Help > Goodreads On Kindle
You can! Just click on “Delete” on the right side of the note or highlight. When you remove a note or highlight on Goodreads, it will also be removed from your Kindle device or Kindle reading application, and can’t be restored.
Kindle Notes & Highlights are linked directly to your Kindle ebooks. This means that you can’t add highlights from physical books to your reviews on Goodreads, unfortunately. If you also own or have borrowed the Kindle edition, however, you’re always welcome to highlight specific passages from your Kindle device or reading application, which you can then make visible on Goodreads. In addition, you can add and edit notes directly from Goodreads, which will then sync to your ebook. To do so, simply navigate to your highlight, click on “Add note,” and click on “Save” once you’re done entering your text. To edit a note, click on “Edit” beneath the note, and then “Save.”
Kindle Notes & Highlights are always private unless you choose to make them visible to those who can view your Goodreads profile. To make your notes and highlights visible, simply navigate to your review and click on “Kindle Notes & Highlights” underneath your read dates. From this notes and highlights page, click on “Make all visible.” To hide all of your notes and highlights for a book, click on “Hide all” at the top right of your notes and highlights page. You can also make individual notes or highlights visible by toggling to green on the “Visible” button directly to its right.
You can always change who can view your Goodreads profile by visiting the Settings tab of your Account Settings and editing your preferences underneath “Who Can View My Profile.”
You can do this on mobile by navigating to your Settings from the hamburger menu and selecting “Privacy.” Click on “Edit” across from “Profile” and select “Friends Only” from the options. Select “Done” to save your edit.
Not at all! You can actually create Kindle Notes & Highlights using the free Kindle Cloud Reader on any web browser. You’re also welcome to use the free native Kindle apps for iOS and Android to take notes or add highlights while you read.
There are built-in constraints in Kindle Notes & Highlights designed to protect against sharing too much of a book. We’re still looking to monitor and adapt this as we improve the feature. You can still see your entire highlight directly from your Kindle device.
Once you make a Kindle highlight public, click on the percent link directly to its left to navigate to the unique page for that highlight. You can then share that URL with anyone you’d like. If you choose to make your highlight private later, it won’t be accessible via the link anymore.
Unfortunately it isn’t currently possible to view all Kindle notes and highlights you or a friend have added to multiple ebooks, though it’s something we’d like to include in the future. You can always view individual notes and highlights by navigating to specific reviews on Goodreads and clicking on “Kindle Notes & Highlights” beneath the read dates.
Once you’ve connected your Goodreads and Amazon accounts, you should be able to see your Kindle notes and highlights by navigating to your review. If you can’t view them, it’s possible you’re reviewing a different edition on Goodreads than the edition you’ve added notes and highlights to on your Kindle. Here’s how to make sure your editions match:
1. Navigate to the book page of the edition you’ve shelved on Goodreads.
2. Click on "All Editions" underneath the book details.
3.In the dropdown menu next to “Format,” sort by “Kindle Edition.” Click on "Switch to this edition" next to the edition with the correct ASIN.
On the Kindle for iOS and Kindle for Android app, you can now automatically mark a book as Currently Reading when you begin it and mark it as Read when you finish it. To use this feature, make sure you have the current version of the Kindle for iOS app or the Kindle for Android app and that your Amazon and Goodreads accounts are linked (you can check this in the Apps tab of your Account Settings page). Then simply navigate to a new Kindle book and open it. A prompt will appear in the About This Book section asking you if you’d like to automatically mark the book as Currently Reading. The feature will maintain your preference – whether on or off – for subsequent books until you choose to change it. If you choose not to automatically mark your books as you begin reading, you can add them to any of the default exclusive shelves (Want to Read, Currently-Reading, and Read) or remove the book from your shelves entirely from within the app. To do this, open About this Book for any book from the menu icon at the top left of the reader and look for the Goodreads section.
You’ll also see a similar prompt in the Before You Go window that appears as you turn the last page of a Kindle book in the app. This feature automatically marks the book as Read when you close the book. The controls operate much the same way as those in About this Book, but will default to ON for books that you’ve marked as Want to Read or Currently Reading. If you’ve previously marked your book as Want to Read or Currently Reading but don’t yet want to mark it as Read, toggle to OFF before closing the book.
