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Chapter 3 Reading on Kindle

You can edit the “My Clippings” file on your computer.

To edit the “My Clippings” file:

1.Connect your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable.

2.Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive.

3.Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled Documents. Transfer the “My Clippings” file out of this folder.

4.Open the “My Clippings” file on your computer using an application that can read or import a .txt file.

5.Make the changes and save the edited file as a text file.

6.Transfer the “My Clippings” file back to the “Documents” folder on your Kindle.

7.Eject your Kindle from your computer before removing the USB cable.

Changing your “My Clippings” file does not affect any notes, bookmarks, or highlights you’ve made in the actual content. The next time you read the content, you can still use them for navigation and reference.

To remove the “My Clippings” file from your Kindle:

1.Press the Home button and use the 5-way to navigate down until “My Clippings” is underlined.

2.Use the 5-way to navigate to the left to highlight “delete.”

3.Press the 5-way to confirm.

4.Press the 5-way to select “ok.”

Kindle adds a new “My Clippings” file the next time you add a clipping or annotation to any content.

The amount of text you can add to the “My Clippings” file from each item may be limited. The “My Clippings” file will include a note informing you if a clipping limit has been reached for a given item.

3.6 Sharing Notes and Highlights with Your Social Network

You can link your Kindle to your social network accounts such as Facebook and Twitter so that you can share your notes and highlights with others in your social network. Sharing your notes and highlights is a great way to tell others about the books, periodicals, and personal documents you’re reading.

Before you can share your notes and highlights, you must first link your Kindle to your social network accounts. See “Linking Your Kindle to Your Social Network Accounts” in Chapter 7 for more information.

Sharing Your Notes and Highlights

Sharing your notes and highlights with your social networks is easy once you’ve linked your Kindle to your social network accounts. For example, on Twitter, your note is added as a tweet in your Twitter stream along with a link to the passage you highlighted in the book, article, or personal document.