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Kobo™ Mini User Guide

Table of Contents

About your eReader .................................................................... 5

Anatomy of your eReader .................................................................................... 6

Charging your eReader ......................................................................................... 7

Using the touch screen .......................................................................................... 8

Putting your eReader to sleep and waking it up ..................................... 10

Connecting to your computer .......................................................................... 12

Using Your Library .................................................................... 13

Navigating your Home Page and Library .................................................... 13

Navigating Your Library ..................................................................................... 14

Searching for books ............................................................................................. 15

Using the Kobo Cloud .......................................................................................... 16

Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your eReader ............... 16

Archiving Books to the Kobo Cloud .............................................................. 18

Deleting books ........................................................................................................ 19

Reading on your eReader ....................................................... 21

Reading a book ....................................................................................................... 21

Navigating a book ................................................................................................. 21

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Page 2: ... and waking it up 10 Connecting to your computer 12 Using Your Library 13 Navigating your Home Page and Library 13 Navigating Your Library 14 Searching for books 15 Using the Kobo Cloud 16 Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your eReader 16 Archiving Books to the Kobo Cloud 18 Deleting books 19 Reading on your eReader 21 Reading a book 21 Navigating a book 21 ...

Page 3: ... pages 29 Using the dictionary 30 Translating a word 30 Getting a Book 32 Shopping for a new book 32 Buying a book 34 Using your Wishlist 35 Adding library books and books from other bookstores 35 Understanding EPUB PDF and DRM 37 Using Wi Fi 39 About Wi Fi 39 Turning Wi Fi on off 40 Connecting your eReader to a wireless Wi Fi network 40 Getting Help 42 ...

Page 4: ... Safety Regulatory and Warranty Information 42 ...

Page 5: ... About your eReader What s in this section Anatomy of your eReader Charging your eReader Using the touch screen Going to sleep and waking up Connecting to your computer ...

Page 6: ... Anatomy of your eReader Power slider Turn your eReader on or off or put it to sleep USB port Connect your eReader to your computer using the supplied USB cable to charge your eReader or add books ...

Page 7: ... press gently to reset your eReader Charging your eReader To charge your eReader connect it to your computer using the USB cable provided in your box As it charges your eReader will display the battery s charge at the top right hand corner of the screen ...

Page 8: ...ery icon at the top right hand corner of the screen with the battery s current capacity Using the touch screen When your eReader is on you can touch the screen to open books turn pages select items and more In many cases you can just touch the screen lightly with a fingertip to interact with it There are a few other gestures that you may find useful Tapping This is the gesture youʼll use the most ...

Page 9: ...o the left The page will turn just like a real book You can swipe from the left edge of the screen to page backwards Press and hold This gesture is also called long press To use this gesture touch the screen and hold your finger in place This allows you to select text while reading Just press and hold on a word and when you let go your eReader will underline your selection and show two circles one...

Page 10: ...eReader to sleep and then wake it up you go back to the last screen you saw This could be a page in a book the Kobo Store or an area in your library If you turn your eReader off you ll go back to your Home page when you turn it on again Another significant difference between putting your eReader to sleep and turning it off is the length of time it takes to come back on again When you wake your eRe...

Page 11: ...ntil your eReader turns on To turn off your eReader Slide the power button and hold until the Off screen appears To put your eReader to sleep Quickly slide the power button and release To wake your eReader from sleep Quickly slide the power button and release ...

Page 12: ...do with Kobo Desktop Read your books on your computer Manage your collection of books Browse the Kobo Store read previews and buy books You can also do all of these actions on your eReader directly for more information see Getting a Book For more details on Kobo Desktop you can download the Kobo Desktop guide from www kobo com userguides You can also search our online help portal at www kobo com h...

Page 13: ...Home page is the first thing you see when you turn on your eReader You ll find the covers of up to 5 books newspapers documents or magazines in a mosaic on your Home page These are your most recent reads or purchases Just tap a book cover to open the book and start reading You can always get to your Home page by tapping the Home icon at the top of the screen The Home page contains only your most r...

Page 14: ...ee a list of book categories Reading Lists see a list of popular book selections Search Kobo Books search for a specific book To shop for new books tap the Home icon at the top of the screen then tap Bookstore Navigating Your Library Your Library lets you read and manage books on your eReader you can even see your reading stats To open your library tap the Home icon at the top of the screen to ret...

