[LINK] More on ebooks: kindle for PC; Apple apps

Jan Whitaker jwhit at janwhitaker.com
Mon Oct 26 17:48:44 AEDT 2009


>Amazon's upcoming "Kindle for PC" app - the announcement timed with 
>Windows 7's first appearance on the market - will allow customers to 
>read more than 360,000 Kindle books (the number shrinks if you're 
>outside the US) on their computers.No launch date for the app has 
>been announced as yet.
><http://click.publisherslunchdaily.com/cp/redirect.php?u=NTAwNnwzNDQ4OXxqd2hpdEBqYW53aGl0YWtlci5jb218MzU0OTg5fDc2MDIyMjM2fDU0NDE3OQ==&id=2421455>Kindle 
>for PC
>
>It's a subtle shift but an important one nonetheless: Apple now 
>allows selling extra content through free apps, where before you 
>could only sell add-ons via paid apps. Should the mythical Tablet 
>ever appear, this will help publishers.
><http://click.publisherslunchdaily.com/cp/redirect.php?u=NTAwNnwzNDQ4OXxqd2hpdEBqYW53aGl0YWtlci5jb218MzU0OTg5fDc2MDIyMjM2fDU0NDE3OQ==&id=2421456>Wired 
>


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