Index
A
accelerated page loading (Silk), 254
accessing
Amazon Cloud Drive, 39
Kindle Cloud Reader, 50-51
Manage Your Kindle page, 94
Music Store, 148
accounts (email), 198
basic accounts
adding, 198-200
removing, 206
IMAP accounts
adding, 200-201
configuring, 204-205
POP3 accounts
adding, 200-201
configuring, 202-203
Add Account button, 200
Add to Favorites button, 21
albums
adding to playlists, 142-143
browsing, 129
downloading, 127
sampling and buying, 149-150
Always Show Images option, 217
Amazon
Cloud Drive, 37-38
accessing, 39
adding files to, 41
creating folders, 40
deleting folders, 40-41
downloading files from, 42
recovering deleted items, 41
saving purchased music to, 47-48
Cloud Player
creating playlists, 45
downloading songs to computer, 46-47
launching, 43-44
playing music, 44
saving purchased music to Cloud Drive, 47-48
Instant Video, 48-49
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, 59
purchases, updating payment settings for, 105
registering with, 15-16
app library, 174
browsing, 174
installing multiple apps, 176-177
installing purchased apps, 175-176
uninstalling apps, 177-178
updating apps, 178
applications. See apps
approved email addresses, adding/deleting, 100
apps
app library, 174
browsing, 174
installing multiple apps, 176-177
installing purchased apps, 175-176
uninstalling apps, 177-178
updating apps, 178
Appstore
browsing apps, 179
purchasing apps, 180-181
subscriptions, 182-184
viewing apps, 180-182
Audible, 188-190
browsing in Appstore, 179
clearing app data, 186-187
crashes, 181
ES File Explorer, 193-195
force stopping, 185-186
Gallery, 191 installing, 175-177
Pandora, 192
purchasing in Appstore, 180-181
uninstalling, 177-178
updating, 178
viewing in Appstore, 180-182
Appstore
browsing apps, 179
purchasing apps, 180-181
subscriptions, 182-184
auto-renewal, 183
changing, 183
viewing, 182
viewing apps, 180-182
archiving, disabling, 101
artists (music)
adding to playlists, 142-143
browsing, 126-127
Attach button, 219
attachments (email), viewing, 218
Audible app, 188-190
audio books, listening to, 188-190
audio plug, 11
author name. See metadata
auto-renewal, turning on/off, 183
Automatic view (Silk), 254
AZW format, 113
B
Back icon, 24
basic email accounts
adding, 198-200
removing, 206
battery, charging, 10-11
bookmarks
in books
adding, 77
moving to, 78
removing, 78
in Silk
bookmarking current page, 239-240
bookmarking hyperlinks, 240-241
viewing and following, 241
books
bookmarks
adding, 77
moving to, 78
removing, 78
borrowing, 59
browsing, 63
buying, 57-58
converting to EPUB format, 120
covers, finding, 118
defined, 94
downloading, 64
downloading to computer, 97
downloading with Kindle Cloud Reader, 51
font styles, changing, 68
formats, 113
highlights
adding, 75
deleting, 76
importing into Calibre, 114
lending, 60-61
looking up definitions, 67-68
metadata
downloading, 116-118
editing manually, 119
navigating, 66 notes
adding, 70
deleting, 74
editing, 72-73
viewing, 71-72
removing, 65
sampling, 57-58
searching for new, 115
sending to Kindle devices, 96
sending via email, 122-123
typeface, changing, 69
viewing, 95
Borrow for Free button, 58
borrowing books, 59
browsing
albums, 129
app library, 174
Appstore, 179
artists (music), 126-127
library, 63
to websites, 232
Video Store, 156-157
buttons. See specific buttons
buying. See purchasing
C
cache, clearing in Silk, 252
Calibre, 61
books
downloading metadata, 116-118
editing metadata manually, 119
importing, 114
searching for new, 115
sideloading to Kindle Fire, 120-123
configuring, 112-113
canceling
subscriptions, 102-104
taps, 16
