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Kindle User’s Guide 14
Chapter 2 Acquiring Kindle Content
Shop the Kindle Store anytime, anywhere
The Kindle Store offers a wide selection of Kindle books, Kindle Singles, newspapers,
magazines, blogs, and Audible audiobooks, as well as popular games and active content. To
access the store, tap the top of the screen to display the toolbars, then tap the shopping cart
icon. You can also select Shop in Kindle Store from some menus.
To navigate within the Kindle Store, simply tap on any area of interest, then swipe left and
right or up and down to move around pages and lists. You can search for a title, browse by
category, check out the latest best sellers, or view recommendations personalized just for
you. The Kindle Store lets you see details about titles, read customer reviews, and even
download book samples.
When you’re ready to make a purchase, the Kindle Store uses the secure Amazon 1-Click
payment method.
After you order, the Amazon Whispernet service delivers the item directly to your Kindle Touch
via your wireless connection. Books are downloaded to your Kindle immediately, generally in
less than 60 seconds. Newspapers and magazines are sent to your device as soon as they’re
published—often even before they’re available in print. If your Kindle is not connected to
a wireless network when a new issue of a periodical becomes available, that issue will be
delivered automatically the next time you connect. If your Kindle had wireless on prior to going
to sleep, it will continue to receive your regularly scheduled subscriptions while in sleep mode.
Managing your Kindle library
Kindle can store thousands of digital books, personal documents, newspapers, blogs,
magazines, audiobooks, and active content, which are referred to collectively as “content”
throughout this guide. To display a list of content on your Kindle, tap the Home button. To
view how much free space you have available for storing content, from the Home screen, tap
the Menu button and select Settings. On the Settings page, tap the Menu button and select
Device Info.
By default, your content is sorted by most recent first, meaning that new items and the
content you’re currently reading are at the top. You can change to an alphabetized display by
selecting “Sort by...” from the Home screen menu. Or simply tap on the name of the existing
sort order and a menu of the other sort options will appear.
To jump to a specific title or page, from the Home screen, tap Page x of y in the top right
corner. When the dialog box appears, enter the page number you want to go to or the first
letter of the title or author (depending upon your current sort option). The feature only works
from Home and Archived Items. It does not search within books or Notes & Marks.
You’ll probably reach a point where you want to group items for easier access. The Collections
feature lets you do this. Create a new collection by tapping the Menu button while on the
Home screen. Select Create New Collection, use the onscreen keyboard to type a name for
the collection, then save it. You can add as many items as you like to each collection, and you
can add an item to more than one collection. Note that periodicals and blogs cannot be added
to collections.
Chapter 2
Acquiring Kindle Content