Navigating Your Library; Cloud Collections - Amazon Kindle Paperwhite User Manual

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Shared Books
To view just your books, tap the My Books filter option. To view just the books that the other
adult in your household has shared, tap the Shared Books filter option.
You can also filter items that you have stored in the Cloud. To view your Cloud content, tap All
in the top left of the screen.

Navigating your library

To navigate your library, you can swipe the screen to go to the next or previous page or use
the page turn buttons located next to the screen. You can also tap the page number control
located in the bottom right of the screen. For example, 1/2 indicates you are on page 1 and
have 2 pages of content on your Kindle. When the dialog box displays, enter the page number
you want to go to or the first letter of the title or author (depending upon your current sort
option).

Cloud Collections

Cloud Collections enable you to organize the content on your Kindle Paperwhite into
customized categories that are stored in the Cloud. Your collections are synced between other
devices and reading apps that are registered to the same Amazon account and that support
Cloud Collections. You can add as many items as you like to each collection, including books,
and personal documents. Items can also be added to more than one collection. For
information on devices and apps that support Cloud Collections, go to
www.amazon.com/devicesupport.
To create a new collection:
1. On the Home screen, tap My Library in the top left of the screen.
2. On your library page, tap the Menu icon.
3. Select Create New Collection.
4. Use the keyboard to type a name for the collection, then tap OK. A list of the items on your
Kindle that can be added to a collection displays.
5. Tap the checkbox next to an item's title to add it to the collection, then tap Done when
finished.
You can add or remove items at a later time. Tap the Menu icon on the collection's cover when
in grid view or on the right side of the screen when in list view, then tap Add/Remove Items.
You can also view this option by pressing and holding on the collection's name or cover. Other
options include Rename, Remove from device, and Delete. To exit a collection, tap the Home
or Back icon.
To filter the content in your library by collection, tap All Items or the currently selected filter,
then Collections.
Collections downloaded to the device appear in your All Items, Books, Periodicals, and Docs
views. To download a collection, tap the Menu icon on the collection's cover when in grid
view, or on the right side of the screen when in list view, then tap Add to Device. You can also
view this option by pressing and holding on the collection's cover (or name if using list view).
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