Carousel, 18
changing
font styles, 68
Screen Timeout, 12
subscriptions, 183
typeface, 69
volume, 11
charging battery, 10-11
checking device information, 27
checking out Kindle books, 59
choosing. See also selecting
email folders, 207-208
inbox, 207
Clear All button, 244
Clear All Cookie Data option, 251
Clear Cache button, 252
Clear Form Data button, 253
Clear History button, 252
clearing
all songs from Now Playing queue, 139
app data, 186-187
cache, 252
Silk history, 252
Close All Tabs button, 238
Close Other Tabs button, 238
closing tabs (in Silk), 238
Cloud Drive, 37-38
accessing, 39
adding files to, 41
creating folders, 40
deleting folders, 40-41
downloading files from, 42
music in. See
recovering deleted items, 41
saving purchased music to, 47-48
cloud items, downloading, 19
Cloud Player
creating playlists, 45
downloading songs to computer, 46-47
launching, 43-44
playing music, 44
saving purchased music to Cloud Drive, 47-48
Cloud Reader
accessing, 50-51
opening and downloading books, 51
reading books, 52
cloud services, 37
Amazon Cloud Drive, 37-38
accessing, 39
adding files to, 41
creating folders, 40
deleting folders, 40-41
downloading files from, 42
recovering deleted items, 41
saving purchased music to, 47-48
Amazon Cloud Player
creating playlists, 45
downloading songs to computer, 46-47
launching, 43-44
playing music, 44
saving purchased music to Cloud Drive, 47-48
Amazon Instant Video, 48-49
Kindle Cloud Reader, 50
accessing, 50-51
opening and downloading books, 51
reading books, 52
composing email messages, 219-220
computer, downloading books to, 97
configuring
Calibre, 112-113
email settings
deletion settings, 213
notification sounds, 213-214
polling frequency, 212
IMAP accounts, 204-205
POP3 accounts, 202-203
connecting to Wi-Fi networks
listed networks, 13
unlisted networks, 14
contacts
adding, 224-225
editing, 225-226
exporting, 229
importing, 227-228
sort order and name display, 226-227
viewing, 224
Contacts app
adding contacts, 224-225
editing contacts, 225-226
exporting contacts, 229
importing contacts, 227-228
sort order and name display, 226-227
viewing contacts, 224
conversion charges (docs), limiting, 99
converting
to EPUB format, 120
videos for Kindle Fire, 168-169
cookies, 251
Copy Link URL button, 235
copying
hyperlinks, 235
link to current web page, 235
text, 33-34
videos to Kindle Fire, 170
covers, finding, 118
crashes in apps, 181
for Amazon purchases, 105
for subscriptions, 106
cursor, positioning, 32
cutting text, 33-34
D
definitions, looking up, 67-68
deleting
approved email addresses for docs, 100
bookmarks, 243
books and docs, 97
cloud playlists, 146
device playlists, 147
downloaded files, 248
highlights, 76
items from Silk history, 245
non-EPUB format books, 121
notes, 74
person documents, 87
sideloaded videos, 171
delivery preferences
for music, changing, 151
for subscriptions, changing, 102
deregistering
Kindle apps, 108
Kindle devices, 107
Desktop view (Silk), 254
device information, checking, 27
device items, 19
Device screen, 27
digital rights management (DRM), 113, 116
disabling
doc archiving, 101
HD purchase warning, 163
Whispernet delivery, 99
Whispersync, 109
dismissing keyboard, 31
displaying equalizer, 134
docs
adding approved email addresses, 100
changing Kindle email address for, 98
defined, 94
deleting approved email addresses, 100
disabling archiving, 101
emailing to Kindle Fire, 84
limiting conversion charges, 99
reading, 86
sending to Kindle devices, 96
sideloading, 85-86
viewing, 95
double-tap, 16
downloaded files
deleting, 248
opening, 248
downloading items, 19-20
