Random House English-Language Books Now Available to Kindle Customers around the World

Until now, Random House English-language books, such as Dan Brown’s "The Lost Symbol,” were only available to Kindle customers living in the United States. Today, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that it is adding to its international Kindle Stores books published by all of Random House’s English-language publishing divisions. These titles will be available in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore) for download in any area where Random House has the digital rights, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across all categories on Amazon.com—not just electronics. The Random House titles join the Kindle Store’s constantly growing content catalog of English-language books, including New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases.

"Customers around the world will be thrilled to download bestselling English-language titles from Random House, such as Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol,’ all in less than 60 seconds,” said Russ Grandinetti, vice president, Kindle Content.

Other popular English-language titles that are now available to download in any area where those digital rights are available include Danielle Steel’s "A Good Woman” and Markus Zusak’s "The Book Thief.”

Random House joins the over 1,000 different rights-holders that now have books available in the Kindle Store, including leading publishers Atlantic Books, Bloomsbury, Canongate, Faber and Faber, Hachette, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Lonely Planet, Penguin, Profile Books, Quercus, Simon & Schuster and Wiley.

Kindle is in stock and available for immediate shipment to over 100 countries today at www.amazon.com/kindle.

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