Then I would have to go back and find the page I was on. Clicking to find the page would also result in it going much further than I intended it to. Then sometimes that would go too far. When I ordered another book, this time on Python, it was the same wretched experience. I gave up on it a few times, then came back because I already paid for the book and was determined to get through it. I love Kindle and Audible and I hate to give it a bad review but on Mac, this app is garbage.
This is an impulse review so my opinion may change after awhile. I was thrilled when opening the Kindle book I bought to see how beautifully rendered the text was and the ease of navigating through it. I was about to dock a star since there was an image of a table on a page that was hard to read but found that double clicking the image brings up a larger easier-to-read version.
I was weary of buying the book digitally since I did not have a great experience with purchasing magazines in a digital format in the past through other applications, not Kindle. For the magazines, I would have to zoom in on the text in order to read it and use the scrollbar to get across the whole page. The flaw with the magazine format was presenting the left and right pages at the same time so by default it was zoomed out to fit both pages on the screen at the same time thus making the text small and blurred.
It was lacking a single page flip format like this Kindle app does for the digital book I bought. The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:. Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More. With all the technological progress the way we read is changing too. You hardly see anyone today with hardcovers or printed newspapers, which have been mostly written off as expensive and inefficient. Instead, most of what we read is either hosted online or downloaded directly to our devices.
In addition, close to 10 million books are already available on Kindle through Amazon — a few lifetimes worth. But is there a way to read them without getting a Kindle device? Good news is you can read Kindle books on Mac, using the Kindle Mac app.
What you need to do here is download Kindle for Mac and all your previous electronic Amazon book purchases will become instantly available on your desktop or laptop. This Kindle sign in will happen only once to connect your device to your cloud Kindle library. In a second you should see all your Kindle books downloaded to your Mac. Amazon made sure to keep the Kindle App Store process as seamless as possible to entice the largest amount of people to sign up for Kindle on Mac.
And once you see all your books on your Kindle for Mac, using the app is very easy. Just buy some on Amazon:. Check out with your purchase and the book will be added to your Kindle reader for Mac automatically. Get creative! There are a few negative sides to the Kindle app for Mac too, however. Well, at least the app is free! Vitaly Aug 24 Aargl Jul 4 Why doesn't Amazon show clearly on their download page what is the number of the current version?
Before I think to check here, my only opportunity was to DL it again and check if it was different! Thank you MU! Vulcan- May 29 Macupdates has really messed up the Kindle Reader info.. This version, 1. The version numbers are misleading. It seems this app only allows one to have up to 99 books in one's library, and then starts removing older ones to allow for newer books added. I've searched for any discussion of this, and have yet to find any.
B-Jefferson-Le-Blanc Nov 2 For some reason MacUpdate doesn't have the most recent version. Ronnb Sep 9 This works well enough with downloading and viewing e-book purchases from Amazon. It has a decent set of application tools for customizing the viewing experience as well. Kindle on OSX has one serious deficiency and that is if I buy a book with recorded examples or media examples, these are not downloaded or available from with in this application — though I paid to have access to the ENTIRE book.
This is a serious issue for certain books that come with CDs and should be corrected. Jweisbin Jan 26 Why does the app store still show version 1. Joeschisa Jan 25 Good for Kindle, allowing their books on what seems most any device: wish apple would do same.
Had one complaint that graphics didn't seem to show up in mac edition, not sure if this version corrects that and if previous purchases have to be downloaded again if graphics now show. I haven't spent a lot of time reading on screen, been busy, but even if the execution is not quite right not sure , the ability to send them almost effortlessly to various devices is what I give it the stars for.
I downloaded the kindle for mac. Mookzmom Oct 29 This is one of few apps which I have deliberately downloaded outside of the app store. I wanted to see if anyone can tell me if there are differences in the functionality of the non-app store version. I don't use this app much yet, as I have a large volume of rss feeds to keep up with. Can anyone tell me the differences in the two versions? Fra Oct 18 Celtic-Witch Sep 27 One of the best Sjha Aug 29 For simple reading enjoyment this app is great.
I love the ease and convenience of auto sync between Kindle on my Mac and iPhone. As far as I'm concerned this is a must have app. Joeschisa Aug 5 Can you buy the books with this program or just read them imported from kindle device? Anon-Bud Apr 8 Can someone tell me why the new version is not on the App Store?
I made the mistake of getting the last version of Kindle through the App Store see below for my word on that and so do not want to do the direct download and have to again go through the process I mentioned in my earlier post. Any help here? Professor2 Feb 17 Anon-Bud Feb 16 A word of warning, if your Kindle was originally downloaded through Amazon.
For someone with only a few books, this is no big deal. But for people like me who have many books, this is a time consuming read, time wasting pile.
I love the app. I hate the App Store! Just watch out! No, thanks. I wait until it gets "released" on BitTorrent. Poikkeus Dec 31 I use this software with my iPod Touch. While I prefer Stanza for its speed, readability, and features, Kindle for Mac is nicely represented here.
Kindle has a strong selection of books, costing anything from free to a few dollars, but books are extremely easy to read. Digital-Fury Nov 2 Slight improvement on the previous beta version, but still incredibly subpar compared with the iPad and iPhone versions or a real Kindle. Matthewpfritz Oct 22 Really, Amazon?! That is the best you could do? Why can't I resize the column width? I have all this screen real estate and I have to page down every other sentence because the column width is a whopping 5 inches guessing?
And why can't I copy text?
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