Amazon Introduces Updated Sharing with Instant Previews for Kindle Books
June 25 2015 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Kindle readers can share quotes and
recommendations with specific friends, using their favorite mobile
apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, texting, and more
Friends who receive a share can instantly start
reading a free book preview right from their phone, tablet, or
PC—no need to sign up, sign in, or install an app
Start sharing today from the Kindle for Android
app, and coming to Kindle e-readers and other devices later this
year
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon today announced a new Kindle sharing
experience that makes it simple for people to have conversations
about great books—using the mobile messaging apps they already
love, and even with people who have never used Kindle before.
Kindle readers could already share quotes and recommendations with
all their friends on Facebook or Twitter, and now they can start a
conversation with specific people. And clicking on a book
recommendation or shared quote now lets people start reading
instantly, much like typical links to articles and videos. Here’s
how it works:
- From a Kindle book, easily share
quotes, highlights, and recommendations with specific friends.
- Share via popular mobile messaging apps
like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, as well as email, texting,
and more.
- Share today from Kindle for Android,
and coming to Kindle e-readers and other devices later this
year.
- Friends who receive a share can
instantly start reading a free book preview right from their phone,
tablet, or PC—no need to sign up, sign in, or install an app.
“The perfect quote in a book isn’t always the perfect quote for
your whole social network. Now it’s easy to share exactly what you
want in a Kindle book with exactly who you want,” said Russ
Grandinetti, Senior Vice President, Kindle. “Kindle makes it easy
to chat about the books you’re reading, whether it’s making a
recommendation or sparking a conversation about a quote you loved.
And friends who receive the share can instantly start reading a
free sample of the book—no sign-up, no sign-in, and no app to
install.”
To learn more about the new sharing features announced today,
visit www.amazon.com/bettersharing.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire
tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon.
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