. You have a choice of eight

sizes for reading content on Kindle. (You cannot change the text size on menus, in PDF

files, or on Kindle screens, such as the Home screen or the Kindle Store.)

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To pick the text size that you want to use while reading, follow these steps:

1. Press the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard. The text size
choices are displayed as well as controls for Text-to-Speech.

2. Move the 5-way left or right to the new text size that you want to use (you see the
new text size immediately).

3. Press the 5-way or the Text key to confirm your choice.

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ADJUSTING THE NUMBER OF WORDS PER LINE

You can change the number of words per line in the book. periodical, or personal
document you are currently reading to suit your reading preference. Adjusting the

number of words increases or decreases the size of the margins. You may find you
read faster with fewer words per line. Experiment to find what works best for you.

To pick the number of words per line you prefer, follow these steps:

1. Press the Text key located on the bottom row of the keyboard. The Words per
Line choices are displayed below the text size choices.

2. Move the 5-way down to underline the Words per Line options.

3. Move the 5-way left or right to choose the option you want to use (you see the
change immediately).

4. Press the 5-way or the Text key to confirm your choice.

Note: You cannot change the number of words per line in PDF files or in Basic Web.

INCREASING THE SIZE OF A PICTURE

If you’d like to see a larger size of a picture or image you encounter in your reading
material, simply follow these steps to zoom temporarily on the image.

1. Use the 5-way controller to position the cursor over the picture.

2. An image of a magnifying glass with a plus sign will appear on top

of the picture.

3. Press the 5-way to zoom the image. You will see a expanded view of the picture
that rotates if necessary to maximize the use of the display.

4. Press the 5-way (or any key or button, except the Home button) to return
to your content.

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3.3 Moving from Place to Place

There are several ways for you to get from place to place once you have opened your

reading material. Most often you will turn pages using the Next Page and Previous
Page buttons (described in Chapter 1). You can also get around inside your book or
periodical by selecting locations from the item’s Menu, clicking on links in the content,

or by moving the 5-way controller left or right to advance to another article or chapter.

USING THE MENU TO GET AROUND

To go to the menu, press the Menu button when reading a book or periodical. You will

have slightly different options depending on the content you are reading. Examples of
the menu options are described below.

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If you are reading a Kindle book, the menu shows the following options:

Turn Wireless Off — turns off Whispernet. When Whispernet is off, this option will

change to “Turn Wireless On.”

Shop in Kindle Store — takes you to the Kindle Storefront.

Buy This Book Now — connects to the Kindle Store, purchases, and downloads

the full book to your Kindle. Only appears if you are reading a sample from the
Kindle Store.

Go to… — allows you to move to another location in the item you are reading.
Choose one of these options:

cover — takes you to the cover page of the item you are reading. This is usually the
cover of the book.

table of contents — takes you to the Table of Contents for the item you are reading.

beginning — takes you to the place in the book the publisher considers to be the

beginning. This is usually the first chapter, but may be a foreword, the table of
contents, or some other location the publisher chooses.

location — enter a location to jump to in the content, and then select this option.

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Sync to Furthest Page Read — connects to Amazon.com and compares your current
reading location with the one saved at Amazon. If you are further along in your book
using another device, Kindle gives you the choice to go to the furthest page read.

Book Description — connects to the Kindle Store and displays the book’s detail page.

Search This Book — displays the Search line at the bottom of the screen. Additional

details on how to conduct a search are provided in Chapter 4.

Add a Bookmark — bookmarks the page you are currently on. After selecting this
option, the upper right corner of the book will be dog-eared and this menu option will

change to “Delete Bookmark.”

Add a Note or Highlight — puts you into annotation mode. Additional details on how

to create a note or highlight are provided later in this chapter.

View My Notes & Marks — displays a page containing all of your current item’s notes,
highlights, and bookmarks.

View Popular Highlights — displays a page containing all of your current item’s
Popular Highlights. This option is dimmed if you’ve turned off Popular Highlights in
Kindle Settings.

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If you are reading a newspaper or magazine, you will see the following

different options:

Clip This Article — makes a copy of the entire article and adds it to your

“My Clippings” file.

Keep This Issue — designates the newspaper or magazine issue as one to be stored in
your Kindle until you remove it.

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If you are reading a blog, you will see the following options:

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NAVIGATING WITHIN A PERIODICAL

At the bottom of a newspaper or magazine you will see options for quickly navigating

within an issue. When viewing a blog, you will see similar options for navigation.

Previous Article — takes you to the previous article when you move the 5-way
controller to the left.

View Sections List — takes you to the sections list of a newspaper or magazine when
you press the 5-way.

