Originally posted March 1, 2010 by Cindy O'Neal
It is amazing how many books you can get on a Kindle. You have potentially an entire library of thousands of books on your little machine, and there are quite a few places, besides amazon.com you can pick up really good free books, not to mention all the books (free and otherwise) available on Amazon just dying to be chosen for your Kindle.
In future posts, I will be going over various ways to download from some of these places, and how to store these extra goodies... on and off your Kindle, but today I want to share a little information about the Archived Items on your Kindle. This is a link to a special place in cyberspace where Amazon stores all the ebooks you purchase from them. This includes all those free books on Amazon you can't resist getting because they (1) sound really great, (2) you want to include them in your library, or (3) you plan to read them real soon.
These books can add up after a while, and while you have plenty of space on your Kindle, the sheer number of pages on your Kindle Home screen to navigate to find a title can become a little unruly. I've got about 12 pages of book titles listed on my Kindle and it can be pretty overwhelming at times. What I do to keep the list pared down (at least a little) is remove books as I read them from the Kindle itself. To delete a book from your Kindle, turn it on so the Home page is showing. Use the 5-way switch to toggle down or up until the book you want to remove is underlined. Toggle the switch to the left and you will see the words remove from device if it is a book you purchased from Amazon. Press the switch in to make it happen.
Special Note: Deleting a book you did not purchase from Amazon is the same. The only difference is when you toggle the switch to the left, instead of seeing the words remove from device, you will see the word delete. Press in on the 5-way to make it happen. You will also need to press in once more to confirm you really want to delete this book. That is because Amazon does NOT archive personal files (and that is what any books you get somewhere other than Amazon are considered). Your personal files and books should be backed up on your own computer.
If you remove a book from your Kindle that was purchased (or free) from Amazon, it is only removed from your Kindle. Since you got it from Amazon in the first place, they will keep it for you in your special cyberspace archive area as long as you want to keep it there. To access the View Archived Items area with your Kindle, press the Home button so your list of books is displayed. Toggle the 5-way switch down until View Archived Items is underlined. Press in on the switch to go to your personal Archived Items area on amazon.com. Oh... Your Internet connection does need to be turned on your Kindle do do this.
Once you are in the Archives area, use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons on your Kindle to browse your titles. If you want to put the book back on your Kindle, just find it in the Archived Items area, move the 5-way switch till it is underlined, then press in on the switch. Your book will be resent to your Kindle.
Is that great or what?!
