Kindle for Android Released TODAY!

[timmyjoe42]

Reading books on your phone? Are you guys mad?

 

[DenverRalphy]

Reading books on your phone? Are you guys mad?

When I'm on a commuter train, waiting in a doctor's lobby, etc... it's really nice when you can fire up the Kindle app and read a few pages to kill time. Especially since it sync's with your Kindle Device where you left off so you can take up the book at the point you stopped reading, regardless which device you're on.

Yeah reading a whole book on a small device like a phone would be kinda mad (but I've done it, just to say I did ).

 

[A.Nonymous]

Reading books on your phone? Are you guys mad?

I read books on my iPod touch all the time.

 

[ivanzorkic]

Apart from visiting the Kindle store, is there a way to import a prc, mobi or azw book into the app? I have several books that work on a Kindle for PC app, but when put into the kindle folder on the SD card make the Kindle app force close on startup.

 

[A.Nonymous]

Apart from visiting the Kindle store, is there a way to import a prc, mobi or azw book into the app? I have several books that work on a Kindle for PC app, but when put into the kindle folder on the SD card make the Kindle app force close on startup.

If they work on the Kindle for PC, just go into the Kindle for Droid and go into the archive section. You'll be able to download them directly ota.

 

[beckx020]

Yay! I've been using the eReader for a couple books. Wasn't thrilled with reading on the phone, but now I love it! Anywhere I am, just pull out the Droid and I'm reading.

But, I downloaded a sample of a book to the kindle for android. It's on the main page of the kindle app. How do I get rid of it now?

 

[A.Nonymous]

Yay! I've been using the eReader for a couple books. Wasn't thrilled with reading on the phone, but now I love it! Anywhere I am, just pull out the Droid and I'm reading.

But, I downloaded a sample of a book to the kindle for android. It's on the main page of the kindle app. How do I get rid of it now?

Tap and hold the book in question. You should get a drop down list and one of the options is "remove from device." The book goes back into the archive list.

 

[ivanzorkic]

If they work on the Kindle for PC, just go into the Kindle for Droid and go into the archive section. You'll be able to download them directly ota.

I don't know how to get them into the archive section - note that these books are not from amazon, they are free books (or converted documents) that just happen to be in the supported format.

 

[A.Nonymous]

I don't know how to get them into the archive section - note that these books are not from amazon, they are free books (or converted documents) that just happen to be in the supported format.

Then they probably don't work. If they're free, I'd just go out to the Amazon store and "buy" them.

 

[mysticmead]

not having an option to import books kind of makes it suck compared to other ebook readers.. like FBreader or Aldiko..

 

[A.Nonymous]

not having an option to import books kind of makes it suck compared to other ebook readers.. like FBreader or Aldiko..

Well, when you have a 90% or so market share you can do stuff like make your reader proprietary.

 

[GoofyG28]

Is there a way to turn off bookmarking on any of the Kindle apps (Android, iPhone, BB)?

Under my Amazon Kindle account, I registered my Nexus One, BlackBerry, my roommate's iPhone, and of course, my Kindle 2. I have this one book that I got mainly for my roommate, but I read it sometimes, too. I don't want either of us to change the "last page read" value, since that is synchronized between all registered devices.

 

[almostM]

So can this read pdf ebooks?

 

[ProudPapaG]

Love this App!!

Love my Kindle, Love my EVO.

What's not to love???

I love you all!

Love is in the air, everywhere I look around!
Love is in the air, every sight and every sound!

HAH!!!

.

 

[ExPalm]

Works fine for me (Had to turn on one-click ordering)
One thing it needs is a text search. Lost my place once, and getting back by page flipping is a pain. This will also be an issu4e with reference books.

 

[AcBush]

Is there a way to turn off bookmarking on any of the Kindle apps (Android, iPhone, BB)?

Under my Amazon Kindle account, I registered my Nexus One, BlackBerry, my roommate's iPhone, and of course, my Kindle 2. I have this one book that I got mainly for my roommate, but I read it sometimes, too. I don't want either of us to change the "last page read" value, since that is synchronized between all registered devices.

Hi,

You'd have to turn off synchronization between devices. It's not possible to do it by specific books/ASIN's - visit www.amazon.com/myk

Login to the account that has the devices registered, and scroll to the very bottom of the page. There is a link titled "Managed Synchronization between devices". Click on it and you'll have the option to turn off synchronization.

Again, this is not specific to device or book/content - it is account specific so if your friend has a Kindle and Blackberry they will not sync anymore if it is turned off.

Thanks.

 

[dwrong]

hmmm, is there a reason I cant find the Kindle App in my android market ?


HTC LEGEND.

 

[AcBush]

hmmm, is there a reason I cant find the Kindle App in my android market ?


HTC LEGEND.

What version of Android do you have?

 

[dwrong]

What version of Android do you have?

android 2.1,

and in China.

I tried the QR code from Phandroid , page failed to load as well.
hope its not region specific problem

 

[AcBush]

android 2.1,

and in China.

I tried the QR code from Phandroid , page failed to load as well.
hope its not region specific problem

Sorry, looks like Kindle for Android isn't available for your country at this time.

Kindle for Android is currently available for customers in:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

 

[mysticmead]

So can this read pdf ebooks?

nope.. only books that you download/buy through the app

 

[mysticmead]

not having an option to import books kind of makes it suck compared to other ebook readers.. like FBreader or Aldiko..

Well, when you have a 90% or so market share you can do stuff like make your reader proprietary.

yeah but when you have 15,000+ books in electronic format, it makes it kind of a fail compared to other e-readers.. I can't even upload books in the native kindle format that are on my PC..