Amazon Discounts Kindle E-Readers Up To $30 Through 11/28 – Deal Alert – PCWorld

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Amazon has quietly released another good set of deals on its popular Kindle series of e-readers, and this time the discount runs through 11/28 only. The Kindle’s price sinks to $ 30, the Kindle Paperwhite is discounted $ 20, the Kindle Voyage drops $ 30, and the worry-free the Kindle for Kids Bundle is reduced to $ 30 as well.

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (3rd generation) review: The best e-reader for the buck – PCWorld

With its desirable features, pocketable size, and reasonable price tag, Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite has been a safe bet to gift or recommend to voracious readers since 2012. After its most recent design refresh, the Amazon’s mid-range e-reader rivals, the e-readers that cost considerably more.

The third-generation Kindle Paperwhite measures 6.3 x 4.5 x 0.36 inches, and it weighs just over 7.0 ounces, whether you opt for one with Wi-Fi or with both Wi-Fi and 3G. That makes it heavier than Amazon’s pricier Kindle the Oasis and the Kindle Voyage, but lighter than the larger Kobo Aura One or Amazon’s $ 80 vanilla and feature little Kindle. For the first time, Amazon is offering the Paperwhite in white, as well as black. This, along with the a more matte look for the e-reader’s logo and a rubberized back plate are the only notable cosmetic changes this time around.

No matter the lighting conditions, you’ll find the Paperwhite to be infinitely legible. Like its more expensive siblings, the Paperwhite houses a 6.0-inch, 300 ppi E-Ink display. Onscreen text appears as sharp as the text you’ll find in any dead-tree-edition book. The Four side-mounted Led light the display, to ensure that the text is readable in any environment, be it while perusing a book on the beach or reading in your darkened bedroom while your partner sleeps next to you. We found the lighting to be fairly consistent with only a small amount of shading in the top and bottom corners. The Kindle Voyage and Oasis victims more even display lighting, thanks to the presence of more LEDs, but they cost considerably more.

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The Kindle Paperwhite has the same amount of storage and the same display resolution as the Kindle Oasis, but at a fraction of the cost.

In addition to the clarity that the Paperwhite’s display and lighting afford the, Amazon's type engine ensures that readers who require larger text in order to read comfortably, prefer a different font than the default one their book was downloaded with, or who prefer different line spacing (depending on whether or not the document can support it) are accommodated. It even supports OpenDyslexic—a typeface designed to mitigate some of the issues that can cause dyslexic individuals reading difficulties.

That covers how you’ll read on the Paperwhite. Now, let’s talk about what you'll read.

With 4GB of onboard memory, the Kindle Paperwhite has the capacity to store thousands of books—a definite win for anyone taking a long trip off the grid. Amazon’s collection of available electronic publications is arguably the largest in the world. The bad news is that any book you purchase from the Kindle Store is DRM protected—locking you into using Amazon’s devices and apps in order to read them. The good news is that Amazon makes it possible to share your purchased content with your family members. If your reading habits border on the voracious, it’s also possible to sign up for Amazon’s all-you-can-read Kindle Unlimited service for $ 10 per month. You can also borrow books from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, and Amazon Prime members can read books in the Prime Reading catalog at note additional cost.

As for content from outside of Amazon’s walled library, anyone with a computer can transfer the DOC/DOCX, ePub, MOBI, PDF, RTF, and TXT files to their Kindle via the USB but the reading experience for such documents typically isn’t as smooth as what you’ll get from publications curated by Amazon. It’s also possible to wirelessly download Instapaper clippings to the Paperwhite. Interacting with the service on the device, however, leaves much to be desired.

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As with many e-readers these days, the Kindle Paperwhite has no physical buttons except the one used to power it on and off.

Navigating between Amazon-purchased materials and other publications is significantly easier, due to the Kindle’s touch-friendly interface. One exception to this is the UI’s on-screen keyboard, which is slow to respond to input when searching your collection, browsing the Kindle Store for a new book, or entering a Wi-Fi password. But this isn’t unique to the Paperwhite. Amazon’s other e-readers suffer from the same issue.

On average, the reading for a few hours a day with the e-reader’s backlight set at 40 percent, I found that I was able to squeeze around a month out of a single charge of the Paperwhite’s battery. That’s a respectable amount of juice for an E-Ink device.

