I’m doing most of my reading on my iPad these days using the Kindle app. Given the volume of space in my house that’s taken up with books, it’s nice to know that when I bring a new book into the house, I’m not adding to the clutter.

I also have the Kindle app on my desktop machine, but have almost never used it. Today I started it up because my iPad is charging, and discovered two things that surprised me.

• You can select and copy passages from the book to other apps, e.g., you can pull quotes to your blog without any typing. Woohoo!
• You can report errors in the book text, as I suggested six months or so ago. Interestingly, I made that suggestion on 19 October 2011; the version of the Kindle app I’m using on my Mac is dated 23 October 2010. Apparently I was behind the curve.

It doesn’t appear that you can do either of these things on the iPad; but on the other hand, anything I highlight on the iPad I should be able to see on my desktop. So this is very interesting, and potentially quite useful.