I had a pastor friend call me who purchased a new iPad and he wanted to purchase some Kindle books and he was having a hard time figuring out how to do it.
Thanks to Apple’s strict rules regarding so-called “in-app” purchase on the iPhone (You can read all about it here), Amazon long ago removed a handy button on its Kindle app that used to lead iPhone users straight to the online Kindle store.
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The good news, though, is that you still can buy Kindle books directly on the iPad—or the iPhone.
For the iPhone:
- Open the Safari web browser on your iPhone and type (or click) this link:
- At this point, you’ll have arrived at the same page where the old “Kindle Store” button on the iPhone Kindle app would have taken you. From here, you can search the entire store, or browse books, newspapers, magazines.
- Once you find a Kindle book you like, tap its link, then make sure your iPhone is selected in the pull-down menu marked “Send wirelessly to.”
- Tap “Buy now” or “Try a sample,” then go back to the iPhone Kindle app; your new book should start downloading automatically. No problem!
You can buy Kindle books directly on your iPhone or iPad, with a little help from Safari.
For the iPad:
- Launch the Safari browser and type (or click) this link into the address bar:
- You should arrive on Amazon’s “Cloud Reader,” an online version of the Kindle e-reader for PC and Mac web browsers, as well as the iPad—and in the top-right corner of the page, you should see a button marked “Kindle Store.”
- Now, you should be be looking at the touch-optimized Kindle Store for iPad, complete with a swipeable row of recommended books and many categories to browse.
Do you use Kindle or iBooks app more for reading?
Gangai Victor says
Wasn’t aware of this drawback in iOS.
Another win for Android?
Chip Dizard says
I guess so! Apple app store policies are so restrictive so this is the only way to do this.