Amazon is going to develop an iPad application which allows users to read Kindle books on the iPad. So if you’ve already bought some digital books from Amazon, you’ll soon be able to read those books on the iPad. The books will now also display pictures in color.
The Kindle has no color screen and therefore the books are all in black and white. The nice thing is that the Kindle-books can be read on multiple devices and can be synchronized with each other. At home you can read a book on the iPad, and when your on the go you continue reading on your iPhone. This can be achieved thanks to Whispersync. The application can remember where you stopped reading the last time you opened the e-book.
There are more than 450.000 titles available from the start, and there are always free samples (the first chapter). The iPad-app will be adapted to fit the larger screen. You’ll also be able to adapt the background color and change the font.
The app will not be available at the launch of the iPad. Amazon has no iPad at their disposal, so they’ll have to wait till the device is available in Apple Stores. They will then test the app to make sure it works perfectly on the iPad.
Source: NYT
