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Amazon.com is hoping to snag even more
customers for the electronic books it sells. 


It is releasing a
version of its Kindle e-reader software for phones that use Google
Inc.'s increasingly popular Android operating system.

      The free "Kindle for Android" software will join a growing
roster of programs for such products as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and
iPad and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry smart phones. The
software will be out this summer.


      "Kindle for Android" lets users read books they have bought
from Amazon.com Inc.'s online Kindle store and keeps track of where
you are in a book. 


So if you have the $259 Kindle e-reader, you can
start reading on an Android-based phone and continue at the same
place on your Kindle.

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Amazon.com is hoping to snag even more
customers for the electronic books it sells. It is releasing a
version of its Kindle e-reader software for phones that use Google
Inc.'s increasingly popular Android operating system.

Electronic book battle heats up as Amazon offers free Kindle e-reader software for Android

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