Nuance comm KINDLE 2 User Manual
Kindle 2 User’s Guide 2nd Edition 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WELCOME
CHAPTER 1
Getting Started with Your Kindle
1.1 Views of Kindle
Front View
Back View
Top View
Bottom View
1.2 Getting Around
Using the Buttons
Using the Menus
1.3 Entering Text
Lowercase and Uppercase Letters
Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols
1.4 Status Indicators
Whispernet Status Indicators
Battery Status Indicators
Activity Indicator
CHAPTER 2
Getting to Know Kindle Content
2.1 The Home Screen
Home Screen Features
Show Options
Sort Options
The Home Screen Menu
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2.2 Managing Your Content
Removing Kindle Items
More about Managing Items
CHAPTER 3
Reading on Kindle
3.1 Types of Content
Books
Newspapers
Magazines
Blogs
Personal Documents
Audiobooks
Background Music
3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle
Progress Indicator
Changing the Text Size
Increasing the Size of a Picture
3.3 Moving from Place to Place
Using the Menu to Get Around
Navigating within a Periodical
Selecting Internal Links
Viewing a Table
Reading Across Multiple Kindles
3.4 Looking Up Definitions
The Lookup Feature
3.5 Annotations and Clippings
Using Bookmarks
Using Highlights
Using Notes
Using Clippings
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3.6 Listening to Audio Materials
Audiobooks
Background Audio
Text-to-Speech
CHAPTER 4
Searching on Kindle
4.1 Introduction to Search
Types of Searches
Performing a Search
4.2 Search Results Page
Search Results for a Specific Item
Search Results for a Definition
4.3 Performing Remote Searches
Searching Wikipedia
Searching the Web
Searching the Kindle Store
CHAPTER 5
The Kindle Store
5.1 Getting Started at the Store
Connecting to the Kindle Store
5.2 Kindle Store Pages
The Kindle Storefront
The Store Menu
Browsing the Store
Getting the Details
Saving Items for Later
5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings
Your Recommendations
Looking Up Reviews
Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews
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5.4 Making Purchases
Trying a Sample Book
Buying Your Selections
Returning an Item
CHAPTER 6
Accessing the Web
6.1 Using Basic Web
Entering a URL
Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own
Using Next Page and Previous Page
Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes
Using History
The Basic Web Menu
6.2 Other Features
Text Size
Downloading Files
Basic Web Settings
CHAPTER 7
Settings and Experimental
7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings
Registering or Deregistering Kindle
Personalizing Your Kindle
Choosing Your Primary Dictionary
Changing Automatic Backup
The Settings Menu
7.2 Experimental
CHAPTER 8
Kindle and Your Computer
8.1 Getting Started
System Requirements
Making the Connection
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8.2 Handling Files through USB
Managing Your Documents
Transferring Your Clippings
8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents
Supported Formats for Conversion
Sending Your Documents for Conversion
8.4 Audiobooks and MP3s
Audiobooks from Audible.com
Transferring MP3s
CHAPTER 9
Your Kindle and Amazon.com
9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com
Browsing the Kindle Store
Searching the Kindle Store
Getting the Details
Ordering Content
9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com
Managing Your Device
Managing Your Orders
Downloading Content from Your Computer
9.3 Contacting Kindle Support
Kindle Support Web Address
Kindle Support Phone Numbers
CHAPTER 10
Migrating Content to Your New Kindle 2
10.1 Transferring Books
10.2 Transferring Periodical Subscriptions
10.3 Transferring Personal Documents
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10.4 Transferring Audiobooks
10.5 Transferring MP3s
APPENDIX
Safety Information
Maintaining Your Kindle
One-Year Limited Warranty
Notices and Certifications
Product Specifications
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Thank you for purchasing Amazon Kindle 2. You are reading the Welcome section of the Kindle
2 User's Guide. This section provides an overview of Kindle 2 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.
Congratulations!
You are reading on your new Kindle 2.
If you haven't done so already, please follow the Getting Started instructions that came with your
Kindle and plug in your Kindle 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 2 User's Guide side-by-side with the device, you can download
and print a PDF copy from Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport
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Getting Around
You navigate Kindle using the 5-way controller; the Home, Menu, Back, and Next/Previous
Page buttons; and the keyboard:
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.
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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 six 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.
