{"id":3780,"date":"2017-11-03T17:57:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.presspadapp.com\/blog\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2020-06-18T12:53:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T10:53:13","slug":"kindle-fire-wordpress-blog-news-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.presspadapp.com\/blog\/kindle-fire-wordpress-blog-news-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle Fire Full of WordPress Blog News Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two months ago we have been announcing big news \u2014 our WordPress to app platform for has started to support Android users on Google Play. Now, we have another upgrade of our WordPress\u2013to\u2013app platform.<\/h2>\n

This time we would like to announce that PressPad News has just started to support Kindle Fire on its native Amazon Appstore for Android.<\/p>\n

Our behind the scenes discussion about Kindle Fire support hot or not, was very \u2014 let\u2019s say \u2014 engaging for the whole team.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s hit on some Amazon Appstore numbers<\/h2>\n

Amazon opened their Appstore for Android back in 2011. Right now, there are over 800.000 apps on Amazon Appstore, and it\u2019s the second largest store for mobile apps for the Android operating system. In the meantime, Amazon has released their flagship tablet series called Kindle Fire. These Android-based tablets include access to the Amazon Appstore, which becomes the default source of apps for their users. That\u2019s why it\u2019s became called Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire.<\/p>\n

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On 2016 these Amazon tablets shipment grew tremendously, suppressing the global downfall of tablet sales. Amazon has gamed that trend, to position themselves on the top of the global tablet players, overcoming the sweet 7% market share in 2017 \u2014 as per the latest prediction. <\/p>\n

Whats more the users of Android-based mobile devices, other than Kindle Fire can use Amazon Appstore too. They just have to install Amazon Appstore app (used to be called Amazon Underground) bringing access to Amazon\u2019s big collection of free apps.<\/p>\n

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Hint. The Amazon Underground app<\/a> was \u2014 in fact \u2014 Amazon\u2019s official mobile apps\u2019 distribution app. Sounds tricky but it\u2019s not. Let\u2019s say this was their mobile store platform for Kindle fire apps. Recently Amazon has introduced the all new Amazon Appstore app.<\/h3>\n

Anyway, Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire is the great source of free apps, podcasts, and games for Android devices. Their \u201cfree content\u201d mantra is quite tempting for Kindle Fire users who can enjoy the whole ecosystem of content created also by Amazon.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve realized that PressPad News as a mobile marketing tool for authors is the great fit for Kindle Fire. It\u2019s because Kindle\u2019s users seem to love getting free content more than anyone else (I\u2019ll elaborate about Amazon Underground at the end of this article to have a better understanding of this conclusion). <\/p>\n

News apps for WordPress websites are free for its readers by design because the most successful content monetization tactics often involve content sponsorship to make it free for the end user \u2014 in this case a Kindle Fire owner.<\/p>\n

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Native Android and FireOS apps<\/h2>\n

Our Android app for FireOS supports all the features of the same-kind PressPad News application for Google Play<\/a> and iOS. Some of the key features are as follows:<\/p>\n