Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3G manual

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Ki nd le Use r’ s Gu id e 2 Co nt e nt s C o n t e nt s Congrat ulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 3 Co nt ent s Chapter 1 Get ting Started with Y our Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1 .1 Views of Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 4 Co nt ent s Vie wing Collection Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Renaming a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 5 Co nt ent s 3.7 Reading PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Zooming In to PDF Files or Adjusting Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 6 Co nt ent s Chapter 6 Accessing the W eb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 6.1 Using W eb Bro wser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 7 Co nt ent s 8.4 A udiobooks and MP3s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Audible A udiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 8 Co nt ent s T urn Of f W ireless When Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 07 Be Careful Around Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 [...]

Thank you for purchasing Amaz on Kindle. Y ou are reading the W elcome section of the Kindle User’ s Guide that pro vides an ov er view of Kindle. Y our Kindle must be registered to an Amazon account in order to shop in the Kindle Store. If y ou bought your Kindle using your Amazon account, it is already registered. Other wise, please look at the[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 0 W elc om e Congrat ulations! Kindle is a rev olutionar y device, and we ’re ex cited that you have joined the millions of people around the world who read on Kindle. If y ou haven ’t done so already , please f ollow the Get ting Started instr uctions that came with y our Kindle and plug your Kindle into a power [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 W elc om e T o select a particular item suc h as a menu option or a specific word in your reading material, press the up, down, lef t, or right but ton on the 5-wa y controller to highlight your c hoice and then press the center of the 5-wa y controller to confirm your c hoice. Y ou can press the Ne xt P age or P re[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 2 W elc om e Wir eless Access with Amazon Whisper net The Amaz on Whispernet ser vice wirelessly delivers content to your Kindle whenever and wherev er you want it. All latest generation Kindle devices have W i-Fi connectivity built in, and some models also include free 3G connectivit y . Y our Kindle can connect to W[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 3 W elc om e Adjust Scr een Rotation Y ou can loc k y our Kindle screen to a portrait or landscape orientation to fit your reading position. P ress the ke y then use the 5-wa y controller to select the screen rot ation you want. Press the 5-wa y to select. Read PDF Files Kindle can display a PDF document without losin[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 4 W elc om e T o display the list of content on your Kindle, press the Home but ton. Use the 5-way controller to underline the item you w ant to open and then press the 5-way to open the item. T o delete content on your Kindle, use the 5-way controller to underline the item you want to delete. Press the lef t arro w o[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 5 W elc om e Collections T o personalize and organize items, y ou can add your books, personal documents, and Audible audiobooks to collections on your Home screen. Create a new collection from the Home screen b y pressing the Menu but ton and selecting “Create New Collection ” , and then type a name f or the coll[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 6 W elc om e Conv ert Y our Own Documents In addition to all of the great reading material y ou can get from the Kindle Store, Amazon can also con vert your own documents so y ou can read them on Kindle. Y ou can e-mail Microsof t W ord, TXT , HTML, RTF , or image files lik e JPEGs and GIFs to your dedicated Kindle e-[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 7 W elc om e Lear ning Mor e This ends y our brief introduction to just some of the capabilities on Kindle. The c hapters that f ollow give a more complete ov er view of these and other feat ures. Remember , you can alw ay s searc h on a particular f eature or learn more about how to do a particular task by opening th[...]

