CHAPTER 2
Getting to Know Kindle Content
The Kindle Home screen gives you an overall picture of what you currently have on your Kindle. It
shows you what has arrived recently, what you are reading, and where you are in your reading.
The Content Manager allows you to move content from Your Media Library on Amazon.com to your
Kindle or SD memory card. In addition, you can move or remove content on your Kindle or SD
memory card. Read below for more details.
2.1 The Home Screen
Your Home screen displays a list of all of your reading materials – books, newspapers, magazines,
personal documents, as well as audiobooks. It serves as a personal bookshelf for all of your reading
material, as well as a starting point to access other Kindle features.
To display the Home screen, press the Home key in the bottom row of your Kindle keyboard or
select Home from the application menu. By default, the Home screen lists all of the items that you
have on your Kindle beginning with the most recently viewed (or acquired) items. Each type of
content has a slightly different description and label. You can read more about the types of content
available in Chapter 3.
Kindle Books
Books are shown by title and author. Your place in the book is indicated by the progress indicator
beneath the book title. The length of the progress indicator gives you an approximation of how long
the book is and the bold dots indicate how far along you are in the book based on the last page you
viewed.
Periodicals
Periodicals are items that are purchased as a single issue or as a subscription delivered on a regular
basis. Periodicals include newspapers and magazines. Each periodical is grouped in one line on the
Home screen indicated by the white grouping indicator on the right side of the display as shown
below. Selecting the grouping indicator will take you to a screen displaying all the issues of the
periodical that you have on your Kindle.
Blogs
Blogs are subscription based and also appear on the Home screen as a single entry like books. As
additional blog content arrives, they will be added to the item much like a blog works on a computer.
Audiobooks
Audiobooks look similar to books, but they include an icon identifying them as audiobooks. Like