There’s not much to dislike about the Kindle Paperwhite—it excel at fulfilling its raison d’être. It’s perhaps 80 percent as capable as more sophisticated e-readers—the Kobo Aura One and the Kindle Oasis, for example—which cost far more.

Despite the fact that its display lighting levels are adjustable, the latest Paperwhite lacks the ambient light sensor that would enable it to automatically adjust its luminosity according to ambient conditions. It’s also worth mentioning that if you’re upgrading from one of Amazon’s older Kindle keyboard e-readers, you might be disappointed to discover that the Paperwhite—along with the rest of Amazon’s current lineup of E-Ink devices—lacks the capability to play sound; audiobook lovers need not apply. Finally, unlike earlier Kindles or Amazon’s Kindle Voyage and Kindle Oasis, the Paperwhite lacks physical buttons. To 'turn' a page, it’s necessary to tap or stroke the display. While not a deal breaker, it makes reading one-handed, something of a pain.

Finally, while you can get a Wi-Fi enabled Paperwhite for $ 120, it comes burdened with Amazon’s 'special offers,' a euphemism for advertisements plastered on the device’s lock screen. The only way to avoid the ads is to pay an additional $ 20, either up front or down the road. If you’re offended by this, check out the Kobo Glo. It can’t match the wide variety of paid and free reading options available for the Kindle, but you won’t have to pay a ransom to avoid the ads.

the MSRP for the model we reviewed—with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity and without special offers—is $ 210. The same e-reader with special offers and Wi-Fi only is priced at $ 140, while the Wi-Fi model with special offers goes for $ 120.

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Amazon Kindle (2016) review: Very inexpensive, but just a little too basic – PC World

You’ll understand its low price tag the moment you sit down to read.

Amazon jammed a number of great features $ 80 entry-level Kindle e-reader ($ 100 if you want to be free of Amazon’s "special offers"). It’s lighter than the combined weight of the company’s Oasis flagship with its battery cover attached, and with no backlight to power, it can run for far longer than more capable e-readers—a month or more, depending on your reading habits. And did we mention its sub-$ 100 price tag? Unfortunately, after spending the last several weeks using one, I don’t believe any of those perks compensate for this new Kindle’s copious shortcomings.

Weighing a mere 5.7 ounces and measuring 6.3 x 4.5 x 0.36 inches, the 2016, the Kindle is light and compact enough to allow for long, comfortable reading sessions, even if you’re holding it with one hand. It feels surprisingly sturdy, too. I love the more-expensive Kindle Oasis for its size and weight, but I live in constant fear of dropping it or discovering that the heavier stuff it shares space in my backpack with has destroyed it. Not so the latest Kindle. It should survive most casual abuse, but be aware that it’s waterproof or even water resistant.

If that’s important to you, check out the Kobo Aura H2O or the Kobo Aura One. The All-New Kindle’s rounded corners make it feel good in the hand, and I appreciate that Amazon has shaved down the thickness of the device. But the slick feel of the plastic that the e-reader is constructed from makes me grateful that it’s as resilient as it is. I have no doubt that sooner or later, I’ll wind up fumbling the thing.

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Even in the dim light, the new budget-priced Kindle can be difficult to read, especially when compared to an e-reader with a backlit display, such as the Kindle Paperwhite (left).

The new Kindle has no physical buttons, save one for powering the device on and off. It’s located on the bottom of the E-reader, next to its micro-USB charging/data port. You’ll find a USB cable in the box, but no power adapter to go along with it. That’s one of the ways Amazon reduces its e-reader prices, and makes money on accessories after the sale.

Six inches is a popular size for E-Ink displays these days. Every device in Amazon’s current e-reader lineup has one, as do most of the ones from companies such as Rakuten Kobo, Icarus, and InkBook. The new Kindle is no different. Its six-inch E-Ink display is set into the device slightly lower than the bezel framing it. Without physical buttons for transitioning to a new page or interacting with the e-reader’s user interface, I found it hard to use with one hand. Moving my thumb to touch the screen repeatedly caused me to lose my grip.

