Amazon Announced today That the Kindle Paperwhite will be getting an update That adds integration with Goodreads, as well as support for Kindle FreeTime, the company’s reading encouragement software for the Kindle That Allows parents to pick out books for Their kids, and reward them for reading.
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The functionality will allow users to update Their shelves From their Kindle Fire, much like they could on one or Goodreads’s mobile apps, as well as make it easy to import books from a user’s Kindle collection into Their Goodreads account.
FreeTime gives parents a way to select Their books for kids to read on the Kindle, and reward them with digital badges for reaching milestones like reading 1000 pages.
When the company Launched the newest version of the White Paper in late September, it said thatthese two new features would be “coming soon.” Well, here they are. The update brings the White Paper’s functionality in line with functionality That has already extended leg to Amazon’s Kindle Fire line of tablets.
Paperwhite users will get the update over the air over the course of this week, and can usefull go download it manually from Amazon here.
Blair Hanley Frank is GeekWire’s Bay Area Correspondent. He has worked for usefull Macworld, PCWorld and TechHive. He can be found on Twitter @ belril and can be Reached by email at blair@geekwire.com.
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- Screen type E Ink
- Screen size 6 inches
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- Dimensions 6.7 x 4.6 x 0:36 in
- Weight 7.3 oz
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