albums, 127
from Amazon Cloud Drive, 42
music, 151
playlists, 144
with Silk, 246-248
songs, 46-47
videos, 166
downloads
canceling, 130
monitoring, 129
DRM (digital rights management), 113, 116
E
E Ink Kindles, 67
eBooks. See books
Edit Bookmark button, 242
Edit Contact button, 226
editing
bookmarks, 242
contacts, 225-226
metadata, 119
notes, 72-73
playlists, 141
text, 32
email, 197
accounts, 198
basic accounts, adding, 198-200
folders, choosing, 207-208
IMAP accounts
adding, 200-201
configuring, 204-205
inbox, choosing, 207
messages
composing, 219-220
flagging, 215
forwarding, 220-221
quoting original message, 223
reading, 216
replying to, 220-221
selecting and managing, 210-211
sending in plain text, 222
viewing attachments in, 218
viewing images in, 217
POP3 accounts
adding, 200-201
configuring, 202-203
removing accounts, 206
searching, 209
sending books via, 122-123
settings
deletion settings, 213
notification sounds, 213-214
polling frequency, 212
sharing web pages with, 234
signatures, 221-222
sorting, 208
synchronizing, 210
trash, emptying, 214
email addresses
adding for docs, 100
changing for docs, 98
deleting for docs, 100
emailing documents, 84
Empty Trash button, 214
emptying trash, 214
enabling Whispersync, 109
Enter Other Wi-Fi Network option, 14
entering
numbers, 34-35
punctuation, 34-35
text, 31
equalizer, displaying, 134
ES File Explorer, 193-195
Export to Internal Storage button, 229
exporting contacts, 229
F
Facebook, sharing web pages on, 233
Favorites
adding items to, 21
rearranging, 22
removing items from, 22
files
adding to Amazon Cloud Drive, 41
downloaded files, opening and deleting, 248
downloading from Amazon Cloud Drive, 42
downloading with Silk, 246-248
finding book covers, 118. See also searching
flagging email messages, 215
folders
deleting, 40-41
email folders, choosing, 207-208
recovering, 41
following bookmarks, 241
font styles, changing, 68
force stopping apps, 185-186
formats for eBooks, 113
Forward button, 216
forwarding email messages, 220-221
Full Definition button, 67
G
Gallery app, 191
Google, searching, 89-90
H
hardware
audio plug, 11
micro-USB port, 10
power button, 10
stereo speakers, 11
HD purchase warning, disabling, 163
highlights
adding, 75
deleting, 76
history (in Silk)
clearing, 252
deleting items from, 245
searching, 245
viewing, 244
Home icon, 24
Home screen, 18
hyperlinks, bookmarking, 240-241
I-J
identifying browsers, 255
images in email messages, viewing, 217
IMAP accounts
adding, 200-201
configuring, 204-205
Import All vCard Files button, 228
Import Multiple vCard Files button, 228
Import One vCard File button, 228
importing
books into Calibre, 114
contacts, 227-228
inbox, choosing, 207
installing
Calibre, 112-113
multiple apps, 176-177
purchased apps, 175-176
Instant Video, 48-49
Internet Radio, 192
items
adding to Favorites, 21
cloud items, 19
device items, 19
downloading, 19-20
removing from device, 20
removing items from, 22
searching, 87-88
K
keyboard, 30
copying, cutting, and pasting text, 33-34
dismissing, 31
editing text, 32
entering punctuation and numbers, 34-35
entering text, 31
positioning cursor, 32
selecting text, 32
Kindle app
deregistering, 108
sending books to, 96
Kindle Cloud Reader
accessing, 50-51
opening and downloading books, 51
reading books, 52
Kindle devices
deregistering, 107
registering from Manage Your Kindle page, 107
renaming, 108
Whispersync, 109
Kindle email address, changing for docs, 98
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, 59
Kindle Personal Documents. See docs
Kindle Store
borrowing books, 59
buying books, 57-58
