{"id":10730,"date":"2010-02-24T18:42:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T17:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/why-still-no-kindle-software-for-mac-amazon\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:15:54","slug":"why-still-no-kindle-software-for-mac-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/why-still-no-kindle-software-for-mac-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Why still no Kindle software for Mac Amazon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/02\/kindle2.png\" alt=\"Amazon Kindle 2\" align=\"left\" \/>Mac users are used to being last in the queue when it comes to software releases. Well, maybe we&#8217;re not quite as hard done by as Linux users, but you know what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>We grudgingly accept that Windows still dominates the market and usually, we&#8217;re happy to wait just a little bit longer if it means we don&#8217;t have to use anything made by Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>However, when it comes to three and a half years after the release of a piece of hardware, our patience starts to wear thin.<\/p>\n<p>In this case its the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amazon_Kindle\">Amazon Kindle<\/a>, first released in the USA in November 2007. Today, Mac users still have to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/?ie=UTF8&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000464931\">sign-up<\/a> for notification when Kindle software will be released on Macs. This is crazy when you consider its already available on PC, iPhone and BlackBerry.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also all the more strange for three very good reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The release of the iPad:<\/strong> You&#8217;d think that Amazon would at least be in a rush to get a foothold in the e-book market before Mac users start flocking to Apple&#8217;s latest invention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kindles basically run Linux:<\/strong> From a technical standpoint, other than Linux, Macs should be the easiest platform to develop Kindle software. As Chris Dannen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/chris-dannen\/techwatch\/when-will-kindle-become-open\">points out<\/a> at Fast Company, Kindles basically run Linux and Java applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mac users are generally early adopters<\/strong>: Not afraid of splashing-out cash for something that actually works properly and looks good, Mac users are often the most eager to try new gizmos and gadgets, even those that aren&#8217;t made by Apple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amazon haven&#8217;t done themselves any favors either in embracing developers on this issues. By all accounts, developers have had the doors shut in their faces whenever they&#8217;ve tried to approach them about developing third-party software for the Kindle. For now, Mac users will have to do with one paltry screenshot of how Kindle for Mac will look:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/02\/kindle.png\" alt=\"Kindle for Mac screenshot\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the looks of it, it might be nothing to get excited about anyway. As <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/the-kindle-ebook-reader-comes-to-your-pc-but-is-it-your-best-option\/\">Jon pointed out<\/a>, if it&#8217;s anything like the Windows version which offers little of the functionality of the Kindle itself, it will be disappointing. And more to the point, if you&#8217;ve got a Kindle, do you really need to read a book on your Mac anyway?<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you insist, you can always try <a href=\"http:\/\/stanza.en.softonic.com\/mac\"><strong>Stanza<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac users are used to being last in the queue when it comes to software releases. Well, maybe we&#8217;re not quite as hard done by as Linux users, but you know what I mean. We grudgingly accept that Windows still dominates the market and usually, we&#8217;re happy to wait just a little bit longer if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/why-still-no-kindle-software-for-mac-amazon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why still no Kindle software for Mac Amazon?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-10730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335094,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10730\/revisions\/335094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10730"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=10730"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=10730"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=10730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}