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Chapter 3 Reading on Kindle
Kindle retains the best qualities of printed books, but adds many features that are available onlyth-
rough digital technologies such as word lookup, changeable text size, clippings,
annotations, and sharing. This chapter explains more about Kindle’s reading features.
3.1 Types of Content
There are many types of reading material available for your Kindle, such as books, audiobooks, news-
papers, magazines, and blogs. If you want to begin purchasing and downloading reading material,
you can learn more in Chapter 5. You can even have Amazon convert and deliver personal docu-
ments to your Kindle. The different types of supported content are described below.
Books
Thousands of books in different categories—both popular and hard-to-find—are available in the
Kindle Store. Once you buy a book, it usually arrives wirelessly in under a minute. Because you can’t
always judge a book by its cover, you can download and read a sample of most Kindle books for
free. If you like it, simply buy it from within the sample and continue reading. You can learn more
about this feature in Chapter 5.
Comics come alive with Kindle Panel View. Press the Next Page or Previous Page buttons to navigate
through the panels for an immersive reading experience. Select comics support Kindle Panel View
and will automatically open in this view. To exit Kindle Panel View, press the Back button.
Children’s books on your Kindle now feature Kindle Text Pop-Up to enhance the reading experience.
You can navigate between Text Pop-Up sections by pressing the Next Page or Previous Page buttons.
Select children’s books support Kindle Text Pop-Up and will automatically open in this view. To exit
Text Pop-Up and return to normal reading, press the Back button.
Newspapers
The Kindle Store offers a selection of U.S. and international newspapers. Subscriptions are delivered
wirelessly to your Kindle so that the latest edition arrives as soon as it is available, and every newspa-
per subscription starts with a free trial.
Magazines
The Kindle Store offers an expanding selection of magazines to meet every interest. As with newspa-
pers, all magazine subscriptions are delivered wirelessly and start with a free trial.
Blogs
The Kindle Store offers thousands of Kindle blogs, including up-to-the-minute news feeds
and topical blogs. Blog categories include business, technology, sports, politics, culture, entertain-
ment, humor, and science. Kindle blogs are sent to you wirelessly throughout the day, allowing you
to keep current. Unlike traditional feeds, which often only provide headlines, Kindle downloads the
complete feed onto the device so you can read them even when you are not wirelessly connected.
Personal Documents
In addition to purchased content, you can read your personal documents on Kindle.
Kindle can display a PDF document without losing the formatting of the original file. You can either
drag PDF files over USB to your device or e-mail them to your dedicated Kindle e-mail address
(found on the Settings page on Kindle or the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon). You can rotate
your device sideways for widescreen viewing. For more information on the unique aspects of read-
ing PDF files on Kindle, see “Reading PDF Files.”
Chapter 3
Reading on Kindle