Before you leave me a comment pointing this out, I’ll say it myself: Amazon’s Kindle has been available in the UK for quite some time. But now it’s available from the UK.
Amazon.co.uk have just unveiled their Kindle store, so us Brits can now buy the Kindle unit and books in Sterling and get access to a load more UK authors – plus you won’t have to sign up for an Amazon.com account… your .co.uk account will do just fine. According to Amazon, there are over 400,000 books in the UK store, including 84 of the 100 Nielsen UK Bestsellers.
Here’s the blurb from Amazon on the matter:
The UK Kindle Store features a vast selection of titles – including New Releases and Bestsellers – from UK authors including Terry Pratchett, Ian Rankin, Martina Cole, Sophie Kinsella and Ken Follett. The selection includes exclusives to the Kindle Store such as contemporary classics from the Wylie Agency’s new Odyssey Editions imprint including Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, John Cheever’s The Stories of John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead, and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.
Over 170 top UK and international newspapers and magazines are also available in the UK Kindle store for single purchase or subscription. UK titles in this selection include The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Economist, The Independent, The Financial Times and The Evening Standard. Kindle customers can also subscribe to over 9,000 blogs. All subscriptions are auto-delivered wirelessly to Kindle and start with a free 14-day trial.
On July 29, Amazon.co.uk started taking pre-orders for the all-new Kindle featuring a new electronic-ink screen with 50 percent better contrast than any other e-reader, a new sleek design with 21 percent smaller body than the previous Kindle, while still keeping the same 6-inch-size reading area, and a 15 percent lighter weight at just 247 grams (8.7 ounces). The all-new Kindle with Wi-Fi is available for £109 and with Free 3G wireless and Wi-Fi for £149.
Prudent shoppers would be advised to check the prices of Kindle books on both Amazon.com
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Excellent – and just downloaded the app for my android phone too :)
The ability to read Kindle books on other platforms is brilliant. Obviously that’s just so Amazon can sell more of them, but it also means I get more books for my money. Nice!
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