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Press the Menu button and use the 5-way controller to underline "Shop in Kindle Store."
Press the 5-way controller to select "Shop in Kindle Store."
You will see this icon in the upper left corner of the page, if you are not already connected. The Kindle Storefront will appear as shown later in this chapter and serves as a launch point for all of the Kindle Store services.
5.2 Kindle Store Pages
This section describes the different pages you will find at the Kindle Store, like the Kindle Storefront, the Browse pages, and the product detail pages for individual pieces of content.
Note: You can view Kindle Store pages only in portrait screen rotation.
The Kindle Storefront
When you select "Shop in Kindle Store" from any menu, you will be taken to the Kindle Storefront. An example is shown below, but the storefront you see may be different since we update it often.
Search Store — begin typing your search criteria here. Select “search store” to search the entire Kindle Store for matches and display the search results.
Once you are in the Kindle Store, you can move around using links on the pages of the store such as New & Noteworthy Books or Kindle Top Sellers, by using the Store menu, or by searching the Kindle Store for specific titles.
The Store Menu
The menu you see while you are connected to the Kindle Store allows you to go to other places in the store easily and includes the selections listed below.
Turn Wireless Off — turns the Whispernet connection off. If you turn wireless off, you will not be able to access the Kindle Store.
Kindle Storefront — takes you to the Kindle Storefront.
Books — displays the books currently available in the Kindle Store.
Audible — displays the Audible audiobooks currently available in the Kindle Store (for U.S. and other countries except for U.K.).
Newspapers — displays the newspapers currently available in the Kindle Store.
Magazines — displays the magazines currently available in the Kindle Store.
Blogs — displays the blogs currently available in the Kindle Store.
Kindle Top Sellers — displays a list of Amazon best sellers.
New & Noteworthy — displays a list of new or noteworthy content on the Kindle Store.
Recommended for You — displays items recommended for you by Amazon based on your previous digital and physical purchases.
Your Wish List — displays the Kindle items in your wish list that you may want to buy later.
Browsing the Store
Another way to find reading material in the Kindle Store is to browse through the different content categories such as books or newspapers. Once inside a category, you can further refine your browse by topic. For example, within "Books," you can refine listings to "Fiction," "Nonfiction," "Advice & How-to," etc. Each browse page shows the path that you have taken at the top so you can easily retrace your steps.
Browse Listings Sample
The example below shows you the type of listings you will see on the Books browse page.
Browse path — shows the steps on the path you used to get to the current page.
Number of titles in the category — shows the number of items available in the particular category.
Categories — groups the content by topics of interest to make browsing easier. Select the category you are interested in to show only items in that particular subject. You can also select subcategories within the main category by selecting "View subcategories within..." in the upper right corner of the screen.
Getting the Details
The product detail page for books and periodicals provides the most pertinent information about an item. To get to the product detail page for a particular item, use the 5-way controller to select it.
Product Detail Page Example
The example below shows you a product detail page for a book available at the Kindle Store. The features on this page are explained in the list below.
Author — searches the Kindle Store for other books by the author when selected.
Buy — purchases the item using your default Amazon 1-Click payment method and sends it wirelessly to your Kindle.
Try a Sample — downloads the beginning of the book for free so you can sample it before buying.
Add to Wish List — adds the item to your wish list so you can peruse or purchase it later.
Description — describes the item. Select "More" to see the full text.
Reviews — displays the customer reviews for this item. Provides links to editorial reviews and for writing your own review.
Text-to-Speech — indicates whether Text-to-Speech is allowable by the book's rights holder.
Customers who bought this book also bought — displays a list of items purchased by Amazon customers who also bought this item.
Additional Details for Audible Audiobooks
You can purchase Audible audiobooks in the Kindle Store using either a 3G connection (on Kindle 3G+Wi-Fi models) or a Wi-Fi connection. Your audiobook purchases can only be downloaded to your Kindle using a Wi-Fi connection. If Wi-Fi is not available at your current location, your audiobook purchase is automatically downloaded to your Kindle the next time your Kindle connects using Wi-Fi. Alternatively, you can download your audiobook purchase from Audible to your computer and then transfer it to your Kindle using USB. See “Audiobooks and MP3s” in Chapter 8 for information on transferring audiobooks using USB.
The product detail page for Audible audiobooks is similar to the product detail page for books, but it contains different purchasing options. You can choose to buy an audiobook for the regular price, or accept Audible's special offer, which introduces you to all the benefits of Audible membership.
