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Kindle User’s Guide 97

Chapter 9 Your Kindle and Amazon

Send sample now — click this button to receive a free sample of a book on your Kindle. You

can read the beginning of the book for free. If you enjoy it, you can make a purchase directly

from your Kindle or return to the Kindle Store on Amazon if you prefer to purchase from your

computer.

9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon

The Manage Your Kindle page is a versatile online tool you can use to view and manage your

Kindle content, personal settings, and account information. It can be found at:

http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle (U.S. and other countries)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/manageyourkindle (UK customers)

From this page, you can:

• registerorderegisterKindledevicestoyourAmazonaccount.

• editinformationsuchasyourKindle’snameande-mailaddress.

• reviewthelistofcomputersorothermobiledevicesregisteredtoyourAmazonaccount,

so you can automatically sync your library of Kindle books with your computer or other

devices such as iPhone.

• addanapprovede-mailaddressthatallowsyouandyourcontactstosendpersonal

documents (such as Word and picture ﬁles) to your Kindle. To avoid spam, only contacts

on your Kindle approved e-mail list are authorized to send attachments to your Kindle.

• setthemaximumchargeallowedforasinglepersonaldocumentsentwirelesslytoyour

Kindle. Any personal document exceeding this charge will be sent to your @free.kindle.com

address and a notiﬁcation will be sent to your Kindle.

• changeyourdefault1-ClickpaymentmethodforallKindletransactions.

• changeyourhomecountry,ifyoumovetoadifferentone.

• manageyouractiveKindlesubscriptions.

• reviewyourKindleordersandindividualcharges.

• managesynchronizationbetweendevices.Withsynchronizationon,abookwillopenatthe

last page read, even on another device. It will also keep track of any bookmarks, highlights,

or notes that you add so you can see them on another Kindle.

• loanbooksyouhavepurchasedtoothers.(Maynotbeavailableinallcountries.)

• buyabookasagiftandsendittoafriend.(Maynotbeavailableinallcountries.)

Downloading Content from Your Computer

To transfer content to your Kindle that you downloaded from Amazon, follow these steps:

1. Connect the USB cable (provided with your Kindle) to the Kindle and your computer.

2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find

an external USB drive.

3. Open your Kindle drive. You should see a folder entitled “documents.”

4. Transfer the downloaded files into the “documents” folder of your Kindle.

5. Using your computer, eject your Kindle from your computer. The content you transferred

should now appear in Home.

To transfer audiobooks and MP3s, see “Audiobooks and MP3s” in Chapter 8.

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