Amazon "Kindle" iPhone App Offers 240,000 E-books

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2009 - 10:23am.

Seattle - Online retailer Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), which last week introduced the second iteration of its own e-book reader device, the Kindle 2, has released a new application for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch that lets owners of those devices purchase and download the library of over 240,000 e-books available from Amazon.com. The "Kindle" application, available from Apple's online App Store, also features Amazon's "Whispersync" technology, which saves and synchronizes a customer's bookmark across Kindle, Kindle 2, iPhone and iPod touch devices.

Electronic book titles on Amazon.com, which currently include 104 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, are available for $9.99 or less.

"We are excited to bring the new Kindle application to Apple's App Store and think customers are going to love how easy and fun it is to read their Kindle books on the iPhone and iPod touch," said Ian Freed, vice president, Amazon Kindle.

"Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch is a great way for customers to catch up on their current book wherever they are, like in line at the grocery store or between meetings."

http://www.amazon.com/kindlestore