In the W elcome c hapter of the Kindle User ’ s Guide , you read about many of the things you can do with your Kindle. This c hapter reviews all of the phy sical feat ures of Kindle and cov ers the basics of using the Kindle but tons, menus, and ke yboard. 1 .1 Views of Kindle Front V iew The front of your Kindle cont ains the screen, the keyboar[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 19 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Menu but ton — displays application and navigation choices that are related to the screen you are vie wing. The Menu but ton is located in the top ro w of the ke yboard, just abo ve the 5-wa y controller . 5-wa y controller — selects an item or action when y o[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 20 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Bottom V iew The bot tom of y our Kindle cont ains the volume controls, headphone jack, micro-USB/pow er port, po wer switc h, microphone, and c harge indicator light. V olume contr ols — controls the headphone or speaker volume f or audiobooks, bac kground musi[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 21 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Bac k View The bac k of y our Kindle cont ains stereo speakers for audio content. The speakers are located near the top right and lef t edges on the bac k of Kindle. 1 .2 Get ting Around T o get around on your Kindle, you use the but tons, menus, and the keyboard?[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 22 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e The Application Menu Y ou can display a menu from any screen on your Kindle. When you press the Menu but ton, it display s c hoices related to the screen y ou are viewing. The sample screen belo w sho ws you the screen you would typically see when you press the Me[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 23 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Use the 5-wa y controller to c hoose the character you want and it will appear in y our text entr y box. Y ou can continue t yping on the k eyboard while the Symbol menu is displa yed. Press the S ymbol key again to dismiss the Symbol menu. 1 .4 Scr een Rotation T[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 24 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e (only f or Kindle models with free 3G connectivity) Kindle is connected to Whispernet using the 3G cellular network or one of the slow er net works (EDGE or GPRS). Y our Kindle will automatically switc h to the faster 3G network when av ailable. Kindle is connecte[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 25 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Once do wnloading is complete, y our items automatically appear in Home. If downloading is interr upted for an y reason (for example, if you move out of wireless range), y our items will automatically resume downloading when your Kindle re-establishes a Whispernet[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 26 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Y our Kindle can connect to Wi-Fi net w orks or hotspots that use the 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g standard. Kindle does not connect to enterprise or ad-hoc Wi-Fi net works (net w orks that allow peer -to-peer connections without a wireless acce[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 27 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Add a New Wi-Fi Network If y ou don ’t see the net work you want to connect to in the list of detected net works, you can add it b y c hoosing “ enter other W i-Fi network” at the bot tom of the list of detected networks. T o add a new W i-Fi net work, follo[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 28 Chap ter 1 Get tin g Sta r t ed wit h Y our K in dl e Forget a Wi-Fi Network Y ou can tell Kindle to forget the Wi-Fi net work you’ re connected to so that y our Kindle doesn ’t connect to it automatically in the future. T o forget the Wi-Fi network that you’ re connected to, follo w these steps: 1 . While conn[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 29 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt The Kindle Home screen gives you an ov erall picture of what you currently have on your Kindle. It shows you what you are reading, and where you are in your reading. It also allows you to remo ve content from your Kindle and to move content from Amazon to your Kin[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 30 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt Audible Audiobooks Audible audiobooks look similar to books, but they will be labeled in the Home screen as Audible content. Lik e regular books, they hav e a progress indicator that sho ws where you are in the audiobook. PDF Files PDF files also look similar to b[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 31 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt Collection — the title of the collection. The number of items in the collection is displayed in parentheses. Sample title — the “sample ” label indicates that the book or audiobook is a sample. If you like it, y ou can purc hase it from within the sample. [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 32 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt 4. Mov e the 5-wa y to underline how you want the items sorted. 