For now, we’ve focused on switching between our three primary exclusive shelves (Want to Read, Currently Reading, and Read) based on your Kindle reading activity, though we hope to be able to support custom shelves in the future. In the meantime, if you’d like to add the book to one of your custom shelves, you can do so from the Goodreads app or desktop site.
From Kindle Fire:
1) Navigate to the profile of the member you’d like to un-friend.
2) Tap the checked “Friends” button at the top of the screen.
3) An “Are you sure?” pop-up should appear. Tap “Remove” to confirm.
4) The checked “Friends” button should revert to the unselected “Friend” state.
From Kindle Fire:
At the moment, it’s only possible to write text reviews for books you already own on Kindle.
Here’s how to write a review in that case:
1) Open the ebook you’d like to review.
2) Navigate to the last page of the book.
3) Swipe to the left as if you’re swiping to the next page.
4) You should see a black “Before You Go…” page. Tap “Review this book” at the top.
5) Enter your rating and/or review on the following page and tap “Submit” to post. If you’d like to post to just Goodreads or just Amazon, you can toggle back and forth by tapping “options” below the review box.
1) Navigate to the profile of the member you’d like to follow.
2) On the top of the screen, tap the “Follow” button.*
3) The button should switch to read “Following”.
*If you don’t see a “Follow” option, the member has disabled following for their account. In that case, you can only send a friend request to receive updates on their activity.
From Kindle Fire:
1) Navigate to the profile of the member you no longer want to request as a friend.
2) Tap on the “Friend Request Sent” button at the top of their profile.
3) An “are you sure?” pop-up should appear. Tap “Remove” to confirm.
4) The “Friend Request Sent” button should revert to an unselected “Friend” state.
From Kindle Fire:
1) Navigate to the profile of the member to which you’d like to send the friend request.
2) On the top of the screen, tap the “Friend” button.
3) The button should switch to read “Friend Request Sent”.
1) Find the “Want to Read” button next to the book you’d like to shelve.
2) On the right side of the button, tap on the shelf icon (it looks like a few books learning against each other).
3) When the shelf list drops down, tap on a shelf name to add the book to that shelf.
4) The “Want to Read” portion of the button should now reflect the new shelving.
From Kindle Fire:
There are a few ways to launch Goodreads on Kindle. On the home screen of your device, tap the “Apps” link at the top. Goodreads on Kindle should be listed here.
Alternatively, tap the “Books” link to see your collection. From here, you can tap the small “g” icon at the top of the screen to visit Goodreads on Kindle. You’ll also find a link in the navigation menu on the left, which you can access by tapping the three stacked lines at the top left-hand corner of the screen.
For Goodreads on Kindle-enabled Kindle Fires, you can search for a book by title or author with the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner of the app.
Although search is not currently available in Goodreads on Kindle on Kindle Paperwhite devices, this is only the first version of the app and we hope to be able to add more features in future updates-- stay tuned!
Goodreads is available on all new Kindles, the Kindle Voyage and the second generation Kindle Paperwhite, in the United States, Canada and Australia.
When you tap “Share,” you’ll be prompted to share your thoughts on Goodreads about the book that you’re reading. Once you’ve written your thoughts and tapped the “Share” button, the text will appear as an update on your profile page and updates feed. Your friends will be able to like it and comment on it.
Here's how:
1) Open the book from which you’d like to post.
2) Tap in the middle of the screen to bring up the reading menu.
3) Tap “Share” at the top.
4) You’ll see a “Share on Goodreads” screen. Add the status update to the text box.
5) Tap “Share” to post the status update.
The updates feed is the latest Goodreads feature built right into the Kindle app for iOS. While we have plans to enhance this feed in the future, for now the updates feed displays your friends’ activity on their default shelves - Read, Currently Reading, and Want to Read. Beneath their updates on these shelves, you’ll notice a carousel of other books they’ve added to these default shelves. If you want to discover even more books from your friends, just click on the “See More” link at the bottom right of the carousel and go for it! You can like or comment on your friends’ activity, and download ebook samples directly to your Kindle library.
In order to view the updates feed on the Kindle app for iOS, you must be a U.S. customer with an Amazon account, and your Goodreads account must be connected to your Amazon account. Here’s how to link your accounts:
1. Click on the arrow next to your profile pic in the header and select Account Settings from the drop-down menu.
2. Navigate to the Apps tab.
3. Scroll down to the Amazon section and click on “Add Amazon Account.” You’ll then be prompted to enter your Amazon login credentials.
