Read Books & Periodicals

While you are reading, you can change the text display, add bookmarks, add annotations, look up words in the dictionary, and view your reading progress. If supported by your Kindle book, you can also explore your book with X-Ray and learn more about your book and the author.

• Quick Guide to Reading
• Change Fonts Line Spacing or Margins
• Go to a Page or Location
• Sync to the Furthest Page Read
• View Bookmarks Highlights & Notes
• Add or Remove Bookmarks
• Add or Remove Highlights
• Add, Remove or Edit Notes
• Look Up Words in the Dictionary
• View Your Reading Progress
• View the Book Description
• Navigate Graphic Novels and Comics

You can turn pages, add bookmarks or notes, and highlight text while you are reading Kindle books, just like with print books.

1. Change fonts, line spacing, words per line, or screen rotation – Press the Menu button, and then select Change Font Size.
2. Turn pages – Press the Next Page button to go to the next page. Press the Previous Page button to go to the previous page.
3. Add a bookmark – Press the Menu button, and then select Add Bookmark.
4. Go to different locations in the book – Press the Menu button, and then select Go to.
5. Add highlights – Use the 5-way controller to navigate to the text you want to highlight, and then select Start Highlight.
6. Add notes – Use the 5-way controller to navigate to the front of the word you want to define, and then select where you want to place a note, and then select Create Note.
7. Look up a word in the dictionary – Use the 5-way controller to place the cursor in front of a word to show the definition.
8. Track your reading progress – As you read, you'll see your progress displayed at the bottom of the screen as a percentage in the Progress Indicator.

You can change the fonts, font size, line spacing, or margins of the page display for a Kindle book.

You can go to the beginning of a book or to a specific place or location.

You can manually sync your device to go to the furthest page read for books you are reading on other Kindle devices or reading apps.

1. Make sure that your device is connected to a wireless network.
2. Open your book, press the Menu button, and then select Sync to Furthest Page Read.

You can view all the bookmarks, highlights, and notes that you have added to a Kindle book or personal document.

1. While reading, press the Menu button.
2. Select View Notes & Marks to view your bookmarks, highlights, and notes.

You can add or remove bookmarks at any location in a Kindle book or personal document.

1. To add a bookmark, press the Menu button. Use the 5-way controller to highlight, and then select Add Bookmark.

   You will see the Bookmark icon appear.

2. To remove a bookmark, press the Menu button. Use the 5-way controller to highlight, and then select Delete Bookmark.

You can add or remove highlights at any location in a Kindle book or personal document.

1. Highlight a word or phrase:
   
   1. Use the 5-way controller to position the cursor, press the center of the 5-way controller, and then select Start Highlight
   2. Use the 5-way controller to select the text to highlight, and then select End Highlight.
2. Remove a highlight:
   
   1. Press the Menu button, and then select My Notes & Marks.
   2. Use the 5-way controller to underline the highlight you want to remove, and then select Delete.

You can add notes at any location in a Kindle book or personal document.

1. Add a note:
   
   1. To add a note, use the 5-way controller to highlight the desired text, and then select Create Note.
   2. Enter your desired text, and then use the 5-way controller to select Save Note.
2. Remove or edit a note:
   
   1. Press the Menu button, select View Notes & Bookmarks, and then use the 5-way controller to select the note.
   2. Select Delete or Edit.

While reading, you can look up dictionary definitions on your Kindle.

1. While reading, place the cursor in front of the word you want defined.

   If the word is in the dictionary, an extract of its definition will be at the bottom of the screen.

2. To see a complete definition of the word, press the Return key. You will now be placed in the dictionary and can use Previous Page and Next Page to view other word definitions.
3. Press the Back button to return to your reading.

While you are reading, you can view pages read or the percentage of a book read on your Kindle.

While you are reading a Kindle eBook, you can read reviews about your book, see related titles, and learn more about the author.

1. While reading, press the Menu button, and then use the 5-way controller to select Book Description.
2. Press the Back button to return to your reading.

Kindle supports graphic novels and comics that contain enhanced Kindle Format 8 content features such as Kindle Panel View, Kindle Text Pop-Up, and zooming in on and panning across images and tables.