On October 22, Amazon.com announced “Kindle for PC,” a free application that will allow readers around the world to read Kindle books on personal computers. Available to customers around the world as a free download next month, Kindle for PC means that Kindle eBooks can now be read on Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, and now the PC. This move effectively opens up the Kindle Store, with its 360,000 eBooks, to millions of new customers!
Kindle for PC, with Amazon’s Whispersync technology, automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices, so whether you read on a Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the free Kindle applications, you will always have your reading with you and you’ll never lose your place! You can read on your PC, read on your Kindle, and move from one device to another, and still pick up right where you left off.
“Kindle for PC is the perfect companion application for folks who own a Kindle or Kindle DX,” said Ian Freed, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “Kindle for PC is also a great way for people around the world to read the most popular books of today even if they don’t yet have a Kindle.”
With Kindle for PC, readers can take advantage of the following features:
•Purchase, download, and read hundreds of thousands of eBooks through the Kindle Store
•Access the entire library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers absolutely free of charge
•Adjust both the font size and the words per line
•Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read
•View notes and highlights marked on Kindle and Kindle DX
•Zoom in and out of text with a pinch of the fingers (Windows 7 users only)
•Turn pages with a finger swipe (future release for Windows 7 users)
Kindle for PC takes advantage of many of the capabilities in the new Windows 7, including Windows Touch technology. Kindle for PC will also be compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista.
