How do i sign in to my kindle account

Whether you use an Amazon Kindle or run the Kindle app on a computer or mobile device, it can be hard to manage all the ebooks you've collected and the devices you've connected to your account. The good news is that Amazon offers a dedicated web page where you can view, delete, and otherwise manage all your ebooks and devices. Here’s how.

Manage Kindle Content

Sign into Amazon's Manage Your Content and Devices(Opens in a new window) page and click the Content heading at the top. You'll see different categories, including books, audiobooks, apps, and video. For ebooks, click the icon for Books.

You can change the content being displayed by clicking the drop-down arrow for the View menu and selecting a different category. Click the drop-down menu for All to narrow the results to purchased books, loaned books, borrowed books, and more. Select the Sort By menu to change the sort order to Title, Author, or Acquired Date.

To manage a book's availability on a specific device, click the button for Deliver or remove from device. Select the device for which you want to send or remove the book. Then click the button for Make changes.

After you've read a book, Amazon marks it as read, but you can change that status, especially if you wish to read it again. Click the button for Mark as unread. On the flip side, you can mark an unread book as read by clicking the button for Mark as read.

If you borrowed a book from a subscription service like Kindle Unlimited or electronically through your local library, a button for Return this book appears. Click that button. Once returned, the book is removed from your Kindle devices and content page.

To further manage a single title, click the More actions button next to it. From the pop-up menu, you can run a variety of commands.

• Click Delete to remove the title from your account and from the Kindle content page.

• Select Download & transfer via USB to manually transfer the title to a Kindle device through a USB cable. Note that this works only with supported Kindle devices, not with third-party devices equipped with the Kindle app.

• Select Clear Furthest Page Read if you want to resume reading a book from the beginning.

• Select Read Now to open the book on your computer in the Kindle app.

• Select Add or Remove from Collection if you’ve created or want to create collections to organize your books. For example, you could create one collection for non-fiction and another for fiction. Or you could create one collection for historical non-fiction, another collection for science fiction, and maybe a third for autobiographies. You can then add or remove a book in a specific collection.

• Select Purchase Audible Audiobook to buy the audio version of the selected ebook.

• Select Order Details to see the details on a book you purchased.

• Select Gift Now to send the book as a gift to someone. Add an email address and a personalized message and click Place your order to make the purchase and send the gift.

• Select Loan this title to temporarily share a book with someone outside your account’s linked devices. Enter the person’s email address and add a message to send. This method works even if the receiving person doesn’t have a Kindle device. The ebook will be shared through email, and the recipient will have 14 days to read the title before it’s automatically returned to you. Note, however, that not every book will offer the option to loan. If you don’t see this option for a specific book, the publisher has likely restricted sharing.

• Select Manage Family Library if you’ve set up a family library for your Kindle content and want to share a title with someone in your family. After selecting this option, you should see a list of family members. Click the Add to Library button next to someone to share the title with that person.

Manage Multiple Books

To manage multiple books in a single shot, check the box in front of each title you wish to include. At the top of the screen, you can select all books, deselect them all, deliver them to a device, delete them, mark them as read or unread, add them to your library, remove them from your library, or add them to a collection.

Further, you can search for specific books. Type a word or phrase in the search field at the right and click Go to see the results.

Manage Other Types of Content

Amazon allows you to manage other types of content. Click the View menu and select a category such as audiobooks. You’ll find similar options and commands to manage your books, audiobooks, magazines, and more.

Manage Devices

Next, you can manage any of your Kindle or Echo devices, or other gadgets outfitted with the Kindle app or another Amazon app. Click the Devices heading at the top of the page. Click the icon for a specific type of device, such as Kindle.

If a registered device is no longer active, click the Deregister button. At the window that pops up, confirm your action by clicking Deregister.

Change Default Device

You can also set or change your default device, meaning the device that automatically receives any ebooks and other content you download from Amazon. Click the More actions button for the device you use most frequently and select the entry Set as default device. Then click Save.

View Device Content

To see what books and other content are on a specific device, click the More actions button and select the option for View device content.

Change Settings

Finally, select the Preferences tab at the top of the page. You can now set up or change your default payment method, manage your household and family library, update your saved Wi-Fi passwords, and take care of several other options.

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