You might be able to live with needing two hands to read books on the new Kindle, but your eyes won’t appreciate reading a display that delivers only slightly more than half the resolution of 167 ppi–that pricier e-readers are the victims. The displays on the $ 120 Kindle Paperwhite, the $ 130 Kobo Glo HD, and every device are further up the scale boast a resolution of 300 ppi. The 2016 Kindle’s text is legible enough, but I found that my eyes tired more quickly than they did after reading other e-readers. The device’s janky text can be hard on the eyes, especially in dim light or under the lamp light. And that leads me to my greatest complaint about the All-New Kindle: Its lack of backlighting.

Seamus Bellamy

The 2016 Kindle’s responsive touchscreen makes changing the fonts and other functions easy to do.

One of the great joys of owning an e-reader is that it makes reading possible almost anywhere. Books weigh a ton, making it undesirable to carry more than one or two on a vacation or even across town. The new Kindle can store thousands of books that you can read at a moment’s notice. It shares the same operating system and has access to the same seemingly endless array of free and for-purchase books as the rest of Amazon’s reading devices and tablets. It can also open PRC, MOBI, TXT, and PDF files, although not always to good effect.

Unlike an LCD tablet, you can read the text on the new Kindle even in broad daylight; reading in the dark, however, is just about impossible because there’s no backlight. That can make reading in bed difficult, especially when the person next to you is trying to sleep and objects to your using a bedside lamp, and it can be even more problematic if you’re on a train, plane, or bus. Sure, you could spring for a lip-on reading light, but if you’re going to spend another $ 20 to $ 40 for that, you might as well step up to the latest backlit Kindle Paperwhite.

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5 Best Black Friday Tablet Deals; iPad, Kindle, Surface Book & More – Forbes

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As Black Friday looms on the horizon, and the professional bargain hunters to sharpen their elbows and practice their aisle sprints, why not beat the madness by checking out some of these deals first? I’ve scoured the internet, spoken to retailers and collated a list of the best – in my opinion – Black Friday tablet deals available today.

Remember, do be careful out there, Black Friday can be as much of a scam as it is a sale. Deals are often cheaper at other points of the year, and many non-brand products simply aren’t worth it.

Also, don’t forget to check out my Black Friday hacks article for tips on how to get double discounts and cash back.

Best Buy has some huge Surface Pro discounts.

• Target’s discounted iPad Pro 9.7″ now starts at $ 449, saving $ 150.99. A good saving considering this is the latest generation of tech.
• Huawei's 2-in-1 Matebook gets a $ 189 discount at Amazon.
• Walmart has $ 150 off the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7″ 16GB tablet, bringing the total price down to $ 149.98.
• Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4, complete with Signature, a Type Cover, now sells for for $ 599.99 (saving a total of $ 400) at Best Buy.
• On the Windows Store, the Surface Book (256GB, Intel Core i5) gets a $ 400 price cut, bringing it down to $ 1499.

Notable mentions

• All iPad Air 2 models get a $ 125 price cut, now selling for $ 274 at Target
• Amazon’s very capable Kindle Paperwhite gets a $ 20 discount at Amazon and Target, now retailing for $ 99.99. There’s no sign of a discount on the latest Kindle, the Oasis, which still sells for the stupendously high $ 289.

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Which Kindle should I buy? Amazon Kindle, Paperwhite, Voyage and Oasis e-readers compared – BT.com

Amazon has unveiled the latest addition to its range of e-readers, the Kindle, the Oasis. It’s the eighth-generation Kindle and the technology giant claims it’s the most advanced edition of the device to date.

The launch of the Oasis takes the number of Kindles in Amazon’s range to four, not including the older devices that are still available second-hand.

The similarity of the devices in the Kindle range can be confusing, so we’ve reviewed the four Kindles in the turn. Lower down the page, we’ve drawn up a table showing the main features of each of the devices so that you can compare the differences.

We’ve only focused on Amazon’s Kindle range here, and note the its Fire tablets.

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Priced from £59.99, the cheapest entry into the Kindle range has just been updated, so it has twice the memory, and is slimmer, lighter and more comfortable to hold with rounded edges.

It lacks some of the functionality of the pricier models, but includes some interesting features. It’s the first Kindle with Bluetooth audio, allowing visually impaired users to listen to the content, while the Export Notes lets you easily share notes and highlights from books via email.

The touchscreen’s resolution is adequate, but isn’t quite as sharp as the others and there’s no built-in light for reading in the dark.

