Chapter 5

Finding Content

In This Chapter

arrow Searching in the Kindle Store

arrow Exploring other online stores

arrow Finding free content resources

You're holding your Kindle Paperwhite in your hand — it's registered, charged, and ready to go. What do you want to do? Read, of course! But to make that happen, you need to have content on your Kindle Paperwhite. Although the way the wireless service downloads content to your Kindle Paperwhite seems almost magical, you need to initiate the process. This chapter discusses finding content — from books to blogs and everything in between — and how to get the treasures you find onto your Kindle Paperwhite in the easiest way possible.

Starting Your Search in the Kindle Store

The fastest, easiest, and most convenient place to find Kindle Paperwhite content is at the Amazon Kindle Store, which makes sense because Amazon invented the device.

One common misconception is that you have to buy all Kindle content from Amazon. This isn't true. Although Amazon makes shopping for Kindle Paperwhite content simple, you can find plenty of other online stores that sell Kindle-compatible e-books, as discussed later in this chapter in the “Checking Out Other Online Stores ...

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