Global

● Home button (bottom row of keyboard) – Return to Home menu
● Shift Alt R – Reboot the Kindle
● Shift Alt . (period) – Restart just the GUI (graphical user interface)
● Shift Alt G – Grab a screenshot. Screenshots can only be stored on an SD card. A .gif image file will be saved to the SD card.

● Shift SYM – Start a demo. Needs a special demo script on the SD card.

Home

● Shift Alt M – Play Minesweeper
● Alt Z – Rescan your Kindle for pictures
● Alt T – Show the time
● Number Keys – Jump to that page of your Home menu (1 to jump to page 1, 2 for page 2, etc.)

If your Home menu is sorted by book name or author, start typing the name or author and the Kindle will jump to it.

While you’re reading

● Alt B – Set a bookmark or clear a bookmark previously set here
● Alt T – Display the time
● Alt 0 – Enable or disable a slideshow
● Alt 1 – Start the slideshow
● Alt 2 – Stop the slidehow
● Alt Next Page / Previous Page – Go to the next (or previous) annotation, or 5% forward (or backward)

Settings

● 411 – Run a diagnostics test and display technical information about your Kindle
● 511 – Run a loopback call test
● 611 – Perform a diagnostic data service call

Font List

● J – Show or hide justification options (left or full justification)

Picture Viewer

● Shift Alt 0 – Set the current picture as your screen saver.
● F – Make the current picture full-screen

Minesweeper

● I – Move up
● J – Move left
● K – Move down
● L – Move right
● M – Mark a mine
● R – Restart with a new game
● Space – Open the current cell
● Select wheel – Move the cursor up and down
● Alt Select wheel – Move the cursor left and right
● H – Return to the Home menu

Text Input

● Alt Backspace – Clear all text typed so far
● Alt H – Move cursor left, without deleting anything
● Alt J – Move cursor right, without deleting anything
● Alt 6 – Type a ? (question mark)
● Alt 7 – Type a , (comma)
● Alt 8 – Type a : (colon)
● Alt 9 – Type a ” (double-quote)
● Alt 0 – Type a ‘ (apostrophe)

Browser

● Alt 1 – Go to current location in Google Maps. This attempts to locate you by triangulating your location against nearby cell phone towers. Note that this doesn’t always find the correct location, and displays “NOT AVAIL, NOT AVAIL” as your location (or an incorrect address). You may be able to fix this by pressing Shift Alt R to reboot your Kindle.
● Alt 2 – Find nearby gas stations
● Alt 3 – Find nearby restaurants
● Alt 5 – Find whatever you type in nearby
● Alt D – Highlight the default item (or don’t)
● Alt Z – Draw zone (or not)

Audio Player

● Alt P – Start playing or pause playing
● Alt F – Skip to next song

Search Field

These last few commands work in the search field. You only have to type enough of the word for it to be unique (for example, @wi is enough for Wikipedia).

● @help
● @web
● @wikipedia
● @store
● @time

A big thanks to Igor Skochinsky for reverse engineering this information.

Here are some great sources of e-books for the Amazon Kindle:

Free E-Books

Project Gutenberg
WOWIO
Pocket Fiction
Baen Free Library

E-Books (Commercial)

Baen
Mobipocket

E-Books (Paid Registration Required)

World Library

Kindle is Hot!

Amazon’s new Kindle is hot! Dedicated book readers are going to love this device to death. Some of the top features of this new device include;

• An e-ink display that provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. Easy on the eyes, not at all like reading from a computer screen or PDA.
• Wireless connectivity using Amazon’s Whispernet.
  • No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments.
  • Uses Sprint’s EVDO Nationwide network for maximum coverage almost everywhere.
  • Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
• Holds over 200 books, can be expanded with add-on SD card.