lending books, 60-61
sampling books, 57-58
sideloading books, 61-62
subscribing to periodicals, 56-57
L
Latest Additions playlist, 129
launching Amazon Cloud Player, 43-44
LCD display, 67
lending books, 60-61
libraries
Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, 59
app library
browsing, 174
installing multiple apps, 176-177
installing purchased apps, 175-176
uninstalling apps, 177-178
updating apps, 178
video library
downloading videos, 166
removing downloaded videos, 167
watching movies or TV shows, 164-165
library
browsing, 63
Now Playing queue, viewing, 135
searching, 29
limiting doc conversion charges, 99
links
copying, 235
opening in new tabs, 237
listed Wi-Fi networks, connecting to, 13
listening
to audio books, 188-190
to music, 131-133
locking screen orientation, 25
looking up definitions, 67-68
M
magazines. See subscriptions
mail. See email
Manage Your Kindle page, 93
accessing, 94
books and docs, 94
adding approved email addresses, 100
changing Kindle email address for docs, 98
deleting, 97
deleting approved email addresses, 100
disabling archiving, 101
downloading books to computer, 97
limiting doc conversion charges, 99
sending to Kindle devices, 96
viewing, 95
deregistering Kindle, 107
deregistering Kindle apps, 108
reasons for using, 95
registering Kindle, 107
renaming Kindle, 108
subscriptions
canceling, 102-103
changing delivery device, 102
changing privacy settings, 104
reactivating canceled, 103-104
updating payment settings
for Amazon purchases, 105
for subscriptions, 106
Whispersync, 109
managing email messages, 210-211
Mark as Read button, 211
Mark as Spam button, 216
Mark as Unread button, 211
Menu icon, 24
messages (email)
composing, 219-220
flagging, 215
forwarding, 220-221
quoting original message, 223
reading, 216
replying to, 220-221
selecting and managing, 210-211
sending in plain text, 222
signatures, 221-222
viewing attachments in, 218
viewing images in, 217
metadata
downloading, 116-118
editing manually, 119
micro-USB port, 10
MOBI format, 113
Mobile view (Silk), 254
monitoring downloads, 129
movies
browsing, 156-157
downloading, 166
renting/purchasing, 160-161
viewing movie details, 157-158
viewing TV show details, 158-159
watching, 164-165
moving to bookmarks, 78
MP3 Downloader, 46
multiple apps, installing, 176-177
music
albums
browsing, 129
downloading, 127
artists, browsing, 126-127
delivery preferences, changing, 151
downloading, 46-47
downloads
canceling, 130
monitoring, 129
Now Playing queue
adding songs to, 137
clearing all songs from, 139
removing songs from, 138
viewing, 135-136
Pandora, 192
playback controls, 134
playlists
adding artists/albums to, 142-143
creating, 139-140
deleting cloud playlists, 146
deleting device playlists, 147
downloading, 144
editing, 141
playing, 143
renaming, 145
saving to Cloud Drive, 47-48
scrolling quickly, 128
searching, 130-131
sideloading, 151-152
streaming, 132
Music menu, 136
Music Store
accessing, 148
Now Playing queue, viewing, 135
sampling and buying
albums, 149-150
songs, 149
searching, 131
N
name display (contacts), 226-227
navigating
books, 66
tabs (in Silk), 239
Video Store, 155-156
web pages, 232
Navigation menu, 18
New Contact button, 224
newspapers. See subscriptions
Newsstand, 56
non-EPUB formats, deleting, 121
notes
adding, 70
deleting, 74
editing, 72-73
viewing, 71-72
notification sounds, adding to email, 213-214
notifications, 24
Now Playing queue
adding songs to, 137
clearing all songs from, 139
removing songs from, 138
viewing, 135-136
numbers, entering, 34-35
O-P
opening downloaded files, 248
Options Bar, 24
