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Further Updates on E-Ink Kindles Last week
This software update, v5.6.5 was released the day after I wrote about other software updates and it's being slowly being received over the air, receivable when you're connected to WiFi.

TIP for anyone not seeing enhancements in enabled Kindle books
The new features are available on books prepared to use the enhancements.  A couple of people have experienced no changes seen in enabled Kindle books but found that if they deleted the Kindle book from their Kindle devices and re-downloaded it from the 'Cloud' then the enhancements were shown.

  The new Bookerly font is very readable, as I've written in a past blog article on the Paperwhite 2 update that got this font earlier.  In my case, I still use the Helvetica font because it has the most contrast.  The Paperwhite 2 did not receive the new layout features at the time, however, and they're available to the mentioned models now.

 This blog article quotes the Amazon announcement made at their forums and highlights a few items in bold face, with added information in brackets to further identify the models affected.

'Software Update for Kindle Voyage, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle

We have a free software update available for Kindle Voyage, Kindle Paperwhite (7th Generation) [ Paperwhite 3 ], the previous generation Kindle Paperwhite [ Paperwhite 2  ], and Kindle (7th Generation) [ current Kindle basic model with Touch screen ].

In addition to performance improvements for your Kindle, new features include:
Smart Cards
A redesigned Smart Lookup makes it easier to get to the actions you want to take while reading - highlight, create a note, share a quote, and more, while keeping your favorite Smart Lookup features like Dictionary, Wikipedia, and X-Ray easily accessible.  Just tap and hold on a word, phrase, or sentence to bring up Smart Lookup and swipe right to see the next card.

Reading Improvements
   These reading improvements are:
~Bookerly, a new font specifically designed for digital screens and tailored for Kindle books, is now available on Kindle Voyage, the previous generation Kindle Paperwhite [ [Paperwhite 2 ], and Kindle (7th Generation) [ current basic Kindle model ], in addition to Kindle Paperwhite (7th Generation) [ current Paperwhite model ].  It introduces a lighter, more graceful look that's akin to the best traditional fonts found in print books.

~Improved word spacing, which results in faster, easier reading across all fonts. When words are unevenly spaced on a line of text, or the spacing between words varies from line to line, it's harder for the eye to scan a passage of text while reading. So Amazon's new technology uses advanced rules for breaking words across lines with hyphenation while adjusting the space between words, to create paragraphs that are more even and consistent line to line.

~Improved character placement, which increases word-recognition speed. Digital fonts in browsers lack the subtle variable adjustments between characters that make high-quality print materials look great. Amazon's reading technology now applies kerning, which looks at neighboring pairs of letters in context and adjusts the character spacing to suit the word.

~Large font optimizations, which reduce visual distractions when customers choose larger font. The text is automatically left aligned to reduce gaps, and margins, indents, nested lists, borders and drop caps all get special treatment to keep the page easy to read with less effort.

~Enhanced page layout with typographically correct drop caps, and images and graphics that fit the page as the author meant them to be displayed, scaling correctly to reflect the page size and the customer's preferred font size.

~Footnotes, endnotes and chapter notes are displayed in a pop up panel, either at the bottom of the page when the note will fit in the bottom-third of the page, or full screen if the note will not fit in the bottom-third of the page.

Personalized Recommendations on Goodreads on Kindle
Now you can access book recommendations personalized just for you inside the Goodreads app on your Kindle. The Goodreads algorithms analyze more than 20 billion data points and deliver surprising suggestions-all to help you find the book you'll want to read next. If you haven't used recommendations on Goodreads before, simply tell us your favorite genres and rate some books, and we'll provide you with personalized recommendations.
  To learn more about a recommended title, just tap on the book cover to see more details. The more books you rate, the better your recommendations will be.


These features will be delivered automatically as part of a free, over-the-air software update in the coming weeks, or you can visit Amazon's software update pages for the U.S. and for the UK to download the software update. '

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Kindle Tips: Added info re enlarging text on a page layout that doesn't allow zooming in on a Kindle Fire tablet. Also, how to get the ongoing blog comments (Questions/Answers/Feedback) into your news feeds.

