April left a comment on the post about cleaning up your Kindle Fire: “The internal storage is all clear, yay! BUT… the APPLICATION STORAGE is still nearly full. I have looked every place I can think of with the file explorer and cannot find where this is stored. Please help!” I suggest the following: Try…
How much storage space is available on my Kindle Fire?
by Will DeLamater
On a media device like the Kindle Fire, storage matters. With movies running roughly 500MB and audiobooks 200MB, that storage can disappear rapidly. Ebooks are actually smaller in file size than other media, so if all you want to do is read, you will be fine with a device with the minimum storage. You can…
What is Kindle MatchBook and Why Should You Care?
by Will DeLamater
Are you one of those individuals who likes to read across different media, i.e. do you want to read the same book in print and on a digital device? If so, the world of booksellers is ready to serve your needs. If you have a Kindle reader or software and an Amazon account, finding out…
What to do when my Kindle is full
by Will DeLamater
Use an app to clean up space and memory September 1, 2016 There are few apps that are available in the app store that you can install to automatically clean up space and memory. One of them is Clean Master app. The app is great for few reasons The app itself is very small and…
Manage Automatic Book Updates on Your Kindle Devices
by Will DeLamater
How to manage automatic updates to Kindle books? Amazon’s policy is to notify you by email if there is a major update to any book you bought from them. Minor changes can be made via the Manage my Content and Devices page. On that page, click on Settings and scroll down to view Automatic Updates,…
This 360 degree view of a medieval European library will blow your mind
by Will DeLamater
Which Kindle or Kindle Fire do I have?
by Will DeLamater
Sometimes you want to know what your Kindle can do, accommodate, connect with, and so forth. And sometimes you need to know what model you have to answer that question. My question is, will my Kindle Fire HD allow me to “quick switch” between running apps and such without returning to the home page or…
Is the Kindle or Kindle Fire the Best Device for Schools?
by Will DeLamater
Related content: How to Clean Up Your Kindle Fire As with everything, the answer to this question comes from the answer to another question, which is “What is your goal for the use of the devices?” The best Kindle for each school is the one that best helps it accomplish its educational mission. So, Kindle…
Do kids learn more from print texts than from digital ones?
by Will DeLamater
The answer may surprise you. The debate over whether physical or digital reading is better for kids is warming up. We are long past the days when the claims for print books were primarily aesthetic; nowadays, you need data to prove a point. Researchers are now suggesting that certain aspects of physical, print books actually…
Will Kindle Unlimited Change Everything?
by Will DeLamater
Watch the short video that GigaOm dug up about the new subscription service for unlimited books from Amazon: How would such a service affect your reading habits? Please share your thoughts in the comments below! You might also like: Beware Automatic Book Updates on Kindle and What Educators Need to Know About Kindle Synchronization