Comments on: Kindle 4 update 4.1.1 available

By: Olly

Olly — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:57:20 +0000

Fair enough. I’ll give it a look next time I’m in town and see what the UK service is like.

By: Juli Monroe

Juli Monroe — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:57:17 +0000

Olly, I have a B&N just a few minutes from my house, and I frequently use it as a meeting place with clients. So it wasn’t out of my way. I used the feature to check out ebook formatting before I bought. It was nice to see if there were major issues before I plunked down $10 or more.

By: Xendula

Xendula — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:27:18 +0000

^ It’s what B&N is offering in the US, AFAIK.

By: Olly

Olly — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:27:37 +0000

I must admit I’d never heard of the feature until I saw that. Potentially interesting but it kind of undermines the convenience of ebooks if you’re going all the way to a physical store to try out a sample of the book.

By: Juli Monroe

Juli Monroe — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:11:01 +0000

Olly, that’s interesting. Any UK readers out there tried it out? I wasn’t aware Waterstones was offering a read for free option. B&N offers it in the States, and when I still had a Nook Color I used it occasionally. Nice feature, and I’m envious of you UK folks for having it on your Kindles. Is it available for all Kindles or just selected models?

By: Olly

Olly — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:04:10 +0000

The update page on Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_cn?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200781270) says: “With the new software update, Kindle customers can avail of Read for Free in Waterstones stores in the UK”. Never used the service so I don’t know if that’s new to 4.1.1 but I hadn’t seen it on there before.