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If you got A Kindle—perhaps a brand new model like this one—for reading e-books yourself Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition or Kindle Colorsoft-Then you will know that these devices are brilliantly simple in their interface and controls. Focus on the text and whatever else you will be reading.
Behind the simple and friendly interface though, Kindle has more features and tricks than you might expect. Of course, 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 getting content other than ebooks on the screen.
1. Look at the word
Don’t be put off by unfamiliar words you come across while reading. You can get the definition of anything onscreen 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 into 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 The official Kindle extension For Google Chrome unless you only want to send articles from a desktop web browser. Once you’re signed into your Amazon account, article transfers take just a few clicks
The Kindle extension is fast and free, but it doesn’t always get web page layouts right, and it doesn’t work on mobile. Instapaper Works better with its own Kindle-sync service, but you need a $6-per-month premium plan to access it. Push to Kindle This is also good, but requires a $3-per-month subscription to send more than 10 articles per month
3. Take a screenshot
You can take screenshots on a Kindle, if you want to show off your library or share a passage from a book on social media, for example. Tap the two diagonally opposite corners right at the corner. 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. Organize your ebooks into collections
As you add more e-books (and web articles) to your library, it can start to get a little overwhelming—and it becomes more difficult to sort through it to find your next read. You can mitigate this somewhat by creating collections. These are basically folders for organizing titles, be it by genre, author, or how quickly you want to read them
To get started, tap the three dots in the upper-right corner of the Kindle’s homepage, then Create a collection. Give your collection a name, and if you want, mark it as a favorite (which makes it appear more prominently across different screens). You can then choose to sort library pages by collection—just tap the sort icon, the three horizontal lines in the top right.
