links for 2009-10-28

Free PC app for the Kindle will soon be downloadable | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

“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.”

via Free PC app for the Kindle will soon be downloadable | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home.

It was inevitable and seems timed right to get Kindle content onto PCs just as the nook hits and competition heats up in the p-book market. Now if they would only deal with other formats and that pesky DRM.

links for 2009-10-12