page view-enabled magazines, reading, 79-81
pages. See web
pages Pandora app, 192
passwords, controlling in Silk, 253
past issues of canceled subscriptions, 103
pasting text, 33-34
payment settings, updating
for Amazon purchases, 105
for subscriptions, 106
periodicals, subscribing to, 56-57
personal documents
deleting, 87
emailing to Kindle Fire, 84
reading, 86
sideloading, 85-86
Personal Documents. See docs
photos, viewing in Gallery, 191
plain text email messages, sending, 222
playback controls, 134
playing
playlists, 143
playlists
adding artists/albums to, 142-143
deleting cloud playlists, 146
deleting device playlists, 147
downloading, 144
editing, 141
Latest Additions, 129
playing, 143
renaming, 145
POP3 accounts
adding, 200-201
configuring, 202-203
positioning cursor, 32
Post to Profile button, 233
power button, 10
powering off, 10
privacy, subscription preferences, 104, 184
punctuation, entering, 34-35
purchasing
apps, 180-181
movies, 160-161
books, 57-5
songs, 149-150
TV shows, 161-163
Q
quick scroll in music, 128
Quick Settings. See settings
Quote Message button, 221
quoting email messages, 223
R
radio, Pandora, 192
reactivating canceled subscriptions, 103-104
reading
email messages, 216
periodicals, 56-57
magazines, 79-81
newspapers, 82-83
person documents, 86
rearranging Favorites, 22
recovering deleted items on Amazon Cloud Drive, 41
Register button, 15
registering
with Amazon, 15-16
Kindle devices, 107
Remove from Device button, 20, 65
Remove from Favorites button, 22
removing
bookmarks, 78
books, 65
downloaded items, 20
downloaded videos, 167
email accounts, 206
items from Favorites, 22
songs from Now Playing queue, 138
renaming
Kindle devices, 108
playlists, 145
Rental & Purchase Details, 159
renting movies, 160-161
Reply All button, 216
Reply To button, 216
replying to email messages, 220-221
Reset to Factory Defaults option, 193
Roku, 160
S
sampling
books, 57-58
songs, 149-150
Save Draft button, 220
saving music to Cloud Drive, 47-48
screen brightness, adjusting, 26
screen orientation, locking, 25
Screen Timeout, 12
search engine, setting in Silk, 250
Search icon, 24
searching, 28. See also finding
current item, 87-88
email, 209
Google, 89-90
library, 29
for music, 130-131
Music Store, 131
for new books, 115
Silk history, 245
Web, 30
web pages, 236
Wikipedia, 89-90
Select Another Time Zone option, 15
selecting. See also choosing
email messages, 210-211
text, 32
Send button, 220
Send with Email button, 234
sending
books and docs
via email, 122-123
to Kindle devices, 96
email messages
in plain text, 222
quoting original message, 223
Set Search Engine button, 250
settings
email settings
deletion settings, 213
notification sounds, 213-214
polling frequency, 212
screen brightness, 26
screen orientation, 25
Screen Timeout, 12
Silk settings
accelerated page loading, 254
cache, 252
cookies, 251
form and password data, 253
search engine, 250
text size, 250
views, 254
time zone, 15
volume, 26
Wi-Fi, 28
Share Page button, 234
sharing
web pages on Facebook, 233
web pages with email, 234
Shore, David, 159
sideloading
music, 151-152
person documents, 85-86
videos, 167
converting videos for Kindle Fire, 168-169
copying videos to Kindle Fire, 170
deleting sideloaded videos, 171
watching sideloaded videos, 170
signatures (email), 221-222
Silk, 231
bookmarks
bookmarking current page, 239-240
bookmarking hyperlinks, 240-241
deleting, 243
editing, 242
viewing and following, 241
files, downloading, 246-248
history
clearing, 252
deleting items from, 245
searching, 245
viewing, 244
settings
accelerated page loading, 254
