How to create a new theme on a Kindle Paperwhite

If you own a Kindle Paperwhite, then you will probably, at one point or the other, have experimented with the layout of content on your device. The Kindle Paperwhite is, without doubt, a marvel. I own one and it has revolutionized the way I read my books. The really great thing about the device is that I can customize it to my heart's content. Anyway, here is how to create a new theme on a Kindle Paperwhite;

Creating a new theme on a Paperwhite

To create a new theme on a Paperwhite, you need to head over to the book that you are reading. There, click at the top edge of your screen. Next, click on Page Display. You then need to click on Font and Page Settings. Next, click on Themes. You will see there that you have the option to "save your current settings to a new theme."Click on the "Save," button.

Next, you need to give your new theme a name. When done, click on "Save." The new theme that you have just created will now become part of the available options in Page Display.

A comfortable reading experience 

Let me repeat that the Paperwhite is definitely a marvel when it comes to reading books. There are many e-ink readers out there, and, it is true, the technology generally makes them a vast improvement over reading ebooks on a computer or tablet. However, the Paperwhite is one of the best e ink readers that you will be able to find out there during the course of the current year. What's more, the Paperwhite 2019 edition is probably the best e ink reader under $100 at the moment.

Annoyed by those book recommendations on your Kindle? If you have just bought a Kindle, this is probably something that you will want to get rid of. Here is how turn off recommended books on a Kindle Paperwhite.

Importance of Rank Tracking

Why Rank Tracking is Important

When I started out blogging, I admit that I didn't have much of any idea what I wanted to achieve. I mean, perhaps I just wanted to annoy the world with my rumblings. Take this blog as an example. It has been laying comatose for quite some years, and here I am reviving it.

In any case, I want to, today, talk about something that every blogger should be aware of. Rank tracking, otherwise known as rank checking, keyword tracking, seo keyword checking and a few more names, is one of those important tasks that every blogger should carry out if they hope to succeed.

Keywords

In order to understand Rank Checking, it is important for us to first talk about keywords. Keyword Research is an important part of Search Engine Optimization. Keywords are the search terms that people who are looking for something type into their favorite Search Engines.

As a blogger, you need to be able to identify the most important search terms that are used by your target audience. Whether you are going to go for low hanging fruits or something else, its important for you to understand the keywords that you are angling for.

Keep Sight of Your Performance

Having identified your keywords and having used them in your articles, the next thing that you need to do is keep track of how well you are performing in terms of those terms. In other words, what is your rank on Google and other Search Engines?

Great Rank Tracking Tools

The good news is that there are a number of high quality rank tracking tools out there that can aid your rank tracking efforts. Examples are RankTrackr, SEMRush, Ezee Rank Tracker and many more. You can read this great review of the best rank tracking tools that are out there on this page that I published on my other blog.

Keep Track

In any case, you should, as a beginner blogger, choose one of the tools that are mentioned above and strive to keep sight of your performance. That is the only way through which you can keep track of your blogging goals. 

Useful tips

That's enough about rank checking and how you can get the most out of it. Do you know how to split screen in Windows 10? That's a great way of multitasking and working on a many items at the same time. Anyway, check out the provided article to find out how.

Mota Yamukoma

Veruzhinji musateerere zvirikutaurwa neshamwari yangu Farai, nekuti sekuziva kwenyu, Farai anotaura zvinetuzukuru. Kuti nyaya yacho ipere, regai ndikuudzei zvakaitika chaizvo.

Zvakaitika chaizvo ndezvekuti nemusi weChitatu ndakakwereta mota yamukoma wangu. Musazoudza mukoma kuti ndakaita izvi sezvo kukweretana uku kwakaitika iye asingazivi.

Iniwo semunhu ajaira kugara paKadoma muKombi, ndakanyatsoifuridza mota ndakananga kubasa. Iko kuzodya hwindoo sezvinonzi mota yacho yaive yangu...

Zvisinei, ndakasvika kubasa pasina kana chipingaidzo. Kana mapurisa anonzi naFarai akandipa tikiti munzira haana kumboita zvakadaro. Manyepo chete. Ndepi kwamakambonzwa kuti kukumbira mota yamukoma muchivande imhosva?

Zvisinei, ndakasvikopaka mota iya panopakwa mota dzevashandi vehurumende ndokubudamo ndichizvitwasanura senjonda.

Ndokuchifamba ndichipinda mubasa kamwoyo kachitekwaira. Izvi zvirikunzi naFarai vakomana vepagedhi vakamhanyidzana vachida kuona kwandaive ndawana mota manyepo.

Ndaitodawo kuonekwa asi hapana akandiona...

Regai ndipedzise vehama ndichiti zvizhinji zvirikutaurwa naFarai ndezvekunyepa. Chokwadi chete pane zvaari kureva ndezvekuti pakupera kwezuva, semunhu akajaira kufamba nemakombi, ndakabuda mubasa ndakananga kuCharge Office.