Page 15: ...e Kobo Store You can search using the book title author name or a keyword To find a book in your library or in the Kobo Store 1 Tap the Home icon at the top of the screen 2 Tap the Menu icon at the top of the screen 3 Tap Search 4 Choose what you d like to search Tap Library to search your library Tap Bookstore to search Kobo books you must be connected to the Internet 5 Using the keyboard type a ...

Page 16: ...er you can archive items you ve downloaded After they re archived they re available in the Kobo Cloud for when you want to read them again Note You can t use the Kobo Cloud to manage side loaded documents Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your eReader When you re ready to download items in your Library simply connect to a wireless network or to your computer using Kobo Desktop and select th...

Page 17: ...nloaded while items that are only in the Kobo Cloud appear with a Download icon Note You can select as many books as you d like to download in a queue To download books on your eReader using a Wi Fi connection from your Home screen 1 Tap Library 2 Tap Books 3 Tap the book covers with a Download icon 4 If required connect to a Wi Fi network The book you ve selected will download ...

Page 18: ...k you to confirm if you d like to remove the item from the download queue 2 Tap Continue Archiving Books to the Kobo Cloud To free up space on your eReader you can archive books magazines or manga you ve downloaded When you archive a book you ll still be able to see it on your eReader but you ll need to download it again from the Kobo Cloud before you can read it To archive your books from the Hom...

Page 19: ...eader This means that if you use any of Koboʼs other reading apps you will no longer have access to the book Donʼt worry though If you ever want to retrieve your book sign in to kobo com and visit the My Account page You can add books from your purchase history back to your library To delete a book 1 Tap the Home icon at the top of the screen 2 Tap Library 3 Tap Books 4 Find the book you want to d...

Page 20: ...should see a list of books if you see only covers tap the Tools icon at the bottom of the screen and select to see your books in list view 6 Tap Delete 7 When prompted to confirm your deletion choose continue ...

Page 21: ...ary just tap the title or cover Navigating a book To turn pages in a book just tap or swipe the sides of the page If you want to jump forward by more than a page or two you can Use the navigation bar to change pages or chapters Use the Table of Contents to browse a list of chapters and change chapters To jump around in a book using the navigation bar 1 Tap the center of the page to bring up the Re...

Page 22: ...icon To jump to the previous chapter tap the Jump back icon 3 To close the navigation bar tap anywhere on the page or tap the icon on the navigation bar Note When using the navigation bar you can quickly return to your original position in the book by tapping the Snap Back icon Changing the way text looks When you are reading a book you can adjust the size or alignment of the text or adjust the li...

Page 23: ...ce list To make text bigger or smaller tap the or signs beside Font Size To add more space between lines of text tap the or signs beside Line Spacing To add more space around the edges of your screen tap the or signs beside Margins To change how text lines up at the edges select one of the Justification options Uses the default publisher s settings for your book Forces text to line up on both the ...

Page 24: ...r and easier to read Closing books and bookmarking your page When you re done reading you can stop reading by Turning your eReader off or putting it to sleep Going to your Home page or one of your Library pages Your eReader automatically closes your book and remembers the page you were on The next time you open the book it will remember where you stopped reading and open your book to that page Boo...

Page 25: ... Books area of your library find the book you would like to close 2 Tap the Menu icon next to your book to see the options menu or press and hold the book s cover until you see the menu 3 Select Mark as Finished ...

Page 26: ...similar to using a highlighter in a printed book To highlight text 1 In your book press and hold a word on the page 2 You will see a dictionary definition of your chosen word appear on the screen 3 Release your finger from the page 4 You ll see a highlight underlining the word and two circles one at each end of the word 5 Drag the first circle to the start of the text you want to highlight and the...

Page 27: ...will show a list of all the highlights you ve made in your book 5 Tap a highlight to open the page where you created your highlight To delete a highlight 1 Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Book icon 3 Tap Annotations 4 Your eReader will show a list of all the highlights and notes you ve made in your book 5 Tap the Menu icon next to the highlight 6 Tap Remove Highli...

Page 28: ... finger from the page 3 You ll see a highlight underlining the word and two circles one at each end of the word Note You can select more text to highlight for the note by moving the circles at either end of the word 4 Tap the Highlight icon 5 Use the keyboard to enter your note 6 Tap Save To read your note Press and hold the text you highlighted for the note Or 1 While reading tap the center of th...

