Amazon has just released an update to their Kindle app for iOS, bringing Kindle magazine support to the iPad, a new Send-to-Kindle feature for uploading documents to Amazon’s cloud, as well as better support for digital textbooks.
The Send-to-Kindle feature seems pretty awesome, and granting iPad users access to their collection of over 400 magazines seems like a good move as well. All in all, a solid update from Amazon. The update is available now through the App Store (free, App Store link).
What’s New in Version 2.9
iPad:
• New Design for Magazines: Kindle for iPad customers now have access to the huge selection of over 400 magazines and newspapers that are available on Kindle Fire. Magazines such as Martha Stewart Living, Food Network Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Popular Science and many more are displayed in rich full-color pages. Customers can buy a single issue or subscribe to popular magazines and leading newspapers and have them wirelessly delivered to the Kindle for iPad app.
• Read print replica textbooks including rich formatting and layout of the print editions and support for notes and highlights, zoom and pan, and linked table of contents.
iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch:
• Email documents to your new Send-to-Kindle e-mail address and we deliver them to your device. The documents are automatically archived in the Amazon Cloud and available for re-download on your iOS or supported Kindle devices.
• Open PDFs from Mail or Safari, by transferring them from iTunes, or by sending them to your Send-to-Kindle email address. The Kindle PDF reader supports PDF table of contents and thumbnail navigation for quickly jumping through the document.
• New library organization allows you to view your Kindle Books, Newsstand, and Docs.