5. Press the 5-wa y to select it. The sort order on the Home screen changes immediately . Tip: If your Home page is sor ted alphabetica lly by either Title or Auth or , press a let ter key and then pr[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 33 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt 2.2 Special Off ers and Sponsor ed Screensa vers F or Kindle with Special Of fers, you will receive special of fers and sponsored screensavers that only display on Kindle’ s home screen or screensav er—not within a book. As alwa ys when reading, y ou can lose [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 34 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt T o view all av ailable special of fers: • Pressthe Home but ton, thenpress theMenu but ton. • Navigateto“Vie w Special Of f ers” b ymoving the5-waycontroller do wn, thenpress the 5-wa[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 35 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt 3. Mov e the 5-wa y to the right to view the item’ s detail page. 4. On the item’ s detail page, use the 5-wa y to select “ Add to Collection…” 5. A screen showing all of your collections and the number of items in each is displa yed. Use the 5-w ay to s[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 36 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt Renaming a Collection Y ou can rename your collection if you made a mistake when creating it or if you want to update it. T o rename a collection, follo w these steps: 1 . If y ou are not already on the Home screen, press the Home but ton. 2. Use the 5-way to na v[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 37 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt T o merge collections, follow these steps: 1 . Manually transf er any books from Arc hived Items to your current Kindle. See “T ransferring Books” in Chapter 1 0 for more inf ormation. 2. On y our current Kindle, if you are not already on the Home screen, pres[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 38 Ch ap t er 2 Ge t ti ng t o Kn ow K in dl e Co nte nt When y ou remove a Kindle book you bought from Amazon, we automatically sav e all of your annot ations for the book in case you ev er want to download it again. If you remo ve a subscription issue that is older than sev en day s, a blog of any age, or an item you [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 39 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Kindle retains the best qualities of printed books, but adds many f eatures that are av ailable only through digit al tec hnologies such as w ord lookup, c hangeable text size, clippings, annotations, and sharing. This c hapter e xplains more about Kindle ’ s reading f eatures. 3[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 40 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle F or det ails on f ees, see the “Y our individual c harges” section of the Manage Y our Kindle page on Amazon. Audible Content The Kindle Store off ers thousands of Audible audio editions, including New Y ork Times B est Sellers. In addition to audiobooks, the Kindle Store of f[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 41 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Progress Indicator Pressing Menu also temporarily display s a progress bar . Its st art location indicates the st art- ing point for your current reading session. As you progress further into the content, a solid bar gro wing longer indicates y our o verall reading progress. The pr[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 42 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle T o pic k the te xt siz e, t ypeface, or line spacing that y ou w ant to use while reading , follow these steps: 1 . Press the T e xt k ey located on the bot tom row of the ke yboard. 2. Use the 5-way to select the new text size, t ypeface, or line spacing that y ou w ant to use (y[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 43 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle If y ou are reading a Kindle book, the menu shows the f ollowing options: T urn Wir eless Off — t urns of f Whispernet. When Whispernet is of f , this option will c hange to “T urn Wireless On. ” Shop in Kindle Stor e — t akes you to the Kindle Storefront. Buy This Book Now[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 44 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Sync to Furthest P age Read — connects to Amazon Whispernet and compares your current reading location with the one sav ed at Amaz on. If you are further along in your book using another de vice, Kindle gives you the c hoice to go to the furthest page read. Book Descr iption — [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 45 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle If y ou are reading a blog , you will see the following options: Navigating Within a Periodical At the bot tom of a newspaper or magazine you will see options for quic kly navigating within an issue. When vie wing a blog , you will see similar options for navigation. pr ev ar ticle[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 46 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle In the Sections & Articles view , you see the headlines of all the articles in each section. T o see the Articles List of a particular section, navigate using the 5-wa y to “V iew Articles List” at the bot tom of the screen. T o navigate to a particular article within a sec[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 47 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Whispersync