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Finally you can get your hands on Kindle Touch in Europe!

Kindle Touch in Europe! Finally! When Kindle Touch and Fire were first released they were only available in the US which broke many hearts (mine included) but after months of waiting we can now get Kindle Touch! For those of you who have your eyes set on Kindle Fire some waiting will be needed if you want to purchase it through Amazon. You can however get it from eBay!

You can now start your Kindle journey, thousands of books are just waiting for you!

It is finally available for international shipping!

Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display

Amazon Price: $139.00 (as of 05/28/2012)

At the top of the page you will see an option to purchase this Kindle for international shipping! Enjoy reading your e-books on touch screen!

You can get Kindle Fire from Ebay

You can purchase Kindle Fire on eBay. If you plan to buy it through eBay do take some time to check the seller's feedback! If you purchase your device on eBay through Paypal, you have little to worry about since your purchases are secured and if anything goes wrong, you do get your cash back.

Kindle Touch in Europe

Kindle Touch is ready to ship internationally from Amazon US! For Europe it is available in; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

The release date for Europe Amazon stores (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany...) is April 27! So those countries will be able to get Kindle Touch from their local Amazon stores soon!

So what about Kindle Fire?

The only thing you can do from Amazon at the moment is to buy an older Kindle model or well Kindle Touch. There have been some reports that Kindle Fire release date for UK would be in January 2012 but as you probably figured out this bared no fruits. There is still no firm release date but we do hope it will be in the first half of 2012.

You can alternatively try your luck on Ebay. Kindle fire can be purchased from Ebay, or wait, wait and wait and hope the release date hits us soon!

Which one do you think is better Touch or Fire?

Kindle Touch all the way! It's all about book reading!

Kindle Fire naturally!

PaperQuest says:

Fire

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So why were they not available worldwide?

There have been some speculations and some sources have said that this has to do with licensing laws and other legal technicalities regarding data collection and transfer. As you buy books through these devices, data about your purchases is stored by an U.S. company and because of this it is in breach of European data protection laws.

What the real case for the delay of Touch and Fire models was remains unknown.

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todor Mar 14, 2012 @ 5:54 pm | delete

Am I wrong while trying to purchase the Kindle Touch via international shipment to Germany and getting this message:
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Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - for international shipment is not currently available to ship to the selected non-US address. To shop for Kindles available to ship to you, please visit Kindle on Amazon.de.
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Or this announcement is not quite accurate.

Greetings

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malina123 Mar 15, 2012 @ 4:07 am | delete

Greetings! This seems to be a recent development, I have looked into it and it seems that EU countries that have their own Amazon company (.de, .co.uk .fr...) have been excluded from international shipping which hopefully means that these countries Amazon stores will be stocking up on Kindle Touch. As for other countries it is still available to ship internationally. I will keep track of it.

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visitor Mar 11, 2012 @ 7:33 pm | delete

As of now Kindle Touch is available in Europe. Just keep in mind the additional costs in VAT and customs...

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malina123 Mar 12, 2012 @ 4:03 am | delete

Thanks for your comment. On this note I have to say that Amazon is very transparent when it comes to additional costs (VAT, customs...). When I placed my order for my Touch device Amazon calculated the additional costs and included them in the final price so you pay them in advance - so there is no "unpleasant" surprises later or dealings with customs =)

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guest Mar 14, 2012 @ 7:47 pm | delete

I've actually emailed Amazon about this, and they said that if the real customs duties exceed the deposit they've charged, then the shipping carrier can send one a bill for the difference.. Could you post here once you get your kindle, and let us know if it all went smooth?

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malina123 Mar 19, 2012 @ 9:18 am | delete

In my case the custom duties were less than Amazon charged me so I got a small refund from Amazon =) (about a month after the purchase so it was a nice little surprise).
In most EU countries custom duties are not charged for items that cost under 150?, so you "only" pay for the import tax - Amazon seems to have information for all the countries so the calculation should be all right. Amazon also charges the tax on shipping costs (which some countries consider as a service) which in my case were not taxable and that's why I got my refund (I guess =)

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malina123 Mar 19, 2012 @ 9:19 am | delete

I meant 150 euro there =)

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guest Mar 23, 2012 @ 6:54 pm | delete

Ah, I forgot about the 150 euro rule.. awesome, thanks a lot for explaining :)

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davespeed Dec 21, 2011 @ 10:41 am | delete

Bummer! What surprise to learn that Fire and Touch are not available in Europe. Hope that changes for you soon!