View Articles List —takes you to the articles list of a blog when you press the 5-way.

Next Article — advances you to the next article when you move the 5-way controller

to the right.

By default, “View Sections List” for newspapers and magazines is highlighted and
when you press the 5-way, a list of the sections will appear. If you are viewing

a blog, “View Articles List” is highlighted and pressing the 5-way shows a list of the

blog’s articles.

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To navigate to a particular section, use the 5-way controller to underline the section

title and then press the 5-way to select. Selecting the number to the right of the
section title will take you to a list of articles found within that section. To dismiss this
view and return to where you were last reading in the magazine or newspaper, select

“Close Sections List” located at the bottom of the screen.

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To navigate to a particular article within a section or blog, simply move the 5-way

controller to underline the article title and press to select. To dismiss this view, select

“Close Articles List” located at the bottom of the screen.

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SELECTING INTERNAL LINKS

Your reading material may also contain links to other places in the document.

For example, in many books, the table of contents is set up to link to the content
pages. Links are easy to spot because they are underlined.

To select a link:

1. Move the 5-way over the link.

2. The cursor changes to look like this:

3. Press the 5-way to select the link.

4. Kindle takes you to the linked location.

5. Press the Back button to go back to where you were.

Your reading material may also contain external links that take you to locations on the

Web (if you have Whispernet turned on and are in range).

VIEWING A TABLE

Your reading material may contain a large table that is not entirely contained within

the screen. To see the rest of the table, move the 5-way controller up or down to bring
up the cursor and then place the cursor to the left of the table. Move the 5-way to the
right to scroll through the rest of the table.

READING ACROSS MULTIPLE KINDLES

If you read the same Kindle Store book across multiple Kindles (including Kindle
for iPhone), you’ll find Whispersync makes it easy for you to switch back and forth.
Whispersync synchronizes the bookmarks, notes, highlights and furthest page read

among devices registered to the same account.

Whispersync is on by default to ensure a seamless reading experience for a book read

across multiple Kindles. If you would like to turn Whispersync off, follow these steps:

1. Go to http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle

2. At the bottom of the page, click on the link, “Manage synchronization
between devices.”

3. Select “Turn Synchronization off.”

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Once you turn synchronization off, your books will still open to the last page read

on that device, but Whispersync will no longer sync bookmarks or the furthest page

read with other devices. If you would like to sync the book manually, press the
Menu button and select “Sync to Furthest Page Read.”

3.4 Looking Up Definitions

While reading a book, periodical, or personal document (except PDF), you can

see a brief definition of a word using the Lookup feature. You can choose the
dictionary you want to use when you look up words while you are reading.
The default is The New Oxford American Dictionary included on your Kindle, but

you can change your dictionary choice by purchasing a different dictionary from the

“Kindle Default Dictionaries” category in the Kindle Store only at Amazon.com (not

from your Kindle). See Chapter 7 for details on how to change your default dictionary.

THE LOOKUP FEATURE

To see the definition of a particular word in your reading content, follow these steps:

1. Move the 5-way controller up or down to display the cursor.

2. Move the 5-way in front of the word you want to look up.

3. If the word is found in the dictionary, a definition extract appears at the bottom
of the screen.

4. To see the complete definition, press the Return key . You will now be
placed in the dictionary and can use Previous Page and Next Page to view
other word definitions.

5. Press the Back button to return to your reading.

Tip: If you want to expand your search beyond the dictionary on your device,

you can use the Search feature to look for the word on Wikipedia or the Web.
See Chapter 4 for more information.

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3.5 Annotations and Clippings

You can add annotations to all of your books, periodicals, and personal documents

(except PDF). Annotations can include notes you have written, highlights you’ve
marked, and bookmarks you’ve created. Bookmarks can only be created in books

and PDF documents. Annotations are specific to the content you are reading, so each

book or periodical has its own annotations. When you view the annotations, you see
only those for the content you are currently reading. Note that when you create an
annotation in a newspaper or magazine, you will see the word “keep” to the left of the

issue title in Home, indicating that the issue will be stored on your Kindle until you

remove it

Kindle also gathers the annotations and bookmarks you’ve made across all your

various books, magazines, newspapers, and personal documents and places them

in the “My Clippings” file in your Home screen. See “Using Clippings” for more

information on My Clippings.

The list below explains the types of annotations:

Bookmarks — mark an entire page for later reference. Bookmarks can only be

created in books and PDF documents.Highlights — mark a passage on a page for

later reference

Highlights — mark a passage on a page for later reference.

Notes — add your thoughts about a passage.

