Kindle User’s Guide 13
Chapter 2 Acquiring & Managing Kindle Content
To jump to a specific title or page, tap x/y on the Home screen. When the dialog box appears,
enter the page number you want to go to or the first letter of the title or author (depending
upon your current sort option).
To view more information about an item and access a menu of applicable options, go to the
Home screen and press and hold on the item’s artwork (or name if using List view). Menu
options vary, but may include Add to Collection, Go To..., Book Description, Search This Book,
View Notes & Marks, and Remove from Device.
Using collections
If you store a lot of content on your Kindle, you can create collections for easier access. You
can add as many items as you like to each collection, including books, active content, and
personal documents. Items can also be added to more than one collection. Your Kindle will
sort your Home screen content by collections after you create your first collection.
To create a new collection:
1. On the Home screen, tap the Menu button.
2. Select Create New Collection.
3. Use the keyboard to type a name for the collection, and then tap OK. A list of the items
on your Kindle that can be added to a collection displays. Note that periodicals and blogs
cannot be put into collections.
4. Tap the checkbox next to an item’s title to add it to the collection, and tap Done when finished.
You can add or remove items at a later time by tapping on the Menu button when in a
collection and selecting Add/Remove Items. Other options include Rename Collection and
Delete Collection. Note that deleting a collection from your Kindle does not remove the
content stored on your device. Items previously placed into the collection that are stored
on your Kindle will appear on the Home screen after the collection is deleted.
Archiving and deleting content
To free up space on your Kindle, you can archive items by pressing and holding the item’s name
or cover on the Home screen. When the dialog box appears, tap Remove from Device. Copies
of all your books, along with recent issues of newspapers and magazines, are stored in the Cloud.
Your personal documents are also saved if they have been e-mailed to your Kindle and if
you have enabled archiving on the Manage Your Kindle page. Note that files transferred to
your Kindle using the USB cable will display the option “Delete This Document” and will be
permanently deleted unless you have enabled archiving on the Manage Your Kindle page.
If you wish to download content that you have in the Cloud, tap Cloud on the Home screen,
and then choose the item(s) you want to restore to your Kindle. You can cancel a download by
tapping on the item’s title. Once you have downloaded an item, you can either open it from
the Home screen or directly from the Cloud. Use this same method to download previously
purchased content to a new Kindle device.
The Manage Your Kindle page (accessible from www.kindle.com/support) offers a handy way
to view and manage your Kindle content, settings, and account using a web browser.
Periodicals: Older issues of newspapers and magazines are stored on the Home screen in a
collection titled “Periodicals: Back Issues.” Issues that are more than seven issues old will be
automatically deleted to free up space for new content. “Expiring” next to an issue indicates
that it will be deleted soon.
There are two ways to keep a copy of an issue:
• OntheHomescreen,pressandholdonthenamefortheissueyouwishtokeep.Select
Keep This Issue from the options.
• Fromwithintheissue,taptheMenubutton,andselectKeepThisIssue.
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