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Overview

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Amazon Kindle Fire photos that show you exactly what to do

Help when you run into Amazon Kindle Fire problems or limitations

Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Amazon Kindle Fire

Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your Amazon Kindle Fire working just the way you want. Learn how to:

• Master all the basics, fast: reading, playing, watching, browsing, and more

• Tweak your Kindle Fire for quicker access and longer battery life

• Sample best-seller book chapters for free

• Mark up any eBook with highlights, notes, and bookmarks

• Convert your personal documents for use on Kindle Fire

• Discover Calibre, a powerful eBook management tool

• Control even the largest music libraries

• Get instant answers from Wikipedia, and from Kindle Fire’s built-in dictionary

• Listen to personalized Internet radio stations created just for you

• Use your Kindle Fire as a digital photo frame

• Prevent unwanted subscription charges

• Set up any email account to work on your Kindle Fire

• Explore any web content with Amazon’s innovative Silk browser

• Use Amazon Cloud to get your stuff anywhere—even if you left your Kindle at home

CATEGORY: Consumer Electronics

COVERS: Amazon Kindle Fire

USER LEVEL: Beginning—Intermediate

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780789749222
  • Publisher: Que
  • Publication date: 1/25/2012
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 42,786
  • Series: My... Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.50 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Jim Cheshire is a technology expert with a passion for gadgets.He’s written about a dozen books and many online articles on technology, and is the author of the best-selling Kindle guide, Using Kindle.

Jim has a unique way of explaining technical concepts without being technical, a talent that has helped make his books and websites a leading resource for people who want to learn about technology in a fun and exciting way.

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

A Kindle Fire Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Why You’ll Love My Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

What You’ll Find in the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Let’s Light This Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Changing the Screen Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Connecting to a Listed Wi-Fi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Connecting to an Unlisted Wi-Fi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Setting Your Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Registering with Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Basic Usage of the Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

The Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Downloading Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Removing Downloaded Items from Your Device . . . . . . . . .20

Adding an Item to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Removing an Item from Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Rearranging Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Notifications and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Locking the Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Adjusting Screen Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Checking Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Turning Off Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Searching Your Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

The Kindle Fire Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Positioning the Cursor and Selecting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Selecting and Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Copy/Cut and Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Entering Punctuation and Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Chapter 2 Amazon’s Cloud Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Amazon Cloud Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Accessing Your Cloud Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Creating Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Deleting a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Recovering Deleted Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Adding Files to Your Cloud Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Downloading Files from Your Cloud Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Amazon Cloud Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Launching Cloud Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Creating Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Downloading Songs to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Changing How Amazon Handles Purchased Music . . . . . .47

Amazon Instant Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Getting Videos from Amazon Instant Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Kindle Cloud Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Accessing Kindle Cloud Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Opening and Downloading Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Reading Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Chapter 3 Reading on the Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Finding Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Subscribing to Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Sampling and Buying Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Borrowing Books from Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Lending Books to Friends and Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Sideloading Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Reading Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Browsing Your Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Downloading a Book to Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Removing a Book from Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Reading a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Looking Up Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Changing Font Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Changing the Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Using Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Adding a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Viewing an Individual Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Viewing All Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Editing a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Deleting a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Working with Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Adding a Highlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Deleting a Highlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Working with Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Adding a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Removing a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Moving to a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Reading Magazines and Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Reading a Page View-Enabled Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Reading in Text View and Reading Newspapers . . . . . . . . . .82

Managing Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Emailing a Personal Document to Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Sideloading Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Reading Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Deleting Personal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Searching Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Searching the Current Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Searching Wikipedia or Google from Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Searching Wikipedia or Google from Periodicals and Personal Document . .. . .90