is on by default to ensure a seamless reading experience f or a book across multiple Kindles. If you would like to turn Whispersync of f , f ollow these steps: 1 . Go to ht tp://www .amazon.com/managey ourkindle : (U.S . and other countries) or ht tp://www .amazon.co.uk[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 48 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle The list belo w e xplains the t ypes of annotations: Bookmar ks — mark an entire page for later ref erence. Y ou can create bookmarks in books, PDF documents, and personal documents. Highlights — mark a passage on a page for later ref erence. Notes — add your thoughts about a[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 49 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Remo ving a Bookmark T o remov e a bookmark: 1 . Go to the bookmarked page. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Mov e the 5-wa y controller down until “Delete Bookmark” is underlined. Press the 5-wa y to select. The bookmark is removed. Y ou can also delete a bookmark on the page by h[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 50 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle T o remov e a highlight from your list of highlights, follow these steps: 1 . Press the Menu but ton. 2. Use the 5-way controller to underline “Vie w Notes & Marks. ” Press the 5-way to select it. 3. Using the 5-way , navigate to the highlight y ou want to remove. 4. Press [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 51 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle T o view a list of all P opular Highlights in a book, follow these steps: 1 . While reading the book, press the Menu but ton. 2. Use the 5-way to underline “Vie w P opular Highlights” and press to select. A list of the book’ s P opular Highlights appears. By def ault, the lis[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 52 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle 4. Using the 5-way navigate the cursor over “sav e note ” and press the 5-wa y . Notice the superscripted number where you inserted your note. Notes are numbered in the order the y appear in the content, so if you later create another note on an earlier page, the numbering of t[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 53 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Viewing Y our Annotations T o view your bookmarks, highlights, and notes, press the Menu but ton and select “Vie w Notes & Marks. ” Eac h entr y has a location number follo wed by the bookmark, highlighted passage, or note. Y our annotations are listed in the order that the[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 54 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle More About My Clippings Y ou can edit the “My Clippings” file on your computer . T o edit the “My Clippings” file: 1 . Connect y our Kindle to y our computer using the USB cable. 2. Y our Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 55 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle T o share a new note, follo w these steps: 1 . While reading a book, periodical, or personal document, press Menu and c hoose “ Add a Note or Highlight. ” If you are z oomed in to a PDF page, press Menu and choose “Place Cursor in P age. ” This displays a blinking cursor . [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 56 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle 3.7 Reading PDF Files Y our Kindle is able to display most PDF documents, including password protected PDFs. When y our Kindle is set to portrait orientation, PDF documents are displa yed in their original la yout and fit the entire screen of the device. White margins of PDF docume[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 57 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Zooming In to PDF Files or Adjusting Contrast Pressing the T e xt k ey will let y ou choose zoom and contrast options for a PDF page. fit-to-scr een — displays the PDF by matc hing the width of the page to the width of your Kindle’ s screen; this is the def ault (normal) size. [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 58 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Using the PDF Menu The options a vailable while reading a PDF file are slightly dif f erent than when reading a book or a periodical on Kindle. Options that are not a vailable in PDF files are dimmed in the menu. Go t o … — allo ws y ou to mov e to another location in the PDF d[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 59 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle 3.8 List ening t o A udio Mater ials Th ere are three t ype s of audi o materials that yo u can listen to on yo ur Kindle. Y ou can listen to audiob ooks from A udible.co m, transf er MP3 file s from your compute r to pla y as bac kgr ound music while y ou read, or turn on T ext-t [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 60 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle Bac k ground Audio T o play bac kground audio (MP3 files) that y ou have transfer red to your Kindle, f ollow the steps belo w: 1 . If y ou are not already on the Home screen, press the Home but ton. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Use the 5-way to na vigate do wn until “Experimenta[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 61 Ch ap t er 3 Re ad in g o n Ki ndle 3. By def ault, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-wa y , you can select a f emale speaking v oice. Y ou can also slow down or increase the rate of speech as w ell as pause or turn of f T ext-to-Speec h. 4. While T e xt-to-Speec h is pla ying, the screen will upda[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 62 Ch ap t er 4 Se ar ch in g on K in dl e Kindle allo ws you to t ak e adv antage of po werful searc h capabilities. Y ou can search locally on Kindle or remotely at the Kindle Store, W ikipedia, or the web. 4.1 Intr oduction to Search This section describes the types of searc hes that you can perform using Kindle and [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 63 Ch ap t er 4 Se ar ch in g on K in dl e 3. Press the 5-wa y to submit your searc h. If y ou select “Searc h” from the Home page menu, the screen will display a full Search page. 4.2 Sear c h Results P age When searc hing all your content, Kindle looks in the reading materials you hav e on your Kindle and the meta[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 64 Ch ap t er 4 Se ar ch in g on K in dl e Use the Next Page and Pre vious Page but tons if there are more results than fit on the Searc h Results page. T o 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-wa y to select. If the search results[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 65 Ch ap t er 4 Se ar ch in g on K in dl e 4.3 P erfor ming Remote Searches T o searc h remotely , you must hav e Whispernet switc hed on. Y ou can select any of the remote searc hes described in this section. If Whispernet is not already on, press the Menu button. Use the 5-way controller to underline “T urn Wireless[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 66 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e Th e Kindle Store is the pla ce to pur c hase titles suc h as Kindl e books, audioboo ks, news papers , magazi nes, and blogs. Find an item in the store, select “Bu y , ” and you will t ypica lly receiv e yo ur item wirelessl y in unde r a minut e. All of your Kindle purc hases [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 67 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e Searc h Stor e — begin t yping your searc h criteria here. Select “searc h store ” to searc h the entire Kindle Store for matc hes and displa y the searc h results. Once y ou are in the Kindle Store, y ou can mov e around using links on the pages of the store suc h as New &[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 68 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e Blogs — display s the blogs currently available in the Kindle Store. Kindle T op Sellers — display s a list of Amazon best sellers. New & Notew orth y — displays a list of new or notew orthy content on the Kindle Store. Recommended f or Y ou — displays items recommended [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 69 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e Product Detail P age Example The example below shows y ou a product detail page for a book av ailable at the Kindle Store. The f eatures on this page are explained in the list belo w . A uthor — searches the Kindle Store for other books by the author when selected. Buy — purc ha[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 70 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e to bu y Audible audiobooks in the Kindle Store, and any audiobook purc hases y ou make from Audible on y our Kindle will be delivered wirelessly to your Kindle when you connect via Wi-Fi. (May not be available in all countries.) Additional Details for P eriodicals The product detail[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 71 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e Writing Y our Own Ratings and Reviews Y ou can share your opinions with other readers by rating and reviewing the materials that you hav e read. T o get to this page, select “Customer Re views” from the product detail page f or the item you want to critique, and then select “W[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 72 Ch ap t er 5 The K in dl e St or e 5.4 Making Purchases This section e xplains v arious aspects of purc hasing items from the Kindle Store. T rying a Sample Book Most Kindle books allow you to download a sample before you decide to buy the item. The end of the sample book has a link to re visit the product detail pag[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 73 Ch ap t er 6 A cc es si ng the W eb Y our Kindle comes with an Experiment al application called Web Browser , whic h is a standard web browser that’ s similar to other web browsers you may ha ve used on a computer or another de vice. It supports J av aScript, SSL, and cookies, but does not support media plug-ins (F[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 7 4 Ch ap t er 6 A cc es si ng the W eb Using Bookmarks and Adding Y our Own Bookmarks let y ou easily access a web page without needing to t ype the address e very time. When y ou open W eb Bro wser from the Experimental page for the first time, y ou will see a list of default bookmarks with links to news, sports, and [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 75 Ch ap t er 6 A cc es si ng the W eb Zooming In to W eb P ages Y ou can zoom in to any web page to magnify the page. Additionally , if you see a magnifying glass display ed on a web page, you can use it to magnify a specific area of a w eb page. T o zoom in to an y web page, follow these steps: 1 . While vie wing a