Already have an Audible Account? Sign in — If you already have an Audible account, this one-time process lets you link your Audible account to your Amazon account. This lets you use the credit card on file with Amazon to make Audible purchases directly on your Kindle. Other benefits of linking your Audible account are: you can use your existing Audible credits to buy Audible audiobooks in the Kindle Store, and any audiobook purchases you make from Audible on your Kindle will be delivered wirelessly to your Kindle when you connect via Wi-Fi.
Additional Details for Periodicals
The product detail page for newspapers, magazines, and blogs is similar to the product detail page for books, but it contains different purchasing options:
Subscribe now with 14-day Free Trial — select this to start your subscription. All newspapers, magazines, and blogs come with a free trial to start your subscription, and you can cancel your subscription on the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon at any time during this period. After the trial period, your subscription will automatically be delivered at the regular monthly price.
Note that if you have already subscribed to or purchased an item, you will see the word "Already Subscribed" in gray letters next to the periodical on the product detail page.
Buy Current Issue — purchases the current issue of the newspaper or magazine and sends it to your Kindle. If you've already purchased the current issue, this option isn't available until the next issue is available.
Adding Items to Your Wish List
The Kindle Store lets you add items to your wish list that you want to look at or purchase later. To add an item to your wish list, select "Add to Wish List" from the product detail page for the item. If you have more than one wish list, you will be able to choose the wish list you want to add the item to.
To see your wish list, select "Your Wish List" from the Store menu. To remove the item from your wish list, select "Delete" for that item. If you have more than one Wish List, you can move an item to another Wish List by selecting “Move to”.
5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings
The Kindle Store provides several features to help you decide which reading materials you may want to purchase. This section describes the various ways yo
u can find what is available.
Recommended for You
The Recommendations page provides a list of books or other reading material that you might enjoy based on the types of materials (digital and printed) you have purchased in the past either on Kindle or on Amazon. To get to this page, select "Recommended for You" from the Kindle Storefront or from the Kindle Store menu.
Looking Up Reviews
The Reviews page lists Customer Reviews for items. To get to the Reviews page for a specific item, select "Customer Reviews" from the product detail page for that item.
To see Editorial Reviews from publications, select "Editorial Reviews" from the Reviews page. For the complete text of a particular review, select the review excerpt using the 5-way controller.
Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews
You can share your opinions with other readers by rating and reviewing the materials that you have read. To get to this page, select "Customer Reviews" from the product detail page for the item you want to critique, and then select "Write a Review."
The sample screen below shows you the type of information you can enter.
Entering a Rating and Review
To enter your own rating and review, follow these steps:
Indicate the rating you think this item deserves by selecting the line with the appropriate number of stars.
Select "Title" and enter a title for your review. Select "ok" to submit your title.
Select "Review" and type your review on the lines provided. Select "ok."
To submit your rating and review, select "Submit." If you want to close this page without submitting your rating or review, select "Cancel" in the upper right corner of the page.
5.4 Making Purchases
This section explains various aspects of purchasing items from the Kindle Store.
Trying a Sample Book
Most Kindle books allow you to download a sample before you decide to buy the item. The end of the sample book has a link to revisit the product detail page for the item or a “Buy Now” link to purchase the item directly. In addition, while reading a sample, the Menu shows "Buy this Book Now" so you can purchase the book at any time during your reading.
Buying Your Selections
All of your Kindle Store purchases use Amazon 1-Click, which allows you to purchase reading materials with a single selection. To make your purchase, select "Buy" from any product detail page for the item you want. Your item will be auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle and also added to the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon. You will see an "items downloaded" message at the top of the screen when your item has arrived on your Kindle.
Tip: While one or more items are downloading from the Kindle Store to your Kindle, you can monitor the download progress. From Home, press Menu and select “View Downloading Items” to display a list of the items that are in the process of downloading and their download progress. (If this option is dimmed, then downloading is complete and your items are available in Home.)
Once downloading is complete, items automatically appear in Home. If the download is not successful, or if it is interrupted, Kindle will attempt to download again without any action required from you.
Tip: Once your item has been downloaded, the original is retained in the Manage Your Kindle page at Amazon.
Returning an Item
All of your Kindle Store purchases present an order cancellation feature at the time of purchase in case you change your mind or made a mistake. Just select "Purchase by Accident? Cancel this Order" on the order confirmation page. You'll see the order cancellation page, along with a "Return to Store" link. If the item had already downloaded to your Kindle, it will be removed the next time your device connects to Whispernet.
