Amazon has updated its Kindle app for iOS with Line Spacing options,
Multipage Highlights, improvements to Print Replica Textbooks and
Accessibility.
The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone,
and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books,
newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on a beautiful, easy-to-use
interface. You’ll have access to over 1,000,000* books in the Kindle
Store plus hundreds* of newspapers and magazines. Amazon Whispersync
automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and
highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up your
book where you left off on another device.
Features:• Shop the Kindle Store by visiting Amazon for the largest selection of books people want
to read: over a million books, including over 800,000 at $9.99 or less.
• Get free book samples – read the first chapter free before you decide to buy.
•
Read hundreds* of newspapers and magazines including The Economist,
Reader’s Digest, Martha Stewart Living, and Food Network Magazine with
high resolution color images. Visit the Kindle Store to subscribe to a
newspaper or magazine and have each edition automatically delivered, or
purchase individual issues.
• Email PDFs & other documents to
your new Send-to-Kindle e-mail address and we deliver them to your
device. The documents are automatically archived in the Amazon Cloud and
available for re-download on your iOS or supported Kindle devices. You
can also read PDFs from Mail, Safari, or by transferring them from
iTunes.
• Customize your reading experience by choosing the margin
size, background color, font size, and either portrait or landscape
format.
• Instant dictionary word lookup with 250,000 entries and definitions. Tap and hold a word to view the definition.
• Search inside the book to find a character, topic, or section you want to revisit.
• Simply tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages.
•
You can also read your Kindle books on your Kindle, Kindle Fire, Kindle
Touch, PC, Mac, Android-based device, and Windows Phone 7-based device.
Our Whispersync technology
syncs your last page read, notes, bookmarks, and highlights across devices, so you can pick up where you left off.
•
With Kindle textbooks you save up to 60% off print list prices when you
buy, and up to 80% when you rent. Use the Notebook in your Print
Replica textbooks to review your bookmarks, highlights, notes. Tag and
filter the most important items to study.
• Accessibility features
make it easier for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate
their Kindle libraries, read & interact with books, and more. Enable
VoiceOver in your device settings to begin.
What's New In This Version:• Line Spacing - loose, normal, and tight line spacing options change the page layout to suit your reading preference
• Multipage Highlights – highlight long passages that span multiple pages for added convenience
•
Print Replica Textbooks notebook improvements – filter by type: notes,
bookmarks, and highlights by color; Sync starred notes between devices
• Accessibility Improvements – select a higher maximum font size, bug fixes
• Bug Fixes/Stability Improvements
You can download Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks from the App Store for free.
Read More