Review: Good Supplemental User's Guide
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
Before you pay, understand that Amazon offers this User's Guide for free several times a year.  If you don't want to wait, or are concerned that you will miss it on the day it's offered for free, then go ahead and pay for it.  (You can watch the list at the kindlenationdaily website, which lists free books currently being offered on Amazon.  It stays on there for a couple of days once it's posted.)I have the 2012 version of this User's Guide, and wish I had discovered it earlier.  Since the Kindle is constantly evolving and being upgraded, it's a good idea to download this 2013 version and check it out, even if you have the old one.  You may learn about some new "bells and whistles!" I found this version better and more user-friendly than the User's Guide that comes with the Kindle, and that is downloaded to your device when you first sign in.Keep in mind the User's Guide was published by Amazon, so there is quite a bit of Amazon self-congratulatory hype, and also a lot of product plugs.  You will need to wade through the non-essential marketing information to get to the good stuff, but that doesn't make the good information you will find in the User's Guide any less useful.  And that's the price you pay for getting it for free.You get a lot of tips in the book.  I've been able to use my Kindle to do a lot of things that I didn't even know it could do, and it has enhanced my experience.  And details are provided in one place, allowing you to make side-to-side comparisons of products more easily.One of the ironies of this User's Guide is that you need to understand how to use the Kindle to be able to read the instructions on how to use the Kindle on your Kindle.  Got that?  ;)  Oh, well, you could download the Kindle reading app to your computer and read it from there.  But you'd have to know that's an option before you can do it, and that's not intuitive.The bottom line is that if you download it, you'll find it useful.For more information, you can also download "Kindle Fire Tips, Tricks & How-Tos"Kindle Fire Tips, Tricks and How-Tos: Kindle Nation Daily's Guide To Save You Money, Save You Time, and Help You Get The Most Out Of Your Kindle Fire.  It looks like it's the same book, but it is different.