Browsing the Kindle Store

CHAPTER 9

Your Kindle and Amazon.com

In addition to shopping directly from your device, you can acquire the same books, magazines, newspaper subscriptions and other content you ﬁnd on the Kindle Store using a Web browser on your computer. You can also go to the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com to manage your Kindle account, change or cancel a subscription, or look up a past Kindle order. If you need help, Kindle Support on Amazon.com gives you information, e-mail, and phone access to dedicated customer service representatives.

9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com

This section shows you how to purchase content for your Kindle on Amazon.com. As with purchases on the Kindle Store, Kindle content is auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle for no additional charge.

When browsing the Kindle Store on Amazon.com, you use categories and sub-categories to ﬁnd content that suits your interests. Each page shows listings of content relevant to the categories or sub categories you have navigated to and clicked on. Once inside a category, you can further reﬁne your browse by topic. Each page shows the path taken so you can easily retrace your steps.

Searching the Kindle Store

When searching the Kindle Store on Amazon.com, you use the Amazon.com search engine to ﬁnd relevant Kindle content associated with the keyword or phrase that you type into the search box. The search engine ﬁnds and displays lists of content along with descriptive images, titles, authors and price information. You can narrow results by categories by clicking in the browse links to the left of the search results. You can also go back to remove your keyword and try another search.

Getting the Details

The product detail page for Kindle content provides the most pertinent information to help you make a purchase decision. In addition to cover image, title, author and pricing information, the product detail page gives you insight into the content from other readers. For example, you can read customer reviews and check out "Customers who bought this also bought" to ﬁnd out what other customers have enjoyed. From the product detail page you can purchase Kindle books, newspapers, blogs and other periodicals with Amazon.com 1-Click.

Ordering Content

Ordering content from the product detail page is as easy as the click of a button. Similar to ordering directly from your Kindle, you can place orders from detail pages on Amazon.com and receive your content in under a minute. Once you make a selection, your order is auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle. You do not need to use your computer to download your content. If you have more than one Kindle, you can use the "Buy Box" to choose which Kindle should receive your order.