Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (996 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1449316271 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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During a subsequent five-year tour of duty at O’Reilly Media he worked in the Missing Manual group, serving as managing editor and associate publisher. After co-founding pioneering multimedia textbook publisher Digital Learning Interactive, he launched a successful career as a freelance journalist, writing about the strange and wonderful effects of computers on mainstream culture for many publications, including the New York Times, the
Covers all the bases of the Kindle Fire! Will Kelly I bought a Kindle Fire on its launch day. While I've come to enjoy the device, I read Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual by Peter Myers to see if there if there was anything I missed in my tinkering with the Fire. Well, I am pleased to report that the book provides a friendly yet in-depth coverage of the Kindle Fire's features. Even if you are a longtime Kindle Fire user, you will find something in this book.Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual takes the reader from unpacking and setting up Amazon's hot new eReader to using it as a traditional eReader, perusing the Newsstand even consuming video and music on the device. Broom Rider said Fantastic Book. This book gave me the courage to explore my new Kindle Fire. It is written for the average person in the average person language. Everything is clear and well thought out. It makes understanding this new fangled device easy and removes anything intimidating. I liked the idea of the Kindle Fire when I bought it but now I don't know how I got along without it. This book unlocked everything. I'd give it 10 more stars if that were possible.. Len Edgerly said Very Thorough Presentation of the Fire. If you are new to the Kindle Fire, this manual is a fantastic way to learn all it can do. The writing style is clear, informative, and entertaining. The book covers every conceivable topic you might have questions about, from the best apps to buy, to how a WiFi connection is set up, to methods for sharing photos. Since I've been using my Fire steadily ever since it was available, I didn't find many things in the book that I didn't know, but it was still worth buying, to have as a reference available for when questions come up. For example, the section on the Fire's e-mail app is particularly well-done and usefu
Enter a bright new world of entertainment with ’s red hot tablet. Learn how to manage your media library on the Fire and in the cloud—and where to find the coolest apps.Note: This first edition of Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual covers only the original Kindle Fire sold between November, 2011 and September, 2012. This guide lights the way with lots of illustrations and step-by-step instructions for browsing the Web, emailing, playing games, and viewing books, movies, and magazines in blazing color. For later models, please see Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual, 2nd edition.The important stuff you need to know:Read all about it. Find, load, and read a variety of ebooks, magazines, and newspapers.Go online. Browse the Web and manage email with a secure Wi-Fi connection.Put on a show. Watch movies and TV series, and showcase your photos and videos.Fill up your jukebox. Listen to your favorite music from and iTunes.Load up on apps. Get popular games, guides, references, and more with ’s Apps for Android.Take your briefcase. Read PDFs, Word files, Excel spreadsheets, and other docs.
Peter's undergraduate degree is from Harvard, where he studied American history and literature, and he has an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. After co-founding pioneering multimedia textbook publisher Digital Learning Interactive, he launched a successful career as a freelance journalist, writing about the strange and wonderful effects of computers on mainstream culture for many publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Salon, and the Village Voice. You can follow him on Twitter @petermeyers. During a subsequent five-year tour of duty at O’Reilly Media he worked in the Missing Manual group, serving as managing editor and associate publisher. . His most recent writing projects include Best iPad Apps (O&