7 Answers2025-06-06
For the term 'page turner' I think many people get confused between the animation type (in 'Settings' > 'Reading Options' on the Kindle, select 'Instant' or 'Page Turn’ for animation types), the reading gesture (in the Kindle app ‘Aa’ > ‘Page Turn’ > ‘Swipe or Tap’), and the hardware page turner (which is all Bluetooth-connected remotes on your smart devices). Unfortunately, there is no single menu in the Kindle to set up all of these – so to remember: device settings for the above-mentioned animations, app settings for the reading gestures, and your phone/tablet’s Bluetooth settings for the hardware remotes. Wish Amazon would unify these though. Write this down if you have to remember!
10 Answers2025-07-04
You can’t fully disable the personal recommendations, as Amazon wants to try to sell you additional products. The only thing you can try to do is to limit their visibility. To start, navigate to Settings > Device Options > Advanced Options > Home & Library. Change the ‘Home Screen View’ to ‘Library’ in order to avoid seeing the ad-heavy home screen when turning your Fire TV on. Then, within that same menu, turn ‘off’ ‘Show Recommendations on Home’ and ‘Show Recommended Content in Library’. Again, this won’t necessarily remove the recommendations from existence, but it will at least move them out of your face.
7 Answers2025-07-04
I just found out people actually look at the home page on our app and I thought everyone just used the swipe-up link in their chat or the menu button to go straight to their library. That space on the home page is just real estate for an ad I can swipe past anyway.
3 Answers2025-07-15
The ability to change text size within a book on Kindle is fantastic. Typically I read fiction and non-fiction. I have the text size changed for fiction to a smaller size (3 or 4) to be fully immersive, and for non-fiction to a larger size (5 or 6) for clearer reading.
Pairing these adjustments up with other settings such as increasing the font size and utilizing a medium bold font like ‘Amazon Ember’ creates a wonderful reading experience. I prefer to read with medium margins and increased line space between words (1.8) to ensure I don’t find myself jumping from line to line to read. The combination of using Kindle in dark mode with increased text size makes for a late-night reading experience that is easy on the eyes and cozy.
8 Answers2025-07-31
For some books, the printed text area can vary quite a lot between different print editions. A book such as The Alchemist has been released in a number of different mass-market sized paperbacks which seem to have been printed to around 250 pages, as well as larger trade paperback editions of around 170 pages which actually contain the same text. The Kindle edition of The Alchemist uses one of these print editions as a reference point. Most commonly it is the 208-page edition, so when someone quotes a page number from this book, this is the sort of reference they will be using. However, the Kindle will then scale this to the chosen font size and also take into account any margins that have been set. This is a short book. If you are expecting a deep and complex fantasy then you will be disappointed. The Alchemist is a philosophical fable of roughly the same length as a long story or a folk tale. Such stories are not long by nature, they are long by meaning.
12 Answers2025-08-04
Older Kindle models (without front light) can be a challenge to read manga on. Their screens are small and have low resolution. While on landscape mode you can ‘pinch’ and ‘zoom’ a lot, the optimal reading size of a manga page (approximately 800×1200 pixels) in portrait mode does not fit onto the 167 ppi screens of these basic Kindle models.
Your main focus should be to prepare the file as optimally as possible on your computer before transferring it to the device. I convert my ebook files using Calibre, and in the output profile I choose the correct Kindle for which I’m producing the ebook. This down-scales the images to the correct resolution for the device. In many cases, the resulting images are actually sharper than if the device were to rescale them software-wise.
5 Answers2025-10-04
This review was conducted in order to discover the technology of read-only PDFs and their effectiveness to secure information in real life. By making a document read-only it is possible to prevent it from being altered by someone who is not intended to do so. This in itself is very reassuring and I feel relieved knowing that important information cannot be amended by someone else.
And no, relying on a read-only PDF is not the answer. It is like putting a lock on a door but failing to build the rest of the frame. It is just a matter of time before some clever individual finds a way around it. So, the read-only feature has its uses but it is by no means a guarantee of digital security. In fact, it is only one part of the overall digital security mix. I advocate a holistic approach to digital information security.
9 Answers2025-06-05
Accessibility matters for customization too. The best theme for customization is likely the one that you can actually read. I customized “Elementary” to high-contrast white-on-black text, with selection indicators made very large, and I removed the flashing animations in several places. I call my config for this purpose “Elementary-HighVision” and have put it up on the forum for others’ use.
Customization of the UI is not just about giving your editor cool looks, but also about enabling people with eyesight impairments to work efficiently. Thus, a fully customizable theme must allow for changing font size, text color and animation speed in a straightforward manner. Therefore, always check the documentation for a theme first to see if it allows for these essential customizations.
7 Answers2025-07-05
Consider the hardware as well as the the physical design. The flush screen of the Kindle Paperwhite and the page-turn buttons on the Oasis and Scribe versions of Kindle reduce the potential for minor interruptions such as waiting for a slow touchscreen to register a tap or for a swipe action to complete. Smooth page turns allow for continued focus in reading and thus enable reading to continue in a natural reading rhythm for longer periods of time.
Each stutter, mis-tap, and new grip position to reach the “next page” zone to turn the page is a tiny amount of cognitive load. But by good design of the hardware, this load is taken away from your brain to process the material that you’re reading. Therefore, investing in a higher-end Kindle model with the best buttons, to make sure they are responsive enough, is a tool to improve your reading efficiency. But in a way totally different from typical software feature announcements.
10 Answers2026-07-27
I just make the text larger in the original document before creating a PDF or printing it. If it's a Word document or a web page, I view it at 150% on my computer before printing or saving it to PDF. The resulting file has larger text on the physical page, which then becomes smaller when viewed on the Kindle screen, but is still readable. This method is simple, requires access to the original document, but does not introduce any conversion artifacts or change any of the original formatting. The text is simply larger from the start.