How to delete bookmarks on your Kindle
There are a couple of ways to delete the bookmarks on your Kindle reader: While the book is open on your Kindle 2, go to a bookmarked page. Touch the menu button. Click delete bookmark.
Or
While in the book, press Menu, go to My Notes and Mark“, then move the 5-way selector to what you want (up and down, don’t actually press to select it) and then press the delete key. This will remove not only bookmarks, but highlights and notes as well.
How to archive the e-books you already read on your Kindle reader
Ever wondered how to archive the books you already read on your Kindle reader? It is pretty simple: from the Home Screen move your 5 way controller until the line is under the book you want to remove. Then press the 5 way to the left. You will see the message “remove from device“. Press the 5 way and the book will go to the Archive file.
How to buy Kindle ebooks using an Amazon gift card
Buying books for your Kindle at Amazon using a gift card is quite simple:
- Purchase or receive the gift card
- Apply it to your account
That’s it!
The next time you purchase a Kindle book the cost of the book automatically gets deducted from your gift card balance. That’s how one-click works: it deducts purchases from any available gift card before it charges your credit card. If you don’t have enough money in your gift card balance, then you’ll have to provide a credit card for the remainder. Simple little way to buy stuff, this is how many people in Canada manage to get their Kindle books.
Hundreds of thousands of Kindle ebooks are available
Amazon isn’t the only place where you can get ebooks for your electronic Kindle reader. There are tons of places out there, here is a short list of the best ones:
- www.gutenberg.org Mostly classic ebooks or ebooks that no longer have copywrite
- www.freekindlebooks.org Mostly Gutenberg ebooks in a kindle reader ready format
- www.worldlibrary.net Almost half a million electronic books available, although it does require an $8.95 yearly subscription fee
- www.fictionwise.com Offers both unencrypted and encrypted electronic .mobi files
- www.webscriptions.net Mostly SiFi. Choose Kindle reader compatible for the download of your boks
- www.mnybks.net If you access it through the basic WebBrowser in Kindle, you can download the books directly.
- www.ccel.org Christian centered ebook works.
- Baen.com Free and very inexpensive SciFi e-books for your Kindle ereader
- Freetechbooks.com Great site for free tech e-books such as computer science, engineering and programming, textbooks and lecture notes.
- www.BookYards.com This is a relatively easy to navigate website, with plenty of free ebooks to download to your reader.
The Kindle Is Cool
Here’s a couple of videos explaining the Amazon Kindle. The first one is a nice review from Cnet. The second elaborates a little on why any one would want a Kindle. Or not!
The Amazon Kindle
Who Needs a Kindle?
