Kindle 3 Handout with Hands-On Exercises (12/2014)

Kindle 3 Handout with Hands-On Exercises
Preliminary Setup Requirements for Kindle Owners:
 An Amazon.com account.
 Access to a Wi-Fi connection in order to shop for content. (Unless you have a
version that supports a 3G cellular connection.)
Section I: Getting to Know Your Kindle 3
Turn the Kindle On:
Slide the power button to the right to turn on the Kindle. The power button is located
on the bottom edge of the device to the right.
Turning on the Kindle will take you to the screen you were on the last time you turned
off the device.
Home Button:
The Home Button is located at in the lower-right of the keyboard. Use it any time you
want to return to the Home Screen.
Created by Michael P. Sauers Last Updated: 11/24/2014
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Home Screen:
The home screen shows you the titles that
you currently have on your Kindle. Use the
cursor buttons to move within this list. Up
and down will move you through the list.
Pressing left will give you the option to
delete the title you have currently selected
while pressing right will give you additional
details about the selected title.
The dotted line beneath each title represents the approximate length of the book along
with how far along you have read.
From here you can also move up the line above the titles. Once there, press right to see
additional title sorting options.
Use the page left and page right buttons to move to the next and previous pages on
the home screen. The current page number and total number of pages will be displayed
at the bottom of the screen.
The Menu Button:
The menu button is located above the directional controller on the keyboard and is
contextual. In other words, depending on the screen you’re currently on, the menu
button will give you different options.
You navigate through the menu using the directional controller. To exit a menu press
the Menu button again.
Open a Book:
To open a book, select the title from the menu and press the select button. (The button
at the center of the directional controller with the dot)
Turn Pages in a Book
To turn pages in a book use the Previous Page and Next Page buttons located on both
sides of the screen. Please be aware that unlike Web browsing the buttons on the left
do not automatically mean “go back”. This design is to support both left-handed and
right-handed readers. Additionally, notice that the Next Page button is the larger of the
two since it tends to be used more often.

Section I: Getting to Know Your Kindle 3 – Review
Spend your first few minutes of hands-on time making sure you are familiar with the
location and functionality of the following:
 Power Button – Where is it?
 Home Button – What does it do?
 Menu Button – What menu options are available from the library?
 Searching – Try searching your library for Nebraska.
 Home Screen – Can you page back and forth through the library?
 Opening a book – Find and open Zendegi by Greg Egan?
 Menu Button – What menu options are available from within a book?

Section II: Using Your Kindle 3 with OverDrive
Checking out and downloading OverDrive eBooks on a Kindle 1, 2 or 3 does involve a
computer and a Web browser. You may also need the USB cable for your Kindle if you
are downloading books from particular publishers.
First you will need an Amazon.com account. This should have been created as part of
the original setup of your Kindle. This can also be done @ Amazon.com (You do not
need to create an account as part of this workshop. We have done that for you
already.)
Section II: Getting to Know Your Kindle 3
1. On your assigned computer, go to http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com.
2. Sign in using your temporary patron information (Chadron Public Library and
library card number provided at your station).
3. Browse the collection for a Kindle eBook (not audiobook) to check out. (Be
sure to use the option for showing only available titles and don’t worry about
finding a title you actually want to read.)
4. Check out the book.
5. Click the “Download (Select one format)” button, select “Kindle Book”, then
click “Confirm & Download”. This will send you over to Amazon.com.
6. Sign into your account if needed. (Check with the instructors if you are asked
to log in to Amazon.com.)
See the first screenshot on next page for help in determining the next step.
 If the book can be delivered wirelessly:
Select your device and click Get Library Book. Switch over to the Kindle and
make sure you have an active WiFi connection. Book should start
downloading to the Kindle. There is no need to click the Download now
button.
 If the book cannot be delivered wirelessly:
Click “Get Library Book”, choose your device, then click Continue to save the
file to your computer. Connect your Kindle to your computer via USB cable
and transfer the file to your device’s Documents folder just as you would
move a file to a flash drive.

To Return a book:
1. If you’re already in the Amazon.com site in
your computer’s browser look for a
“Manage your Kindle” link. Otherwise you
can go directly to kindle.amazon.com, and
find it there under “Hello username” in the
upper-right corner. (You may be asked to
log into your Amazon.com account.)
2. Find your library book in the list (it’s probably at or near the top) and click the
Actions… button and select “Return this book”.
3.
4. Once the book has been returned you can click the Actions… button again to
delete it from your reading history if you wish.

5. The Kindle should automatically update itself and make the book unreadable. To
delete the book off the Kindle, select the book in the library, navigate left, and
press enter.
Example e-mail from Amazon.com
sent three days prior to your book
being due:
Example e-mail from Amazon.com
sent when the book has been
returned:

Section III: Reading eBooks on Your Kindle 3
Text Tools
Once you’ve opened a book the Text key
(the one to the right of the space bar
labeled AA) will give you controls for
adjusting the text size, typeface, line
spacing, words per line, text-to-speech (if
available for the title), and screen rotation.
Use the directional controller to navigate
and change these options.
Navigating within a book
One of the menu items in a book is “Go
to…” Selecting this option will give you
the ability to navigate within the open
title. Here you can choose default
options such as the table of contents,
beginning and end among others. You
can also enter a page number to go
directly to that page.

