Chapter 8
Expanding the Reading Experience
In This Chapter
Digging deeper with the dictionary, Vocabulary Builder, translations, and X-ray
Sharing books and recommendations on Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter
Listening and reading with Whispersync for Voice
Browsing the web with your Kindle Paperwhite
Although the Kindle Paperwhite is first and foremost a reading device, it does offer several features that go beyond reading. You can look up words with the dictionary and memorize their definitions with Vocabulary Builder, make notes, highlight text, translate words from English to other languages and vice versa, dig deeper with the X-ray feature, browse the web, and post comments and interesting quotes on Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter.
In this chapter, I look at these features — and go beyond reading with your Kindle Paperwhite!
Easy Dictionary Look-Up
One of the most useful Kindle Paperwhite features is the built-in dictionary. The dictionary is easy to access and makes it swift and painless to find the definition of an unknown word.
To display a dictionary definition of a word, ...
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