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"Amazon is extending its aggressive holiday push with a special deal for last-minute shoppers: free two-day shipping on Kindle products.\nU.S. customers have until 8 p.m. PST on Dec. 21 to buy a Kindle and receive it in time for Christmas. The deal is for the $79 Kindle, the $99 Kindle Touch, the $149 Kindle Touch 3G and the $199 Kindle Fire. The offer, which comes as Kindles are selling at the rate of 1 million per week, is the culmination of an unusually vigorous holiday campaign by Amazon this year. \nThose sales came despite some reports of consumer complaints about the Kindle Fire including the lack of an external volume control, an on/off switch that's easy to hit by accident and slow-loading web pages, shortcomings we've discovered as well. Many consumers have shrugged off the complaints, though, reasoning that they are getting a good deal for the $199 price tag.\nThe company initially attracted attention for a program rewarding shoppers with a 5% discount for looking up an item in stores on its Price Check App and then buying through Amazon. The program tripled use of the app, but prompted criticism of Amazon from U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) for its alleged predatory practices.\nAfter that, Amazon launched a more benign addition to its holiday program: an extension of its Christmas shipping deadlines to Dec. 19, vs. Dec. 17 in 2010. \nThe push will likely cause Amazon to break some internal records. However, Amazon's gains may not come at traditional bookstores' expense, at least for now. Despite record-breaking online sales this holiday season, Borders's absence from the retail scene may have helped brick-and-mortar bookstores as well. Both Barnes &amp; Noble and independent booksellers experienced strong sales from Thanksgiving until early December. B&amp;N's sales rose 10.9% and the latter group, represented by the American Booksellers Association, saw a 16% jump. \n\n\nKindle, Kindle Touch &amp; Kindle Touch 3G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe $79 Kindle.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe $79 Kindle.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe $79 Kindle.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe $79 Kindle.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kindle Touch comes in two versions: $139 with 3G, and $99 without.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kindle Touch comes in two versions: $139 with 3G, and $99 without.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kindle Touch comes in two versions: $139 with 3G, and $99 without.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kindle Touch comes in two versions: $139 with 3G, and $99 without.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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