Amazon Kindle Now Available on Android

Amazon’s famous Kindle application is now available for Android devices running Android 1.6 or higher. The Kindle app allows users to browse, purchase, and read books released on Amazon’s Kindle Store. In the store, there are well over 600,000 books available for users.

Kindle is the most popular e-Book service in the world, and the Kindle software allows you to switch from your Home PC to iPad to Android device while keeping you on the same page you were reading. In the app, you can adjust text size for your viewing pleasure, and view annotations created on your computer or other Kindle device.

Shop for books in the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone

• Buy a book from the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly
• Search and browse more than 600,000 books, including 109 of 110 New York Times bestsellers. If you are a non-U.S. customer, book availability may vary
• Find New York Times® Best Sellers and new releases from $9.99
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  Get free book samples. Read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy

• Books you purchase can also be read on a Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile devices
• Kindle newspapers, magazines and blogs are currently not available on Kindle for Android
• Kindle for Android is currently available for customers in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

You can grab the Kindle app by capturing the QR Code to the right, or searching for it in the Android Market.

Check out Amazon’s release here.