If you don’t have a Kindle to read books from Amazon, here are some free Kindle reader apps that will let you shop and read on your favorite computer or mobile device.

The Amazon Kindle is a very popular electronic book reader in the US. The device lacks a colour display, and Wi-Fi but has still managed to grab 60% of the U.S market share.

The Amazon Kindle Application for Android might not be out yet, but the iPad version is officially out. Today, Amazon released the iPad version of the Kindle app in an official press release. The application is available in all the countries, where the iPad is up for sale.

Amazon will soon be launching the Kindle – its free eBook reader application – for the Android OS. The Amazon Kindle is already available for PC, Mac and iTouch devices from Apple.

It seems that the social networking bug has bitten the Amazon Kindle eBook reader as well. The Amazon Kindle will soon be getting a firmware update which will integrate social networking into the device. The firmware update is compatible with both the Kindle and the Kindle DX.

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Infibeam, the shopping portal has come up with its own eBook reader. The eBook reader is called “Pi”.

While Kindle from Amazon has established itself as an eBook reader, there are many other trying to follow the suite. Now, there’s a new eBook reader in the market; BeBook Neo reader

The SDK being called the Kindle Development Kit will be available as a limited beta next month. The SDK will include a programming interfaces, tools and a documentation to help the app development process.

Amazon has officially announced the launch of Kindle app store. Similar to iPhone and Android, this will let developers create applications for the Kindle device and make Kindle much more than an e-reader.

Amazon, today announced that the latest generation Kindle will receive 85 percent more battery life and a native PDF reader.

Amazon is announcing that Kindle ebook software would soon be available for Mac OS X. Users would be able to download and read books on their Apple machines using this software.

Nook is the new and coming eBook reader from Barnes & Noble that promises to bring a lot of features including wireless and 3G connectivity, highlighting and bookmarking text, a 2 GB storage and support for MP3 and PDFs.

Amazon updated it free Kindle app for Iphone, adding four features in the app that many demanded. Amazon’s Iphone kindle is a heaven for prolific readers who read mostly on their Iphone. The Iphone Kindle app is a stripped down version of the original Kindle app.