How to Buy Amazon Kindle Books
In this eBook and digital reading age, Amazon Kindle books has changed the way we read books. Kindle provides an all-encompassing solution for book lovers and whatever you are de-cluttering on shelves of books or upgrading your current e-reader, you can find that solution on Kindle. From buying eBooks in seconds to a new cutting edge feature that allows you to add notes from the Kindle to any website or PDF document, there is a Kindle device for every type of reader.
Over a decade and a half, Len Edgerly has been Kindle Chronicles, the voice behind the podcast devoted to Amazon’s perfect little e-reader. He’s interviewed countless authors, from Jeff Bezos twice to Dean Koontz, to Margaret Atwood and Mohsin Hamid, on more than 700 episodes. As one who is dedicated to the Kindle family, I cannot even begin to tell you that his insights will help you get the most from your reading.
In this guide we’ll have a look at how you can buy books for your Kindle, unbox the latest Kindle models including the great Kindle Scribe, and how the smartest reading device just got smarter. This guide give you the most valuable information about of your Amazon Kindle books. These features will either make you a better Kindle reader or bring out even more of your Kindle power user! Stay connected with AMZ Updates for latest information.
How to Buy Amazon Kindle Books?
Purchasing books for your Kindle is quick and easy, regardless of the model you own. Here’s a step-by-step guide:
- Set Up Your Kindle
Make sure your Kindle Unlimited is hooked up to your Amazon account before you buy anything. Just connect to Wi-Fi, setup using the on screen instructions, and then use your Amazon credentials to log in.
- Browse the Kindle Store
Head to Home tab on your Kindle and click the Kindle Store. There is personalized recommendations, bestsellers, and new releases. To search for a specific books or authors, use the search bar at the top.
- Make Your Purchase
After you have found a book you want to read, hit it and you will see the details and reviews. If you want to buy, just click on Buy Now or Buy for [$Price]. It will instantly download to your Kindle library, and you’ll be prepared to read.
- Kindle Unlimited Subscribers: No extra spend: Access over 3 million titles. You can just borrow the books from the Kindle Unlimited part in the store.
- Add Audible Narration: With an Audible narration available (look for it in checkout), it adds that much more to enhance your experience with an audiobook.
- For Kindle App Users
If you are using the Kindle app on iOS, Android, Fire devices, you should purchase books from Amazon website. Once the eBook is purchased it will automatically sync with your app and your Kindle device.
Discovering the Kindle Scribe: The First Kindle for Writing and Reading
If you’re the kind of reader who needs to take notes, make lists, or journal while you read, then the Kindle Scribe is a game changer. Here’s what makes it stand out:
- Larger Display: The 10.2 inch glare free screen of 300 ppi has a paper like reading and writing experience.
- Writing Tools: To write directly on PDFs, create notebooks or annotate eBooks use the included Pen (Basic or Premium).
- It also includes a customizable shortcut button, and an eraser, in order to seamlessly edit.
- Organized Notes: Book is automatically syncing handwritten notes that are organized by book. These notes can be exported via email and easily retrieved.
- Templates for Creativity: From which you can choose 18 templates to make your journals, lists or detailed notes.
The Scribe doesn’t yet convert handwriting into text, or sync with an external tool like OneNote currently, but Amazon frequently updates it to add more functionality.
6 Best Kindle Features of All Time
1. Highlighting: Mark Your Favorite Moments
One of Edgerly’s longest standing favorite features is highlighting. This simple but powerful tool — available on almost any Kindle device — lets you highlight passages by a tap. Edgerly, who uses his Kindle Scribe for interviews on occasion, spends a lot of time highlighting when preparing for one.
“It’s a Amazon Kindle books. I’ll highlight heavily when I’m preparing for an interview with an author,” he tells us. It’s helpful for having a list of the highlights that worked for me to guide an intelligent interview. It gets even easier with the Kindle Scribe’s stylus: just highlight with a click to quickly capture important insights and quotes you see while reading.