If you prefer, you can also contact Kindle Support using Amazon's Click-to-Call service on the Web at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport (U.S. and other countries)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/kindlesupport (U.K. customers)
For U.S. and other countries, Kindle Support can be reached via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 1-206-266-0927 (charges will apply). U.S. customers can reach Kindle Support by phone at 1-866-321-8851 (toll free). U.K. customers can contact Kindle Support at [email protected] or by phone at: 0800-496-2449 (toll free) or outside the U.K.: +44 (0)800-496-2449 (charges will apply).
See also “Contacting Kindle Support” in Chapter 9.
CHAPTER 6
Accessing the Web
Your Kindle comes with an Experimental application called Web Browser, which is a standard web browser that's similar to other web browsers you may have used on a computer or another device. It supports JavaScript, SSL and cookies but does not support media plug-ins (Flash, Shockwave, etc.) or Java applets.
To use the web browser, make sure your Kindle is connected to Whispernet.
6.1 Using Web Browser
There are four ways to open the Web Browser. The two main ways are to select "launch browser" from the Experimental screen or to follow a link from within your reading material. Many of the blogs that you subscribe to from the Kindle Store have links to websites. Selecting these links will open Web Browser and take you to the URL (web address) associated with the link. If you select "launch browser" from the Experimental page, you will open to the last website you were viewing in your browser.
One other way of accessing Web Browser is to type in a word anytime from Home or any book, blog, newspaper, personal document, or magazine you happen to be reading. When you begin typing, a search box will pop up at the bottom of the screen, and you can use the 5-way controller to navigate to the right and select "google" or "wikipedia" from the menu to search those sites directly for the word you typed.
You can also enter a URL in the Search box from the Home page. Type the URL and use the 5-way to select "go to" and then press the 5-way.
Entering a URL
To enter the URL for a website, navigate to the top of the Browser screen to select the URL text field or press Menu and select "Enter URL". Begin typing a URL. When you are done typing, use the 5-way controller to select “go to” and press the 5-way controller to go to that website.
The URL text field retains the last URL you entered in case you want to quickly edit the same address and submit it again. If you want to enter a secure site with an "https" address, use the Delete key to delete the automatically entered "http://" and type the address you want.
To the right of the URL text field there is a button to stop loading or reload the current page. From there, use the 5-way to navigate to the right to select “google”, so you can quickly search with Google for the text entered in the URL text field. Or, navigate to the right again to search Wikipedia. To the left of the URL text field are shortcuts to navigate back and forward one page.
Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own
Bookmarks let you easily access a web page without needing to type the address every time. When you open Web Browser from the Experimental page for the first time, you will see a list of default bookmarks with links to news, sports, and other information. While browsing, you can also access the same list of bookmarks by selecting "Bookmarks" from the browser menu (just press the Menu button).
To add a website to the Bookmarks page, simply navigate to the site that you want to bookmark and press the Menu button. Move the cursor to "Bookmark This Page" and press the 5-way controller. Any new bookmarks will be added to the existing list on your Kindle.
You can remove a bookmark by going to your Bookmarks list and using the 5-way controller to navigate to the item that you want to delete. Navigate the 5-way left to display "delete bookmark." Press the 5-way and the site will be deleted from your Bookmarks. From the Bookmarks list, navigating the 5-way to the right lets you edit the name of the bookmark.
Using Next Page and Previous Page
Most web pages you find on the Internet will have more content than can be displayed on one page. Use the Next Page and Previous Pag
e buttons to scroll up or down to see more of the current web page. This is equivalent to using your mouse on a computer to move up and down in a web page. You can also move around the page using the directional buttons on the 5-way controller.
Selecting Links, Buttons, and Boxes
You can navigate the links on a web page by using the 5-way controller to move the cursor around the page. Links in Web Browser are shown as underlined words, just like the links you see when you're reading a book. Below is a web page with multiple selectable links.
Using the 5-way, position the cursor over a link, so that it changes to a hand icon , then press the 5-way to select that link. The browser will open that page.
If you want to enter information in an input field in a web page, for example, to search that site, you should move the cursor to that input field and begin typing. When you finish typing, press the Return key or select the nearby Go or Enter or Search button to retrieve the results. If there are radio buttons embedded within a web page, you can choose one by moving the cursor to the button you want to change and pressing the 5-way to "select" this button.
Zooming into Web Pages