10 Cool Tricks You Can Do With Your Kindle

The Kindle is a versatile piece of digital mechanics. I mean, after all, you can access billions of words of text from millions of books and articles in less time than it takes to microwave popcorn. But, alas, your Kindle can not microwave popcorn.
On the other hand Kindles can do lots of other cool stuff. Some models can even do some super cool stuff.

Send Documents
If you have a Fire tablet, Kindle e-reader, or a Kindle reading app that’s connected to your Amazon account, you can use Kindle Personal Documents Service. You just email the document to your Send-to-Kindle email address. For exact instructions, just head over to Amazon’s Kindle site.

Convert Your Documents Into Kindle-friendly Files
When you send a document to your Kindle, you may find some problems. For instance, the text can be too big, or too small. In other words, the doc will be unreadable. However, you can convert the documents to a Kindle-friendly format with one step. Before you send your document via email, just write “convert” in the subject line. The document will instantly convert once you send it to your Send-to-Kindle address.

Check It Out!
Kindle has a cool feature that makes a visit to your public library’s website — a highly, highly recommended activity — an eBook-friendly venture. You can check out library books with your Kindle at the library.
All you have to do is go to your library’s website and see if they have an eBooks section. If they do, in most cases, you just pick a book you like and then go to the checkout page. Next, sign into your Amazon account. You will then pick what kind of reader you have and click send. Once you are connected to a WiFi, you can download the file to your device.

Be The Library
You can also be your own kind of library through a Kindle feature that lets you loan a book for two weeks. You don’t have to share your account, either. First step: go to Amazon.com/mycd and select the book title that you want to share. Click on the action button, then Loan This Title. Pick the person you want to loan the book to. If there’s a title that can’t be shared, it is probably because that title is not eligible for the loan program.

Read Web Articles
Many people think that the Kindle is just a way to read books electronically, but they are only part right. Savvy Kindlers use their device as a way to read articles they have stumbled on the web. You know the scenario:, You scour the web all day for something interesting to read and you finally find one — about 20 seconds before you are forced to go into a meeting. A few apps, like Instapaper or Pocket, allow you to save an article online. The article then is saved to devices that you have synched up to the app. All you have to do is download the app to your phone or tablet and set up Kindle as the destination site for your article or post. That’s usually found in the settings of the app.

Screenshots
Several versions of the Kindle have a secret skill. They can take a screenshot for you. If you have an original Kindle, you can hold down the alt+shift+G buttons to grab a screenshot. For the The Kindle Voyage and Paperwhite : Just press the two opposite corners of the screen at the same time. If you own a Kindle Touch, it’s a little different: Hold down the Home button and then tap on the screen. If you want to grab the screenshot from your device, you need to use a USB, connect it to the Kindle, and find the .png file. Then, boom. You have your screenshot.

Easter Egg Kindle Games
For those of you with older Kindles — ones with a physical keyboard, for the most part — you might be able to access free (and hidden) games. If you hold down alt+shift+M at the home screen, the Minesweeper will come up on the screen. If you hold the G key when you are on the Minesweeper screen, you’ll find that a game called GoMoku will appear.

Share Text Is A Tweet Feature
If you want to share text from your Kindle. Just press your finger on the word at the beginning of the text you want to share. Drag your finger along the text and it will begin to highlight the passage. Options will pop up on ways to bookmark or share the passage.

Share Your Account
This tip comes with some cautions, but Amazon allows you the ability to share your account with trusted friends and family. “Trusted” is the key word here. It’s referred to as a family library account. To link the account, you must first proceed to your home screen, then hit the menu. Go to settings. Then registration. Hit household. Then family library. Tap add a new person. And then add an adult.
The person you’re adding must enter an Amazon account ID and password. Once they enter that information he or she can share your account.
You can share all of your books or just individual titles.
Here’s the thing, though. Once this is set up, your invited guest can also use credit cards associated with the accounts to make purchases on the Amazon site. So, unless you’re OK with your library guest going on a shopping spree with your credit card, you must absolutely trust the person that you’re granting access.

Listen In Kindle
You know that you love to read your Kindle, but did you know your Kindle loves to read, too? Well, I’m not sure it loves it. But it can read to you. All you have to do is open the book or document that you want read and tap the Menu button. Then, you can select Text-to-Speech. Kindle will begin to read the book or document just like an audiobook.

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