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CHAPTER 2: Getting to Know Kindle Content
The Kindle Home screen gives you an overall picture of what you currently have on
your Kindle. It shows you what has arrived recently, what you are reading, and where
you are in your reading. It also allows you to remove content from your Kindle and to
move content from Amazon.com to your Kindle. Read below for more details.
2.1 The Home Screen
Your Home screen displays a list of all of your Kindle reading materials — books,
newspapers, magazines, blogs, personal documents, as well as audiobooks. It serves
as a personal bookshelf for all of your reading material, as well as a starting point to
access other Kindle features.
To display the Home screen, press the Home button on the right edge of your Kindle.
By default, the Home screen lists all of the items that you have on your Kindle
beginning with the most recently viewed (or acquired) items. Each type of content
has a slightly different description and label. You can read more about the types of
content available in Chapter 3.
KINDLE BOOKS
Books are shown by title and author. Below the book title are a series of dots which
give you an approximation of how long the book is. Bold dots within the series
indicate how far along you are in the book based on the last page you viewed.
PERIODICALS
Periodicals include newspapers and magazines that can be purchased as a single issue
or as a subscription delivered on a regular basis. Your Home screen lists the most
recent issue of each periodical you have on your Kindle. Older issues appear inside a
grouping called Periodicals: Back Issues. Selecting the grouping takes you to a screen
that displays the back issues of all the periodicals you have on your Kindle. Note that
Kindle automatically deletes issues that are more than seven issues old to free up
space for new content. An exclamation point next to an issue indicates that it will
be deleted within 48 hours.