(Amazon Kindle News) Amazon.com has introduced a new application for PC users that allow them to read Kindle books on their PC. Called “Kindle for PC,” the free application allows users to download and read more than 360,000 Kindle books carried by Amazon.com. The application goes beyond just allowing Kindle books to be read on a PC. It also features Whispersync, which will save and synchronize bookmarks and remember the last page read on a book accross various devices. So you can start reading a book on your PC and finish it on your Kindle without missing a beat.

“Kindle for PC is the perfect companion application for folks who own a Kindle or Kindle DX,” says Ian Freed, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “Kindle for PC is also a great way for people around the world to read the most popular books of today even if they don’t yet have a Kindle.”

The Kindle for PC has the following features:

• Purchase, download, and read more than 360,000 books available in the Kindle Store
• Access for free your entire library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers
• Choose from various font sizes and adjust words per line
• Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read
• View notes and highlights marked on Kindle and Kindle DX
• Zoom in and out of text with a pinch of the fingers (Windows 7 users only)
• Turn pages with a finger swipe (available in a future release for Windows 7 users)

Microsoft demonstrated Kindle for PC for the first time ever at the Windows 7 launch event late last month in New York City.

“Customers have told us that they want access to a wider variety of content and an increasingly diverse set of form factors,” said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows Platform Strategy at Microsoft. “With the announcement of Kindle for PC, Amazon is making its massive selection of Kindle books available on the world’s most widely used platform. The new Kindle for PC’s use of Windows 7 features such as Jump Lists and Windows Touch demonstrates how Windows 7 makes new things possible.”

Kindle for PC takes advantage of capabilities in the new Windows 7, including Windows Touch technology. In addition to Windows 7, Kindle for PC will also be compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista. Kindle for PC will be available to customers around the world as a free download next month. Sign up to receive an email when Kindle for PC is available for download at http://www.amazon.com/KindleforPC.