Kindle Paperwhite for Dummies (29 page)

7. To add and approve additional e-mail addresses, repeat Step 6.

The approved addresses are listed in the table in the center of the screen, with the option to delete them on the right (if you later choose to do so).

Make sure to include your own e-mail address (or addresses, if you have multiple e-mail accounts from which you might be sending documents to your Kindle Paperwhite) so that you can send documents to your device.

Many e-book retailers allow you to set up your account so that purchases you make are e-mailed automatically to your Kindle Paperwhite. In essence, this mimics the wireless delivery service that Amazon offers. If you want to take advantage of this, make sure to add the e-mail address of the e-bookseller to your approved list of e-mail addresses.

If you want to allow documents to be sent from anyone from a particular domain, don’t include a username. For example, adding
@
mycompany
.com
authorizes anyone with an e-mail address matching that domain name to send documents to your Kindle Paperwhite. However, you are responsible for any charges for documents sent from those e-mail addresses via Whispernet to your Kindle Paperwhite. Transferring files via Wi-Fi is free. If you set the maximum charge for Whispernet Delivery over 3G to $0, personal documents will be sent only via Wi-Fi even if you have 3G. You can make this change in the Personal Documents Settings.

Sending the files

When you know your Kindle Paperwhite’s e-mail address and you’ve added your personal e-mail address to the Approved Personal Document E-Mail List (see the preceding section), transferring files is simple:

1. Open your e-mail program or your e-mail web page. Log on to your account, if necessary.

2. Create a new message. In the To text box, enter the e-mail address of your Kindle Paperwhite.

3. Attach the document you want to transfer to your Kindle Paperwhite.

There’s no need to specify a subject or to provide text in the body of the message. Amazon recommends that each personal document be no larger than 50MB.

You can send multiple files at once by attaching more than one file to the e-mail. You can also compress multiple files into a Zip file and then attach the Zip file to the e-mail.

4. Click Send.

If you’re connected in a Wi-Fi area (or with 3G for Kindle Paperwhites so enabled), you receive the converted file on your Kindle Paperwhite in about five minutes. Very large files can take longer to convert and receive.

When you send personal documents to your Kindle Paperwhite, they’re stored automatically in your Kindle Library at Amazon. You can store up to 5 gigabytes of personal documents in the archive.

If you’re sending a PDF file and would like to take advantage of features on the Kindle Paperwhite, such as changing font size and making notes, convert the file to Kindle format (AZW) by typing
CONVERT
in the subject line of your message.

Reading PDF Documents

Some of your personal documents that you load on your Kindle Paperwhite may be PDF documents. The Kindle Paperwhite can read PDF documents
natively
— in other words, without converting them.

The Kindle Paperwhite handles PDF documents differently from how it handles text in the usual Kindle format:

PDF documents are displayed with the text and graphics laid out exactly as in the original PDF document. You can’t change the layout, font size, typeface, line spacing, and words per line.

You can zoom in on a PDF document by unpinching (placing two fingers on the screen and moving your fingers apart). Note that this is different than increasing the font size. The text doesn’t reflow; instead, you see an enlarged view of a section of the screen. You can then pan around the screen by sliding your finger on the display. To zoom out, pinch the screen (move two fingers together). You can’t turn the page while zooming in.

You can adjust the contrast of the displayed document by tapping the Menu icon.