Connectivity options for wirelessly downloading books from the Kindle Store are limited to wi-fi note 3G, so if you want to download books away from home you’ll need to find a wi-fi hotspot.

The battery lasts for four weeks, slightly less than its two closest siblings, but more than enough for most people.

Best for: The price-conscious

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Starting at £109.99, the Paperwhite costs a bit more than the basic model but comes with a significant feature upgrade, namely a higher-resolution screen (meaning sharper text), and a battery life of six weeks.

There are two connection options. Wi-fi only and wi-fi/3G version, which lets you download books worldwide without worrying about connecting to a wi-fi hotspot.

There’s a backlight for reading at night, but unlike with the next version up – the Voyage – the light doesn’t adjust depending on the light.

Best for: Upgrading from older models. A versatile choice for most people

Amazon Kindle Voyage

The Voyage, priced from £169.99, matches the Paperwhite for battery and screen sharpness. But the built-in screen light is adaptive, which means it will adjust automatically depending on the light in the room, brightening in dim light and getting darker when it’s lighter.

Using the Kindle and Paperwhite you tap the screen to turn the page, but the Voyage’s PagePress technology lets you turn the page by putting pressure on sensors on either side of the bezel – the plastic frame outside the screen.

Best for: Those who read at night and day

Amazon Kindle Oasis

The lightest and thinnest Kindle to date has the best battery life too, giving up to six weeks of power on one charge.

The design of the £269.99 Oasis is significantly different to its stablemates, with a thicker bezel on one side, designed to make one-handed reading more comfortable.

It comes with a book-style case that both protects and charges the device, and there’s also a brighter backlight for reading in low light.

Best for: Avid readers who traveller and need long battery life

Model	Amazon Kindle	Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Amazon Kindle Voyage	Amazon Kindle Oasis
Price:	£59.99 (with ads) £69.99 (no ads)	£109.99 (wifi with ads) £119.99 (wi-fi no ads) £169.99 (3G with ads) £179.99 (3G, no ads)	£169.99 (wi-fi) £229.99 (wi-fi/3G)	£269.99 (wi-fi) £329.99 (wi-fi/3G)
Website:	Amazon	Amazon	Amazon	Amazon
Screen size:	6 inches	6 inches	6 inches	6 inches
Screen resolution:	167ppi	300ppi	300ppi	300ppi
Screen light:	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Glare free screen:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Page turning	Touchscreen	Touchscreen	Touchscreen, PagePress	Touchscreen, physical buttons
Wi-fi only:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wi-fi/3G:	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Battery life:	Four weeks	Six weeks	Six weeks	Eight weeks
Formats	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion
Dimensions:	160x115x9.1mm	169x117x9.1mm	162x115x7.6mm	143x122x3.4-8.5 mm
Weight:	161g	205g (wi-fi) 217g (wi-fi /3G)	180g (wi-fi) 188 g (wi-fi /3G)	131g/133g (wi-fi/wi-fi and 3G) 238g/240g with cover (wi-fi/wi-fi and 3G)
Colour:	Black, White	Black, White	Black	Black, Merlot, Walnut (case)
Case:	No	No	No	Yes

We’ll keep this page updated with information when the Amazon release new devices into the Kindle e-reader range.

Do you have an Amazon Kindle? What do you think of it? Let us know in the Comments section below.

How to download apps and games to your Kindle Fire BT.com

Your Kindle Fire comes with a selection of built-in apps and tools, including Silk (the web browser), Calendar, Contacts and Settings.

Beyond that, it’s up to you to fill your tablet with whatever content you fancy – games, books, movies, music and so on.

It’s not difficult to do once you know how but, if you’re new to tablets and the Kindle Fire in particular – we’re happy to lend a helping hand.

Step 1: See what’s in store

The are ways to transfer on to your Kindle Fire digital goods that you already own, such as music but here we’re going to focus on downloading stuff from Amazon’s various online stores.

From the Home screen, tap the Shop at the far left of the row of headings that run along the top of the screen (if you can’t see this, just swipe across the headings from left to right).

Step 2: Let’s (not) get physical

The screen will fill with imagery representing promoted content but focus your eyes on the left-hand side of the screen and the two section headings, Physical Products and Digital Products.