The sections below explain how to add annotations.

Tip: All of your annotations and bookmarks on a Kindle book are backed up on

Amazon servers in case you transfer your Kindle to another person or lose or break

the device. When you download a previously annotated book from Amazon.com,
your annotations and last location read will come down with it. When you open the
book, you will be right where you were the last time you read the book and all of your

annotations will be included. Note that your “My Clippings” file is not listed as
a separate downloadable item.

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USING BOOKMARKS

Although Kindle automatically saves your place whenever you stop reading, you may
also want to add additional bookmarks to a book or PDF document. You can place a

bookmark at any location, and you can have multiple bookmarks in whatever book

you are reading. When you add a bookmark, it is associated with the first location
on the page. If you change text size, the bookmark will still be associated with that

location. You can return to a bookmarked location at any time.

Kindle stores all your bookmarks for the current content along with your annotations.
You can view them at any time by pressing the Menu button and selecting “View My

Notes & Marks.”

PLACING A BOOKMARK

To place a bookmark in a book or PDF document.

1. Go to the page in a book or PDF document that you want to bookmark.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way controller down until “Add a Bookmark” is underlined. Press the
5-way to select.

4. A dog-ear icon in the upper right corner of the page will appear, indicating that the
page is bookmarked.

Tip: You can quickly create a bookmark by either holding down the Alt key and

pressing the ‘B’ key, or by moving the 5-way up or down to go into cursor mode and

then pressing the 5-way controller twice.

VIEWING YOUR BOOKMARKS

To view your bookmarks, press the Menu button and select “View My Notes & Marks.”

Bookmarks are listed in the order in which they occur in the content. Each bookmark
entry shows a location number and the first line of the bookmarked location.

To go to a bookmark location, navigate to the bookmark and press the 5-way.

There is no limit to the number of bookmarks that you can set in a book
or PDF document.

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REMOVING A BOOKMARK

To remove a bookmark:

1. Go to the bookmarked page.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way controller down until “Delete Bookmark” is underlined. Press the
5-way to select. The bookmark is removed.

Tip: You can also remove a bookmark on the page by holding down the Alt

key and pressing the ‘B’ key.

To remove several bookmarks at one time:

1. Press the Menu button.

2. Move the 5-way controller down until “View My Notes & Marks” is underlined.

Press the 5-way to select it.

3. Using the 5-way, navigate to the bookmark you want to remove.

4. Press the Delete key

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have removed all unwanted bookmarks.

6. Move the 5-way down until the “Close Notes & Marks” button is highlighted and

press the 5-way to exit. You can also exit this view by pressing the Back button.

USING HIGHLIGHTS

You can highlight text in Kindle like you would use a highlighter pen on paper.

Kindle stores all your highlights for the current content in your annotations.

You can view them at any time by pressing the Menu button and selecting

“View My Notes & Marks.” See Viewing Your Annotations for more information.

Kindle also stores everything you highlight in your “My Clippings” file.

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HIGHLIGHTING A PASSAGE

To highlight one or more lines, follow these steps:

1. Use the 5-way to position the cursor where you want to start highlighting.

2. Press the 5-way.

3. Move the 5-way right (or left) to where you want your highlight to end. You can

turn pages if you want to highlight text across multiple pages.

4. Press the 5-way at the place where you want the highlight to end.

5. Notice that the text you highlighted appears with a gray underline.

DELETING A HIGHLIGHT

To remove a highlight, follow these steps:

1. Navigate the cursor over the highlight you want to remove.

2. Press the Delete key

Or,

1. Press the Menu button.

2. Move the 5-way controller down until “View My Notes & Marks” is underlined.

Press the 5-way to select it.

3. Using the 5-way, navigate to the highlight you want to remove.

4. Press the Delete key

5. Move the 5-way down until the “Close Notes & Marks” button is highlighted and

press the 5-way to exit. You can also exit this view by pressing the Back button.

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DISPLAYING POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS IN YOUR BOOKS

Popular Highlights help our readers focus on the passages and ideas in a book
that are the most meaningful to the greatest number of readers. We collect all the
highlights added to a book by Kindle customers and merge them together to identify

a book’s most frequently-highlighted passages. If a passage in a book is a Popular

Highlight, we will highlight that passage and we will also display the total number

of people who have highlighted that passage.

Popular Highlights are available only for books, and not for periodicals or personal

documents.

By default, Popular Highlights are displayed in your books, but you can turn them off
if you don’t want to see them.

TO TURN POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS ON OR OFF:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way down until “Settings” is underlined and press to select.

