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Version 5.18.1 – March 2025

Here's what's new:

Recaps for Books in Series: You can now access short recaps for thousands of best-selling English language Kindle books in series you have purchased or borrowed. Refresh your memory on what happened in a previously read book prior to starting a new book in series.

Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.

Version 5.17.1.0.3 – September 2024

General Improvement: The "Whispersync for Books" setting within Device Options is now simply called "Sync". There is no change to the underlying synchronization functionality.

Bug Fixes: Addressed issues customers may have experienced with opening the reading toolbar, “time left in chapter” being unavailable, and crashes when using Japanese ruby characters or the “Go To” option from Home and Library.

Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.