Search This Book
While in a book, press the Menu button and navigate to “Search This Book”. You are
now given a search box at the bottom of the screen. Here you can type in the
keyword(s) you are looking for. Once you have entered your search you can
either navigate right to “find” and press the select button, or more easily, press the
enter key on the keyboard. (Shown right.)
Bookmarks
By default, the Kindle remembers where you last left off in a book. However, you may
want to bookmark a spot in the book for an easy return later. Bookmarks can be found
under the Menu button. Selecting “Add a bookmark” will automatically do just that for
the page you’re currently on. Once you have added a bookmark for a particular page,
that menu item will change to “Delete bookmark” while you’re on that page.
To find your bookmarks open the Menu and select My Notes & Marks.
Notes & Highlights
Press the Menu button again and select Add a Note or Highlight. Once you do that a
cursor will appear on the screen at the bottom-left. Using the directional controller
move your cursor to the place where you would like the highlighting to start or your
note to appear.
To highlight (underline) a passage, press the select button. Then move the cursor to
the end of the passage and press the select button again. The passage should now be
underlined.
To add a note, once your cursor is in position, start typing your note using the
keyboard. When done select the “save note” option. (Save & Share saves your note but
also shares it out to social networks you’ve connected your device to. We have not
enabled this option on the Commissions’ Kindle.)
As with bookmarks, you can find your notes and highlights under the View notes &
highlights menu option.
View Popular Highlights
One of the things that Amazon does with highlighted content is sync it to your account
in Amazon.com and share that information with others. It doesn’t say who highlighted
what but selecting View Popular Highlights from the Menu will show you commonly
highlighted passages from the current title.

Settings
Let’s head back home and see what other things we can change about our Kindle
experience as a whole. At home, press Menu, and then select Settings. Here there are
three pages of settings. (Please do not actually change any of them.)
 Registration — this is the Amazon account name to which your Kindle is
registered. All Kindle Store and other charges will be applied to the credit card
associated with your 1-Click account.
 Device Name — lets you personalize your Kindle by giving it a name. This
name shows at the top of the Home screen.
 Wi-Fi Settings — displays the number of available (detected) Wi-Fi networks,
and shows the name of the Wi-Fi network you are currently connected to. If you
are not connected to a Wi-Fi network, the “Network” field displays “not
connected.” Select “view” to view detected Wi-Fi networks or set up a new Wi-Fi
network.
 Device Info — displays the Wi-Fi MAC Address, serial number, and network
capability (Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi and 3G) of your device.
 Voice Guide — lets you navigate your Kindle with spoken menus, selectable
items, and descriptions.
 Device E-mail — this is the e-mail address of your Kindle. You and your friends
can send documents to this address and they will be converted by Amazon and
sent to your Kindle. To edit this e-mail address, go to:
http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle (U.S. and other countries)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/manageyourkindle (UK customers)
 Device Password — secure your Kindle and restrict access to your content by
setting a password. If you set a password, you will be prompted to enter it when
you turn your Kindle on or wake it from sleep. If your Kindle is sleeping when
you attach it to a computer using the USB cable, you will also be prompted to
enter your password in order to attach your Kindle to your computer.
 Device Time — lets you set the current local time on your Kindle. On Kindle
models that include 3G, you can have Kindle automatically set the device time.
 Social Networks — allows you to link your Kindle to your social network
accounts so that you can share your notes and highlights with others in your
social network.
 Popular Highlights — allows you to turn on or off the display of popular
passages highlighted by others in the books you are reading.
 Public Notes — allows you to turn on or off the display of the notes and
highlights of people you follow in the books you are reading.

 Annotations Backup — allows you to turn on or off the automatic backup of
your annotations, last page read, and collections at Amazon. Disable this feature
if you do not want your annotations backed up or shared in Popular Highlights.
 Personal Info — enter your contact information here such as an address or
phone number, in case you lose your Kindle. Press the Symbol key to enter
numbers or symbols not present on the Kindle keyboard.
Experimental
The last item under the home Menu is Experimental. Selecting that will give you three
options: Web Browser, Play MP3, and Text-to-Speech
The Web browser is functional but since the Kindle is an eInk device it’s not the most
user friendly browser you’ve ever used. The other issue is that since there is no mouse,
you need to rely on the directional controller to move around on the screen.
The Play MP3 option takes you to the directory on your Kindle that contains any
uploaded MP3 files. Unfortunately, there is no music installed on our Kindle.
The Text-to-Speech section here is purely a description. Depending on the titles
installed this feature may or may not work.
Section III: Reading eBooks on the Kindle 3 - Review
For this hands-on exercise you will need to experiment with the functionality of the
reading tools built in to the NOOK Color and the reading tools available through the
OverDrive Media Console app. Here are some ideas about what to try in each
reading environment:
 Turn pages
 Jump to a particular page/location
 Search for text
 Experiment with text display options
 Investigate added features, like highlighting, bookmarks, text-to-speech, and
popular highlights etc.
This material was created as part of the 2010 Institute of Museum and Library Services 21st Century
Librarian program grant to the Nebraska Library Commission

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