4. Move the 5-way down to underline “turn on” or “turn off” next to the
“Popular Highlights” setting and press to select.

VIEWING POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS IN A BOOK

If Popular Highlights are turned on, as you read a book, you can see what the Kindle
community thinks are the most interesting passages in that book. Those passages
will already be highlighted and will also display the total number of people who have
highlighted that passage.

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If Popular Highlights are turned on, press the Enter key to hide or show the
number of highlighters.

To view a list of all Popular Highlights in a book, follow these steps:

1. While reading the book, press the Menu button.

2. Move the 5-way down until “View Popular Highlights” is underlined and press to
select. (If this option appears dimmed, you must first enable the Popular Highlights
feature in Settings.)

3. A list of the book’s Popular Highlights appears. By default, the list is sorted

by location.

4. To sort the list by the most popular highlights, move the 5-way up until the Sort
options are underlined.

5. Move the 5-way to the right to underline the Most Popular sort option.

6. Press the 5-way to select Most Popular. The list immediately changes to the new
sort order.

7. To close the Popular Highlights list, move the 5-way down until “Close Popular
Highlights” is selected, and then press the 5-way to close the list.

A book’s Popular Highlights will change over time, and highlights that were once

popular may be displaced by others as readers continue to add or remove highlights
in the book. If there are certain passages in the book that you want to be able to refer
back to, then highlight those passages yourself.

If you do not want your own highlighted passages to be counted in Popular Highlights,
you must turn off Annotations Backup in Settings. Keep in mind that if you turn off

Annotations Backup, your annotations and highlights will not be backed up at Amazon.

com, and they will not be displayed on other devices registered to your Amazon.com
account. Also, if you lose or damage your device, there will be no way to retrieve your
annotations and highlights.

Not all books contain Popular Highlights, and some books do not have enough

highlighted passages to have even a single Popular Highlight passage. When you
are reading such a book, if you press the Menu button you will notice that the “View

Popular Highlights” option will appear dimmed.

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UPDATING POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS IN A BOOK

Popular Highlights may not be available for the books you already own. If a book you
already own does not include them, you can check for Popular Highlights by following

these steps:

1. Add an annotation to the book, such as a bookmark, highlight, or note.

2. Press the Home button.

3. Press the Menu button.

4. Move the 5-way down to underline “Sync & Check for Items” and press to select.

5. If there are Popular Highlights for the book, then you will see them the next time
you open the book. If you press the Menu button while reading the book and

the “View Popular Highlights” option is still dimmed, then no Popular Highlights

are available.

USING NOTES

You can add notes on what you are reading. Kindle stores all your notes for the

current content in your annotations. You can view them at any time by pressing
the Menu button and selecting “View My Notes & Marks.” See “Viewing Your

Annotations” for more information.

To add a note, follow these steps:

1. Using the 5-way, move the cursor to the left of the word where you want to add
your thoughts.

2. Type your note.

3. Using the 5-way navigate the cursor over “save note” and press the 5-way.

Notice the superscripted number where you inserted your note. Notes are numbered
in the order they appear in the content, so if you later create another note on an
earlier page, the numbering of the previously created notes will change.

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To edit a note while reading, follow these steps:

1. Use the 5-way to move the cursor over the note’s number.

2. The note appears at the bottom of the screen.

3. Press the Return key to edit the note.

4. Use the keyboard to make your changes.

5. Navigate the 5-way over “save note” and press the 5-way.

To edit a note while viewing your notes and marks, follow these steps:

1. Press the Menu button and select “View My Notes & Marks”.

2. Move the 5-way down to select the note you want to edit.

3. Press the Return key to edit the note.

4. Use the keyboard to make your changes.

5. Navigate the 5-way over “save note” and press the 5-way.

To delete a note while reading, follow these steps:

1. Use the 5-way to move the cursor over the note’s number.

2. The note appears at the bottom of the screen.

3. Press the Delete key to delete the note.

To delete a note while viewing your notes and marks, follow these steps:

1. Press the Menu button and select “View My Notes & Marks”.

2. Move the 5-way down to select the note you want to delete.

3. Press the Delete key to delete the note.

Tip: You can also view the notes and highlights you’ve created for each of your

Kindle books at http://kindle.amazon.com.

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VIEWING YOUR ANNOTATIONS

To view your bookmarks, highlights, and notes, press the Menu button and select

“View My Notes & Marks.”

Each entry has a location number followed by the bookmark, highlighted passage,
or note. Your annotations are listed in the order that they occur in the content.
There is no limit to the number of annotations you can have. Use the Next Page
and Previous Page buttons to turn the pages just as you would in a book.

