Today Amazon announced the availability of Kindle for PC, the free application that lets you read Kindle books on your PC.
The U.S. Kindle Store currently offers more than 360,000 books, including New Releases and 101 of 112 New York Times Bestsellers, which are typically $9.99 or less.
Kindle ebooks can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch and PC.

Kindle for PC features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices. Whether you read Kindle books on a Kindle, Kindle DX, or one of the free Kindle applications, you can always have your reading with you and never lose your place. With Kindle for PC, you can read some on your PC, read some on your Kindle, and always pick up right where you left off.

Kindle for PC is now available as a free download to readers in over 100 countries.
. You can download Kindle For PC now on the Amazon site (Vista, XP and Win7). An Apple Mac version is supposed to come soon.