Bookmarks

Originally posted March 29, 2010 by Cindy O'Neal

Bookmarks are good, and very useful in paper books. I'm not so sure about on a Kindle, because it always remembers where you were in any book when you turn it on, even if you are reading several books at a time. You may have other reasons to mark certain pages in books. That's what bookmarks are for.

There are two ways to create a bookmark.

• Press Alt+B on the keyboard (will bookmark or unbookmark the current page)
• Press the Menu button, then toggle to and select the words Add a Bookmark and press in on the 5-way switch.

A dog-ear icon will appear in the upper right corner of the page to let you know that page is bookmarked. You can place a bookmark anywhere in a book, and you can have as many as you want in whatever book you are reading. When you add a bookmark, it is associated with the first location number on the page, so if you change text size, your bookmark will still be accurate. You can return to a bookmarked location any time.

View your Bookmarks
Press the Menu button and select My Notes & Marks. You will see them in the order they occur. Each bookmark shows the location number and the first line text from that location. To go to a particular bookmark, toggle the 5-way switch until the one you want it underlined (highlighted), press in on the 5-way to make it happen.

Use the Back button to go back easily to the bookmarks list to make another selection.

Delete bookmarks: you can also delete bookmarks (one or several at a time) in this area by pressing the Del (delete) key when a bookmark is highlighted in the My Notes & Marks area.

Another way to delete bookmarks

• Go to the bookmarked page.
• Press the Menu button
• Toggle the 5-way down until the words Delete Bookmark is underlined. Press the 5-way to remove it.
• You can also remove a bookmark on a page by holding down the Alt key and pressing the letter B on the keyboard. (Alt+B)