Nine Lucky Kids Will Get Midnight Doorstep Delivery of ''Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' on July 21; Amazon Kid Correspondents
Also Announced
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2007--Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN)
(www.amazon.com) today announced its list of Harry Potter Kid
Correspondents while simultaneously launching its Harry Potter Owl
Delivery Writing Adventure, an event inviting kids under the age of 18
to write a 300-word essay about their favorite Harry Potter character.
Three entries from each of three age groups (6-8, 9-12, and 13-17)
will be selected to receive midnight delivery of "Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows" on July 21st by UPS, as well as a Harry Potter prize
package that will feature hundreds of dollars worth of Harry Potter
memorabilia.
To enter the Owl Delivery Writing Adventure, a parent or legal
guardian of the participating child must complete the entry form found
at www.amazon.com/harrypotter and submit their child's essay using the
instructions on the entry form. Selected essays from each age group
will be posted on the Amazon.com Web site for customers to read and
enjoy. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. PDT on Wednesday,
June 27, 2007; or when 1,000 eligible entries have been received,
whichever comes first.
The company also announced the list of those selected to be Harry
Potter Kid Correspondents. The winners' names, ages and hometowns are
as follows:
Abigail, 8, St. Paul, Minn.
Maddie B., 7, St. Paul, Minn.
Maddie C., 10, River Falls, Wis.
Sabrina, 13, St. Paul, Minn.
Katherine, 14, Henniker, N.H.
Laura, 15, Newton, Mass.
Charlene, 12, Provo, Utah
Kenneth, 6, McKinney, Texas
August, 10, Los Angeles
Shoshana, 14, Allentown, Pa.
Selected Kid Correspondent videos can be viewed at
www.amazon.com/kidcorrespondent.
Media interested in interviewing a Kid Correspondent should
contact the Amazon.com media hotline listed below.
About Amazon.com
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Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers
Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
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anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its
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offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories
such as health and personal care, jewelry and watches, gourmet food,
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meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ
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services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating
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claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial
agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange
rates, system interruption, significant amount of indebtedness,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud.
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Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and all
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SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc.
