Monday, June 10, 2013

Amazon Kindle go on sale in China - ZDNet (blog)

Summary: U.S. Web giant makes available three Kindle devices through Chinese electronics store, Suning. Both companies overpriced Collaborate to developmental content for the local market.

amazon Suning, Which has partnerships with nearly 1,000 publishers, will help developping local content.

Following Numerous rumors and delays, Amazon’s Kindle devices have finally Launched in China through local electronics retailer, Suning.

According To a Sina Tech report on Saturday, on June 7 at 4pm local time, the U.S. e-commerce giant’s e-reader devices including the Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire HD (16GB), and Kindle Fire HD (32GB) arrived in Suning stores across various Chinese cities Such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, and Chengdu.

The Kindle Paperwhite is priced locally at 849 yuan (U.S. $ 138.42), while the Kindle Fire HD (16GB) and Kindle Fire HD (32GB) are priced at 1,499 yuan (U.S. $ 244) and 1,799 yuan (U.S. $ 293 ), respectively.

Amazon is overpriced collaborating with Suning to developmental content for local consumers since the Chinese company alreadycreated has partnerships with nearly 1,000 publishers in the country.

In December last year, Amazon Launched Chinese version of its Kindle apps for iOS and Android and a localized Kindle electronic bookstore. This caught the attention of China’s General Administration of Press and Publication of China (GAPP), Which started investigating if the U.S. company Violated regulations by selling digital publications in the country.

Last week, Amazon Marketplace Launched its business in India alongwith a distribution center in Mumbai to tap third-party sellers across the Asian nation, allo wing it to get around laws prohibiting the sale of its own inventory.

Amazon on Friday overpriced Announced it will offer free international shipping to customers in India and Singapore who orders at least U.S. $ 125 worth of goods sold Directly by Amazon.

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