Amazon Kindle

Amazon Kindle is a free e-reading application that allows users to read Kindle books purchased on Amazon across various devices. It offers customizable reading experiences, in-app dictionary and lookup tools, progress tracking, and the ability to make highlights and notes. Users can also sync their reading progress across devices and switch between reading and listening to Audible books.

Amazon Kindle is primarily an e-reader application, not a publishing platform for independent writers to create and monetize content in the same way Medium is. While it allows reading and some interaction with content (highlights, notes), it lacks the core features of a publishing platform such as a robust rich text editor for content creation, a distribution and recommendation engine for user-generated content, and monetization models for writers based on reader engagement. It does offer features related to reading experience, content organization, and basic user interaction, which align with some 'other' features.