If you have Get yourself a Kindle — maybe a brand new model — for reading e-books Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition or Kindle Colorsoft-Then you will find that these devices are very simple in terms of their interfaces and controls. The focus is on the text and whatever you are reading.
Although behind the simple and friendly interface, Kindle has more features and tricks than you might expect. Sure, these e-readers aren’t going to compete with iPads for functionality, but you can do a lot with them—from customizing the reading experience to displaying content other than e-books on the screen. until received.
1. Look at the words
Don’t worry about unfamiliar words while reading. You can get the definition for anything just by pressing and holding the word. When the definition appears, you can swipe left to see if there is a Wikipedia entry for the word, and swipe left again to translate the word to another language.
2. Send web articles to your Kindle
You can also use your Kindle to catch up on your online reading, by sending web articles to the device. Probably the easiest option Official Kindle extension For Google Chrome—unless you just want to send articles from a desktop web browser. Once you’re signed in to your Amazon account, article transfer is just a few clicks away.
The Kindle extension is fast and free, but it doesn’t always get web page formatting right, and it doesn’t work on mobile. Instapaper One works better with its own Kindle-sync service, but you need the $6-per-month premium plan to access it. Push to Kindle This is also great, but requires a $3-per-month subscription to send more than 10 articles per month.
3. Take a screenshot
If you want to show off your library or share an excerpt from a book on social media, for example, you can take a screenshot on the Kindle. Just in the corner, tap the two diagonally opposite corners. The screen flashes, and the screengrab is saved. Connect your Kindle to a computer with a USB cable, and you’ll find all your screenshots saved in their own dedicated folder.
4. Sort your e-books into collections
As you add more and more e-books (and web articles) to your library, it can start to get a little redundant—and even more difficult to sort through to find your next read. You can reduce this to some extent by creating collections. These are essentially folders for sorting titles, whether by genre, author, or how quickly you want to read them.
To get started, tap the three dots on the top right of Kindle’s homepage, then Create a collection. Give your collection a name, and mark it as a favorite if you want (which makes it appear more prominently in different screens). You can then choose to sort the library page by collection—just tap the sort-by icon, the three horizontal lines in the upper right.
