Google Chrome and Safari users can now access their Kindle eBooks through their web browsers, including iPad’s version of Safari. This gives Amazon some leeway through Apple’s in-app subscription rules after publishers were claiming Apple’s subscription model was not profitable for anyone except of course, Apple.
The Kindle Cloud Reader is similar to Apple’s latest iCloud feature, making eBooks accessible through different devices. So if someone were reading a book on their Kindle and for one reason or another their Kindle died, they would be able to access the book from where they left off via Chrome or Safari, acting as somewhat of a bookmark.
Though Amazon is titling the Cloud Reader as an “app,” users will be unable to download it through Apple’s app site—responding directly to Apple’s fee for digital content sold via apps.
The app is run on HTML5 and is said to be coming to Internet Explorer, BlackBerry, and Firefox, however, the iPhone does not support the Cloud Reader app. Devices not supporting the Cloud Reader can download the alternative Kindle Reading apps here.
(via CNET)
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