we[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 7 6 Ch ap t er 6 A cc es si ng the W eb Optimizing W eb Browser for Reading Ar ticles While vie wing articles on a web page, you can switc h to Article Mode to make the text on the page easier to read. Article Mode makes reading articles more enjoy able by allowing you to f ocus on the main text on the page. T o switc h[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 77 Ch ap t er 6 A cc es si ng the W eb Zoom Out — zooms out the web page view . Choose this menu item again (up to three times) to return the view to normal size. Pressing the Bac k but ton while zoomed in returns the vie w to normal siz e. Article Mode — Article Mode makes reading articles more enjoy able b y allow[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 78 Ch ap t er 6 A cc es si ng the W eb Clear Hist ory — remov es cached Internet address entries from y our Kindle. Mov e the on-screen highlight to “Clear Histor y” and press the 5-wa y to clear this list. Clear Cookies — remov es cookies from your Kindle. Mov e the on-screen highlight to “Clear Cookies” an[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 79 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l Use the Kindle Set tings page to set up a Wi-Fi net work, create a device password, enable V oice Guide, link to your social networks, and set other Kindle pref erences. The Set tings page also pro vides information about your Kindle, suc h as the serial number and net [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 80 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l V oice Guide — lets you na vigate your Kindle with spoken menus, selectable items, and descriptions. Device E-mail — this is the e-mail address of y our Kindle. Y ou and your friends can send documents to this address and they will be con verted by Amaz on and sent [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 81 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l P opular Highlights — allows you to turn on or of f the displa y of popular passag es highlight ed by others in the books you are reading. Public Not es — allows you to turn on or off the displa y of the notes and highlights of people you follo w in the books you ar[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 82 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l 5. Mov e the 5-wa y do wn until “create account” is highlighted. Press the 5-way to select. 6. F ollow the instr uctions on the screen. When you hav e finished, you will hav e a ne w Amazon account and your Kindle will be registered to it. Deregistering Y our Kindle[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 83 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l Entering Network Information If y ou manage a W i-Fi network and know the network information, you can manually enter the net work information so that Kindle can try to connect to the new W i-Fi net work. Y ou must be within range of the net w ork that you want to add. [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 84 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l P ersonalizing Y our Kindle Y our Kindle acquires a def ault name when it is first registered. This name is based on your Amazon account name, and is displa yed at the top of y our Home screen. Bef ore you edit this name on your Kindle, make sure that wireless is t urne[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 85 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l 4. Press Next Page to go to Page 2 of Settings. 5. Use the 5-way to underline “turn on ” next to the “De vice Passw ord” set ting and press to select. 6. T ype in the password y ou w ant. The maximum password length is t w elve c haracters. 7 . Navigate down usi[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 86 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l Set ting the Device T ime Y ou can set the de vice time on your Kindle to matc h your local time. Tip: On Kindle models that include 3G, you can have Kindle automa ticall y set the device time to the cor rect local time by c hoosing “set aut omatic ally . ” T o set [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 87 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l 4. Press Next Page to go to Page 2 of Settings. 5. Use the 5-way to underline “turn of f/turn on Annotations B ac kup” and press to select. If y ou turn off annot ations bac kup, then your annot ations will not be bac ked up at Amaz on and the y will not be included[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 88 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l The S et tings Menu The Set tings menu allo ws y ou to go to other places on your Kindle, as well as update your sof t ware or restart your device. T hese menu options are defined below . T o display the Set tings menu, press the Menu but ton while y ou are on the Setti[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 89 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l 7 .2 Exper imental The Experiment al page is a place for you to tr y out and e xperiment with some of the concepts w e have under dev elopment. W e encourage you to send us your feedbac k to help us decide how to improv e the concepts and whether or not you think we sho[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 90 Ch ap t er 7 Se t ting s a nd Exp er im en ta l Browser Shor tcuts T o reload a web page, press the Return key . T o return the zoomed in vie w to normal