It only takes the book off of the device. Now, to answer Marcia’s original question: removing the books from your Kindle or Kindle App does not ‘delete’ them from your life. The Cloud is the source for all your content on all your Kindle-powered devices. When I read a book, for example, I will typically download it to my Paperwhite AND to my iPhone Kindle app AND to my old bathtub Kindle, so I can pick up the book and continue reading wherever I am.Īny family member or anyone else sharing the same Amazon account can have the same books on their Kindle at the same time, as well.

It can sit on your Kindle reader, or on another device that has a Kindle app (like your iPad or iPhone), or it can stay in Amazon’s ‘Cloud’.Ī book can also be in several places at once. Your purchased book can reside in many places. Tap on “Device” and you will see ONLY THE BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED to the Kindle or Kindle app in your hand. Touch and hold any one to download it to the device in your hand. Tap on “Cloud” and you will see ALL OF THE BOOKS YOU HAVE EVER BOUGHT. (On the oldest Kindles, the “Cloud” can be found by looking at your “archived items”) This is how “Cloud/Device” appears on the Kindle App on the iPad. If you have a Kindle Fire, or a Kindle App on an iPhone or iPad or a newer Kindle (like the Paperwhite), you will see a spot that says “Cloud/Device”. When you buy a Kindle book at Amazon, the book appears on your shelf-in-the-sky. Once you buy a Kindle book, it is yours forever (if you want to keep it). So let’s look at the life of a Kindle book. I’m so glad that she brought this to my attention, because I’m guessing that there are a great many others who share this concern. She is afraid to delete any books because she doesn’t want to lose them. Photo credit: Patrick Hoesly via photopin ccOne of the folks in our blogging community recently expressed concern that her Kindle is filling up.

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