by Amazon today updated its Kindle for iOS app to version 3.5, adding X-Ray for books. With X-Ray, users can see detailed information on plot ideas, characters, and locations within novels.
From the app description:X-Ray for Books – see the “bones of the book.” X-Ray helps you learn more about notable characters, places, and phrases with descriptions from Shelfari.com and Wikipedia.X-Ray, which is a major selling point of Amazon’s own Kindle devices, was previously introduced as a textbook-only feature with the 3.4 update for Kindle for iOS.
The feature is backed by Wikipedia and Shelfari, which is described as Amazon’s community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. iOS 5 is required for the 3.5 update, which can be downloaded from the App Store.
