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If you like the idea of Amazon’s Kindle electronic book reader but you’re not particularly mobile, don’t like the $259 USD price tag, and are actually looking to hop onboard the eBook bandwagon from the comfort of home, then Amazon has just what you need.
The Kindle, now on PC -- no actual Kindle required. Image: Amazon.
Specifically, the Seattle-based retail behemoth today revealed its plans to issue a PC-based software application for Windows that will enable non-Kindle owners to purchase, download and read Kindle edition digital books and publications directly through their home computers.
The aptly named ‘Kindle for PC’ platform will include a worry-free automatic bookmark feature allow the reader to instantly pick up from wherever their last session ended. It will also offer up a synch function for those users who are equipped with the iconic Kindle device.
News of the PC application comes hot on the heels of Amazon attempting to drive consumer interest towards its Kindle device after lopping $20 USD from the latest model. The price drop shifts the Kindle from $279 USD to $259 USD – the same price as Barnes & Noble’s recently unveiled Nook electronic book reader.
Kindle for PC is not the first such service extension offered up by Amazon, which has also released a dedicated Kindle software application for Apple’s iPhone smartphone and non-telephonic iPod Touch handset.
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