User's Guide

Kindle User’s Guide

Chapter 2

Acquiring & Managing Kindle Content

view additional content. To hide recommended content, tap the Menu button and select

Settings. On the Settings page, select Device Options, Personalize your Kindle, Advanced

Options, then Cover View Recommendations.

Device and Cloud storage

Content that is purchased from the Kindle Store is securely stored and available in the

Cloud. This includes copies of all your books, along with recent issues of newspapers and

magazines. To view your Cloud content, tap Cloud in the top left of the Home screen.

Cloud tips:

 If you wish to download content that you have in the Cloud, tap Cloud on the Home

screen, then tap on the item(s) you want to download to your Kindle. You can cancel a

download by tapping on the item's title.

 Cloud items that have been downloaded to your Kindle display a check mark on the upper

right corner of the cover image when in cover view and on the right side of the screen

when in list view.

 Once you have downloaded an item, you can either open it from the Home screen or

directly from the Cloud.

 Your personal documents are saved in the Cloud if they have been emailed to your Kindle

and if you have enabled Personal Document Archiving on the Manage Your Content and

Devices page.

To view content stored on your Kindle, tap On Device. If you are preparing to go offline,

tap Cloud and download to your Kindle any content that you want to have available when

offline.

The Manage Your Content and Devices page, accessible from

www.amazon.com/devicesupport, offers a handy way to view and manage your Kindle

content, settings, and account using a web browser.

Removing items from your Kindle

To free up space on your Kindle, you can remove items by pressing and holding the item's

name or cover on the Home screen. When the dialog box displays, tap Remove from

Device. Your content will remain securely stored in the Cloud for download at a later time.

Note that files transferred to your Kindle using the USB cable will be permanently deleted

when you remove them, because they are not stored in the Cloud.

Your personal documents are saved in the Cloud if they have been emailed to your Kindle

and if you have enabled Personal Document Archiving on the Manage Your Content and

Devices page, accessible from www.amazon.com/devicesupport. For information on

personal document management, see Carrying and reading personal documents.

Periodicals

Newspapers and magazines are stored in folders by periodical name. When you open the

folder, you can select either Cloud or On Device view, and download and open