size, press the Bac k but ton. If the view is not zoomed in, pressing the Bac k but ton display s the previous page in your bro wsing history . Audio Shor tcuts T e[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 91 Ch ap t er 8 Ki nd le an d Y o ur Com put er Kindle uses Amaz on Whispernet to deliv er books, periodicals, personal documents, and audiobooks (via Wi-Fi delivery only) to your Kindle without the need for a computer . Some Kindle content, suc h as MP3 files, must first be downloaded to your computer and then transf e[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 92 Ch ap t er 8 Ki nd le an d Y o ur Com put er T o eject Kindle from your computer , f ollow these steps: • W indo ws Vista and W indows7: Clic k onthe Start but ton, select“Computer”from the options, right-clic k on the Kindle drive icon and select “Eject” from th[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 93 Ch ap t er 8 Ki nd le an d Y o ur Com put er 8.3 Con v erting and T ransf er r ing Y our Documents In addition to reading commercially av ailable materials, you can hav e Amazon conv ert your personal documents into a Kindle-compatible format for reading on your Kindle. Amazon c harges a f ee for personal documents d[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 94 Ch ap t er 8 Ki nd le an d Y o ur Com put er In Manage Y our Kindle, add the addresses of your friends, co-work ers, or any one else you would like to enable to send you files: 1 . In the Y our Kindle Approv ed E-mail List section on the Manage Y our Kindle page, enter the e-mail address in the blank box. 2. Select ?[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 95 Ch ap t er 8 Ki nd le an d Y o ur Com put er T ransfer ring Audiobooks T o transf er audiobooks to your Kindle, f ollow these steps: 1 . Connect y our Kindle to y our computer , using the USB cable that came with the device. 2. Y our Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find a[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 96 Ch ap t er 9 Y o ur Kin dle a nd Ama z on In add iti on to sho ppi ng dir ect ly fro m yo ur de vice, you can acqu ire the same books , maga zines, ne wspape r subs cri pti ons , and oth er con ten t yo u find on the Kin dle Store using a web bro wser on y our compu ter . Y ou can also go to the Man age Y our Kind le[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 97 Ch ap t er 9 Y o ur Kin dle a nd Ama z on Send sample now — clic k this but ton to receive a free sample of a book on your Kindle. Y ou can read the beginning of the book for free. If you enjoy it, you can mak e a purc hase directly from y our Kindle or ret urn to the Kindle Store on Amazon if you pref er to purc h[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 98 Ch ap t er 9 Y o ur Kin dle a nd Ama z on 9.3 Contacting Kindle Support If y ou have problems with your Kindle, tr y using the Kindle Support website, or one of our Customer Service members will be happy to help you. Kindle Suppor t W eb Address ht tp://www .amazon.com/kindlesupport (U.S . and other countries) ht tp:[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 99 Ch ap t er 1 0 T r ansf er r ing Co nt ent t o Y our N ew Kin dle C ha pt e r 1 0 T r a n sf e r r in g C on t e nt t o Y o ur Ne w K in dl e If y ou already own another Kindle, this section will help you underst and how to transf er y our content to your new de vice. Copies of all your books and recent issues of ne [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 0 0 Ch ap t er 1 0 T r ansf er r ing Co nt ent t o Y our N ew Kin dle 6. Using y our computer , eject your Kindle from your computer . The content you transferred should no w appear in Home. 1 0.2 T ransf er r ing P er iodical Subscr iptions T o transf er a periodical subscription from one Kindle to another , follo w [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 0 1 Ch ap t er 1 0 T r ansf er r ing Co nt ent t o Y our N ew Kin dle 6. Open y our Kindle drive. T ransfer the “audible ” folder from y our computer desktop to your Kindle. Y ou may receive a message asking if y ou w ant to replace the folder already on the Kindle. Select “Y es” to replace the content. 7 . Us[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 02 Ap pe nd ix A T r oubl esho otin g Y ou can resolve man y problems with y our Kindle, quic kly and easily . If you encounter any of the f ollowing problems with your Kindle, clic k on the issue for help. • “My Kindle won ’t turn on/My Kindle is unresponsive or appears frozen. ” • “My wireless isn [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 03 Ap pe nd ix A T r oubl esho otin g I’m unable to download a book even though I see strong wireless signal strength. T ry restarting your Kindle by doing the following: 1 . Press the Home but ton. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Select “Set tings. ” 4. Press the Menu button. 5. Select “R estart. ” I only rece[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 04 Ap pe nd ix A T r oubl esho otin g I can ’t open an y of my books and receive an er ror message instead. T ry restarting your Kindle by doing the following: 1 . Press the Home but ton. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Select “Set tings. ” 4. Press the Menu button. 5. Select “R estart. ” If restarting y our Ki[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 05 Ap pe nd ix A T r oubl esho otin g If y our Kindle is unresponsiv e, then tr y reset ting it by doing the follo wing: 1 . Disconnect y our Kindle from an y po wer source. 