Published: November 08, 2011
All-New Kindle Family - Kindle, Kindle Touch, Kindle Touch 3G and Kindle Fire - Coming to Over 16,000 Retail Locations Across the U.S.
SEATTLE - (BUSINESS WIRE) - (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Amazon.com today announced that over 16,000 stores
across the U.S. will be selling the new Kindle family starting November
15. Customers will be able to visit any Best Buy, Target, Walmart,
Staples, Sam's Club, RadioShack, Office Depot, as well as several other
retailers, to experience and purchase the $79 Kindle, the $99 Kindle
Touch, the $149 Kindle 3G and the $199 Kindle Fire. The all-new $79
Kindle has been available in stores around the world since shortly after
it was introduced.
"Kindle Fire is a fully integrated, end-to-end service that gives
customers access to over 18 million movies, TV shows, books, magazines,
apps and games," said Mike McKenna, Vice President, Amazon Kindle.
"We're excited to be working with popular retailers across the country
to offer their customers Kindle Fire as well as Kindle, Kindle Touch and
Kindle Touch 3G this holiday. Customers can order our new Kindles on
Amazon.com or simply go to a store in their neighborhood to pick one up
starting next Tuesday."
"We are excited to work with Amazon to provide consumers the opportunity
to touch, test, try and buy the Kindle Fire in all Best Buy and Best Buy
Mobile stores nationwide," said Wendy Fritz, senior vice president of
Computing at Best Buy. "The Kindle Fire and other new products in the
Kindle family will be some of the hottest gifts this holiday season and
we are delighted to offer these devices as part of our ever-expanding
tablet and e-reader selection at Best Buy."
"Target is offering the new family of Kindle devices, including the
Kindle Fire, to ensure Target is a convenient one-stop-shop for all of
the season's must-have gifts," said Nik Nayar, vice president
merchandising, Target.
The new $79 Kindle is for readers who want the lightest, most compact
Kindle at an incredible price. The latest generation Kindle features a
new design that is 30 percent lighter at just 5.98 ounces, 18 percent
smaller, and turns pages 10 percent faster, yet it still features the
same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real
paper, even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the
Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than
ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the
benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch is
just $99. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the
same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled
added convenience of free 3G, all for just $149.
Kindle Fire is a fully-integrated, end-to-end service that gives
customers access to more than 18,000,000 movies, TV shows, songs, books,
magazines, apps and games, as well as free storage in the Amazon Cloud,
Whispersync, vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor,
and Amazon Silk - Amazon's new revolutionary web browser that
accelerates the power of the mobile device by using the computing speed
and power of the Amazon Web Services Cloud.
The all-new Kindle (www.amazon.com/kindle)
is currently available and ships today at Amazon.com and retail
locations across the U.S.; Kindle Fire (www.amazon.com/kindlefire)
is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com and will be available
from retail locations starting November 15; Kindle Touch (www.amazon.com/kindletouch)
and Kindle Touch 3G (www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G)
are also currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Images of the new Kindle family are available at www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most
compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced
electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright
sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an
easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages,
search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most
advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line
e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch,
with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the
Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and
web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud,
Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated
web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core
processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
and www.amazon.es.
As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

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