<p>Searched to see if this was previously addressed, but couldn’t find it. When using the Kindle for reference books or travel guides, is there an efficient way to get to the material you want? I have tried putting the menu up when in the book and searching, but if you want something particular, you still have to scroll through an entire section to find the specifics of what you typed into the search box. Is there no way to go to a chapter from the Table of Contents? The book I have has the Table of Contents option greyed out when I try to use the “Go to” section. Thanks for your patience with this question. I hope I am missing the obvious (something I am extremely adept at when reading “technical” manuals).</p>
<p>Good Kindle books allow you to go straight to a particular chapter from the TOC. Apparently the books you are reading were not converted well.</p>
<p>you can use the search function; it might be called “find”…don’t have my Kindle with me so can’t be more specifically helpful.</p>
<p>This is the reason why I don’t like my Kindle anywhere near as much as I thought I would. Browsing, searching, and skimming are much more difficult than I expected.</p>
<p>One trick is to use the HIGHLIGHT feature. Using KINDLE for the PC, Select the text and right-click the mouse. These chose HIGHLIGHT. You can then display a drop down list of all “highlights”. I’m sure there is a similar process on the actual KINDLE.</p>
<p>This can be useful for reference books. For example, I have a workout book that I use a lot. I have highlighted the name of every exercise, so I can display a list of just the exercises and jump to any of them by clicking the name in the highlighted list.</p>
<p>For some books, you can choose to display the most frequently highlighted text blocks by all Kindle readers of that book.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info. The highlight feature helps, but ironically it adds a step to the process that books bypass. I love the idea of travel books on the kindle when I am away, but to use them efficiently will require “homework” apparently. When they can improve upon that, it will make a huge difference to many. I’m with you Marian, though I enjoy it for novels.</p>
<p>And, libraries now offer Kindle ebooks!
I just * borrowed * two Kindle books last night. So easy. Amazon works seamlessly with library system. Quite impressive.</p>
<p>Just a comment, for travel books, I buy last year’s versions, used, then rip out the pages I actually want. I throw them away as I travel. I’m not sure I’d use one on Kindle.</p>
<p>SJCM: I LOVE the library lending feature! It is especially awesome for me since I have membership to 3 different library systems in various cities. (All have ebook lending.) I just got borrowed one a few days ago, and am on a “waiting list” for another few.</p>
<p>I used to own a Sony pocket reader with ePub file reading capability for this process. However, the Kindle lets you do all that borrowing wirelessly - which I believe is a first. For the other file formats: epub, mobi, adobe, mp3/wma, etc - you have to download their software Overdrive, then download the file, then transfer the file to the Kindle, then when you’re done, delete the file from the computer. You’re right about how seamlessly the library digital content works so seamlessly in sending the file straight to your Kindle account. Love it.</p>