Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC

October 26, 2009 · Filed Under News · Comment

Amazon.com Inc. is all set to woo more people to buy electronic books compatible with the company’s electronic book reader Kindle by offering free software for the users to read them on the computers!

On Thursday, the Seattle-based online retail giant, Amazon.com Inc., said that the company will release an application called “Kindle for PC” in November later this year. This new application will allow the users to buy, download and read Kindle books on a Windows-based PC, regardless of whether you own a Kindle or not!

Now isn’t that convenient?! Also, if you already own a Kindle, you can see any notes or highlights made on the e-reader.

This new product will also track your reading. It’ll keep a track of where you end in a book so that if you stop reading on your PC, you can pick up your Kindle and start from where you left!

Running this new application on Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows 7 operating system would be all the more fun as it would allow you to zoom in on book pages by pinching your fingers. What’s more, in the future, you will also be able to turn pages by swiping a finger across the screen.

The company already offers a similar application for Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users read Kindle books whether or not they own the device.

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