<p>Amazon is looking at kindling some demand for its high-resolution e-book readers in the Indian market which it sees as promising for what it calls “electronic paper”. <br /><br /></p>.<p>On Thursday, the company which forayed into India last month, announced that its best-selling e-readers Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite will be available for sale on its Indian website starting June 27.<br /><br />“Indian customers are passionate about books and reading,” said Amit Agarwal, vice-president and country manager for Amazon India. “We’re also excited to make the Kindle Store available on Amazon.in.”<br /><br />The fifth generation Kindle, the smallest and lightest of the series, will be available on Amazon.in starting today at a suggested price of only ₹5,999, the company said. The Kindle Paperwhite in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus 3G models will come with a high-resulution HD display 62 per cent more pixels and 25 per cent increased contrast compared to the previous generation Kindle, the company said.<br /><br /> It claims to have a battery life of upto eight weeks The Papershite will be available for purchase starting June 27 on Amazon.in at a retail price of ₹10,999 for Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi and ₹13,999 for the Kindle Paperwhite 3G version.<br /><br />Amazon also announced that Kindle Fire HD will be available on Amazon.in starting June 27. <br /><br />The Kindle range will also be available at over one hundred retail outlets including Croma, Reliance Digital, E-Zone and Vijay Sales in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Pune.<br /><br />The India Kindle Store now offers over 1.7 million books priced in Indian rupees.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Amazon is looking at kindling some demand for its high-resolution e-book readers in the Indian market which it sees as promising for what it calls “electronic paper”. <br /><br /></p>.<p>On Thursday, the company which forayed into India last month, announced that its best-selling e-readers Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite will be available for sale on its Indian website starting June 27.<br /><br />“Indian customers are passionate about books and reading,” said Amit Agarwal, vice-president and country manager for Amazon India. “We’re also excited to make the Kindle Store available on Amazon.in.”<br /><br />The fifth generation Kindle, the smallest and lightest of the series, will be available on Amazon.in starting today at a suggested price of only ₹5,999, the company said. The Kindle Paperwhite in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus 3G models will come with a high-resulution HD display 62 per cent more pixels and 25 per cent increased contrast compared to the previous generation Kindle, the company said.<br /><br /> It claims to have a battery life of upto eight weeks The Papershite will be available for purchase starting June 27 on Amazon.in at a retail price of ₹10,999 for Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi and ₹13,999 for the Kindle Paperwhite 3G version.<br /><br />Amazon also announced that Kindle Fire HD will be available on Amazon.in starting June 27. <br /><br />The Kindle range will also be available at over one hundred retail outlets including Croma, Reliance Digital, E-Zone and Vijay Sales in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Pune.<br /><br />The India Kindle Store now offers over 1.7 million books priced in Indian rupees.<br /><br /></p>
