Amazon Launches Kindle 4 in Italy and Spain

Users in Italy and Spain who have been longing to get their hands on a Kindle have now a reason to rejoice as Amazon has just made the eReader available in these Mediterranean countries along with its associated online store.

Starting today, Amazon’s Spanish customers can choose between a vast selection of over 22,000 Spanish-language eBooks for their Kindle, including popular titles from best-selling authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Julia Navarro and Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Italian readers will also gain access to a wide collection of titles written in their own language, but this time, we are talking about “just” 16,000 e-books.

Nonetheless, users will still be able to install on their Kindle popular titles from Italian authors such as Roberto Saviano, Tiziano Terzani, and Umberto Eco to name just a few.

"Kindle is already the best-selling e-reader in the world,” said Gordon Willoughby, Director, EU Kindle.

“It comes with an electronic ink display that reads like real paper, with no glare, even in bright daylight and it offers the convenience of downloading books in less than 60 seconds.

“Kindle is so small and light that it disappears in your hands, which is just what you want when you are reading a great story like 'El puente de los asesinos,' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte."

The Kindle 4 is a 6-inch eReader that relies on an electronic Ink high contrast screen in order to deliver clear, crisp text and images without having any glare, even when exposed to direct sunlight.

Compared to the previous version of the Kindle, the new version was tuned for 10 percent faster page turns, and also includes Wi-Fi connectivity and up to one month of battery life. Pricing in Italy and Spain is set at 99€.