6 hidden Kindle settings I wish someone had told me about sooner
In the modern age of excessive reading and readers recommending the best book adaptations after watching TV shows, there are many great ways to use our e-readers. I’ve always been a Kindle girl, and while there are many different Kindles, they all have interesting hidden ways to use them.
From taking screenshots (who would have thought?!) to reading other people’s books, here are some hidden ways to use your Kindle that are just too good to pass up.
The vocabulary builder
It’s time to learn new words
Let’s say you really like one of those new romance novels everyone’s talking about. Or you’ve decided to check out a book by a prolific writer. But you’re just a Norman (like me) who sometimes has trouble understanding words that, frankly, you’ve never heard of before.
This is where the official Kindle Vocabulary Builder comes in handy. If your Kindle is connected to the Internet, you can easily look up these words as you read to understand what you’re really experiencing. But when you search for these words, your device automatically saves them in the constructor. From there, it creates flashcards and your own study list!
To access it, go to the top of the screen of the book you are reading, open the menu and click on “vocabulary generator”. It’s the easiest way to learn new words.
Enable clock
Stay the course
As I said before, there are many types of Kindle. Sometimes you even have to do some research to find the right Kindle for your reading needs. But ultimately, do you want to know what they all have in common? Each is missing an important default feature: the clock.
Yes, I know that a part of us all wants to disappear into the worlds of these novels and not engage with the world around us (because really, who would?). But sometimes we work with people who only have a set amount of time, and a clock automatically present on a device would be helpful. If not to time how long we read, but to keep your days on track.
For this reason, it may be difficult for some people to activate the digital clock on a Kindle. It’s actually quite simple. Navigate to the book you’re reading, click the “Aa” button, then tap “More.” From there, just tap “Show clock while playing.”
Simple. And now you won’t be afraid of missing your appointment because you are currently in a fantasy land.
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Take a screenshot on your Kindle
Never miss this incredible passage
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used the screenshot option on my Kindle because of certain scenes I’ve read. But every time I tell someone about it, no one knows!
If this is the first time you are hearing this amazing news, then yes, you can take screenshots on your Kindle. It is available on almost all modern Kindle e-readers. It’s super easy too. All you have to do is tap two opposite corners of your screen at the same time (like the upper right corner and the lower left corner, or vice versa).
The device will automatically take a photo and save it to your device.
You can view your highlights on the Kindle
All your favorite lines in one place
If you are like me, you highlight many passages in your books. And I mean a lot. How can we not watch these lines of nostalgic and epic fight scenes?
But then you get to the end of the book and you’re trying to get back to your highlights and maybe your Kindle is slow, or you want to see more than a few at a time. This is where it comes in handy, because you can actually view your Kindle highlights from your Kindle.
Because your device is connected to the Internet, your highlights are automatically uploaded to this domain via your Kindle email address: read.amazon.com/notebook. From there, you can see all the quotes and notes you’ve taken from your Kindle books.
Read other people’s books
Did someone say “book club”?
Although I unfortunately don’t have a partner who reads as much as I do, others do. And this little feature is for you.
If your partner (or someone in your household) also has a Kindle, you can read their books too. That’s right, if you want to start your own little book club, you can check out everyone’s picks. All you have to do is register them on Amazon by creating an Amazon Household, and these books will then be in a digital library.
From there, your Kindle days with your family will just get better.
Download more fonts
Perfect if you don’t like the default font
I’m sure it’s no surprise that you can change the font size on your Kindle (I’ve done it several times). But did you know that you can download other fonts to the Kindle if you don’t like the default styles?
I admit it’s a bit more complicated than the other features here, but not impossible. First, connect your Kindle to a computer. Next, locate the “fonts” folder in the Kindle root directory. Make sure any fonts you’re trying to use are in TTF or OTF format, then drag and drop those files into the “fonts” folder.
From there, your new fonts can be used in the display settings (the “Aa” menu where you would normally go to change them).
After writing all of this, all I want to do is read (and maybe test some of these features again for fun, on my Kindle Paperwhite).
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