2. Slide and hold the po wer switc h for 1 5 seconds before releasing . Note that the screen will be blank for appro ximately 30 seconds while yo[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 06 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion Saf ety and Compliance Inf or mation Use R esponsibly . Read all instr uctions and saf ety information before use to a void injur y . CA UTION! F AILURE TO FOLL OW THESE SAFET Y INSTR UCTION S COULD RESUL T IN FIRE, ELECTRI C SHOCK, OR O THER INJUR Y OR D AMAGE. Maintaining Y[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 07 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion Headphone S afety Listening to audio at high volume for extended periods of time can cause hearing damage. T o av oid this problem, consider the tips belo w: Keep the v olume do wn. A void prolonged, continuous listening. W ear headphones that isolate the w anted audio from b[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 08 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion guarantee that interf erence will not occur in a particular inst allation. Changes or modifications not e xpressly approved by the party responsible f or compliance could void the user’ s authority to operate the equipment. The devices meet the FCC Radio F requency Emission[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 09 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion The tec hnical documentation relev ant to the abov e equipment will be held at: Amazon EU Sàrl, of 5 R ue Plaetis, L - 2338 Luxembourg, Grand-Duch y of Lux embourg Authoriz ed P erson: Name: R ussell Grandinetti Title: Vice President Amazon F ulfillment Ser vices, Inc. 41 0 [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 0 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion The tec hnical documentation relev ant to the abov e equipment will be held at: Amazon EU Sàrl, of 5 R ue Plaetis, L - 2338 Lux embourg, Grand-Duc hy of Luxembourg Authoriz ed P erson: Name: R ussell Grandinetti Title: Vice President Additional Information for Kindle Users [...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 1 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion AMAZON.COM KINDLE LICENSE A GREEMENT AND TERMS OF USE* This is an agreement between y ou and Amaz on Digit al Services, Inc. (with its af filiates, “ Amazon ” or “ w e ”). Please read this Amazon.com Kindle License A greement and T erms of Use, the Amazon.com privacy[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 2 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion Limitations. Unless specifically indicated other wise, y ou may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense, or other wise assign any rights to the Digit al Content or any portion of it to any third party , and you ma y not remove or modify any propriet ar y not[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 3 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion General Compliance with Law and Reserv ation of Rights. Y ou will use the Kindle, the Sof t ware, the Service, and the Digit al Content in compliance with all applicable laws. Neither the sale or transf er of the Kindle to you, nor the license of the Sof tware or Digit al Co[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 4 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion OR ANY ASSOCIA TED PR ODUCT , EVEN IF AMAZON HA S BEEN AD VISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH D AMA GES. IN ANY CA SE, AMAZON’S AND THE O THER CONTENT PRO VIDERS’ A GGREGA TE LIABILITY UNDER THIS A GREEMENT WI TH RESPECT T O ANY CLAIM RELA TING T O PURCHA SE OF DIGI T AL CO[...]

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Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 6 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion Limitations. Unless specifically indicated other wise, y ou may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense, or other wise assign any rights to the Digit al Content or any portion of it to any third party , and you ma y not remove or modify any propriet ar y not[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 7 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion General Compliance with Law and Reserv ation of Rights. Y ou will use the Kindle, the Sof t ware, the Service, and the Digit al Content in compliance with all applicable laws. Neither the sale or transf er of the Kindle to you, nor the license of the Sof tware or Digit al Co[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 18 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion Disputes. An y dispute arising out of or relating in any wa y to this Agreement will be adjudicated in the courts of the judicial district of Lux embourg Cit y , and y ou consent to non-ex clusive jurisdiction and venue in suc h courts. U.S . Gover nment Rights. The Sof t war[...]

Ki nd le Use r ’ s G ui de 1 1 9 Ap pe nd ix B Pr odu ct In f or mat ion Limitations. T O THE EXTENT PERMI TTED B Y LA W , THE W ARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABO VE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL O THER WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES , AND WE SPECIFICALL Y DISCLAIM ALL ST A TU T ORY OR IMPLIED W ARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BU T NO T LIMI TED T O, W ARRANT[...]

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