(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced its second annual 12 Days of Deals
for books, a holiday promotion where popular and best-selling books are
deeply discounted off their list price. Starting today and continuing
through December 14, both print and Kindle books will be discounted
under daily common themes that will make it easy for customers to stock
their own libraries or buy books for everyone on their gift lists.
Today’s theme is Best Books of 2013, featuring Donna Tartt’s top-rated
book, The Goldfinch. Customers can check back every day at www.amazon.com/dealsinbooks
to find deals in categories such as Young Adult, Cookbooks, Gifts for
Her and Gifts for Him.
Kindle deals start at 12:01 am PST each day at www.amazon.com/dealsinbooks
or at www.amazon.com/kindledailydeal
and are available for 24 hours. Today’s deals in Kindle books are:
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Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch—$2.99 (80% off the list price)
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Philipp Meyer’s The Son—$2.99 (82% off the list price)
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Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites—$2.99 (77% off the list price)
Print book deals will be discounted throughout the day (8 am PST - 8 pm
PST) in 4 hour increments. Today’s deals in print books are:
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Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch—$8.99 (70% off the list price)
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Philipp Meyer’s The Son—$12.99 (53% off the list price)
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Robert Galbraith’s The Cuckoo’s Calling—$11.99 (54% off the
list price)
“We’re so excited to include our pick for the best book of the year,
Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, in 12 Days of Deals, and we have
many great books lined up for every day of this promotion,” said Sara
Nelson, Editorial Director of Books & Kindle at Amazon. “We think giving
the gift of reading is always thoughtful, whether you’re wrapping a book
for under the tree or gifting a Kindle book.”
Kindle gifts can be sent to anyone with an email address—for immediate
delivery or scheduled for a future date—or customers can print a gift
notification at home for personal delivery.
To learn more about 12 Days in Deals and to see new deals every day for
the next 12 days, visit www.amazon.com/dealsinbooks.
In addition to this seasonal promotion, the Kindle Daily Deal offers a
new Kindle book deal every day, year-round, for both adult and young
readers. To sign up for daily emails, visit www.amazon.com/kindledailydeal.
To see the entire list of Editor’s Picks for Best Books of 2013, visit www.amazon.com/bestbooks2013.
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. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s best-selling and most
advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher
contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the
latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the
ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle,
features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX
features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX display, a quad-core 2.2
GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as
exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second
Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday
button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display,
high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.
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and www.amazon.com.au.
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Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
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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
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acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system
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