To go to a location, move the 5-way up or down to select the bookmark, highlighted

passage, or note and press the 5-way to go there.

Your annotations are also stored in your “My Clippings” file for later reference.

See “Using Clippings” for more information.

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USING CLIPPINGS

In addition to annotations, you can “clip” an entire periodical article to the

“My Clippings” file. The “My Clippings” file contains all of the bookmarks, highlights,

notes, and clippings you have made across all your content. Later, you can view the

file or copy it to your computer as a text file. Once on your computer, you can edit it
or send your clippings to someone else. Clipping and highlighting are a great way to

capture your favorite quotes and share them with others.

To clip an article in a periodical:

1. Go to the periodical article that you want to clip.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way controller down until “Clip this Article” is underlined. Press the
5-way to select.

Kindle adds your clipping to the “My Clippings” file. You can review your clippings
later, search for words or terms you clipped, and transfer the “My Clippings” file
to your computer.

To view your clippings, press the Home button to display the Home screen. Move the

5-way down until “My Clippings” is underlined. Press the 5-way to open it. While
viewing the file, you cannot navigate through to the materials referenced in the file.

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MORE ABOUT MY CLIPPINGS

You cannot edit the “My Clippings” file from within Kindle, but you can edit the file on

your computer.

To edit the “My Clippings” file:

1. Connect your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable.

2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would

normally find an external USB drive.

3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled Documents. Transfer the

“My Clippings” file out of this folder.

4. Open the “My Clippings” file on your computer using an application that can read
or import a .txt file.

5. Make the changes and save the edited file.

6. Transfer the “My Clippings” file back to the “Documents” folder on your Kindle.

7. Unmount your Kindle from your computer before removing the USB cable.

Changing your “My Clippings” file does not affect any notes, bookmarks, or highlights
you’ve made in the actual content. The next time you read the content, you can still
use them for navigation and reference.

To remove the “My Clippings” file from your Kindle:

1. Press the Home button and move the 5-way down until “My Clippings”
is underlined.

2. Move the 5-way to the left.

3. Press the 5-way to select “delete.”

4. Press the 5-way to select “ok.”

Kindle adds a new “My Clippings” file the next time you add a clipping or annotation
to any content.

The amount of text you can add to the “My Clippings” file from each item may be

limited. The “My Clippings” file will include a note informing you if a clipping limit
has been reached for a given item.

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3.6 Sharing Notes and Highlights with Your Social Network

You can link your Kindle to your social network accounts so that you can share your

notes and highlights with others in your social network. Sharing your notes and
highlights is a great way to tell others about the books and periodicals you’re reading.
While the examples in this section refer to Twitter, this feature works similarly for

other social networks.

LINKING YOUR KINDLE TO YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT

If you are not yet a member of Twitter, visit their web site and create an account with
them before you link your Kindle to them.

To link your Kindle to your Twitter account, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way down until “Settings” is underlined and press to select it.

4. Move the 5-way down to underline “manage” next to the “Social Networks”
setting and press to select. The “Manage Your Social Networks” screen appears.

5. To link your Kindle to your Twitter account, select “Link Account” under Twitter.

6. Move the 5-way down to highlight “Username or Email” and type your Twitter
user name or e-mail address. To enter a capital letter, press and hold the Shift key
down while pressing the letter.

7. Move the 5-way down to highlight “Password” and type your password. To enter
a capital letter, press and hold the Shift key down while pressing the letter.

8. Move the 5-way down to highlight “Sign in” and press to select it.

9. If this is the first time you are linking a Kindle to your Twitter account, select
“Allow” to confirm that you want to allow your Kindle to access your Twitter

account.

10. You will return to the “Manage Your Social Networks” screen, where your Twitter
user name is now displayed. Your Kindle is now linked to your Twitter account.

Your Kindle remains linked to your Twitter account until you unlink it.

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UNLINKING YOUR KINDLE FROM A SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNT

Your Kindle remains linked to a social network account until you unlink it. To unlink

your Kindle from a social network account, follow these steps:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way down until “Settings” is underlined and press to select it.

4. Move the 5-way down to underline “manage” next to the “Social Networks”
setting and press to select it. The “Manage Your Social Networks” screen appears.

5. Move the 5-way down to highlight “Unlink Account” for the social network (for
example, Twitter) and press to select it.

SHARING YOUR NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Sharing your notes and highlights with your Twitter friends is easy once you’ve linked
your Kindle to your Twitter account. Your note is added as a tweet in your Twitter
stream along with a link to the passage in the book or article.

