The new version of the Kindle app yesterday went on smartphones and tablets iOS users. It introduces some really meaningful news. Amazon thus proves that he can integrate their services previously purchased services and doing it in a good style.
When Amazon was full of cares Goodreads fear that my favorite social network, from which I derive information about the read and unread books yet, change for the worse. It turned out that the company, Jeff Bezos or thought to spoil it, but instead integrates it with the Kindle ecosystem services in a very thoughtful way.
The first Goodreads went straight to the readers, and now turn to mobile applications.
It is true that I am not fully satisfied with the integration Goodreads my Kindle Paperwhite, but after further information provided by Amazon, I see that it will be only better. Purchased by Jeff Bezos social network for bookworms not happen despite the fears of a sales mouthpiece for Amazon’s e-book offer – just as it does not become IMDb.com great for movies.
Instead of push force us to offer the sale of e-books and paper editions Goodreads Amazon will develop in the right direction. Service integration in the Kindle for iPhone and iPad, which appeared in the latest version aplikakcji, is the best proof. From now reading the book you will be able to share information about it on Goodreads without switching the official application to operate the service.
Not only does it save time, but it also has a chance to encourage users to use the Goodreads.
Action Amazon enjoy me twice. Not only from now on use of the site is more convenient, but also a chance to increase the number of its users. This is very good news, because the force Goodreads is not only a huge database of books – including e-books, audiobooks and Polish editions – but also an active community of commenting on the book and leading discussions.
In addition, there are also Goodreads acting pro bono for the benefit of the community, “librarians”. This group, which Goodreads authors acknowledge the status of “librarian”, to which he belong. There is no profits from this, only the ability to edit data on the books, to which access can not access ordinary members of the site. Community “librarians” works on a similar principle, which is centered around Wikipedia.
Kindle.app it is not pointless add-
The LCD screen on your smartphone or tablet will not replace epapieru, but still with the Kindle mobile application using quite often. From a reader I use at home, and leaving him throw it in the bag with the laptop, but do not always take with me yet more junk. With this application, I read while waiting for the bus or in the kilometer-long line at the supermarket a few chapters of the book.
As soon as I get back to the reader, the device itself by synchronizing the Internet jumps to the page on which I’ve recently read. This way synchronization very simple, comfortable and extremely pleasant to use solution and, most importantly, it works not only for books bought in Amazon, but also MOBI format e-books from Polish bookstores.
Mobile Kindle is only seemingly insignificant bonus for users of devices sold by Amazon.
Software for Android and iOS allows you to access your reading when the Kindle is just beyond our reach. Because the application is available on tablets and smartphones – which screens are often almost as large as in the Amazon reader – mobile reading really has a lot of sense.
The more I am pleased that Amazon introduced here Goodreads service. From now on, reading a book bought on Amazon, you can simply select the application in the service, what percentage was able to read the book, indicate the title read, and share with your friends quotes from reading and thoughts on it.
Unfortunately it does not work with books uploaded to Amazon’s MOBI format, but it is understandable.
Integration with Goodreads only books purchased from Amazon. Pairing a file with a specific release of Amazon’s database would be problematic and could cause more errors than giving benefits. It is true that you could give the opportunity to the reader to manually sync items from Kindle with Goodreads, but who knows, maybe we will see this in the future?
Of course, it would not be in the taste Amazonowi who earns after the sale of content and not devices. It must be remembered that the company, Jeff Bezos, and so does a lot, so as not to discourage customers from other readers Kindle bookstore. At the end of the book MOBI format, you can easily open to readers, as well as for them not disabled synchronization mechanisms, application notes, etc.
This is not the end of the Kindle application changes
The introduction of Goodreads is just one of the changes that users are waiting for the new version to iOS Kindle.app. In addition, the iPad version of the application went through the books and audiobooks browser from Amazon created with users in mind Kindle Unlimited.
This allows you to browse 700 thousand. position descriptions and opinions of customers and a bump in screen download them to your device. The materials in this section, the application shall be made available at no charge, unless the user has chosen to subscribe.
In addition to the improvements went through the application section devoted audiobookom with Audible.
This is another example of the connection of an external Kindle ecosystem service, which is owned by Amazon. For a long time, if you purchased the ebook on Amazon and Audible audiobook in could synchronize reading progress between the two media.
In a recent update introduces even support audiobooks from Audible directly to the Kindle. From now on, thanks to a feature called Progressive Play you can even start to listen to the book before all of the audio book is downloaded to the device.
It also has improved the last card on the lines of the book from Amazon readers.
After reading the title, you can mark it as read on Goodreads, and if the book comes from the series – once to buy the next volume. This solution is not intrusive. Ba, the reader may not even be aware that the book is a continuation and such information in this place is even desirable.
Little change occurred in the digital bookcase or user. From now on you can read some basic information about the book when you hold your finger on the cover longer, and selecting the appropriate item from the menu. Will then be shown a summary and reviews of users for a particular item.
The icing on the cake is the introduction of the recommendations of books.
Amazon does not rely on them already exclusively on their data, but to recommend users to the next position using the knowledge collected on the basis of user activity Goodreads. This is very good news for us, readers – but much worse for the Polish digital bookstore.
Today, I am a devoted user of Polish language UpolujEbooka and buy books from your local retailers, but if Amazon will begin once the distribution of Polish books, is probably a commission Sales Jeff Bezos see. Kindle is in fact not only the reader, but the entire ecosystem services.
And that, unfortunately, no hamsters, and even Polish torrentownie e-bookstores can not replace.
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