Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader storms into Firefox on an HTML5 chariot

Nov 9th 2011
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Amazons Kindle Cloud Reader storms into Firefox on an HTML5 chariot

Pretty much three months after launching on Safari and Chrome, Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader app has finally made its thanks to Firefox. With this HTML5-based app, Mozilla devotees can access Kindle books directly from their browsers for both online and offline reading, while syncing their digitized libraries, notes and bookmarks. Available for Firefox 6 and above, the Cloud Reader also offers a little-optimized store that’s integrated directly in the app, putting you within only 1 click of Amazon’s coffers. Take it for a spin on the source link below, or float past the break for the entire PR.

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Kindle Cloud Reader Now Available on Mozilla Firefox

Amazon’s HTML5-based Kindle web app gives customers access to the biggest collection of the preferred books, all without leaving the internet browser

SEATTLE, Nov 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –

(NASDAQ:AMZN) – Today, Amazon announced that Kindle Cloud Reader, the HTML5-based web app that lets customers read their Kindle books of their web browser, is now available for Mozilla Firefox so the masses of millions of Firefox users can start reading their Kindle books instantly, through opening their web browser. To start out reading, visit http://read.amazon.com using Chrome, Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop and now Mozilla Firefox.

“Customer response to Kindle Cloud Reader have been overwhelmingly positive,” said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. “Instant access in your books within the browser, combined with a beautifully designed and have rich HTML5 application experience, has made Kindle Cloud Reader the proper launch we’ve ever had for a Kindle app. We’re excited to further extend our ‘Buy Once, Read Everywhere’ mission and provides Mozilla Firefox users access to the most important collection of the most well liked books, all without leaving their web browser.”

“Kindle Cloud Reader is a good example of an HTML5 application that gives a unbroken shopping and reading experience in the browser,” said Chris Blizzard, Mozilla Firefox Director of Platform Product Management. “Because the creator of Firefox and HTML5 leaders, we’re excited to peer Amazon deliver this innovative solution to e-books to the greater than 450 million Firefox users worldwide.”

Kindle Cloud Reader is the most recent Kindle reading application and leverages HTML5. With Kindle Cloud Reader, customers can read Kindle books instantly using only their web browser – online or offline – without a downloading or installation required. As with any Kindle apps, Kindle Cloud Reader automatically synchronizes your Kindle library, in addition to your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights for your entire Kindle books, regardless of the way you opt to read them. To make it easy and seamless to find new books, Kindle Cloud Reader includes an integrated, touch optimized store, allowing customers one click access to an unlimited number of books.

Kindle Cloud Reader is obtainable for Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop, Chrome and, starting today, Mozilla Firefox 6 and above. Kindle Cloud Reader at the iPad is optimized for the scale and unique touch interface of iPad. Without even leaving the app, customers can start shopping within the Kindle Store and may discover a unique and immersive shopping experience built specifically for iPad’s Safari browser.

Amazon.com customers can start reading their Kindle books immediately using Kindle Cloud Reader at http://read.amazon.com.

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