Kindle Gets a Needed Software Upgrade

Pete Prestipino
by Pete Prestipino 08 Feb, 2011
Kindle Gets a Needed Software Upgrade

Amazon announced an early preview of a free software update for its popular Kindle reading device. If you're publishing content specifically for the reader, the updates will be welcome.

Public Notes will let Kindle users choose to make their book notes and highlights available for others to see. If you're publishing content on the Kindle, Public Notes are most definitely something to start monitoring.

Book Rating is another new and very important feature which comes with the software upgrade. When users reach the end of the book, they will now be able to rate the book, share a message about the book with their social network, and even receive personalized recommendations on what to read next.

Latest generation Kindle and Kindle 3G customers wanting to try an Early Preview of the new features can manually download the software update here. All latest generation Kindle and Kindle 3G customers will receive the software update automatically via Wi-Fi once it becomes available.

Pete Prestipino
Pete Prestipino
Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.