The top option, in Physical Products, is Shop Amazon. You can probably guess that this is a shortcut to the traditional Amazon web store, where you can buy anything from model aircraft to zinc supplements.

It is the links below the Digital Products heading that will bring interesting, fun and useful stuff to your Kindle Fire. Most are self-explanatory but because tablets are all about apps, we’ll focus on those – so tap Apps.

Step 3: Download and install a free game

There are plenty of serious-minded productivity apps available for the Kindle Fire but let’s face it – most people want a game or two to play.

That’s evidenced by Amazon’s Appstore for Android (to give it its full name) displaying the Featured Free Games section centre stage – literally in the middle of the screen.

To explore this, just swipe across it and find and tap a game title of interest.

Step 4: Download and install an app

We’ve tapped Candy Crush Saga – a hugely popular shape-matching game. To install the app to your Kindle Fire, just tap FREE followed by Get the App.

A bar will show the download progress, and change to an Open button when complete – you can tap this to launch the app if you want (but we’ll explain later how to find and launch downloaded stuff).

To return To the Appstore Home page, tap the Back button (the left-pointing arrow) at the bottom of the screen.

Step 5: Sort or search

If you know what you’re looking for then it’s possible to drill down through the Appstore by app category or search for particular titles.

To search, just tap the magnifying glass icon at the top right, type in your search term and then hit the orange magnifying glass icon at the bottom right of the keyboard.

To explore by category, tap the Menu button at the top left (three stacked lines) then tap Browse Categories under the SHOP heading.

Step 6: Download other types of content

Downloading other types of content works in almost exactly the same way.

As per Steps 1 and 2, from the Kindle Fire Home page tap Shop and then tap a category in the Digital Products heading.

We’ve tapped Music and then tapped the magnifying glass icon to search for an artist. Don’t worry if you make a spelling mistake here (as we did intentionally, obviously), as the search is pretty good at interpreting typos.

Specifically with music, it’s possible to listen to previews of the tunes – just tap the Play button (a triangle in a circle) next to a track or SAMPLE ALL to hear previews of all tracks on an album.

With many books, you can download a sample chapter to your Kindle Fire – just tap the Download Sample button.

To buy something, just tap the orange Buy button followed by the green BUY button to confirm. (Remember that to make such purchases you'll need a valid payment card registered alongside your Amazon account.)

Step 7: Find and enjoy your content

It’s easy to get lost in Amazon’s various store departments but it’s easy enough to escape in order to find your stuff – just press the Home button at the bottom left of the screen.

Now tap the relevant heading at the top of the screen – the Apps to see all your installed apps, for example, or Games if you want to focus on the timewasters.

To remove something from your Kindle Fire, tap and hold its icon and then tap Remove from Device.

Amazon updates budget Kindle – BT – BT.com – BT.com

Amazon has finished the base model of its Kindle e-reader, making it thinner, lighter and this option’s default setting the memory, but is keeping it priced at £60.

There’s been a slight redesign to the device itself too, with the new Kindle featuring a "more rounded" design that is aimed at being easier to hold, Amazon says.

The move to revamp its cheapest e-reader comes after Amazon released its most expensive Kindle ever – the £270 Kindle Oasis – earlier this year.

The Kindle Paperwhite now comes in white for the first time too.

Arthur van Rest, Kindle, general manager, said: "Tens of millions of readers around the world have Kindle e-readers, and today we’re excited to make our most affordable Kindle even better, while keeping the same breakthrough price point.

"With a thinner and lighter design, twice the memory, and all the features customers love about Kindle, it has never been a better time to be a reader."

Amazon has had huge success with its e-reader business, which marked the beginning of its venture into hardware back in 2007, and now sees the firm making tablets and streaming devices.

The new Kindle will be available from late July, with pre-orders having begun on the Amazon website.

Read more in our article: Which Kindle should I buy?

Amazon updates budget Kindle – BT – BT.com – BT.com

Amazon has finished the base model of its Kindle e-reader, making it thinner, lighter and this option’s default setting the memory, but is keeping it priced at £60.

There’s been a slight redesign to the device itself too, with the new Kindle featuring a "more rounded" design that is aimed at being easier to hold, Amazon says.

The move to revamp its cheapest e-reader comes after Amazon released its most expensive Kindle ever – the £270 Kindle Oasis – earlier this year.

