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Originally Posted by kelleybean
...And that leads me to my next question - I have a few duplicate books, and a few samples that I ended up buying the full book on...leaving the sample on my Kindle. I've heard that I should "delete" the book from my Kindle, which will just send it to archives. I suppose I could maybe deal with that, but really I want them OFF my device. And I can't deal with it anyway because I can't seem to find a delete or archive option on my Kindle. The only other option I see is using the Amazon site to permanently delete it from the Kindle? That seems...clunky.
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Archives are not on your Kindle. It is a listing of your account (which is stored at Amazon), minus any books that ARE on your Kindle. Deleting a book from your Kindle simply allows the listing to be seen in the Archives instead (it doesn't move it and it is removed from the Kindle). Since you don't own a sample, though, deleting it from the Kindle does only that; it doesn't show up in the archives.
If, however, you accidentally (or on purpose) purchased a book that you don't want in your account anymore, you can permanently delete it on the Manage My Kindle page. Doing so will remove it's reference on the archive page and if you change your mind and want it back later, you have to purchase it again.
Think of it this way: The Kindle is a magical purse or backpack, you can stuff in as many books or samples as you want, without it getting any heavier (up to the limit of the internal size, of course). Each book you add is only a copy of the original book you own back in the library of your house, while the samples are a few copied pages from the local bookseller. Pull them out, read them or discard them - it only affects the magical purse, not your library shelves. Want one back - if it's your book, you go back home, make a new copy of the book on your shelves and stuff it in the purse; if you want a new sample, of course, you have to hit the bookseller's store. But, if you have a few on the shelves that are truly, truly horrid, or are the ones the seller gives away for free and they are cluttering up the (limitless) shelves or are afraid someone who is coming to visit your home will peruse your shelves and discover you were buying "those" books, you can remove them from your shelves to toss them into the fireplace, permanently removing any record of them from your home. Doing so is not something that can be undone, however - after the visitors are gone and you want that dreadful book back, it requires a trip back to the bookseller and payment of a few more shekels to restock the shelves.