Comments on: New Kindle app lets you download Kindle e-books directly to your PC from non-Amazon sites—not just the Kindle Store

By: Dave A. Law

Dave A. Law — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:15:19 +0000

Of course this is a another case that Canada is locked out. It would be really nice to check this application out with the free books you can find, unfortunately if you live in Canada you can’t download it.

By: Steve Jordan

Steve Jordan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:45:08 +0000

It’s certainly a shame that the app doesn’t make it more obvious to import non-Kindle content into the app. But most importantly, it allows more non-Kindle-owning people to read e-books from the Kindle store. That alone is excellent!

(Now, let’s see how many $10 e-books they can con me into buying…)

By: e-books

e-books — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:54:49 +0000

Hi David, I like your idea. One good thing is that i m searching for such technique to download e-books on my PC. So thanks for sharing.

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:24:06 +0000

Not to be picky, but there *are* DRM-free commercial Mobi/prc ebooks in addition to the public domain stuff. If we want to encourage that trend we shouldn’t forget to pass the word, right?
Preferably pointing out who the good guys at Baen, Fictionwise, etc might be.

Basically, KfPC sounds a lot like the iPod/iPhone app, feature-wise.
More functionality would be good but I suspect we’ll see more hardware platforms supported before we see Version 2.0.
Its a good move, nonetheless.

By: GJN

GJN — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:55 +0000

Runs well on a Mac that runs Windows XP under Parallels. Each installation of Kindle for PC, by the way, counts against the 6-device limit. After deregistration, however, the count is reinstated. After deregistration one can no longer read previously downloaded Kindle books, but the application can continue to be used to read public domain .mobi and .prc texts.

By: Eric Montgomery

Eric Montgomery — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:50:03 +0000

KindleforPC runs on Linux using Wine, but you won’t be able to see the menu text so it’s a little iffy. You can at least read your books though!