Kindle for PC Application Launched

Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader for PC Application Launched

Amazon has launched its new Ebook Reader Kindle for PC application that allows you to read Kindle books on your computer in colour. You can download e-books even if you don't have an Ebook Reader. The application also synchronises automatically with your Kindle, so you can continue reading your handheld device from the page you finished on. Any bookmarks and notes on your Kindle are also synchronised.

The application is designed with Windows 7 in mind, and lets you use the new touchscreen features such as pinching your fingers to zoom in and out.

The beta version is available now.

Amazon is no doubt pulling out the stops in preparation for Christmas when it expects to make a whole load of money from Kindle Ebook Reader and Ebook sales - but it is not without its competitors. The latest store to announce an Ebook Reader being Barnes and Noble with its Nook .

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Amazon Kindle for PC Details

Ebook Reader - Amazon Kindle for PC

The Amazon Kindle has been a runaway success, thank you Oprah say Amazon !

Amazon's share price rocketed 14% after trading yesterday when it reported $199 million net profit. They said the Kindle ebook reader was now its "number one best-selling item both in unit sales and dollars" - it has also just launched the Kindle Ebook Reader in the UK and is making a free application available for PCs.

Microsoft has no plans to develop its own device so Amazon are onto another winner.

Some facts about the Amazon Kindle for PC .

• The application will be a free download
• It will launch in November
• Kindle for PC is for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
• Windows 7 version will have extra features, such as finger swipes etc..
• All the Kindle books will be available - that's 360,000 titles
• You'll be able to transfer previous purchases without paying again.
• You won't lose your place if you switch from PC to Kindle or iPhone.
• Kindle notes or highlights will be synchronized.
• Kindle for PC will let you choose font size and select the number of words to appear on each line
• Best-sellers will cost $9.99 to download - nice profit margin ! So buy shares in Amazon !

For an alternative to the Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader see Plastic Logic Que Ebook Reader or Sony Digital Reader Touch Edition

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