Did you know you can customize the screensaver images in your Kindle?
Here’s how to add them to your Kindle, if you need a little help.
And here’s how to get them off your Kindle when you grow tired of them.If you have any requests, please contact me and I’ll see what I can do.
Where To Find Other Free Screensaver Images
Authors
Books
Bugs
Funny
Holidays
– July 4th / Independence Day (United States)
– Christmas & Winter
Screens With Text
Weird
User Submitted
Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site.
Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam, you dirty spammer bots!
Thursday, September 2nd
“The Burnt House” by Faye Kellerman
Price: $1.99
“At 8:15 in the morning, a small commuter plane carrying forty-seven passengers crashes into an apartment building in Granada Hills, California. Shock waves ripple through Los Angeles, as L.A.P.D. Lieutenant Peter Decker works overtime to calm rampant fears of a 9/11-type terror attack. But a grisly mystery lives inside the plane’s charred and twisted wreckage: the unidentified bodies of four extra travelers. And there is no sign of an airline employee who was supposedly on the catastrophic flight.”
Wednesday, September 1st
“Bake Sale Murder” by Leslie Meier
Price: $0.00 expired
“Ever since local developer Fred Stanton and his wife, Mimi, built five modular homes next door to Lucy Stone’s farmhouse, life just hasn’t been the same. With Mimi complaining about everything from the state of Lucy’s lawn to another neighbor’s lovable dog, quaint Tinker’s Cove, Maine, is now entangled in cul-de-sac politics and backstabbing. And when Mimi doesn’t show up for her shift at The Hat and Mitten Fund bake sale, the scent of burnt sugar leads Lucy to a shocking discovery: Mimi, face down on her kitchen floor–with a knife in her back.”
Tuesday, August 31st
“Black Widow” by Cliff Ryder
Price: $1.24
“Agents recruited for the clandestine organization known as Room 59 play for keeps, or die trying. But now new Room 59 agent Ajza Manaev, a top MI6 operative, discovers just how high the stakes really are when she goes undercover inside Chechnya’s terrorist training camps, where bitter young widows harness their hate as suicide bombers. Ajza doesn’t know she’s being manipulated by many sides — and in a game where the ground is always shifting, Ajza is inducted by hellfire into Room 59′s harsh reality: she’s on her own.”
Monday, August 30th
“Billy Boyle” by James R. Benn
Price: $0.00
“What’s a 22-year-old Irish-American cop who’s never been out of Massachusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country house, having lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, he’d barely made detective when war was declared. Unwilling to fight—and perhaps die—for England, he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin. But the general turns out to be Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose headquarters are in London, which is undergoing the Blitz. And Uncle Ike wants Billy to be his personal investigator.”
Saturday, August 28th
“Kill the Story” by John Luciew
Price: $1.99
“A serial killer known as ‘The Reader’ is murdering journalists in the manner of their most famous stories. The New York Times assigns Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Jordan to cover its every development. The assignment returns Cassie to her familiar stomping grounds of Harrisburg, Pa., reuniting her with Frank “Telly” Tellis, chief political reporter for The Harrisburg Herald. Only Telly can put together the murderous truth as the secret motive for the killings is buried deep in his journalistic past. But can he solve the puzzle before falling under The Reader’s deadly crosshairs?”
Friday, August 27th
“Long Lost” by Daivd Morrell
Price: $1.99
“Brad Denning is a successful architect living a perfect life in Denver with his loving wife and son. Now, a man claiming to be the brother who disappeared when they were kids has mysteriously appeared, and Brad is eager to take him in, despite the man’s haggard appearance and reluctance to reveal anything about his past. “Petey” is a welcome addition to the family, until a camping trip goes terribly wrong and Brad returns home to find that his devoted wife and son have been abducted.”
