Tapping a
small settings button on the top right pulls down a Quick Settings menu that lets you adjust the brightness and volume,
lock or unlock the screen's orientation, access Wi - Fi settings, and sync Kindle
content.
Packer quotes Russ Grandinetti, the vice-president of Kindle
content who asserts that, because of GoodReads, gatekeepers are no longer necessary, ««Suddenly, we're not
locked into hearing the opinions of a
small number of reviewers in newspapers»» and adds an unattributed aside, which is presumably Packer's own, «Professional reviewers are fading out anyway, along with librarians and bookshop owners.»