Chapter 2
Acquiring & Managing Kindle Content
periodicals. Issues that are more than eight issues old will be automatically deleted from
your device to free up space for new content. Newspapers that are more than 14 issues
old, and magazines that are more than 40 issues old, will be automatically deleted from
the Cloud. "Expiring" next to an issue indicates that it will be deleted soon. Press and hold
on a periodical folder to view the following options: Open Latest Issue, View Back Issues,
and Remove All Back Issues.
You can view more options when you press and hold on a single issue. Options include
Go To First Page, Go To Sections & Articles, Search This Issue, Keep This Issue, View
Notes & Marks, View Back Issues, and Delete This Issue.
There are two ways to keep a copy of an issue on your device:
On the Home screen, tap On Device and then press and hold on the name or cover of the
issue you wish to keep. Select Keep This Issue from the options.
From within the issue, tap the Menu button and select Keep This Issue.
You can access all of your back issues, regardless of age, on the Manage Your Content
and Devices page, accessible from www.amazon.com/devicesupport.
Managing your Kindle Library
Your Kindle Paperwhite can store thousands of books, personal documents, newspapers,
blogs, and magazines, which are referred to collectively as "content" throughout this
guide. To display a list of content on your Kindle Paperwhite, tap the Home button, then
the On Device option.
To view how much free space your Kindle has available for storing content:
1. Tap the Menu button and select Settings.
2. On the Settings page, tap the Menu button, then Device Info.
You can view content on the Home screen using the default cover view or by the
traditional list view. To change the appearance of the Home screen, tap the Menu button
and select List or Cover View.
By default, your content is sorted by Recent, meaning that new items and the content
you're currently reading are at the top. To change the sort option, on the Home screen tap
the name of the existing sort order, located under the toolbar. You can also sort items that
you have stored in the Cloud.
To filter your content by type, on the Home screen tap All Items, located under the toolbar.
Filtering options include:
All Items
Books
Periodicals
Docs
Collections
If you have set up a household and enabled sharing, two new filtering options will appear
under Books:
My Books
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