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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Windows 8 is just a mess. It turns out a lot of Windows 8 versions of programs are not as good as the Windows 7 version. This yet another example of this.
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You do not seem to be aware that with Windows 8 one has the choice of running both the "modern" touch oriented Store Apps (those often, but not always, oriented to use on smaller devices or to users with simple needs) and the "traditional" often more capable desktop applications. You do not have to choose one or the other as you infer, and even legacy desktop applications run just fine, and normally faster and more reliably under Windows 8 compared to earlier Windows versions.
Why Amazon have chosen to refer to their desktop Kindle reader the "Windows 7" version I have no idea, it is nonsense to do so. If there is the implication that it is not suited to Windows 8 then one must also apply the same logic and assume that it does not run under Vista nor XP. In fact it runs fine under those and Windows 8 and if one wants the greater freedom that the desktop application offers on a PC then one is free to use it.
The Kindle Store App is a bit clunky on a PC but that is an Amazon problem, not a Windows 8 one (others have built very good Apps for both PC and small device use). Amazon need to tidy it up if they anticipate it being used on PCs and should avoid confusion and rename their erroneously called "Windows 7" application (in fact in the ebook store it is called Kindle for PC). I don't use either much apart from accessing Kindle books, not reading them, so I will leave it to others to complain to Amazon
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And my experience is that the Kindle Store App stores books in the same folder as the desktop version does, and that in the Users folder tree (as it did under Windows 7, as best I recall).