Amazon launches Kindle in Italy and Spain, brings Kindle Store to the Mediterranean

Customers can now buy the all-new Kindle – the world’s bestselling e-reader – the lightest, fastest and most affordable Kindle ever – for less than 99€ on Amazon.es

Offering essentially the most best sellers in Spain and biggest choice of Catalan, Basque and Galician titles

LUXEMBOURG-December 1, 2011-(NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon.es today launched the Spanish Kindle Store offering customers an enormous number of over 22,000 Spanish-language Kindle books, including the foremost best sellers in Spain with 20 of the head 30 El Cultural fiction and non-fiction best sellers, the most important number of Catalan, Basque and Galician books-and over one thousand free classics in Spanish. The hot store offers customers over 900,000 titles – including thousands of worldwide best sellers – in English and other languages. Amazon also announced the brand new Kindle-the smallest, lightest and most affordable Kindle ever-is now available on Amazon.es for under 99€. Amazon.es customers can order the primary Spanish-language Kindle today on www.amazon.es/kindle.

“We’re excited to introduce the recent Spanish Kindle Store which features the main best sellers in Spain, the leading number of titles in Catalan, Basque and Galician and in addition includes unique and exclusive titles from Rosa Montero,” said Gordon Willoughby, Director, EU Kindle. “Kindle is already the fitting-selling e-reader on the planet. It comes with an electronic ink display that reads like real paper, with out glare, even in bright daylight and it offers the ease of downloading books in lower than 60 seconds. Kindle is so small and lightweight that it disappears on your hands, that’s just what you’d like if you are reading a terrific story like ‘El puente de los asesinos,’ by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.”

The Spanish Kindle Store’s vast choice of content in quite a lot of categories includes popular titles from best-selling authors akin to Mario Vargas Llosa, Julia Navarro and Carlos Ruiz Zafón, in addition short form content from El País and La Vanguardia, uniquely available on Kindle. Besides, the shop will launch with three exclusive self-published books from award winning author and journalist Rosa Montero, using Kindle Direct Publishing. From today, independent authors and publishers can use Kindle Direct Publishing to make their books available inAmazon.es’s Kindle Store. (For more info on Kindle Direct Publishing, see today’s announcement at www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.)

Kindle books are “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” with free Kindle reading apps available for the most well liked devices, including iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC , Mac and Android-based devices. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your home across all devices, so that you can pick up reading where you left off. Plus, with Kindle Worry-Free Archive, books you buy from the Kindle Store, and any notes or annotations you create, are automatically backed up online to your Kindle library on Amazon.es where they are often re-downloaded wirelessly for gratis, anytime.

Customers can now buy the all-new Kindle – the world’s best-selling e-reader – the lightest, fastest and most affordable Kindle ever-for less than 99€ on Amazon.it

Largest collection of digital Italian-language titles

LUXEMBOURG-December 1, 2011-(NASDAQ: AMZN)- Amazon.it today launched the Italian Kindle Store offering customers the most important choice of Italian-language titles in digital with over 16,000 Italian-language Kindle books, a big selection of best sellers and hundreds of free Italian classics. In all, the hot store offers customers over 900,000 titles-including thousands of world best sellers-in English and other languages. Amazon also announced the hot Kindle-the smallest, lightest and most affordable Kindle ever-is now available on Amazon.it for less than 99€. Amazon.it customers can order the 1st Italian-language Kindle today on www.amazon.it/kindle.

“We’re excited to introduce the hot Italian Kindle Store with the biggest digital choice of Italian-language titles to millions of Amazon.it customers today. Italian customers are obsessed with books and reading and we believe they’re going to love reading great Italian books like Roberto Saviano’s ‘Gomorra,’ Tiziano Terzani’s ‘Un indovino mi disse’ and current best sellers just like the new Steve Jobs biography on Kindle,” said Diego Piacentini, senior vp, Amazon.com . “Kindle is already the precise-selling e-reader on this planet. It comes with an electronic ink display that reads like real paper, with out glare, even in bright daylight and it offers the benefit of downloading books in not up to 60 seconds. Kindle is so small and lightweight that it disappears to your hands, that’s great if you end up in search of a narrative during which you will get lost within the author’s words like Umberto Eco’s ‘Il Cimitero di Praga.’”

The Italian Kindle Store’s vast number of content in a variety of categories includes popular titles from best-selling authors Roberto Saviano, Tiziano Terzani, Umberto Eco, Susanna Tamaro, Erri De Luca and Marcello Simoni. Independent authors and publishers could also now use Kindle Direct Publishing to make their books available in Amazon.it’s Kindle Store. (For additional information on Kindle Direct Publishing, see today’s announcement at www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.)

Kindle books are “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” with free Kindle reading apps, now in Italian-language, available for the most well-liked devices, including: iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac and Android-based devices. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your house across all devices, so that you can pick up reading where you left off. Plus, with Kindle Worry-Free Archive, books you buy from the Kindle Store, and any notes or annotations you create, are automatically backed up online on your Kindle library on Amazon.it where they are often re-downloaded wirelessly free of charge, anytime.

Smallest, Lightest Kindle Ever: The primary Italian-language Kindle is small and lightweight enough to slot in your pocket and take with you everywhere. At only 170 grams, the recent Kindle is 30 percent lighter than the former generation Kindle, weighing below a standard paperback, and 18 percent smaller while still keeping the identical 6-inch e-ink display.

Most Advanced Electronic Ink Display: Kindle’s high-contrast electronic ink display delivers clear, crisp text and pictures. Unlike LCD screens, Kindle reads like real paper, with out glare, even in bright sunlight.

Even Faster Page Turns: Kindle’s powerful processor is tuned for 10 percent faster page turns in comparison with the former generation Kindle.

Built-In Wi-Fi: The primary Italian-language Kindle has built-in Wi-Fi support.

Books in 60 Seconds: With fast, free wireless delivery, you can begin reading books on Kindle in below 60 seconds.

Holds as much as 1,400 Books: Kindle enables you to carry your whole library to your pocket.

No Battery Anxiety – As much as One Month Battery Life: Read for as much as one month on a single charge with wireless off.

Free Cloud Storage: Books purchased from the Kindle Store are automatically backed up free of charge within the Worry-Free Archive where they are often re-downloaded wirelessly, anytime.

“Buy Once, Read Everywhere”: Kindle books may be read on Kindles, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, PCs, Macs and Android-based devices.

Whispersync: Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your home across devices, so that you can pick up where you left off.

Free Books: Over 1,000,000 free books in Italian and foreign languages come in to read on Kindle.

Free Book Samples: First chapters of Kindle books are available in to download and skim at no cost before you opt to shop for.

Adjustable Fonts: Read comfortably with eight different sizes and 3 font styles.
Customers can start shopping within the Italian Kindle Store and learn more in regards to the first Italian-language Kindle at www.Amazon.it/kindle.
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