Kindle 1 User's Guide
The original Amazon.com Kindle, sometimes called the Kindle 1, was released in 2007, and rapidly became one of the best, and fastest, selling Amazon.com items in history. When the Kindle sold out in just 5.5 hours, it was clear that Amazon's customers had a great deal of interest in the electronic book format. Even though Kindle reading is different than reading traditional books, the Kindle's easy usability may soon make users forget they are reading books electronically.
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Reading
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Kindle owners read their Kindle books on the Kindle screen, which displays electronic ink in four shades of gray. Page turn buttons are located on either side of the Kindle, with the right arrow buttons for page advances and the left arrow buttons for moving back one page. Each arrow button click will move the page forward or back once.
Buying Books
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Kindle books can be purchased at Amazon.com's Kindle store. The Kindle store offers more than 390,000 books, magazines and newspapers for the Kindle 1, as of April 2011. Purchase of Kindle items requires that the user's Amazon.com account is linked to a Kindle device, so that the purchase can be billed to the account's designated payment option and that the book can be sent to the user's Kindle.
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Downloading Books
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Book download will take place as soon as the book is purchased from the Kindle store. The wireless connection on the Kindle needs to be turned on before any book downloads.
Charging
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The Kindle 1 must be recharged every other day on average if the wireless connection is constantly turned on. With the wireless turned off, the Kindle can typically function for about one week between charges.
Since wireless connection is normally needed only for book downloads or Web access, users can turn the wireless on only as needed, thus extending the time between battery charges.
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