Thursday, August 26th
“Wasted” by Mark Johnson
Price: $1.30
“Mark Johnson began stealing at the age of seven, was drinking by the age of eight, and took his first hit of heroin at eleven. With searing honesty, Wasted documents Mark’s descent into the depths of addiction and criminality. His story is at once shocking and inspiring a compelling account of one man’s struggle to save himself, and help save others in the process.”
[...] Kindle screensavers can be found at [...]
How do you remove one of your custom screensavers once installed? Sorry, but I have some favorites I would like to only see.
Oh, and please explain for the not so tech-savy
@nikkib1974: I’ve added some instructions on this page. Hope this helps!
How come my own screen savers don’t rotate ? I only get one, I cannot get the Kindle to respond when it’s up and have to turn it off to operate.
@Lynnda: The Kindle will only display one screensaver per “session”–it doesn’t rotate through the images while in screensaver mode. (In that sense it’s more like closing the cover of a book than triggering a screensaver.) If you have multiple images that you’ve saved as screensavers, you’ll have to exit screensaver mode, then re-enter it to trigger a new one.
I’m not sure what you mean by your second sentence. To deactivate a screensaver, hold down the bottom left key (ALT) and then simultaneously press the bottom right key (aA). If you *are* doing that and you still can’t exit screensaver mode, make sure the following isn’t happening (although it’s pretty far-fetched).
When you created an image for a screensaver, did you remember to make the image full screen? If you didn’t, then it’s likely that the battery and wireless indicator bar was saved as part of the screensaver image. This can be misleading because it might look like you’re *not* in screensaver mode when in fact you are.
If you’re still having problems, I’d suggest deleting your custom screens so that the Kindle will go back to its default screens, then seeing if everything works properly. If not, contact Amazon for technical support.
Thank you for this fabulous guide and the links to screensavers. I tried to do this earlier but was unsuccessful – your directions are very complete (even the short version). Thanks!
I’m a little slow on the go and don’t know where to find help – hope you can help.
I purchased a decal cover for my Kindle (from decalgirl.com) and was given a code and “instructions” on how to get a screensaver to match on my Kindle. The problem is, I don’t understand it. How do I get a different screensaver on there?
This seems simple probably, but I’m new to the technology.
[...] 5. Glissez dans ce dossier toutes les images que le Kindle affichera en écran de veille. Utilisez de préférence des images au format PNG et JPG. N’oubliez pas de redimensionner vos images en 600×800 pixels pour qu’elles soient affichées par le Kindle. Si vous ne trouvez pas quelles images utiliser, voici un site qui propose des images optimisées pour l’écran du Kindle. Il y a un peu de tout et c’est par ici ! [...]
Do you know how to do this on the Kindle DX? I spent about 3 hrs yesterday following instructions on another website for a “hack” but I still haven’t been successful.
Thanks
@Donna: I can’t tell you exactly because I don’t have a Kindle DX, but I would suggest this route:
1. Make sure you’ve updated your Kindle to the latest firmware version: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200324680&#manual
2. Try these instructions from MobileRead: http://bit.ly/mobile-read-kindle-dx
is there anywhere i can upload/donate the screen savers I’ve created so others may download them?
–
Alan
[...] – http://kindlerama.com/free-screens – [...]
I have tried all day to get a custom screensaver off of my K1. Your detailed removal instructions did the trick. Thank you VERY, very much!
Yes does anyone know how to to this on a Kindle dx? Ive been trying for ages now and tried hack and all sorts can any body help.
@”ebook readers” –
The existing hack has a version specifically for the DX. Look here for instructions and a download link.
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_2_US,_Int%27l_and_Kindle_DX_Screen_Saver_Hack
However, if you’ve recently been updated to the new 2.5 software update from Amazon, the current hack won’t work as far as I know. You’ll have to wait until someone comes up with a version that works on 2.5 devices.
Hi. I've made a few “geeky” screensavers for the Kindle DX. I mostly adapted them from images around the web:
http://picasaweb.google.com/wafuqua/KindleScree...