Kindle books on your Android

Now you can read Kindle books on your Android phone. Access your Kindle books even if you don't have your Kindle with you.  The App automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync.  You can adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible device. 

Other features include:

Read in portrait or landscape mode
Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages
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 620,000 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. 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

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The Washington Post: Larry King Retires

"Woody Allen said 90 percent of life is just showing up," says Washington Post editorial writer Howard Kurtz. "The other 10 percent might be knowing when to leave." Kurtz's article discusses Larry King's Tuesday announcement that he will be retiring from CNN after 25 years, on his own terms.
The announcement of the 76-year-old broadcaster raised questions whether he overstayed his welcome, according to the article. "The Lady Gaga interview was kind of goofy," a popular culture professor at Syracuse University said. "He was dangerously close to becoming a self-parody."
Andrew Tyndall, an industry analyst, thinks otherwise. "News is a genre that is less ruthless than other genres in obliging people to retire," he said. "You're more likely as a news person to hang around beyond your sell-by date. And the audience is older in news."
Discussions about his age aside, recent speculations now surround his successor, as well as the show format. Can a variety show survive in today's fragmented media world? Kurtz dives into this very question. Piers Morgan, a well-known judge on "America's Got Talent", is seen by industry insiders as most likely to inherit the program, Kurtz said. Other names, from Ryan Seacrest to Katie Couric to Ellen Degeneres are also being discussed. King said he will do three years of periodic specials for CNN and also be free to contribute to other networks.

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