Rumors about Amazon’s Kindle coming to China have been around virtually since the device was first released, but until now it has stubbornly refused to materialize. Sina Tech is reporting that according to a knowledgable source, the device is finally, officially coming to China on June 7. The Kindle Fire will also go on sale, and Amazon has reportedly picked additional domestic partners to sell the device including Suning’s e-commerce site for online sales and Suning stores for offline sales.

The Paperwhite reportedly starts at 849 RMB ($134) while the Kindle Fire’s range will supposedly be 1400-1500 RMB ($222-238), but these prices come from anonymous Sina Tech sources and haven’t been confirmed as official.

沪江英语快讯:在多次推迟之后,亚马逊Kindle进入内地市场终于落定。据悉,亚马逊Kindle将于7日正式在内地上市。

昨日,亚马逊中国悄然上线Kindle产品的介绍页面,显示最低售价为849元,而不久后该页面即无法访问。从来自亚马逊中国官方介绍页面的截图来看,亚马逊Kindle产品的最终定价已然明了:电子阅读器Kindle Paperwhite售价为849元,Kindle Fire HD平板电脑分为16GB版和32GB版两种,定价分别是1499元、1799元。

网友列出了购买Kindle的几大好处:

无需物流:购买电子书都会放到亚马逊的云端图书馆。需要阅读的时候,你可以通过亚马逊的Whispernet服务下载到设备或者是应用上。
不占地方:几十本纸质书很快就能占满半个书架,但是电子书就不会有这个烦恼。房子真的很贵,节省空间是在给自己省钱。
全文搜索:电子书可以做全文搜索,这是印刷书无法做到的功能。
眼睛友好:Kindle阅读器用电子墨水屏幕,光线是从屏幕上反射到眼睛里。这也是你可以阅读印刷书的原理,光线从外部射到纸面上,然后反射到你的眼睛。

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