Let Kindle Read to You
You can also choose to turn on the experimental application, Text-to-Speech, which will read
aloud your books, newspapers, blogs, and personal documents. You can either listen through
your Kindle's external speakers or plug in earphones into the headphone jack. While Text-toSpeech 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.
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 to
start the transfer. In under a minute, the item re-downloads into your Kindle and appears in the
list of content in Home.
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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 with no wireless delivery charges to you.
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 Wall Street Journal, 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. Also, you pay only for your subscriptions; Amazon.com covers the wireless delivery cost.
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 builtin dictionary, the Kindle Store, Wikipedia, and the Web.
Clip Your Favorite Passages
Have you ever been reading a book or a newspaper and 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.
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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."
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. 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."
Stay in Sync
If you own multiple Kindles, Whispersync makes it easy to synchronize the furthest page read in
your book and your bookmarks among your devices. With Whispersync turned on, you can start
a book on your Kindle, and pick up where you left off on your Kindle 2.
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, PDF, 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 deliver it
directly to your Kindle for a small fee or back to your computer for free. Currently, the
conversion of PDF documents is an experimental feature on Kindle, and some complex PDF
files might not format correctly on your Kindle.
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.
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The Table of Contents for the Kindle 2 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. Move the
5-way down until you underline "Table of Contents" and press the 5-way to go to it.
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.
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 2 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 2 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.
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.
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Home button — shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content archived at Amazon.
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.
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.
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.
Text key — changes the size of the text while you are reading and presents available controls
for Text-to-Speech. Move the 5-way controller to select the optimal text size or a Text-to-Speech
action.
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Back View
The back of your Kindle contains stereo speakers for audio content.
Top View
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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 your Kindle does not power on or is unresponsive during use, try resetting the device by
disconnecting your Kindle from any power source, and then sliding and holding the power
switch for 15 seconds before releasing.
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.
Bottom View
The bottom of your Kindle contains the charge indicator light and a micro-USB port.
Micro-USB/power port — attach the USB cord that came with your Kindle into the microUSB/power port and into the Kindle power adapter. Plug the adapter into a power outlet to
charge the Kindle battery. 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. If Kindle still is not charging, try another electrical outlet.
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Tip: The Kindle power adapter is a universal power adapter and will work worldwide. If you are
traveling outside the United States, and want to recharge your Kindle, connect the power adapter
to a country-approved physical plug adapter (not included) for the country that you are in.
To transfer content between your computer and your Kindle, connect the provided USB cable to
the Kindle and to the computer's USB port. If your computer's USB port or powered USB hub
provides power, your Kindle will charge over USB.
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 of Kindle.
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.
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.
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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.
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(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.
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, or receive your subscriptions.
The bars are outlined 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, a 1X or 3G icon appears to the left side of the signal bars that
indicates the speed of your Whispernet service. The 1X icon indicates that your Kindle is
connected to the 1XRTT wireless network, which is slower than the 3G Whispernet service.
Kindle will automatically switch back to the faster 3G EVDO network when available.
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.
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The battery is too low to power the Whispernet service. You must charge your Kindle battery to
restore wireless service.
Activity Indicator
Your Kindle is busy downloading new content, checking for new items, searching for an item, 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, 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 48 hours.
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.
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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 show and sort this list. The screen sample and list below
explain the features that you may find on your Home screen.
Device name — the name of your Kindle. You can edit this name on the Settings screen.
Show options — choose which types of content you want displayed in Home.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Audiobook title — the "audio" label indicates the book is an audiobook.
Pages — indicates the total number of pages in Home. Use the Next Page or Previous Page
button to navigate the pages.
Periodicals: Back Issues — stores older issues of newspapers and magazines.
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Show Options
The following screen sample shows the location of the Show options and the list below explains
each of the options. Moving the 5-way controller to the left lets you select what items to show in
Home.
Personal Docs — shows only the Personal Documents you have stored on your Kindle.
Subscriptions — shows only the periodicals and blogs you have stored on your Kindle.
Books — shows only the books and audiobooks you have stored on your Kindle.
All My Items — shows all of the content you have stored on your Kindle.
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Changing$What$Your$Home$Screen$Shows$
By default, the Home screen shows all of your content. To change the type of content displayed,
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 left to see the Show options.
4. Move the 5-way to underline the type of content you want to display.
5. Press the 5-way to select it. The new display option changes immediately.
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.
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.
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