Answers.Body: <p>I think that's by design. Samples are basically marketing material and Amazon doesn't want to provide full functionality of a Kindle eBook with them, in hopes to give users another plus factor to buy the eBook.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I cannot highlight sample books on the physical kindle either, but i can highlight the same sample book using the kindle app on my iPhone.
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Answers.Text: However I can highlight in a Kindle sample that is in the Kindle app on my tablet or smartphone. So why the difference?
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Body: <p>I have a sample ebook from Amazon on my Kindle Paperwhite but I cannot highlight its text due to the option being grayed out. Is there a way to fix this?</p>
  
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Title: Cannot highlight text on my Kindle Paperwhite using a sample ebook
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ThreadText: # Cannot highlight text on my Kindle Paperwhite using a sample ebook
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-31)
  
  I have a sample ebook from Amazon on my Kindle Paperwhite but I cannot highlight its text due to the option being grayed out. Is there a way to fix this?
  
  **Tags:** amazon, kindle-paperwhite
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  I think that's by design. Samples are basically marketing material and Amazon doesn't want to provide full functionality of a Kindle eBook with them, in hopes to give users another plus factor to buy the eBook.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I cannot highlight sample books on the physical kindle either, but i can highlight the same sample book using the kindle app on my iPhone.  
  > **username_3**: However I can highlight in a Kindle sample that is in the Kindle app on my tablet or smartphone. So why the difference?  
  
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