Amazon.com Announces “Best of 2008” Lists

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today released its “Best of 2008” lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2008.

Bestselling Products

The following is a list of the bestselling products on Amazon.com in 2008 by total units sold:
Books: “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
DVD: “Wall-E” (widescreen single-disc edition)
Music: “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay
Video Games: Nintendo Wii
Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Electronics: Amazon Kindle
Home & Garden: Oster 4207 electric wine opener
Grocery: Senseo Douwe Egberts dark roast coffee pods
Gourmet: Taste of Italy gift basket
Health & Personal Care: Groom Mate Platinum XL nose and ear hair trimmer
Beauty: Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 foundation
Toys: Wild Planet Hyper Dash
Baby: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
Apparel & Accessories: Levi’s men’s 501 pre-shrunk jeans
Shoes and Handbags (Amazon.com and Endless.com): crocs Cayman sandal
Jewelry: sterling silver open Double Flower pendant, 16″ – 18″
Watches: Casio men’s Pathfinder multi-band solar atomic silver watch
Sports & Outdoors: Razor A Kick scooter
Home Improvement: First Alert CO600 plug-in carbon monoxide alarm
Automotive: Accutire MS-4751WC digital programmable tire gauge with light

Most-Loved Products

The following is a list of products that were reviewed most positively by Amazon.com customers in 2008:
Books: “The Revolution: A Manifesto” by Ron Paul (hardcover)
Kindle Books: “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
DVD: “Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity”
Music: “Noel” by Josh Groban
Video Games: Wii Fit
Software: VMware Fusion
Electronics: Samsung 46-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV with RED Touch of Color
Home & Garden: KitchenAid Artisan 5-quart stand mixers
Grocery: Pamela’s ultimate baking and pancake mix, 64-ounce bags
Gourmet: Premium Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla beans
Health & Personal Care: Omron HJ-112 digital premium pedometer
Beauty: Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 foundation
Toys: LeapFrog Learn & Groove musical table
Baby: Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo
Apparel & Accessories: shoe pouch for Nike + iPod and Nike + SportBand
Shoes and handbags (Amazon.com and Endless.com): crocs Athens Thong Sandal
Jewelry: sparkling diamond-cut sterling silver 1 MM Italian snake chain necklace
Watches: Invicta men’s Pro Diver collection automatic watch
Sports & Outdoors: Perfect Pushup
Home Improvement: Toro Ultra 12-amp variable-speed electric blower/vacuum
Automotive: ScanGauge II 3-in-1 compact multifunction vehicle computer

Most-Wished-For Products

The following is a list of products that appeared most often on the Wish Lists of Amazon.com customers in 2008:
Books: “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” by J.K. Rowling (standard edition)
Kindle Books: “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose” by Eckhart Tolle
DVD: “Wall-E” (widescreen single-disc edition)
Video on Demand: “The Bourne Supremacy”
Music: “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay
Amazon MP3: “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry
Video Games: Wii Fit
Computers: Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch Netbook, sapphire blue
Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Electronics: Amazon Kindle
Home & Garden: Silpat 11 5/8- by-16 1/2-inch nonstick silicone baking mat
Grocery: Numi’s Bouquet Bamboo gift set
Gourmet: Godiva truffles
Health & Personal Care: Klean Kanteen stainless-steel water bottles
Beauty: Dior Diorshow mascara in azure blue 258
Toys: Wild Planet Hyper Dash
Baby: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
Apparel & Accessories: Pepsi-Cola 1970’s vintage beach towel, white
Shoes & Handbags: World Food Programme Feed Bag, natural
Jewelry: sterling silver marcasite and garnet glass heart pendant, 18″
Watches: Casio men’s Ana-Digi Electro-Luminescent sport watch
Sports & Outdoors: Perfect Pushup
Home Improvement: Leatherman 830850 Skeletool CX multitool
Automotive: ScanGauge II 3-in-1 compact multifunction vehicle computer

Most Popular Gift Products

The following is a list of products most frequently purchased as gifts by Amazon.com customers in 2008:
Books: “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
DVD: “Best of Elmo’s World” DVD Collection
Music: “At Folsom Prison” by Johnny Cash
Video Games: Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel
Computers: Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch Netbook, sapphire blue
Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Electronics: Amazon Kindle
Home & Garden: Oster 4207 electric wine opener
Grocery: Numi’s Bouquet Bamboo gift set
Gourmet: Holiday Cheer Gift Basket
Health & Personal Care: Groom Mate Platinum XL nose and ear hair trimmer
Beauty: Fizzy Baker Birthday bath cupcake
Toys: Wild Planet Hyper Dash
Baby: Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube
Apparel & Accessories: Pepsi-Cola 1970’s vintage beach towel, white
Jewelry: sterling silver open double flower pendant, 16″-18″
Watches: Movado women’s Amorosa watch
Sports & Outdoors: Razor A Kick scooter, pink
Home Improvement: Dremel 761-03 cordless pet nail grooming rotary tool
Automotive: Accutire MS-4350B programmable digital tire gauge

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in 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 customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as books, movies, music & games, digital downloads, electronics & computers, home & garden, toys, kids & baby, grocery, apparel, shoes & jewelry, health & beauty, sports & outdoors, and tools, auto & industrial.

Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Examples of the services offered by Amazon Web Services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS), and Amazon Mechanical Turk.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and the Joyo Amazon websites at www.joyo.cn and www.amazon.cn.

As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and 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. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and subsequent filings.

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