Amazon.com (AMZN)

Sales data across books, music, movie and sexual wellness categories
reveal Alexandria, Va., as the most romantic city

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
With Valentine????s Day just around the corner, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
today announced its list of the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in America.
After compiling sales data of romance novels; sex and relationship
books; romantic comedy DVDs; Barry White CDs; and sexual wellness
products since Jan. 1, 2010, on a per capita basis in cities with over
100,000 residents, the top 20 most romantic cities in the U.S. are:

In taking a closer look at Amazon.com????s ????romantic????? data, the company
also unveiled that:

--Virginia, with three cities in the Top 20, may be for lovers like the
state????s tourism slogan says, but Florida is for romantics, with four
cities????Miami, Gainesville, Orlando, and Tallahassee????ranked among the Top
20 Most Romantic Cities.

--Miami is the Sexiest City in America, winning the top spot in the
sexual wellness category.

--And lastly, rounding out the bottom of the list are El Monte, Calif.;
Paterson, N.J.; and Miami Gardens, Fla., as the Least Romantic Cities,
coming in with the fewest number of overall purchases in the determining
categories, on a per capita basis in cities over 100,000 residents.

To browse Amazon????s selection of Valentine????s Day gifts in books, music,
movies, or sexual wellness????and contribute to your city????s romantic
rating????visit: www.amazon.com/books,
www.amazon.com/valentinesmusic,
www.amazon.com/romantic-comedies,
www.amazon.com/sex
and www.amazon.com/valentines.

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. Kindle and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable
readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and
personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display
that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle and Kindle DX utilize the
same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need
to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across
the millions of items sold on Amazon.

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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,
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 most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

Books and periodicals for the Kindle as well as Kindle devices are sold
through Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

Source: Amazon.com