FAKQ: Frequently Asked Kindle Questions
Frequently Asked Kindle Questions (FAKQ)This unofficial discussion is designed to help people find answers to common questions about the Kindle.It will list a question and then give you a link to another discussion where that question was answered. Links in a forum post can not be "live" (you won’t be able to click on them to go to the discussion). You will be copying and pasting it into a "browser window". If you aren’t sure how to do that, see below.These are unofficial: they are just forum members helping forum members. Other sources are listed below the links.Please feel free to ask questions in this thread.Answers and questions may be added frequently. Please add this discussion to your internet browser favorites, so you can find it again.THE QUESTIONS:Q. How do I organize the books on my Kindle (or why aren’t there folders?)Q. What about using the Kindle internationally?Q. My Kindle’s not working: what do I do?Q. What about the battery?Q. Should I put the Kindle in sleep mode or turn it off?Q. I don’t have Whispernet access: how do I get books?Q. How do I put a personal document on my Kindle?Q. How do I set my clock? How do I see what time it is?Q. What about textbooks?Q. How do I publish my own book for the Kindle?Q. How can I find recommendations for books?Q. How do I search by author or price?Q. How do I play music?Q. Does it play any games?Q. How do I get them to put a book on the Kindle?Q. Why isn’t my favorite book on the Kindle?Q. Why can’t you put Kindle books on a wish list?Q. How good is the text-to-speech on the Kindle?Q. Why is the text-to-speech blocked on some titles?Q. What’s the difference between the Kindles?Q. How does the Kindle compare to other readers?Q. Does it have a backlight?Q. Can I sell or loan my Kindle books?Q. Why don’t the books cost less?Q. Where can I get free books?Q. What cover do you recommend?Q. How do you clean the screen?Q. Why doesn’t the sort by author work?Q. Does the Kindle support languages other than English?Q. Can I read my Kindle books on my computer?Q. Where are the page numbers?Q. How can I cite a Kindle edition for a paper?Q. Why are there so many versions of the same book? How do I know which one to pick?Q. How do I move my books from my old Kindle to my new one?Q. Why isn’t my Experimental page working?Q. Can I get e-mail on my Kindle?Q. How good is the web browser?Q. Can you share a newspaper subscription on two Kindles?Q. Does the Kindle show color pages?Q. How do you change the "screensaver"?Q. Can you change the font?Q. Where do I sell my old Kindle?Q. When I sell my Kindle, what happens to the books on it?Q. Where can I buy a Kindle in a store?Q. Why doesn’t Amazon rent books?Q. Why doesn’t Amazon offer a flat monthly fee?Q. If I bought a paper book, do I have to pay for the Kindle version?Q. Can you use a Kindle on an airplane?Q. How do I archive my books?Q. How fragile is a Kindle?Q. Can I listen to audiobooks?Q. How do I cancel an order for a book?Q. How do I keep my Kindle safe at the beach?Q. Can I read my newspaper subscriptions on my iPhone?Q. Do I need a Kindle to get Kindle books on my iPhone?Q. How do I reach Customer Service?Q. How do I find the manuals?Q. Why would I want a Kindle instead of a netbook?Q. What happens to my books if Amazon goes out of business?===================Amazon has its own Kindle help page here:http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html(Amazon thread relevant to the discussion)It has Frequently Asked Questions, the User’s Guides (which you can read on your computer), and a way to contact Customer Service.Amazon also has this official thread:http://www.amazon.com/tag/kindle/forum/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx1XWROEYYNYZUA(Amazon thread relevant to the discussion)and there is another unofficial one, which follows a different structure, here:http://www.amazon.com/tag/kindle/forum/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx3BRY9CJSM118Y(Amazon thread relevant to the discussion)================To see the answer (and the discussions of that answer by other forum members):1. You may want to open another "browser" window so you don’t leave where you are in the forum. If you are using Internet Explorer in Windows, there is often a blue "e" in your bottom left corner of the screen, near the start menu. Click that to get started2. Go back to this discussion (FAKQ). You should be able to do Alt+Tab on your Windows based computer to go back and forth3. Highlight the link you want: hold down the left mouse button and drag over it so it turns blue: make sure you get the whole link4. Copy it. You can use CTRL+C or right-click on it and choose copy5. Go back to the other browser window you opened (Alt+Tab should work)6.Click in the address bar at the top of the screen (next to where it says Address). If you click once, it should turn the address which is currently showing blue. If it does, you can just paste (CTRL+V). If you have trouble with it turning blue, you can highlight it like you did the link7. If you hit Enter or click Go, it should take you to your answer
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