Page 29: ...a paper book you can mark interesting passages or pages that you want to return to using dog ears To bookmark a page While reading tap the top right hand corner of the page A bookmark or dog ear will appear in that corner of the page To find a dog ear 1 While reading tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Book icon 3 Tap Annotations ...

Page 30: ...ry free eBooks you ve found on the Internet the dictionary also does not work with PDFs To find a definition 1 In your book press and hold the word you d like to look up An underline will appear on the word 2 Release your finger from the page Translating a word Your Kobo eReader has built in translation that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks Translation may not work if you re reading books fro...

Page 31: ...press and hold the word you d like to translate 2 Release your finger from the page 3 Tap the Dictionary icon 4 Tap Translation Dictionary 5 Tap the drop down menu under Translate Word 6 Select your preferred language ...

Page 32: ...Shopping for books The Bookstore lets you browse the Kobo Store in different ways or search for a particular book you want Similar books find books that are similar to the ones in your library Recommended for you find books recommended based on your reading preferences Categories see a list of book categories Reading Lists see a list of popular book selections Free Books search for free books from...

Page 33: ...arch to find a specific book from the Kobo Bookstore Using the Bookstore carousel The Bookstore carousel shows you books that you might like based on books you own and books you ve rated To use the Bookstore carousel to find a book 1 Tap the Home icon at the top of the screen 2 Tap Bookstore 3 Tap a book cover at the left or right of the center book to see more books Note Tap the center book cover...

Page 34: ...ur billing information you ll go directly to the confirmation screen Skip to step 5 2 Use the keyboard to enter your billing address and credit card information Note This is the address associated with your credit card You need to provide this even if you use store credit or a gift card to pay for your order this address is used to ensure the correct tax is calculated for your purchases 3 Tap Done...

Page 35: ...Wishlist While shopping in the Bookstore tap the Pin icon To see the books in your Wishlist 1 Tap the Home icon at the top of the screen 2 Tap the Wishlist bar at the bottom of the screen Tap a book to read the synopsis or buy it Adding library books and books from other bookstores Want to borrow eBooks from a public library and read them on your eReader Or maybe you have eBooks from other sources...

Page 36: ...owed a book using this type of protection if the library or bookseller gives you a file with an acsm extension rather than an epub or pdf extension The acsm file contains licensing information for unlocking your book To read one of these books on your Kobo eReader you need to use an application called Adobe Digital Editions This application can open your acsm file read the licensing information do...

Page 37: ...ed using Digital Rights Management DRM DRM prevents unauthorized copying of books and is often used to protect the books you get from libraries and booksellers There are several types of DRM Your eReader can display books that are protected using Adobe DRM Once you ve found books that you want to read you can choose from several ways to add them to your eReader You can transfer books using A wirel...

Page 38: ... your computer See Syncing your Library If your books are protected by DRM you can add them to your eReader using Adobe Digital Editions If your books are not protected by DRM you can add them to your eReader using Drag and drop Adobe Digital Editions For details on adding books to your eReader please visit our help page at www kobo com ...

Page 39: ...der to connect to Kobo over a wireless Internet connection Wi Fi When you re connected to Kobo you can update your library and shop for new books To see when you re connected look for the Wi Fi status icon at the top right corner of your eReader s screen you are not connected Wi Fi is on but your eReader can t find a network you have a fairly good connection you have an excellent connection ...

Page 40: ...at the top of the screen 3 Tap the Wi Fi checkbox When the checkbox is blank Wi Fi is disabled Connecting your eReader to a wireless Wi Fi network Before you can add Kobo books to your eReader you need to connect to Kobo online Your eReader lets you use Wi Fi wireless Internet to connect All you need is access to a wireless network in your area To connect to a wireless network 1 Tap the Home icon ...

Page 41: ... a wireless network Tap the name of the network you want to use If there is a Lock icon next to a network you need a password to use that network 2 If you re prompted for a network password use the keyboard to type in the password and then tap Join You can tap Show Password to see what you re typing ...

Page 42: ...y Information Important safety regulatory and warranty details about your Kobo Mini can be found on the Kobo website at www kobo com userguides Note There may be different models of the Kobo Mini and the information for each model can be slightly different To get the correct information you need to remove the back of your eReader find the model number and select that model number on the Kobo websi...

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