Ndaive ndatokanganwa kuti ndauya nemota.

Ichokwadi zvakare kuti ndakatozopatika ndava kutsvaka Five Rand yekombi, ndakatogara mukombi macho. Ndipo pandakanzwa kurira makii emota.

Hana yakarova ndokuchiyeuka kuti gara zviya nhasi ndakwereta mota yamukoma.

Ndokuchimhanya kudzaka mukombi muya, kwakutanga zvekare rwendo rwemaminetsi 30 ndakananga kwandaive ndasiya mota.

Zvese izvi zvirikutaurwa naFarai zvakaitika. Chandirikuramba chete kuti ndakanyepera Hwindi kuti ndaive ndisina mari kuti ndiburuke mukombi iya. Ndaigodaro sei iyo kombi yacho yainge isati yazara?

Saka, vehama, musateererezvirikutaurwa naFarai. Manyepo ega ega. Uye musazoudze mukoma kuti ndakakwereta mota yavo vasingazive.

Nhasi Vanhu Varwa

 "Nhasi kwarwiwa," vanodaro sekuru vachipinda muchivanze.

"Kupi Sekuru," chizukuru chinobvunza, chichiedza kudzinga rima riri kunze nekukanda dzimwe huni mumoto.

"Nhasi vanhu vamenyana," vanodaro sekuru vachibudisa nhokwe yavo.

"Kupiko nhai Sekuru?"

... "Nhasi vanhu varwa!"

"Kupiko nhai sekuru?" Parizvino chizukuru chava kutosvetuka svetuka neshungu dzekuda kuziva.

"Uko," Vanodaro sekuru vachishandisa mudhuri kuzvitsigira, vakanongedza kunzvimbo isingakwanisi kuonekwa nemuzukuru nekuda kwemhindo iriko. Mushure mezvo, vanopinda mumba mavo vachidzadzarika setsanga iri mumvura.See More

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The African writer and the ebook

Having recently embarked on an ebooks publishing journey, I believe I am now in a position to share a number of observations with my fellow African writers. The first is that the African writer who is thinking about writing an ebook starts out with the odds staked against him. The first hurdle stems from the fact that Africa is still technologically challenged, when compared to other countries.

While internet penetration has significantly increased over the past few years, the amount of technological sophistication that one finds on the content still leaves a lot to be desired. If one looks at Zimbabwe, the country's banking sector is only just joining the internet revolution. The majority of people in Zimbabwe do not have Visa and MasterCard enabled debit cards. Credit cards are also something that many in the country have never heard about. Zimbabweans can also not make online payments using PayPal because, believe it or not, the sanctions that were imposed on the country are not that "targeted," after all.

The issue of availability of payment methods is of particular importance to the African writer who sets out to write an ebook. The ebook writer in the UK or in the United States is assured, even before he or she starts writing, of an audience that is composed of his immediate friends, family and acquaintances. The initial sales and reviews that these people bring are crucial to the success or failure of an ebook. That is because sites, such as amazon, afford more visibility to those books that have the largest number of sales and reviews.

Let me now use myself as an example. I recently published my ebook, "She froze her balls and other stories," which is available on amazon. While most of the people I know are interested in sampling my book, which is selling at US$2.99 in the US and $4.99 elsewhere, they do not have the means to make the crucial initial purchase, possessing as they do no Visa or MasterCard linked banking accounts.

Even those who do have these cards are, I have discovered, held back by fear that putting their banking details on the internet will expose them to fraud. So, whether my book is a masterpiece or not, the only satisfaction it can afford me is that of fulfilling my authorial vanity. (Every writer craves the sight of his name on a publication.)

That is all for today, vatsigiri vangu. Till next thoughts.

She Froze her balls and other stories

Hello to all my supporters.

Most of you will, by now, have become aware of the fact that I recently published an ebook titled "She froze her balls and other stories," on amazon. The book is a collection of short stories, which I wrote over the past few years. 

The subject? Well... She froze her balls and other stories deals with the day to day lives of ordinary people in Africa. In this case the heroes are not some Hollywood movies stars, but people who, like you and me, prevail over the many odds that are, daily, staked in their paths. The book is thus about hope, for what is life without a bit of hope? 

Whats important is that at the end of the day people prevail. Yes they sell tomatoes and vegetables for a living, but that in no way should be taken as a measure of their happiness. Yes, there are thieves who prowl for the weak, but which continent does not have these? What matters at the end of the day is the vibrancy of Africa and the richness of its culture and people. 

Despite all the odds, people can afford to laugh at their woes. She froze her balls and other stories is thus intended as a (somewhat) satirical portrayal of life in the African neighbourhood. The characters represent any African and, on a global scale, any ordinary person in the world. That is because despite what many may think and believe, it is these ordinary people who keep the world rolling.