Boomarks

jbcohen · 02-12-2014, 07:33 AM

I fail to see of what use books marks are on my kindle. When I turn off my kindle, then re-start it sometime later it always starts where I left off. So I really do not see of what use books marks are. I do not see any command to go to a book mark.

Jessica Lares · 02-12-2014, 10:08 AM

Bookmarks are bookmarks. Have you never used sticky notes throughout a book before?

HarryT · 02-12-2014, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcohen

I do not see any command to go to a book mark.

On the PW2, simply tap the top right corner of the screen to see all the bookmarks in the current book.

pidgeon92 · 02-12-2014, 12:46 PM

I would guess that people would use bookmarks far more frequently in a non-fiction book than in a novel. I mostly use bookmarks to mark favorite recipes in cookbooks.

Mike L · 02-12-2014, 01:10 PM

Perhaps "bookmark" is not the ideal word. It's not like the bookmark you place in a paper book to mark the point at which you left off reading. It's more like a tag that you use to mark points of interest that you might want to refer back to another time. As others have said, they're more useful for non-fiction than for fiction.

Personally, I don't use them all that much, but I wouldn't like to have to manage without them.

Mike

tomsem · 02-12-2014, 09:13 PM

Bookmarks are, ideally, user-defined navigation points to make it easier to jump around to places of interest (and not just TOC locations). The 'analog' version of this is dog-earing a page or placing colored tabs in a book to identify points of interest.

Finally with the PW2 and 3rd generation Fire tablets, they have their own navigation list. Before they were mixed in with highlights and notes which rendered them somewhat less usable (though you could filter the Notes and Marks list to show just bookmarks).

For titles that support Whispersync for voice, bookmarks can also establish navigation points in the audiobook to make it easier to locate passages things there, since these get synched along with reading position.

They're especially useful for reference books.

jbcohen · 02-13-2014, 08:10 PM

I like Jessica's statements, and no I have never written a sticky in all my reading life. However my great aunt used to so I can see that the book marks would replace those sticky notes that my late great aunt used to make.

02-12-2014, 07:33 AM	#1
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Boomarks I fail to see of what use books marks are on my kindle. When I turn off my kindle, then re-start it sometime later it always starts where I left off. So I really do not see of what use books marks are. I do not see any command to go to a book mark.

02-12-2014, 10:08 AM	#2
Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	Bookmarks are bookmarks. Have you never used sticky notes throughout a book before?

02-12-2014, 12:46 PM	#4
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	I would guess that people would use bookmarks far more frequently in a non-fiction book than in a novel. I mostly use bookmarks to mark favorite recipes in cookbooks.

02-12-2014, 01:10 PM	#5
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	Perhaps "bookmark" is not the ideal word. It's not like the bookmark you place in a paper book to mark the point at which you left off reading. It's more like a tag that you use to mark points of interest that you might want to refer back to another time. As others have said, they're more useful for non-fiction than for fiction. Personally, I don't use them all that much, but I wouldn't like to have to manage without them. Mike

02-12-2014, 09:13 PM	#6
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,939 Karma: 27060151 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Bookmarks are, ideally, user-defined navigation points to make it easier to jump around to places of interest (and not just TOC locations). The 'analog' version of this is dog-earing a page or placing colored tabs in a book to identify points of interest. Finally with the PW2 and 3rd generation Fire tablets, they have their own navigation list. Before they were mixed in with highlights and notes which rendered them somewhat less usable (though you could filter the Notes and Marks list to show just bookmarks). For titles that support Whispersync for voice, bookmarks can also establish navigation points in the audiobook to make it easier to locate passages things there, since these get synched along with reading position. They're especially useful for reference books.

02-13-2014, 08:10 PM	#7
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	I like Jessica's statements, and no I have never written a sticky in all my reading life. However my great aunt used to so I can see that the book marks would replace those sticky notes that my late great aunt used to make.

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