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Kindle app updates bring children's books, graphic novels and comics to iOS, Android and Cloud Reader
Put down War and Peace for just a second. If you're a Kindle user on iOS, Android or Amazon's Cloud Reader, a new update brings children's books, graphic novels and comics to your virtual library. The children's titles will support Kindle Text Pop-Up to help boost the size of the words and spare your little one's eyes. Comics, however, get the Kindle Panel View treatment -- on supported titles -- that'll keep that analog format's frame-by-frame style. An iOS-only tweak adds title- and author search of your library, plus smaller margins on the iPad. Android tablet owners and Cloud Readers, on the other hand, can now enjoy a two-page view. The updates are available starting today, so fold the corner on the source links, or head straight to the next chapter.
Amazon releases Kindle cloud reader web app, sidesteps App Store rules
Amazon has launched a new cloud-based version of its Kindle book reading application. The new Kindle Cloud reader is accessible to the iPad with iOS 4, Google Chrome and Safari on the Mac/PC. The new web-based app circumvents Apple's policy change that prevents publishers from linking to their online stores from within an app. Apple made this change to make sure new content was purchased from within the app and subject to Apple's 30% fee. Amazon complied with this policy change and removed external links from its native Kindle iPad app. At the same time, it was working on this web version as an alternative. Amazon's new Kindle Cloud Reader frees Amazon from the long reach of Apple and lets it offer books and other downloadable content right through the web. The app mimics the look and feel of the native iPad app and even lets you read content offline. Its uses HTML5, a web standard supported by Mobile Safari. Right now the app only supports the iPad, but an iPhone version is likely in the works. [Via Tech Crunch]
