My Kindle Fire

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Que Publishing, Nov 29, 2012 - Computers - 352 pages

My Kindle Fire HD

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Amazon Kindle Fire HD photos that show you exactly what to do

Help when you run in to Amazon Kindle Fire problems or limitations

Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Amazon Kindle Fire

Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping Your Amazon Kindle Fire working just the way you want. Learn how to

• Quickly master all the basics: reading, playing, watching, browsing, and more

• Read an eBook and listen to the audiobook at the same time

• Read periodicals in full color and zoom in on articles

• Discover Calibre, a powerful eBook management tool

• Control even the largest music libraries

• Stream the latest movies, and even watch them on your TV

• Instantly find out the name of a familiar actor in a movie

• Use your Kindle Fire as a digital photo frame

• Set up a safe and fun Kindle Fire environment for your kids

• Set up your email account to work on your Kindle Fire

• Talk to friends and family over Skype

• Post to Twitter and Facebook

• Surf the Web with Amazon’s innovative Silk browser

• Use Amazon Cloud to get your stuff anywhere—even if you left your Kindle at home

CATEGORY: Consumer Electronics

COVERS: Amazon Kindle Fire HD

USER LEVEL: Beginning—Intermediate

 

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Contents

Introduction
1
1 Getting Started with the Kindle Fire
9
2 Amazons Cloud Services
37
3 Reading on the Kindle Fire
55
4 Using Amazons Manage Your Kindle Page
93
5 Managing Content with Calibre
111
6 Accessing and Listening to Music
125
7 Watching Video
155
8 Installing and Using Apps
173
9 Reading and Sending Email
197
10 Browsing the Web with Silk
231
Index
257
Copyright

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My Kindle Fire
Jim Cheshire
Limited preview - 2011
My Kindle Fire
Jim Cheshire
Limited preview - 2012

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About the author (2012)

Jim Cheshire has been writing about the Kindle since the very first Kindle device was released. Jim is an expert on technical devices such Amazon’s Kindle, Windows Phone, and Windows 8, as well as Web design and programming. Jim has written a dozen books on these topics and also shares his passion and knowledge with readers via online columns and articles. Jim helps developers make the most of Microsoft technologies. When he’s not working, Jim spends time enjoying his family and especially loves spending time outdoors.

Jennifer Kettell has written and contributed to dozens of books about software applications, web design, and digital photography. She also writes fiction. When Jenn isn’t writing, she can usually be found with her Kindle, reading almost a book a day. Jenn has lived all over the United States but currently calls upstate New York home. Visit her website at www.jenniferkettell.com.

Bibliographic information

TitleMy Kindle Fire
AuthorsJim Cheshire, Jennifer Ackerman Kettell
PublisherQue Publishing, 2012
ISBN0133372286, 9780133372281
Length352 pages
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Computers / Hardware / Tablets
Science / Chemistry / General
  
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