2. Popular Highlights: Crowdsource What Matters Most
Have you ever wondered which parts of a given book resonate with other readers? That’s possible thanks to the Popular Highlights feature. It helps you find out passages that other Kindle users read and found meaningful, and so have a shared reading experience.
For Edgerly, it’s a fascinating way to see what stood out to others:
“It’s a really cool way to crowdsource feedback, where a thousand people thought so much of a particular passage in the book that they decided to highlight it.” This feature gives a social angle to your Kindle reading whether you’re reading it for pleasure or for study.
3. Collections: Keep Your Library Organized
Edgerly has thousands of eBooks in his Kindle library, and uses Collections to keep it all organized. Readers can use this tool to categorize their books into genres, interests and projects.
“Iguian, 1k books on my Kindle library, probably.” “If it was a pile of books and it didn’t have Collections … it would be a daunting pile of books,” he says. With Collections, you can bring order to your novels, self-help books, academic books — and so on — so that you don’t spend your valuable time looking, but only reading.
4. X-Ray: Dive Deeper Into Details
Amazon Kindle books exclusive X-Ray feature which provides additional context for the characters, topics and events in the book. Just press and hold a word or phrase to see something like where a character has shown up in the whole book.
Edgerly adds that it’s particularly helpful with fiction that has lots of characters and twists. It’s helpful sometimes to actually just sit with someone’s X Ray file and remember who they were so that you can keep telling the story.” “You can’t do that in a paper book,” it’s something. X -Ray cuts through the confusion and, both for casual and serious readers, keeps the reader in their element.
5. Print Size: Tailor Text to Your Needs
One of the very practical ones about Kindle is that you get adjustable print size making the books accessible to a wide range of readers. The text size can always be customized to make the text as small or as big as you want, so you can choose whether you would like to read small text or large.
Edgerly says his wife loves this feature. The Kindle books is on huge print for her that’s how she likes it. “Then it’s just nice to pick a print that just feels good for you.” One of the most helpful features for reading are those with a visual impairment or those enjoying a large print book without the additional expense.
6. Word Wise: A Learning Tool for All Ages
Word Wise is a game changer for young readers or those approaching new words. With the click of a word, users can flip open their definition immediately, which makes this a wonderful language learning tool.
Edgerly’s grandson finds this feature particularly helpful:
Stories Edgerly likes to tell include one about his grandson, who, when faced with difficult words, doesn’t have to endure, he can simply click on the word and learn something new. This feature turns reading into an educational experience as it helps our readers expand their vocabularies simply.
Why Choose Kindle?
Whether you are a fan of light reading or a bookworm amazon Kindle has something for you. Here are a few reasons why Kindle stands out:
- Massive Library: Read millions of books, listen to audiobooks as well as read comics via the Kindle Store or Kindle Unlimited.
- Eco-Friendly: Reduce your carbon footprint by switching to digital books.
- Customization: Font Size, Line spacing, and brightness can be adjusted to have a customized reading experience.
- Long Battery Life: Enjoy weeks of reading on a single charge.
- Portability: Lightweight designs make it easy to carry your library wherever you go.
Conclusion: Enhance Your Reading Journey with Kindle
The Amazon Kindle books lineup has something for every reader: affordable, cutting edge. No matter if this is your first eBook purchase, you are upgrading from a basic Kindle model like the Kindle Paperwhite, or even exploring what the future of writing holds with the Kindle Scribe, there is a device that will enhance why you love to read. Kindle sets you on a path to highlight, organize and even dig deeper into your library with X-Ray; learn more with Word Wise as you read; and takes the reading experience to a whole new level. Len Edgerly shows that these tools are not merely functional, but transformative. Whether you’re getting ready for an interview, teaching your child to read or simply enjoying your favorite novel, Amazon Kindle books features all help you connect with books in ways never before.
Nothing excites us like the thought of how an eBook downloaded to your Kindle can exceed the size of a simple business card and enable you to take the leap into digital reading today. Try these features out on your own Kindle device, and you’ll see the ways they can improve your reading. To help you determine which Kindle is right for you if you’re considering upgrading or trying Kindle for the first time, read through the full Kindle lineup.
