I love my Kindle - it’s lightweight, holds many books, and is great for traveling and commuting. However, it does (occasionally) run out of battery (and there’s nothing more disconcerting than your book running out of battery, let me tell you), and yet I want to keep reading.
Amazon has an app for the iPhone that allows you to do just that. It synchs up with your Kindle books, and you can switch back and forth. In fact, I know folks who’ve not bothered to even get a Kindle because the app on the iPhone is just that good - easy to read, very user-friendly.
Barnes & Noble, which recently bought the ebook provider Fictionwise, has announced an ebook app for the Blackberry and Android phones as well. And today we’re getting all sorts of news that phone companies (Verizon and AT&T) are a little envious of Amazon’s deal with Sprint and want in on the cash flow.
What does this mean for authors?
It means that now there’s a new avenue of distribution for your books! By uploading your title to Amazon for distribution on the Kindle, you now have iPhone distribution as well! And that channel is only going to get bigger and bigger - there’s a tremendous demand for content on all these applications.