You can read a chapter here, a few paragraphs there and all your devices know precisely where you are up to. Thanks to Whispersync, your Mac, your iPhone, your Kindle and anything else you own will be in sync. The first thing to bear in mind is that the Amazon Kindle eco-system works on almost every computing and mobile platform known to man. In my case it's probably nearer to 99 percent. Kindle readers rule the roost, though, because they do 66 percent of all their reading in digital form. If you combine the netbook and laptop figures you have 45 percent of book reading being done on a computer rather than on a dedicated reader or phone/tablet. Strange, this: Research by Forrester last week showed that 35 percent of electronic book reading is done on a laptop, followed by 32 percent on a Kindle, 15 percent on an iPhone, 12 percent on a Sony e-reader and ten percent on a netbook.

Enter the new updated Kindle for Mac* application which, for the first time, adds double-column reading. What you don't hear a lot about is reading books on a Mac or PC. And a growing number of keen readers are perversely attracted to the iPhone or iPod touch as the always-in-your pocket solution. Some swear by the iPad, others are convinced an e-ink reader such as the Amazon Kindle is the only answer. Kindle Store currently offers digital versions of 450,000 books, the online retailer said.We've spent a lot of time discussing the ideal electronic device for reading books. Some observers have said that tablet devices such as the iPad, which is scheduled to begin shipping in April, pose a competitive threat to the Kindle device.Īmazon's U.S. While the Kindle software for Apple's iPhone should run on the iPad, the fact that Amazon specifically mentioned an iPad version in the Kindle for Mac press release indicates that Amazon may be developing a version specifically for the iPad. Amazon said those features would be added to the Kindle for Mac app 'in the near future.' While users can view notes and highlights marked on the Kindle, Kindle DX and Kindle for iPhone, the beta version does not provide full text search and the ability to create and edit notes and highlights. The Kindle for Mac utilizes the same Whispersync technology to save and synchronize bookmarks and 'last page read' across multiple devices. Amazon already offers versions of the Kindle software for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as for Windows PCs and BlackBerry devices.

Amazon said the free application, which supports Mac OS X 10.5 or later, can be downloaded at according to the press release.

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