Added info and comments on the new Manage Your Content and Devices page

In the blog article on the new Kindle-management page ("Manage your Content and Devices"), I'd written that although some page layouts do not allow us to zoom the text when using the Kindle Fire tablets, a customer rep had mentioned that  the Manage your Content and Devices page is one of those but there's another way to enlarge the text on those.

  The text and fonts on that page are too small for some to read on a 7" tablet.  I mentioned that the Kindle support person had said that if you triple-tap on the page, then you can zoom the text.
  However, that didn't work for me.  I've updated that with new info and am highlighting it in this post.

 In the Comments section of the post, Tom Semple wrote that he believed this function would have to first be enabled in the "Accessibility" settings.

  Sure enough that's true; On my 8.9" Kindle Fire HDX, I found the setting labeled as "Screen Magnifier" option under the 'Accessibility' setting.
  (At top menu of Home page, swipe down to see the "Settings" option.)

  My Kindle Fire HD 7" Gen 1 (Yr 2012) does NOT have this feature, but it IS a feature that you can enable in Yr 2013's Kindle Fire HD Gen 2.

  After enabling the Screen Magnifier, you can triple-tap on a page layout that normally doesn't allow zoomed enlargements of the text, and the text will be larger and definitely easier to read.  To get the text size back to normal setting, triple-tap the display again.

  Tom Semple often has terrific additional information as he is usually one of the first to try out the new features and does a thorough analysis.  So his comments are worth a read.

  To see ongoing Comments to the blog (including my replies), you can add the Comments section to any feed reader you're using. 'RSS' is the usual type of feed, but some news readers use 'Atom'

  To get Comments section:
    You can use one of the following two links to add to your Feed reader if you want to receive the Comments-only feed for Kindleworld in addition to the feed for the blog.  You enter ONE of the following when 'adding' this blog's ongoing Comments to your feed, depending on whether you use an RSS feed or an Atom one (the reader will give you that info).

    . (For RSS 2.0 feeds)  http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=rss
    . (For Atom 1.0 feeds)  http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default


    Here are the URLs to 'add' if you haven't already added the Kindleworld blog to your feed reader and you're interested in getting it.

  To get A Kindle World blog
    . (For RSS 2.0 feeds)  http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
    . (For Atom 1.0 feeds)  http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default


Re Feed readers:  I used to use Google Reader, but that was ended by Google.   tend to use the free versions of the following, in order of preference.
  . The Old Reader as it's simple to use, direct, not confusing, and very smooth, and it's most like the old Google reader (for those who were fond of its simplicity).
  . Feedly - Varied layouts, lots of features. I find it sort of confusing but it has attractive magazine-like layouts.
  . Newsblur - A lot of features but they're sort of aggressive about hoping you'll upgrade to the paid version when there are too many people in front of you waiting for approval of the free version.  It has a good rep though.


  For daily free ebooks, check the following links:

Temporarily-free books - Non-classics USA: by:    Publication Date      Bestselling   High-ratings UK: PubDate   Popular The Kindle Daily Deal What is 3G? and "WiFi"?       Battery Care Highly-rated under $1,  Newest: $1-$2, $2-$3

Most Popular Free K-Books U.S. & Int'l (NOT UK):    Top 100 free UK-Only:    Top 100 free Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. USEFUL for your Kindle Keyboard (U.S. only, currently):   99c Notepad 1.1,   99c Calculator,   99c Calendar,   99c Converter

  *Click* to Return to the HOME PAGE.  Or click on the web browser's BACK button


Below are ways to Share this post if you'd like others to see it.
-- The Send to Kindle button works well only on Firefox currently.

Send to Kindle

(Older posts have older Kindle model info. For latest models, see CURRENT KINDLES page. )
If interested, you can also follow my add'l blog-related news at Facebook and Twitter
Questions & feedback are welcome in the Comment areas (tho' spam is deleted). Thanks!