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Maximum PC: Multitouch Kindle App from Amazon Transforms Your Windows 7 Tablet into an eReader
Engadget: Amazon Kindle for PC available 'soonish'
Gizmodo: Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download [Kindle]
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Amazon releases Kindle for PC http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311 http://bit.ly/rITj6 18 days ago |
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And, in other interesting news today(ish), I see there's now a Kindle for the PC http://bit.ly/adWGq <-- will this kill the hardware Kindle? 18 days ago |
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Kindle for PC - Read Kindle Books on Your Computer http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311 19 days ago |
Multitouch Kindle App from Amazon Transforms Your Windows 7 Tablet into an eReader
Maximum PC —
... PC features include, besides the obvious ability to acquire Kindle books, access to your entire Kindle library, ten different font sizes, and viewing notes/highlights made on a Kindle It will also take advantage of Windows 7’s touch technology, allowing pinch-zooming, with finger swipe page-turning (planned for a future release). Kindle for PC is compatible with XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Gizmodo has some screenshots of Kindle for PC in action, running on an Acer tablet. Information on getting your copy of Kindle for PC is available at Amazon.
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Amazon Kindle for PC available 'soonish'
Engadget —
... No, Amazon wasn't kidding when it said it would be moving the Kindle onto devices besides, well, the Kindle. Sure, the iPhone was a no-brainer (never mind the eye strain) but guess who's next? That's right -- your ever lovin' PC will be getting its own free ...
Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download [Kindle]
Gizmodo —
Now you don't need a Kindle eReader to buy and read the 360,000+ books Amazon sells in its annoyingly proprietary Kindle format. The desktop app supports color photos, multi-touch pinch-zooms, and displays notes/highlights marked on Kindles and the iPhone. As for the Mac version? We're still told that's coming soon. [Beta Download | Press Release] Kindle For PC Features: • Purchase, download and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store • Read the beginning of any book for free ...
Kindle for PC adds flexibility, but not a whole lot more
Ars Technica —
... Kindle for PC, Amazon's e-reader software for Windows, has finally been released to the throngs of Kindle users who wish to read their books on the computer. The software, which was announced late last month, offers yet another way for customers to read their electronic books—this time in full color. In a world where e-books—particularly those from Amazon—are riddled with restrictive DRM, this is sort of Amazon's way of throwing customers a bone and letting them read in (almost) any format. ...
Amazon releases beta Kindle ebook reader software for the PC
Neoseeker News Feed —
... of like scrunched together paper products bound by spines. Remember? Okay now do you remember ebooks? They were sort of like scanned versions of the paper products that you could access with an ebook reader. Such as Kindle, which was developed by Amazon and subsidiary Lab126. Today Amazon released a Kindle ebook reader for your home computer. While it seems much nicer to us to be able to read in bed (or on the can) with an actual book, if you feel so inclined, you can download this beta release of PC Kindle and read novels and such from your display. Kindle PC works with ...
Amazon releases beta Kindle ebook reader software for PC
Neoseeker News Feed —
... of like scrunched together paper products bound by spines. Remember? Okay now do you remember ebooks? They were sort of like scanned versions of the paper products that you could access with an ebook reader. Such as Kindle, which was developed by Amazon and subsidiary Lab126. Today Amazon released a Kindle ebook reader for your home computer. While it seems much nicer to us to be able to read in bed (or on the can) with an actual book, if you feel so inclined, you can download this beta release of PC Kindle and read novels and such from your display. Kindle PC works with ...