cache, 252
cookies, 251
form and password data, 253
search engine, 250
text size, 250
views, 254
tabs
adding, 238
closing, 238
navigating, 239
opening links in new tabs, 237
user-agent string, 255
web pages
copying hyperlinks on page, 235
copying link to current page, 235
navigating, 232
searching, 236
sharing on Facebook, 233
sharing with email, 234
websites, browsing to, 232
sites. See websites
songs. See also music
adding to Now Playing queue, 137
clearing all, 139
removing from Now Playing queue, 138
sampling and buying, 149
sort order (contacts), 226-227
sorting email, 208
Status Bar, 23
stereo speakers, 11
streaming music, 132
subscribing to periodicals, 56-57
subscriptions
adding to favorites, 21
auto-renewal, 183
canceling, 102-103
changing, 183
delivery device, 102
reactivating canceled, 103-104
reading, 79-81
updating payment settings for, 106
viewing in Appstore, 182
Sync Server Deletions option, 213
synchronizing email, 210
T
tabs (Silk)
adding, 238
closing, 238
navigating, 239
opening links in new tabs, 237
taps, canceling, 16
text
copying, cutting, and pasting, 33-34
editing, 32
entering with keyboard, 31
selecting, 32
text size, setting in Silk, 250
Text Size button, 250
text view, 82-83
time zone, setting, 15
title of book. See metadata
tracks, viewing in Now Playing queue, 136
transferring. See sideloading
trash, emptying, 214
troubleshooting subscriptions, 104
Try a Sample button, 58
turning on/off
subscription auto-renewal, 183
Wi-Fi, 28
TV shows
browsing, 156-157
downloading, 166
purchasing, 161-163
viewing TV show details, 158-159
watching, 164-165
typeface, changing, 69
U
Unified Inbox, 207
uninstalling apps, 177-178
unlisted Wi-Fi networks, connecting to, 14
updating
apps, 178
payment settings
for Amazon purchases, 105
for subscriptions, 106
USB port, 10
user-agent string, 255
V
video
Amazon Instant Video, 48-49
converting for Kindle Fire, 168-169
copying to Kindle Fire, 170
disabling HD purchase warning, 163
downloading, 166
sideloading, 167
converting videos for Kindle Fire, 168-169
copying videos to Kindle Fire, 170
deleting sideloaded videos, 171
watching sideloaded videos, 170
video library
downloading videos, 166
removing downloaded videos, 167
watching movies or TV shows, 164-165
Video Store
browsing, 156-157
navigating, 155-156
purchasing TV shows, 161-163
renting/purchasing movies, 160-161
viewing movie details, 157-158
viewing TV show details, 158-159
viewing in Gallery, 191
Video Store
browsing, 156-157
disabling HD purchase warning, 163
navigating, 155-156
purchasing TV shows, 161-163
renting/purchasing movies, 160-161
viewing movie details, 157-158
viewing TV show details, 158-159
viewing
apps in Appstore, 180-182
bookmarks, 241
books and docs, 95
contacts, 224
email attachments, 218
images in email messages, 217
movie details, 157-158
notes, 71-72
Now Playing queue, 135-136
photos/videos in Gallery, 191
Silk history, 244
subscriptions in Appstore, 182
TV show details, 158-159
views (Silk), 254
W
watching
movies or TV shows, 164-165
sideloaded videos, 170
Web, searching, 30
web browser. See Silk
web pages
copying hyperlinks on page, 235
copying link to current page, 235
navigating, 232
searching, 236
sharing on Facebook, 233
sharing with email, 234
websites, browsing to, 232
Website Only albums/songs, 150
Welcome screen, 16
When I Delete a Message button, 213
Whispernet, 99
Whispersync, 109
Wi-Fi
connecting to Wi-Fi networks
listed networks, 13
unlisted networks, 14
turning off, 28
turning on/off, 28
Wikipedia, searching, 89-90
X-Y-Z
Your Video Library page, 164
zooming in/out, 18