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Q. How do I delete a book from my Kindle? I am loving reading books on my Kindle! I’ve had it for three months and I’ve finished ten books. I don’t know why but I seem to read faster on my Kindle.
But I don’t want to keep the books on my Kindle that I’ve already. How do I delete them? And if I delete them are they gone forever? Thanks, love your blog!
A. Thank you very much, I’m so glad you love the blog. Yes, you can delete books from your Kindle (or Kindle apps on iPhone, Android, iPad, etc.) and they will remain in your Amazon account. Don’t delete them from your Amazon account though or they will be gone for good.
To delete a book from your Kindle, press the Home button which takes you to your list of books on your Kindle. Toggle down to the book you want to delete. Press the left side of the button and you will be prompted to confirm whether you want to remove the book from your device. Confirm that you do by pressing the middle of the button and move onto the next book. (Note: for the Kindle 2, move your white stick to the left to remove the book and press the stick to confirm.)
Don’t worry, just because you deleted the book doesn’t mean that it’s gone from your Amazon account. Go to www.amazon.com/myk on your computer and you will see that your book you just deleted is still in your account. You can upload the book to your Kindle again whenever you want to.
Happy reading!
Q. I’m loving the apps you tell me about but my iPhone is getting kind of full. I’m up to five screens of apps! What’s the quickest way to get to an app on my iPhone without having to hunt through all five screens?
A. The quickest way to locate an app on your iPhone is to use Spotlight Search. You can access the Spotlight Search screen by:
- double clicking the home button to bring up the Spotlight Search screen.
- clicking the home button once to bring up the home screen, then swipe to the right to reveal the Spotlight Search screen.
- keep swiping to the right from any screen until you reach the Spotlight Search screen.
Tap in the search bar at the top of the Spotlight Search screen, which brings up the keyboard. Start typing the name of the app and a list of items will appear. When your desired app appears, click on the listing and that will open the app.
Using Spotlight Search is much quicker than hunting through your screens for your apps.
If you have recently used the app, double click the home button and a bottom toolbar will appear with icons of apps that are open on the phone. Press an icon to open the app. If you don’t see the icon, swipe to the left for the next row of apps that are open. Don’t forget to close any apps that you are not using! (See, Tech-Knowledgy: Facebook Etiquette, App Advice and More! for information on how to close apps on the iPhone).
If you find yourself using an app a lot, move it to your home screen. If you really use an app a lot, consider giving it a prime location by moving it to your bottom row (a/k/a Dock) so it appears on every screen.
Note that these suggestions will work for the iPad and iPod Touch as well.
Q. Can you record on a Roku? I would love to be able to record Netflix movies and watch them later.
A. Thanks for your question. I get this question a lot and while it would be great to record Netflix movies, unfortunately Roku doesn’t record. Further, you can’t record from a Roku either, so you shouldn’t worry about connecting your dvr to your Roku box. Netflix would probably lose a lot of members if everyone could just record Netflix movies to their Roku devices to watch later.
You can watch a lot of other media on Roku, such as Crackle, Hulu+, Amazon Instant Video, etc. but you can’t record movies from those sources either.
Here is a helpful discussion of the issue of recording from Roku devices from the Roku forum: Roku Forums
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I did pimp it though, hopefully someone can read it………:)
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Thanks for your visit and your comment!
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Hi Carolyn,
I still love my Kindle, and I’m reading way faster on a Kindle than a regular book. Not sure why, but it’s the truth. And, it took me a while to figure out how to “delete” my books from it. I believe that they should change the name to archive and not delete. I didn’t want to push delete, because I really didn’t want to delete my books, I just wanted them away from the front screen. They could still be on my Kindle, I have room for 3500 books (that’s about 3490 books too many), so all I wanted was to get the books in an archive and then get them back later when I needed them. So, that’s why I just couldn’t figure out how 🙂
Jens
Hi Jens, I completely agree, the term “archive” would be much more appropriate, though the prompt is “remove from device”, not delete. Still, “archive” would make it very clear to readers that the book isn’t gone forever.
I also agree that there isn’t a need to keep too many books on your Kindle. Some people keep reference books on their Kindle permanently: a dictionary, the Bible, Kindle User’s Manual, etc. Even though I know I can download a book from my Kindle account to my Kindle in seconds from wherever I might be, I still like keeping a few books on my Kindle that I’m looking forward to reading.
Thanks so much, Jens, for your visit, comment and tweet!
I forgot about “remove from device” – at the time when I first discovered it, it was almost even worse than delete. It felt like when I removed the book from my device, I couldn’t get it back, ever. If it had said delete, I might have thought that I could at least restore it (if I had deleted it by mistake) 🙂
Excellent point, Jens. “Remove from device” does sound permanent, doesn’t it? But no worries, you can get your books back on your Kindle!
Thanks for your visit, comment and tweet!
Hi, Carolyn
I’m one of the few who haven’t used Kindle yet, but I’m quite interested in possibly using it some time in the future. Thanks for the tip on how to delete a Kindle book without actually removing it from my Amazon account.
Have a good one!
Hi Allyson, Welcome back to The Wonder of Tech! If you want to check out reading Kindle books, you can download the Kindle app on your smartphone or computer. You don’t need a Kindle to read Kindle books, but it sure is great to have one. I find I’m more focused on my reading when on the Kindle because I don’t check my email, blog, etc. when I’m on the Kindle.
Hope you’re having a great weekend! Thanks for your visit and comment. Always a pleasure to have you stop by The Wonder of Tech!
Hi Carolyn,
Can you read a PDF on a Kindle? Just curious. A list of my blogs cam up then, I assume it was commentluv; they have gone again now! I can select a blog! Cool! I’m motivated to comment now! That plugin is avilable from Commentluv, but it must have just started working on WordPress.com 🙂
Hi Mike, Great question! Yes, you can read a PDF on a Kindle. Here is what Amazon says about it:
“Your Kindle can now display PDF documents without losing the formatting of the original file. Send PDF documents directly to your Kindle (via your @Kindle address) or drag and drop PDF files from your computer to your Kindle (when connected via USB). You can also magnify PDFs by viewing them in landscape mode.
Some features are not currently supported, including annotations and Text-to-Speech. The only Kindle devices supported for PDFs are the Kindle and Kindle DX.”
Here is the Amazon link for more information about reading PDF documents on a Kindle: Kindle Help from Amazon.
Andy just updated CommentLuv to improve many aspects of it. I’m glad it’s working better for you now!
Thanks for your visit and comment!
Great, the novel I wrote is in PDF format. I shall have to re-read it again and think if there is anything I can do with it!
Hey, Mike, have you ever considered self-publishing your novel on Kindle? May be worth a try. 🙂
I’ve considered self publishing. I thought about Lebrary but my friends have done that to no sales. I could publish my blogs on Kindle! I shall have to monitor how well they do. I might get a traditional publisher when I’m a little better known? Who knows?
Hi Mike, True, there isn’t a downside to publishing your blog on Kindle and you may even profit from it. Perhaps you build a name for yourself with the Kindle published blog and then release your Kindle book? Just a thought.
Hi Carolyn.. This is my first time i visit here. Kindle is my favorite ebook reader, with e-ink screen technology, I can read ebook in a long time. Some really helpful information in there. Thanks
Hi Jhon, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I agree, the Kindle is an amazing piece of technology. The eInk screen allows me to quickly become immersed in the book and forget I’m reading a device instead of a book.
Thanks so much for your visit and wonderful comment, Jhon.