This article shows you how to use the touchscreen and controls on your Kindle Paperwhite. Instructions apply to all generations.

Once you’ve set up your Kindle Paperwhite by linking it to your Amazon account, books you buy or download will appear on the home screen. Before you do that, you might want to tweak a few settings. Here’s what to do.

Select the menu icon on the home screen. It looks like three horizontal lines.

In the menu that opens, you can choose how your library is displayed on the home screen by choosing List view or Cover view (depending on which is currently active). You have two options: You have two options: List view displays a simple list of books and documents, while Cover view displays the covers of books in your library when they are available.