Please Note: Prices have fallen further and new variants are not available. Please see this post. http://chirag.patnaiks.in/2010/07/prices-in-india-of-new-kindles-3gwifi.html
See below for links to some other posts on how to buy the Kindle in India
Original Post: Just eight months after the launch of Kindle International version, the price of the regular sized Kindle has been dropped by a whopping $70 (Primarily because of the drop in price of the Nook reader). The total cost of importing the Kindle is now down to $283. Which is approximately Rs. 13,000 including shipping and taxes. This is about $100 less than before. Quite cool. Makes the device much more attractive than before. If you have been waiting on the sidelines, this is a great time to buy it. Go here and get it.
PS: You may get a 2-3K customs deposit refund. In which case the price drops to a range of Rs. 10,000, bang in the price range of the Infibeam Pi.
See other posts on the subject below
http://chirag.patnaiks.in/2009/12/how-to-buy-amazon-kindle-in-india.html
http://chirag.patnaiks.in/2009/11/kindle-in-india.html
Hello Chirag.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post. I have a few queries.
1. Does kindle support PDFs? IS the currently sold kinlde an upgraded version or is it still the same?
2. How much does it cost now in INR?
3. Is the form still necessary?
4. Time for delivery?
5. 2-3K customs deposit refund? Can you tell the reason and how it is done?
You say "You may". What do you mean by that?
6. Why is it actually 283$ when priced at 189$
There seems to be high custom duty on the kindle, about $100, I think.
ReplyDeleteDoes new version amazon kindle 2 global wireless support indian regional languages like telugu other than english ? Can it read telugu PDF files ?
ReplyDeleteNo as far as I know, Indian languages are not supported.
ReplyDeleteFor the other Q's please read the main Kindle post.
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ReplyDeletecan somebody please tell me that which kindle I should go for - kindle touch 3g or kindle keyboard 3g?
ReplyDeletethanks a ton.
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