To share a new note, follow these steps:

1. While reading a book or periodical, move the 5-way to the left of the word or
passage where you want to add your note.

2. Begin typing your note. Notes must be no longer than 100 characters.

3. Move the 5-way down to highlight “save & share” and press the 5-way.

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To share a new highlight, follow these steps:

1. While reading a book or periodical, use the 5-way to position the cursor where you

want to start highlighting.

2. Press the 5-way.

3. Move the 5-way right (or left) to where you want your highlight to end.

4. Press the ALT+ENTER keys + .

5. Type the message you want to tweet or share. Keep in mind that your message
must be no longer than 100 characters.

6. Move the 5-way down to highlight “share” and press to select it.

To share a note or highlight that you’ve already created, follow these steps:

1. While reading a book or periodical, press the Menu button and select “View My
Notes & Marks”.

2. Move the 5-way down to select the note or highlight that you want to share.

3. Press the ALT+ENTER keys + .

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3.7 Reading PDF Files

Your Kindle is able to display most PDF documents. (Note that password-protected

PDF files are not supported.)

When your Kindle is set to portrait orientation, PDF documents are displayed in

their original layout and fit the entire screen of the device. White margins of PDF
documents are automatically cropped to maximize the amount of content shown
on the screen.

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In landscape orientation, Kindle automatically magnifies your document to fit the

width of the screen to improve readability.

A black outline defines the limit of the page of the PDF document. In both portrait and

landscape orientations, the bottom of the screen shows how far you have read in a

particular item as a percentage, and displays the current page number, as well as the

total number of pages of the current document.

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ZOOMING INTO PDF FILES

Pressing the Text key will let you choose zoom options for a PDF page.

fit-to-screen — displays the PDF by matching the width of the page to the width of

your Kindle’s screen; this is the default (normal) size. Pressing the Back button while

zoomed in returns the view to normal size.

150% — displays the PDF contents at one and one half times the normal size.

200% — displays the PDF contents at twice the normal size.

300% — displays the PDF contents at three times the normal size.

actual size — displays the PDF at 100% zoom as it would appear when printed.

After selecting a zoom option, a selection frame appears; you can position the frame

using the 5-way. To move the frame in small increments, hold down the Shift key

while moving the 5-way. Once you’ve selected the area you wish to zoom into, select

it by pressing the 5-way.

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Once you are zoomed in, you can use the 5-way to pan left, right, up and down

within each page. The black bars at the right and bottom of the display indicate which

portion of the overall page you are viewing. If you press the Next Page or Prev Page

buttons, the page will change and the view will remain zoomed in. Press the Back

button to dismiss the zoomed-in view and return to normal size.

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USING THE PDF MENU

The options available while reading a PDF file are slightly different than when reading
a book or a periodical on Kindle. Options that are not available in PDF files are grayed
out in the menu.

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Go to… — allows you to move to another location in the PDF document.Choose one
of these options:

cover — takes you to the cover page of the item you are reading.

table of contents — this option is not available for PDF documents.

beginning — takes you to the beginning of the PDF file.

page — type the number of the page you want to jump to and select this option.

Search This Document — displays the Search line at the bottom of the screen. This

allows you search for a word or a combination of words inside the currently opened

PDF document. This feature doesn’t work in cases where a PDF document was created

using image files.

Add a Bookmark — bookmarks the page you are currently on. After selecting this
option, the upper right corner of the PDF will be dog-eared and this menu option will

change to “Delete Bookmark.”

My Bookmarks — displays a page containing all of your current item’s bookmarks.

3.8 Listening to Audio Materials

There are three types of audio materials that you can listen to on your Kindle. You can

purchase, transfer, and listen to audiobooks from Audible.com, transfer MP3 files from

your computer to play as background music while you read, or turn on Text-to-Speech

in any of your reading material (where allowed by the rights holder). (For information
about transferring audiobooks or MP3 files to your Kindle, see Chapter 8.)

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AUDIOBOOKS

On your Home screen, your audiobooks list the title and author, but they also have the

word “audio” next to the title to indicate that they are audiobooks.

To listen to one of your audiobooks, select it from your Home screen. You will see
a page similar to the one shown below. Kindle provides a standard set of controls that
are explained below.

Book Title

Description

Progress
Indicator

Beginning Next Section

Previous
Section

Back

Pause/Play

Forward
30 Seconds

30 Seconds

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Progress Indicator — indicates how far you have come in the audiobook, the elapsed

time, and the section you are in.

Pause/Play — pauses or plays the audiobook (there is no Stop control).

Forward 30 Seconds — moves ahead thirty seconds from the current location.