You’ll also want to make sure you’ve downloaded the latest update for the Kindle app for iOS. Once you’ve done so, open the app and click on “goodreads” in the top navigation bar to see your Goodreads Updates.If you have an eligible device (most newer Paperwhite, Voyage and Fire models) and in a supported Marketplace (US, UK & Ireland, Canada, or Australia) you should automatically see the"g" logo in the navigation bar on your e-ink Kindle or find the Goodreads on Kindle application in your apps. If not, you may need to de-register and re-register your kindle in order to get Goodreads. Don't worry, you won't lose any of your purchases or account information. To deregister a device: From your computer: 1. Visit Manage Your Content and Devices 2. Select your device and select Deregister at the bottom of the page (you may need to click on the Device Actions drop menu to find this option). 3. To confirm, select Deregister again on the pop-up window. From your device: 1. From Home, press the Menu button, and then select Settings. 2. Select Deregister. To Re-Register: Make sure your device is connected to Wi-Fi or 3G and re-register the Kindle from the device's Settings menu by entering your Amazon email and password. This should enable Goodreads on Kindle for your device. If not, or if you're still having trouble, please contact us at support at goodreads dot com and let us know which device you are using.
Currently, Goodreads on Kindle only allows you to link your Goodreads account to a single Amazon account, and vice versa. If you try to sign in to Goodreads on a Kindle with a different Amazon registration, you'll see an error message that your Goodreads account is already linked to an Amazon account. If you see this message on your own Kindle, it's possible there's a problem with the link between your Accounts. In either case, the easiest way to fix this is to visit the Apps Tab and unlink your Amazon account, then try to sign in on your Kindle again. You should be prompted with a fresh sign-in page, and should no longer see the error message.
On Kindle Fire:
At the moment, it’s only possible to write text reviews for books you already own on the device. Here's how to post a review for those books only to Goodreads (and not to Amazon):
1) Open the ebook you’d like to review.
2) Navigate to the last page of the book.
3) Swipe to the left as if you’re swiping to the next page.
4) You should see a black “Before You Go…” page. Tap “Review this book” at the top.
5) Below the review box, tap “Options”.
6) Uncheck “Amazon” and tap “Save”.
7) Enter your rating and/or review on the following page and tap “Submit” to post.
On Kindle Fire:
At the moment, it’s only possible to post text reviews for books you already own on the device. Here's how to post reviews for those books only to Amazon (and not to Goodreads):
1) Open the ebook you’d like to review.
2) Navigate to the last page of the book.
3) Swipe to the left as if you’re swiping to the next page.
4) You should see a black “Before You Go…” page. Tap “Review this book” at the top.
5) Below the review box, tap “Options”.
6) Uncheck “Goodreads” and tap “Save”.
7) Enter your rating and/or review on the following page and tap “Submit” to post.
From Kindle Fire:
1) Tap on the menu icon at the top left of the app (it looks like three stacked lines).
2) A menu should slide out. Tap on “Friends”.
3) At the top, you should see a “Readers to Follow” link. Tap that link.
From Kindle Fire:
1) On the top left of the app, you’ll see a menu icon (it looks like three stacked lines). Tap on that icon.
2) When the menu slides out, tap the name of the shelf on which the book had been placed.
3) Locate the book you’d like to remove in the list.
4) You’ll see a shelf icon to the right of the book and the shelving notation (it looks like a few books learning against each other). Tap on that icon.
5) When the shelf list drops down, tap “Remove from shelf”.
6) Tap "Remove" to confirm.
From Kindle Fire:
1) Tap on the menu icon on the top left of the app (it looks like three stacked lines).
2) Select “My Profile” from the menu that slides out.
3) From your profile page, locate the update you’d like to hide from your feed.
4) On the bottom right of the update, you’ll see a small “X”. Tap on the “X”.
5) A pop-up will appear. Tap “Remove” to confirm you’d like to remove the update from your feed.
It’s worth noting that this only hides the update on the Goodreads on Kindle app itself. If you want the update removed from the website feeds as well, you’ll have to log onto the desktop website and hide the update in that location too (that’s something we’re working to fix for future versions).
From Kindle Fire:
1) Navigate to the profile of the member you’d like to stop following.
2) Tap the checked “Following” button at the top of the screen.
3) The “Following” button should revert to the unselected “Follow” state.
