Amazon announced free eBook reading for PC with Kindle for PC

Amazon.com announced "Kindle for PC," the free application that lets readers enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers (PC).

The U.S. Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) currently offers over 360,000 books, including New Releases and 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, which are typically $9.99 or less. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, and PC.

Kindle for PC features Amazon?s Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices. Whether you read Kindle books on a Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the free Kindle applications, you can always have your reading with you and never lose your place. With Kindle for PC, you can read some on your PC, read some on your Kindle, and always pick up right where you left off. Whispersync helped make the Kindle for iPhone application the most popular books app in the Apple App Store.

Kindle for PC features:

•  Purchase, download, and read books available in the Kindle Store - Access entire library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon?s servers for free
• Choose from over 10 different font sizes and adjust words per line
•  Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read
•  View notes and highlights marked on Kindle and Kindle DX
•  Zoom in and out of text with a pinch of the fingers (Windows 7 users only)
•  Turn pages with a finger swipe (available in a future release for Windows 7 users)
  

Microsoft demonstrated Kindle for PC for the first time ever at the Windows 7 launch event today in New York City.

Kindle for PC takes advantage of capabilities in the new Windows 7, including Windows Touch technology. In addition to Windows 7, Kindle for PC will also be compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista. Kindle for PC will be available to customers around the world as a free download
next month.