Books: March 2009 Archives

Yesterday Amazon released the Kindle for iPhone app to the Applications store. This free app allows iPhone/iPod touch owners to purchase/read Kindle books on their iPhone, regardless of whether they own a Kindle. (I don't own a Kindle yet). It took only a minute before I was reading one of my favorite Star Trek Next Generation novels, the much maligned A Hard Rain. The formatting was excellent although currently restricted to portrait only (doesn't seem to notice if I turn my iPhone on its side) which is fine for me, as that's the way I prefer to read ebooks anyway. My only real wish, was that it had a search feature (so I could search inside the book I was reading) - maybe on the next version.

Kudos to Amazon for opening up the Kindle store to other readers. Oh, and as for my plans to purchase a Kindle? Yep, still planning on ordering one for its readability in bright sunlight and because I don't necessarily want to read ebooks on my cell phone when I'm sitting at home.