![]() When you are not using features that require internet accessibility, it is advisable to turn off your internet as an active internet connection uses several features unrelated to the primary use, reading. One of the main causes of battery drain in Kindles is the device searching for networks to connect to. There are many reports of Kindle users facing battery drain issues. Since we have already established that Internet Access is not a prerequisite to reading on a Kindle device, let us further explore what the potential drawbacks could be for reading with Internet access. Once you have made those books available on your Kindle device, you do not need internet access to read those books. However, if you want to access the books that you have added to your Kindle cloud library but have not yet downloaded to your Kindle device, you need to connect to the internet. Once you have downloaded the books you want to read and if you do not intend to switch between devices while reading, then you no longer require internet access. In order to access the Kindle Cloud Library and browse books through the Kindle store, you need to have an active internet connection. Access to the Kindle Cloud Library and Kindle Store Select 'Device synchronization (Whispersync settings)' and confirm that the feature is turned on. To turn on the Whispersync function, on your Kindle device, navigate to 'Manage your Content and Devices' and select the 'Preferences' tab. To make sure that your 'Whispersync' function is turned on, first, you need to enable the feature and then connect to the internet, in that order. They have to be accessed via the 'Docs' icon and not the 'Kindle' icon. The books that are added by emailing, will show up in the 'Documents' folder and not in 'eBooks'. This will not work with books that you sideload. ![]() Once it is sent, those books get incorporated with the Whispersync function. To add the books, use the email-to-Kindle function to send the non-Amazon books to your Kindle email address. Make sure that the Whispersync feature is turned on for Amazon to track your progress and in order to do this, an active internet connection is required.įor this feature to work, the non-Amazon book that you add needs to be in MOBI or other compatible file formats.Īmazon Kindle does not yet have EPUB format compatibility. This feature works not just with Kindle devices but also with non-Kindle devices you are using to read with the Kindle app. Using your Kindle with internet access while reading syncs your progress across multiple devices.Īmazon uses a feature called Whispersync for Kindle books which updates your progress across all devices.
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