Kindle User’s Guide
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Chapter 4 Getting More From Your Kindle
Carrying and reading your personal documents
Your Kindle makes it easy to take your personal documents with you, eliminating the need
to print them. You and your approved contacts can email documents to your Kindle. Your
personal documents will be backed up in your Kindle library and ready to download at any
time.
You can send Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP,
PRC, and MOBI files to your Kindle and read them in Kindle format. You can add notes,
highlights, and bookmarks, which are synchronised across devices along with the last page
you read via our Whispersync technology. Synchronisation of notes, highlights, bookmarks,
and last page read is available only for personal documents archived in Kindle format. You can
also read documents in PDF and TXT format natively.
Reading Kindle documents on other devices
You can synchronise your Kindle books with other supported devices you own. Amazon’s
Whispersync technology keeps track of the last reading location in each book. For example,
you can read a few pages using the Kindle application on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device
and then pick up right where you left off when you return to your Kindle. For a complete list
of supported devices, go to
www.kindle.com/support
.
Sharing comments via social networks
You can share your Kindle highlights with friends using social networks such as Twitter and
Facebook. To link your Kindle to your social network accounts, from the Home screen, tap the
Menu button and select Settings. On the Settings page, tap Reading Options, and then tap
Social Networks.
Once you have set up the sharing feature, from within a book you can select Share from
the Menu and enter a message and share it with your social network. You can also access
the sharing feature when you select text. To do this, press and hold on text, and then drag
your finger across the screen to select it. If you select a sentence or multiple words, a dialog
box will appear with an option to Share. If you select a single word, a definition of the word
displays and options include Show Full Definition, Highlight and More. Tap “More...” to access
sharing. This feature is not available in all countries.
Loaning Kindle Books
In many cases, you can share your favourite book with any friend who has a Kindle or uses a
Kindle application on another supported device. Each eligible Kindle book can be loaned one
time for up to 14 days. You cannot read the book yourself during the loan period. It is up to
the publisher or rights holder to determine which titles are eligible for lending. To loan a book,
go to the Manage Your Kindle page (accessible from
www.kindle.com/support
). This feature is
not available in all countries.