Beginning — takes you back to the beginning of the audiobook.

Previous Section — moves backwards in the audiobook to the previous section.

Back 30 Seconds — moves backwards thirty seconds from the current location.

Next Section — moves ahead to the next section in the audiobook, which is usually

the next chapter.

BACKGROUND AUDIO

To play background audio (MP3 files) that you have transferred to your Kindle, follow

the steps below:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way down until “Experimental” is underlined and press the 5-way to
select it.

4. Move the 5-way down until “play music” is underlined and press down to select it.

The songs are played in order, by the date you added them to your Kindle. You can
adjust the volume of the music using the volume controls on the right side of your

Kindle. You can continue to listen to the audio while reading content; the background
audio continues to play unless you open an audio book, turn on text-to-speech, all
of the files have been played, or if you stop the playback as indicated below.

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To turn off background audio:

1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2. Press the Menu button.

3. Move the 5-way down until “Experimental” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select.

4. Move the 5-way down until “play music” is underlined and press down to select it.

Tip: You can also play or stop background audio by holding down the ALT key and

pressing the space bar. You can forward to the next track by holding down the
ALT key and pressing the ‘F’ key.

TEXT-TO-SPEECH

Your Kindle can read aloud your books (where allowed by the rights holder),

newspapers, magazines, blogs, and personal documents with the Kindle Experimental

application Text-to-Speech.

To turn on Text-to-Speech, follow these steps:

1. Press the Text key

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2. Move the 5-way down so that “turn on” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select.
In a few moments, you will hear your content spoken aloud. You can either
listen to it through the Kindle’s external speakers or plug in earphones into the
headphone jack.

3. By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way, you can select
a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech
as well as pause or turn off Text-to-Speech

4. While Text-to-Speech is playing, the screen will update to the corresponding page
of text.

For PDF files and books which the rights holder does not allow Text-to-Speech to read

aloud, Text-to-Speech will be grayed out and you will not be able to select it.

By default, Text-to-Speech starts reading at the beginning of the page currently

displayed. To start reading at a particular spot, move the cursor where you’d like the

reading to begin before starting Text-to-Speech.

Tip: You can also play or stop Text-to-Speech by holding down the Shift key

and pressing the Symbol key . You can pause and resume Text-to-Speech by
pressing the Spacebar. Text-to-Speech continues playing even if you put your Kindle

to sleep by sliding and releasing the power button. Sleeping your Kindle while Text-to­Speech is playing allows you to continue listening but locks all of the keys and buttons

so you don’t inadvertently press one.

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CHAPTER 4: Searching on Kindle

Kindle allows you to take advantage of powerful search capabilities. You can search
locally on Kindle or remotely at the Kindle Store, Wikipedia, or the Web.

4.1 Introduction to Search

This section describes the types of searches that you can perform using Kindle and

how to use search.

TYPES OF SEARCHES

Kindle supports several types of search as summarized below.

SEARCHING WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING

You can limit a search to only what you are currently reading. You enter your search

term or phrase and Kindle searches in the body of the text in the current item.

SEARCHING ALL YOUR CONTENT

You can alternatively search all the reading material that you have stored on Kindle,

including books, newspapers, magazines, and other items. You enter your search term

or phrase and Kindle searches in the body of the text, in the metadata (for example,

the title or author), and in your “My Clippings” file. For PDFs, Kindle searches for the
term in the metadata only (author’s name and file name). Additionally, Kindle also
keeps and searches the metadata for the content you have stored on Amazon.

SEARCHING REMOTELY

Kindle can perform remote searches in several different locations using Whispernet.
Each of these remote location searches are described in the final section of this
chapter.

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SEARCHING FOR DEFINITIONS

You can limit a search to the dictionary. Kindle searches your default dictionary for
definitions of the word you have entered.

PERFORMING A SEARCH

To perform a search, follow these steps:

1. Type in your search term; the Search line will automatically appear. You can use

whole words, and no distinction is made between lower and upper case.

2. To find the word or phrase in the content you are currently reading, move the
5-way to the right to highlight “find.” Or, to choose the type of search, continue

moving the 5-way right. You can search all your items, the Kindle Store, Google,
Wikipedia, or the dictionary.

3. Press the 5-way to submit your search.

If you select “Search” from the Home page menu, the screen will display a full
Search page.

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4.2 Search Results Page

When searching all your content, Kindle looks in the reading materials you have
on your Kindle and the metadata (like title and author) of the materials you have in
Archived Items. This includes purchased items, personal documents, and annotations

that you have created.

The example below shows a typical Search Results page.

