Kindle for Mac
March 19, 2010. Amazon has now made available software that will enable you to read Kindle books on your Mac. To install the reader, click on the download button here
and follow the directions. To finish the process, register your email address and password with Amazon. On Amazon's "Manage Your Kindle" page, the country must be set to "United States" in order to access most of the free content. (BTW - I don't think they verify the location, but don't quote me. Indicating one lives in the UK will probably give access to UK-only books). On March 4, 2011 a reader wrote (see Comments) of setting his/her address to the United States, successfully downloading a book and then getting an email from Amazon asking for proof of residence. I live in Europe and have never had a problem downloading the freebies, but I have a credit card with a U.S. address registered on Amazon's site. Although I don't live in the U.K., I successfully registered with Amazon's British site and have downloaded books from them as well. Do you have an experience to share? I'd like to hear from you.
September 21, 2010: a reader wrote to tell me that this software is available only for Intel Macs, not for PowerPCs. My apologies to those who tried to install it in vain.
Kindle for PC
November 11, 2009. As you may be aware, for some time free books have been available from Amazon for downloading to their electronic reader. Until now, the 6 billion or so people who don't own a Kindle were out of luck, but Amazon recently introduced "Kindle for PC," software which allows the user to download these same books to his computer (Windows 7, Vista and XP - the Mac version is now available. To install the PC reader, click on the download button here 
and when prompted, click Save file. The setup file will then download. When download is complete, double click KindleForPC-installer.exe to run the install. To finish the process, register your email address and password with Amazon. On Amazon's "Manage Your Kindle" page, the country must be set to "United States" in order to access most of the free content. (BTW - I don't think they verify the location, but don't quote me. Indicating one lives in the UK will probably give access to UK-only books). On March 4, 2011 a reader wrote (see Comments) of setting his/her address to the United States, successfully downloading a book and then getting an email from Amazon asking for proof of residence. I live in Europe and have never had a problem downloading the freebies, but I have a credit card with a U.S. address registered on Amazon's site. Although I don't live in the U.K., I successfully registered with Amazon's British site and have downloaded books from them as well. Do you have an experience to share? I'd like to hear from you.
These books are free at the time I list them, but they change status fast, often in a matter of days, so if you see something that interests you, grab it now!
Other Kindle Reading Apps
Apps are also available to read Kindle ebooks on the following reading devices: BlackBerry, iPad, Android, iPhone and iTouch. To access these applications, click on the Free Kindle Reading Apps button here: 
Last updated February 1, 2012.
