Chapter 2 getting to know kindle content, 1 the home screen, Kindle books – Amazon Technologies KINDLE DX User Manual

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CHAPTER 2

Getting to Know Kindle Content

The Kindle Home screen gives you an overall picture of what you currently have on

your Kindle. It shows you what has arrived recently, what you are reading, and where

you are in your reading. It also allows you to remove content from your Kindle and to

move content from Amazon to your Kindle. Read below for more details.

2.1 The Home Screen

Your Home screen displays a list of all of your Kindle reading materials — books,

newspapers, magazines, blogs, PDF files, personal documents, as well as audiobooks.

It serves as a personal bookshelf for all of your reading material, as well as a starting

point to access other Kindle features.

To display the Home screen, press the Home button on your Kindle. By default, the

Home screen lists all of the items that you have on your Kindle beginning with the most

recently viewed (or acquired) items. Each type of content has a slightly different

description and label. You can read more about the types of content available in

Chapter 3.

Kindle Books

Books are shown by title and author. Below the book title are a series of dots which give

you an approximation of how long the book is. Bold dots within the series indicate how

far along you are in the book based on the last page you viewed.

Periodicals

Periodicals include newspapers and magazines that can be purchased as a single issue

or as a subscription delivered on a regular basis. Your Home screen lists the most

recent issue of each periodical you have on your Kindle. Older issues appear inside a

grouping called Periodicals: Back Issues. Selecting the grouping takes you to a screen

that displays the back issues of all the periodicals you have on your Kindle. Note that

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