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Questions tagged [kindle-paperwhite]

A specific type of device manufactured and distributed by Amazon.

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Can I suppress Wikipedia lookup on a Kindle Paperwhite?

Reading Chinese on my Paperwhite I need to look up lots of characters. Often the Kindle offers me the Wikipedia lookup first and I have to swipe over to the translation or dictionary. Wikipedia is literally never the one I want. Is there a way to…
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Can you defragment a Kindle Paperwhite?

Different websites say different things about defragmenting Kindles, the ones I found are all several years old, and some say defragmenting is a poor idea compared to re-indexing. How can you defragment a Paperwhite? Or is it a bad idea?
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Collapse and Expand Table of Contents in Kindle PaperWhite

How to collapse and expand the Table of Contents from the "Go To" menu? Last night I accidentally discovered that the TOC can be expanded for quick jumping using the goto icon. I had hard time to find the way to collapse the expanded…
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Kindle PaperWhite Page turn glitches

I just got my new Kindle PaperWhite (Wifi). Every time I turn the page I see the screen glitch (some thing like blur) for fraction second irrespective whether the page has image or not. Is this in all the devices or could it be a factory defect? Or…
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Kindle "Time Left in Book"

I have a Paperwhite, and I like to have 'percentage left' on the page as I am reading. To switch this on, I have to go to Font size and select from a pull-down menu. Once the Kindle switches off, I have to reset that when I start again. Is there…
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How to read .DOC with Kindle paperwhite

It's said that only a few types of files are supported on Kindle including .azw, .azw1, .txt, .mobi, and .prc. However some of my .DOC files are still shown on Kindle, while other .DOC files are not. Wondering why? Are there some specifications to…
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sharing books on kindle is not allowed

The loaning of books option is not allowed on all amazon sites. It seems like it is allowed only on the US site. I could not fin this restriction on their loan books documentation. Why is their such a restriction based on countries?
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Kindle Paperwhite suddenly stopped showing collections

I have been using collections just about as long as the feature has existed. Today when I turned on my Kindle the option to show collections was grayed out. I tried restarting the reader a couple of times, but no difference. I created a collection…
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Finding a shortcut for my current read?

How do I find my current read easily when it's not on my library? I though there might be a quick shortcut. Thank you!
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Can my Kindle paper white read a flash drive

If I had a 30GB flash drive, can I load it with ebooks and then stick it to my kindle paper white? Will the kindle be able to read the books?
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how to fix a kindle paperwhite repair code 2?

how to fix a kindle paperwhite repair code 2 when the restarting is not working, and the laptop does not recognice the kindle as a device? I've tried the 40 seconds restart, and not working, and I can't use the note for thee root directory, because…
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Repair for 5th Generation Kindle that is not charging

I believe the problem is a loose connection where the power cord plugs in. For several months, I had to jiggle the cord to get the charging light to come on, but now that no longer works and the light will not come on at all. The battery was…
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No progress report display

The progress report display has disappeared from my Kindle Paperwhite screen. I have tried tapping on the bottom left corner of the screen, as suggested in other posts, but it just turns the page. Is there any other way of re-starting the progress…
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Converting PDFs results in fragmented sentences/paragraphs

I'm using Calibre to convert a PDF document to amazon paperwhite, The issue I'm experiencing is that some of the sentences are split among multiple lines to the point where sometimes each word is on its own separate line. I've tried MOBI, AZW3…
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Kindle repair code 2 but cannot connect to computer

I have a Kindle 5.8.1 with the dreaded repair code 2. This I can fix but when I connect the device to my computer it will not come up as the Kindle and the best I can get is "Do you want to format this drive". The device has been replaced but if I…
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