Kindle Reader for Windows just announced

Nate the great · 10-22-2009, 12:39 PM

I just got the email from Amazon PR.

Quote:

Kindle for PC features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices. Whether you read Kindle books on a Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the free Kindle applications, you can always have your reading with you and never lose your place. With Kindle for PC, you can read some on your PC, read some on your Kindle, and always pick up right where you left off. Whispersync helped make the Kindle for iPhone application the most popular books app in the Apple App Store.

"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."

from:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....297&highlight=

It hasn't been released yet, but you can check on the status of the software here:
http://www.amazon.com/KindleforPC.

EowynCarter · 10-22-2009, 12:45 PM

Quote:

"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."

Cool

Finally, amazon realize not opening to non kindle user was not such a good idea ?

Nate the great · 10-22-2009, 12:46 PM

Mobipocket stops accepting new publishers;
the Kindle goes international;
and now there is finally a Kindle Reader on my PC.

I guess Amazon really is going to kill off Mobipocet.

advocate2 · 10-22-2009, 12:47 PM

It is nice to see Amazon, the supposed leader of the pack, catching up with the functionality of other eReaders.

Abecedary · 10-22-2009, 12:48 PM

Nice idea, but I'd much rather have Kindle for Mac. At least then I could more easily read at work during the slow times.

zerospinboson · 10-22-2009, 12:48 PM

If this means we can buy books at Amazon's price level and then strip the DRM, I'm all for it.. who knows, it might even bring the price down in some other stores.

TallMomof2 · 10-22-2009, 12:49 PM

I wonder if it'll work on Windows Mobile?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I just got the email from Amazon PR.
from:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....297&highlight=
It hasn't been released yet, but you can check on the status of the software here:
http://www.amazon.com/KindleforPC.

anurag · 10-22-2009, 12:55 PM

Very cool. It looks like the app is going to support multi-touch on Windows 7: http://gizmodo.com/5387663/amazon-mu...-for-windows-7

I hope the Mac app isn't far behind - I doubt a lot of people own multi-touch Windows devices.

wallcraft · 10-22-2009, 01:01 PM

I wonder what the Window's Kindle PID will be. If it is the same as the Windows MobiPocket PID, or is otherwise discoverable, this will provide a way for almost everyone to get access to the Kindle Store's AZW ebooks, strip the DRM (if any, a small but significant percentage of AZWs don't have DRM), and read the resulting DRM-free MOBIs on any device. Note that stripping DRM from ebooks you bought for personal non-commercial use isn't legal everywhere, see a recent post by Xenophon on the murky situation in the US.

poohbear_nc · 10-22-2009, 01:36 PM

Do Kindle books bought to read using the iPhone app have a different PID linked to them than books bought from the Kindle on the same Amazon account? I'm just wondering if the software apps have PIDs associated with the hardware they're running on, and not the kindles on the Amazon account. Has anyone "liberated" a Kindle book bought using an iPhone, and if so, what PID was needed?

tlrowley · 10-22-2009, 01:38 PM

Not that I'd know anything about it, but my friend said that the iPhone had a different PID.

poohbear_nc · 10-22-2009, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerospinboson

If this means we can buy books at Amazon's price level and then strip the DRM, I'm all for it.. who knows, it might even bring the price down in some other stores.

Looks like you're right on this!

What a marketing ploy by Bezos!

mores · 10-22-2009, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abecedary

Nice idea, but I'd much rather have Kindle for Mac. At least then I could more easily read at work during the slow times.

Agreed.
Well actually, I'd prefer to get the kindle iPhone app as a non-US-customer.

Been keeping watch on the iTS, but so far it hasn't shown up here in Hinterland Austria.

=X= · 10-22-2009, 01:47 PM

Wow! This is great news!!

kennyc · 10-22-2009, 01:47 PM

Cool, may use this on my netbook.

Looks like they're opening the Kindle Store to the masses!

Probably in response to the B&N thing I'll bet.

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zerospinboson "Assume a can opener..." Posts: 678 Karma: 1305 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Local Cluster Device: iLiad v2	If this means we can buy books at Amazon's price level and then strip the DRM, I'm all for it.. who knows, it might even bring the price down in some other stores. __________________ “the greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding” Louis Brandeis The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. G.K. Chesterton, Illustrated London News, 1924

10-22-2009, 12:55 PM	#8
anurag Building Inkmesh Posts: 189 Karma: 2582 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California Device: Kindle 1 and DX, iPhone	Very cool. It looks like the app is going to support multi-touch on Windows 7: http://gizmodo.com/5387663/amazon-mu...-for-windows-7 I hope the Mac app isn't far behind - I doubt a lot of people own multi-touch Windows devices. __________________ Free Ebooks, Ebook Price Comparison \| Inkmesh

10-22-2009, 01:36 PM	#10
poohbear_nc Compulsive Reader Posts: 940 Karma: 4099 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Kindle 1 & 2 & DX!	Do Kindle books bought to read using the iPhone app have a different PID linked to them than books bought from the Kindle on the same Amazon account? I'm just wondering if the software apps have PIDs associated with the hardware they're running on, and not the kindles on the Amazon account. Has anyone "liberated" a Kindle book bought using an iPhone, and if so, what PID was needed? __________________ "I read about that in a thing with actual pages in it. A quaint thing where you flip the paper over. A book. That was it" (Ford Prefect in And Another Thing) Now reading: The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan The Labours of Hercules - Agatha Christie Moby Dick - Herman Melville More Work for the Undertaker - Margery Allingham

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10-22-2009, 12:46 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 8,208 Karma: 58191 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Airpanel 100, Jornada 720, Kindle, Smart Q7, Zelda has Sony 600 & 700	Mobipocket stops accepting new publishers; the Kindle goes international; and now there is finally a Kindle Reader on my PC. I guess Amazon really is going to kill off Mobipocet.

10-22-2009, 12:47 PM	#4
advocate2 My Kingdom for Karma Posts: 199 Karma: 994 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Las Vegas Device: Sony PRS-900BC	It is nice to see Amazon, the supposed leader of the pack, catching up with the functionality of other eReaders.

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Abecedary Exwyzeeologist Posts: 534 Karma: 3261 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:	Nice idea, but I'd much rather have Kindle for Mac. At least then I could more easily read at work during the slow times.

10-22-2009, 01:01 PM	#9
wallcraft reader Posts: 5,297 Karma: 10146 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: iLiad, Kindle 1, EZ Reader Basic and Pocket Pro	I wonder what the Window's Kindle PID will be. If it is the same as the Windows MobiPocket PID, or is otherwise discoverable, this will provide a way for almost everyone to get access to the Kindle Store's AZW ebooks, strip the DRM (if any, a small but significant percentage of AZWs don't have DRM), and read the resulting DRM-free MOBIs on any device. Note that stripping DRM from ebooks you bought for personal non-commercial use isn't legal everywhere, see a recent post by Xenophon on the murky situation in the US.

10-22-2009, 01:38 PM	#11
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 235 Karma: 485 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tracy, CA Device: Kindle	Not that I'd know anything about it, but my friend said that the iPhone had a different PID.

10-22-2009, 01:47 PM	#14
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