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Amazon Kindle in the UK

The Amazon Kindle is a very popular e-reader device which lets users read various types of content on one easy to use device. When the Kindle was released for the very first time in the United States on November of 2007, it has seen a whole lot of success that many people did not anticipate. In fact, the initial success of the device even left industry experts baffled, as it had sold out completely within just about 5 hours of its release time. The Kindle has stayed out of stock for several months, until additional units have been produced and made ready for shipment to the consumers. The first edition of the Kindle was only available in the United States and not sold (at least not through official channels), to people from other countries in the world. But what about the Kindle UK? Is this device available now for the UK market? This is a question that many consumers ask themselves and they will be very happy to hear that the answer to this is yes.

The international version of the Amazon Kindle has been first launched on October 19th 2009. It was actually the Kindle 2 that was launched internationally, as the first edition was not sold by Amazon out of the United States. The fact that the Kindle UK was launched, which meant that it became accessible to millions of other consumers has increased competition in the e-reader market. At first, the Kindle 2 International edition, which is the one that was first sold in the United Kingdom, was priced at $279. Just a few days after its release, the price was dropped down to $259. Due to competition from Barnes & Noble’s e-reader called the “Nook”, Amazon further slashed down the price of the Kindle 2 to $189. Many consumers were very happy to hear this news, as it meant that they could get a quality e-reader for much, much cheaper than they would have paid before.

The current version of the Kindle UK is commonly called the Kindle 3 by consumers and information technology professionals. This is even though Amazon does not officially assign numbers to its devices, however it is the 3rd generation of the Kindle, so it makes it logical to call it the Kindle 3 in order to distinguish it from the versions that came before. This most recent incarnation of the Kindle came out in July of 2010 and was also immensely popular with consumers everywhere. Unlike previous editions of the device, which were launched first in the United States market and then later on released to the UK, the Kindle 3 was released at the same time to consumers in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Even though the Kindle 3 is packed with a lot of interesting features that consumers will love, there is a lot of speculation that is currently going on as to whether there will be a new version of this e-reader that is coming out soon. But for now, there is no specific information provided by Amazon yet.