The Kindle Paperwhite now comes in white for the first time too.

Arthur van Rest, Kindle, general manager, said: "Tens of millions of readers around the world have Kindle e-readers, and today we’re excited to make our most affordable Kindle even better, while keeping the same breakthrough price point.

"With a thinner and lighter design, twice the memory, and all the features customers love about Kindle, it has never been a better time to be a reader."

Amazon has had huge success with its e-reader business, which marked the beginning of its venture into hardware back in 2007, and now sees the firm making tablets and streaming devices.

The new Kindle will be available from late July, with pre-orders having begun on the Amazon website.

Read more in our article: Which Kindle should I buy?

How to download apps and games to your Kindle Fire BT.com

Your Kindle Fire comes with a selection of built-in apps and tools, including Silk (the web browser), Calendar, Contacts and Settings.

Beyond that, it’s up to you to fill your tablet with whatever content you fancy – games, books, movies, music and so on.

It’s not difficult to do once you know how but, if you’re new to tablets and the Kindle Fire in particular – we’re happy to lend a helping hand.

Step 1: See what’s in store

The are ways to transfer on to your Kindle Fire digital goods that you already own, such as music but here we’re going to focus on downloading stuff from Amazon’s various online stores.

From the Home screen, tap the Shop at the far left of the row of headings that run along the top of the screen (if you can’t see this, just swipe across the headings from left to right).

Step 2: Let’s (not) get physical

The screen will fill with imagery representing promoted content but focus your eyes on the left-hand side of the screen and the two section headings, Physical Products and Digital Products.

The top option, in Physical Products, is Shop Amazon. You can probably guess that this is a shortcut to the traditional Amazon web store, where you can buy anything from model aircraft to zinc supplements.

It is the links below the Digital Products heading that will bring interesting, fun and useful stuff to your Kindle Fire. Most are self-explanatory but because tablets are all about apps, we’ll focus on those – so tap Apps.

Step 3: Download and install a free game

There are plenty of serious-minded productivity apps available for the Kindle Fire but let’s face it – most people want a game or two to play.

That’s evidenced by Amazon’s Appstore for Android (to give it its full name) displaying the Featured Free Games section centre stage – literally in the middle of the screen.

To explore this, just swipe across it and find and tap a game title of interest.

Step 4: Download and install an app

We’ve tapped Candy Crush Saga – a hugely popular shape-matching game. To install the app to your Kindle Fire, just tap FREE followed by Get the App.

A bar will show the download progress, and change to an Open button when complete – you can tap this to launch the app if you want (but we’ll explain later how to find and launch downloaded stuff).

To return To the Appstore Home page, tap the Back button (the left-pointing arrow) at the bottom of the screen.

Step 5: Sort or search

If you know what you’re looking for then it’s possible to drill down through the Appstore by app category or search for particular titles.

To search, just tap the magnifying glass icon at the top right, type in your search term and then hit the orange magnifying glass icon at the bottom right of the keyboard.

To explore by category, tap the Menu button at the top left (three stacked lines) then tap Browse Categories under the SHOP heading.

Step 6: Download other types of content

Downloading other types of content works in almost exactly the same way.

As per Steps 1 and 2, from the Kindle Fire Home page tap Shop and then tap a category in the Digital Products heading.

We’ve tapped Music and then tapped the magnifying glass icon to search for an artist. Don’t worry if you make a spelling mistake here (as we did intentionally, obviously), as the search is pretty good at interpreting typos.

Specifically with music, it’s possible to listen to previews of the tunes – just tap the Play button (a triangle in a circle) next to a track or SAMPLE ALL to hear previews of all tracks on an album.

With many books, you can download a sample chapter to your Kindle Fire – just tap the Download Sample button.

To buy something, just tap the orange Buy button followed by the green BUY button to confirm. (Remember that to make such purchases you'll need a valid payment card registered alongside your Amazon account.)

Step 7: Find and enjoy your content

It’s easy to get lost in Amazon’s various store departments but it’s easy enough to escape in order to find your stuff – just press the Home button at the bottom left of the screen.

Now tap the relevant heading at the top of the screen – the Apps to see all your installed apps, for example, or Games if you want to focus on the timewasters.

To remove something from your Kindle Fire, tap and hold its icon and then tap Remove from Device.