Chapter 4 Using Amazon’s Manage Your Kindle Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Working with Books and Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Accessing Manage Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Viewing Books and Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Sending Books and Docs to Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Downloading Books to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Deleting Books and Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Changing Your Kindle Email Address for Docs . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Limiting Doc Conversion Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Adding an Approved Email for Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Disabling Doc Archiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Managing Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Changing Where a Subscription Is Delivered . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Canceling a Subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Reactivating a Canceled Subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Changing Subscription Privacy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Updating Kindle Payment Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Changing Amazon Purchases Credit Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Changing Current Subscriptions Credit Card . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Managing Your Kindle Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Deregistering a Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Renaming Your Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Deregistering a Kindle App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Turning Whispersync Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Chapter 5 Managing Content with Calibre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Getting Started with Calibre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Welcome Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Adding Content to Calibre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Importing Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Searching for New eBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Editing Book Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Downloading Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Manually Editing Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Transferring eBooks to the Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Converting to EPUB Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Deleting Non-EPUB Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Transferring the eBook to Your Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Emailing eBooks to Your Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Chapter 6 Accessing and Listening to Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Browsing and Downloading Your Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Browsing Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Scrolling Quickly in Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Browsing Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Monitoring Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Canceling Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Searching for Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Searching Your Music Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Listening to Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Playback Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Using the Now Playing Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Viewing from Quick Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Viewing from Library or Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Viewing from Music Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Viewing All Tracks in Now Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Adding Songs to Now Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Removing Songs from the Now Playing Queue . . . . . . . . .138

Clearing the Now Playing Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Managing Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Creating a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Editing a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Adding Artists or Albums to a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Playing a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Downloading a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Renaming a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Deleting a Cloud Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Removing a Device Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Buying New Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Navigating the Music Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Sampling and Buying Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Sampling and Buying Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Changing Music Delivery Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Sideloading Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Sideloading to Your Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Chapter 7 Watching Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Navigating the Video Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Browsing the Video Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Viewing Movie Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Viewing TV Show Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Renting or Purchasing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Buying TV Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Disabling the HD Purchase Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Working with Your Video Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Watching a Movie or TV Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Downloading Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Removing a Downloaded Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Sideloading Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Converting Videos for Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Copying Video to Your Kindle Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Watching Sideloaded Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Deleting Sideloaded Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Chapter 8 Installing and Using Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Your App Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Browsing Your App Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Installing a Purchased App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Installing Multiple Apps at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Adding an App to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Uninstalling an App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Updating an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

The Appstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Browsing Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Viewing and Purchasing Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Viewing Saved or Recently Viewed Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Viewing Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Changing a Subscription Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Turning Off Auto-Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Changing Subscription Privacy Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Force Stopping an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Clearing Application Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Indispensable Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Listening to Audible Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Pandora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

ES File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Chapter 9 Reading and Sending Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Email Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Adding a Basic Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Adding an Additional Email Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Adding a POP3 or IMAP Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Configuring a POP3 Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Configuring an IMAP Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Removing an Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Managing Your Email Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Choosing an Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Choosing a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Sorting Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Searching Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Synchronizing Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Selecting and Managing Multiple Messages . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Accessing Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Emptying the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Flagging a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Reading Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Reading a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Choosing When Images Are Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Viewing Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Sending Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Composing a New Email Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Sending Replies or Forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Creating a Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Sending Messages in Plain Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Changing Whether Original Message Is Quoted . . . . . . . .223

Working with Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Viewing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Adding a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Editing a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Changing Contact Sort Order and Name Display . . . . . . .226

Importing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Exporting Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Chapter 10 Browsing the Web with Silk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Browsing the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Browsing to a Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Navigating a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Sharing Pages on Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Sharing Pages with Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Copying a Link to the Current Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Copying a Hyperlink on a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Searching in the Current Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Working with Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Opening Links in a New Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Adding a New Tab and Closing Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Navigating Many Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Using Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Bookmarking the Current Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Bookmarking a Hyperlink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Viewing and Following Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Editing a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Deleting a Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Using History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Viewing History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Searching History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Deleting a Single History Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Starting and Monitoring Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Canceling a Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Opening Downloaded Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Deleting Downloaded Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Configuring Silk Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Setting Your Search Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Changing Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Controlling Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Clearing the Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Clearing History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Controlling Form and Password Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Accelerating Page Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Setting Your Silk View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

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    Posted April 9, 2012

    Why is this here

    If you have a nook why would you by abook about kindles nooks rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!7!!!!!!6¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%$%%%%%%&: ctxhctdgxxczzfdxcfgdgdftthhghggggggggyyhhhf''&&&&%%%%%%%%%%%%&&&&&&&&&&&&&&



























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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 7, 2012

    Kindles rule!

    I own a nook but i like kindles more

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 8, 2012

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 2, 2012

    Lol

    They didn't make the nook version free, but the kindle.
    Probably to show that we made a fine choice in our nook tablets.
    Nook for the win!
    Besides if you buy an eReader do you want it to be by Amazon....or Barnes and Noble? Hmm......lol

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 1, 2012

    KINDLES SUCK

    Nook for the win!

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