Amazon is not ready to give any chance to its competitors in e-book market to succeed. Today they have released Kindle for PC. With Kindle for PC, you will be able to read your Kindle books (bought from Amazon) on a PC. Ars Technica got their hands-on this new piece of software:
Kindle for PC, Amazon’s e-reader software for Windows, has finally been released to the throngs of Kindle users who want 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.
The software is currently available for Windows XP SP2, Vista, and 7, with a Mac version “coming soon.” Though it’s designed to supplement an actual Kindle device, no Kindle is required if you want to simply use the software and buy from Amazon’s Kindle store.
[via Ars Technica]
But I was wondering, why do we need a Kindle for PC. Because as far as I remember the whole meaning of Kindle was the flexibility of reading books while you are relaxing in bed or are away from computer. The whole meaning of flexibility is lost in reality. What do you think?
Let us know your views about Kindle for PC. Do you own a Kindle device or the Kindle iPhone app? How frequently you use it?
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I downloaded it yesterday and gave it a try. It does have a lot of work to go, but I like the idea and I hope to see a lot of improvements in the future. But it'll be nice to throw some free books into it as well as some things from around the web.
Kindle for PC sure has lot of things missing. It appears to me that it was released in haste with the bare bone functionality.
Hopefully we will see a quick update soon.
I downloaded it yesterday and gave it a try. It does have a lot of work to go, but I like the idea and I hope to see a lot of improvements in the future. But it'll be nice to throw some free books into it as well as some things from around the web.
Kindle for PC sure has lot of things missing. It appears to me that it was released in haste with the bare bone functionality.
Hopefully we will see a quick update soon.