Amazon.com is a website which sells hundreds of thousands of different book titles. Therefore, if you are shopping for a certain book, this is definitely the site where you want to head to, as they should have the book that interests you. Amazon is also a site which has shaped the way that many people read books by releasing their Kindle e-reader. This electronic device, which is made to look like a typical tablet PC, is optimized for reading electronic versions of books. Therefore, you will no longer need to actually buy the book if you don't want to have a "physical" version of it, but rather can purchase an electronic edition of it to read on the Kindle. This makes things a lot more practical, as delivery is instant and also more economical, due to the fact that Kindle books are much less expensive than actual, physical books. But is there a Kindle PC application, which lets users read Kindle books on a PC, rather than the actual Amazon Kindle itself?
Now even though a lot of people have the Amazon Kindle e-reader and absolutely love it, there are some people that would simply want to enjoy electronic books on their computer, without having to purchase the Kindle. After all, if you always carry your laptop with you everywhere you go and don't mind using it to read books, you may put into question as to why you should spend almost $200 on an e-reader if you don't really need one. At first, Kindle e-books were only available to those who have purchased the Amazon Kindle. Just a short while ago, there was no legitimate way to read Kindle versions of books on a regular computer. However, Amazon has seen the great potential that the sale of electronic copies of books had and saw that requiring people to buy their e-reader could affect sales of e-books or push people to seek out pirated versions of the books instead from underground sites, thus not making any money for Amazon. This is why they have launched the Kindle for PC software.
This piece of software can be downloaded from the Amazon website and lets you read the Kindle version of books you bought from their web store directly on your PC. The software works on desktop or laptop computers that are running Windows 7, Vista or XP. The Kindle for PC application is however much more than just a reader that displays content and doesn't do much else. It has many of the features that an actual Kindle would have, such as giving you the ability to highlight certain passages, take down notes as well as create bookmarks. Those features will be greatly appreciated by those who use their books to study. It also includes a built in dictionary which lets you look up the definition of words without you having to close the page. In addition to making the reader available for the PC platform, Amazon also makes it available for users of the Mac, as well as several mobile platforms as well.
Stephen Johnson is a technical journalist who is always first with the latest gadget news. Read more about Kindle from his website Don't Touch My Kindle to find out about new or second hand kindles
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