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Chapter 4 · 74KINDLE USER’S GUIDE 4
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EDITION
CHAPTER 4:
Searching on Kindle
Kindle allows you to take advantage of powerful search capabilities. You can search
locally on Kindle or remotely at the Kindle Store, Wikipedia, or the Web.
4.1 Introduction to Search
This section describes the types of searches that you can perform using Kindle and
how to use search.
TYPES OF SEARCHES
Kindle supports several types of search as summarized below.
SEARCHING WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING
You can limit a search to only what you are currently reading. You enter your search
term or phrase and Kindle searches in the body of the text in the current item.
SEARCHING ALL YOUR CONTENT
You can alternatively search all the reading material that you have stored on Kindle,
including books, newspapers, magazines, and other items. You enter your search term
or phrase and Kindle searches in the body of the text, in the metadata (for example,
the title or author), and in your “My Clippings” file. For PDFs, Kindle searches for the
term in the metadata only (author’s name and file name). Additionally, Kindle also
keeps and searches the metadata for the content you have stored on Amazon.
SEARCHING REMOTELY
Kindle can perform remote searches in several different locations using Whispernet.
Each of these remote location searches are described in the final section of this
chapter. See Searching the Kindle Store, Searching the Web, or Searching Wikipedia.