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The screen shows the titles of the items that contain your search term and indicates

how many times the term occurs. The list is ordered by the number of occurrences of

the search term in each item. If the term appears in a title of an archived item, then

that item is listed first and does not include the number of occurrences.

Use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons if there are more results than fit on the

current page.

SEARCH RESULTS FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM

To see the results for one of the items listed:

1. Use the 5-way to underline the item.

2. Press the 5-way to view the matches.

A page appears showing all instances of the search term in that particular title.

Each occurrence lists its location number and is shown in context so you can see

how the search term is used.

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To go to a specific location in the content where the search term occurs, use the

5-way to underline the location and press the 5-way to select. If the search results

encompass multiple pages, then use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons

to navigate between pages.

To close the Search Results, move the 5-way to highlight “Close Search Results” and

press the 5-way.

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SEARCH RESULTS FOR A DEFINITION

When you want to look up the meaning of a word, you can limit a search to the
dictionary. Kindle searches your default dictionary for definitions of the word

you enter.

To find a definition, follow these steps:

1. Type in the word you want defined.

2. Move the 5-way right to highlight “dictionary.”

3. Press the 5-way to submit your search.

You will see a complete definition of the word.

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4.3 Performing Remote Searches

To search remotely, you must have Whispernet switched on. You can select any of the

remote searches described in this section.

If Whispernet is not already on, press the Menu button. Move the 5-way controller

to underline “Turn Wireless On” and press the 5-way controller to select and turn
on Whispernet.

SEARCHING WIKIPEDIA

To search Wikipedia, enter your term and move the 5-way to select “wikipedia.”
This opens Basic Web and displays the Wikipedia page.

SEARCHING THE WEB

To search the Web, enter your term and move the 5-way to select “google.”
This opens Basic Web and submits your search term to Google.

SEARCHING THE KINDLE STORE

To search the Kindle Store, enter your term and move the 5-way to select “store.”
Your Kindle connects to the Kindle Store and displays the search results page for the

store sorted by relevance, as shown in the example below. You can page through

the results just like you would do in the content on your Kindle.

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You can narrow results by categories by clicking on the drop-down list located in the

upper right corner of the Search Results page.

Tip: You can also narrow a search in the Kindle Store to an author’s name by

typing “@author” followed by the author’s name. For example, to search the
Kindle Store for books by Agatha Christie, enter “@author Agatha Christie” in the
Search line. This will narrow your Kindle Store search to find only books written
by Agatha Christie.

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CHAPTER 5:

The Kindle Store

The Kindle Store is the place to purchase your Kindle books, newspapers, magazines,
and blogs. Find an item in the store, select “Buy,” and you will typically receive your

item wirelessly in under a minute. All of your Kindle purchases use Amazon 1-Click for
easy purchasing and Amazon automatically backs up all of your purchases in case you
lose your Kindle or want to download a title again. To help other Amazon users decide
what to buy, you can also add your own ratings and reviews.

5.1 Getting Started at the Store

This section tells you how to connect to the Kindle Store on your Kindle, and provides

some ideas about the best ways to look for content once you are connected.

CONNECTING TO THE KINDLE STORE

You connect to the Kindle Store using your device’s built-in Whispernet service. To go

to the Kindle Store, follow these steps:

1. If Whispernet is not already on, press the Menu button, move the 5-way controller
up so that “Turn Wireless On” is underlined, and then press the 5-way controller to

turn on Whispernet.

2. Press the Menu button and move the 5-way controller down to underline “Shop in
Kindle Store.”

3. Press the 5-way controller to select “Shop in Kindle Store.”

You will see this icon in the upper left corner of the page, if you are not already

connected. The Kindle Storefront will appear as shown later in this chapter and serves

as a launch point for all of the Kindle Store services.

5.2 Kindle Store Pages

This section describes the different pages you will find at the Kindle Store, like the

Kindle Storefront, the Browse pages, and the product detail pages for individual
pieces of content.

Note: Kindle Store pages can only be viewed in portrait mode.

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THE KINDLE STOREFRONT

When you select “Shop in Kindle Store” from any menu, you will be taken to the
Kindle Storefront. An example is shown below, the storefront you see may be

different as we update it often.

Search Store — enter your search criteria here and Amazon will search the entire
Kindle Store for matches and return the search results.

Once you are in the Kindle Store, you can move around using links on the pages
of the store such as New & Noteworthy Books or Top Sellers, by using the Store menu,
or by searching the Kindle Store for specific titles.

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THE STORE MENU

The menu you see while you are connected to the Kindle Store allows you to go to
other places in the store easily and includes the selections listed below.

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