Amazon.com Offers Customers Guaranteed Release-Date Delivery of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".Amazon.com Teams with UPS and the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. to Deliver the Seventh and Final Harry Potter Book to Customers' Doorsteps on July 21 for the Same Price as Amazon.com's Standard Shipping SEATTLE -- Just as it has done for previous Harry Potter books, Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ) today confirmed that it has teamed with UPS and the U.S. Postal Service to deliver "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. " to the doorsteps of excited fans across the country on
Saturday, July 21, for the same price as Amazon.com's standard
shipping. This is the very first day this seventh and final book in J.K.
Rowling's epic Harry Potter series is available to the public. For
Amazon Prime members, release-date delivery will be free of charge.
For customers who select standard or Prime shipping, Amazon.com will guarantee delivery of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on Saturday, July 21, to all addresses within the lower 48 states, or the cost of the book will be refunded. "We are excited to once again delight Amazon.com customers by offering guaranteed Saturday delivery for 'Harry Potter and the Deathly death·ly adj. 1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of death: a deathly silence. 2. Causing death; fatal. adv. 1. In the manner of death. 2. Hallows' so the book can arrive at their doors the first day it's available," said Greg Greeley, vice president of books at Amazon.com. "Our agreement with UPS and the U.S. Postal Service means that hundreds of thousands of Harry Potter fans across the country can start reading this final Harry Potter book the day it's released without having to stand in long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. or stay up all night to do it." Offered at $18.89, a 46 percent discount, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" became Amazon.com's No. 1 bestselling book the same day it became available for pre-order on February 1, 2007. First-day pre-orders for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" were 547 percent higher than first-day pre-orders for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth book in the series. In fact, the seventh and final book in the epic series has been so popular with Amazon.com customers that the online retailer sold more copies of it on the first day than the company did of book six in the first two weeks of its pre-order period. "UPS is working its own magic to ensure Harry Potter fans and Amazon.com customers have 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' in their hands the first day it's available," said Kurt Kuehn, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at UPS. "Our secret potion po·tion n. A liquid medicinal dose or drink. potion a large dose of liquid medicine. is the hard work and dedication UPSers have always provided Amazon.com throughout our longstanding relationship." "Our employees are proud to be a part of such a special delivery to hundreds of thousands of Harry Potter fans and Amazon.com customers," said Tony Pajunas, vice president, network operations, for the Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval . "At the Postal Service, we deliver magic daily." To place an order for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," and to explore Amazon.com's entire selection of Harry Potter products -- including books, DVDs, computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine. Computer And Video Games (CVG , journals and stationery The term for boilerplate in the Eudora mail client, starting with Version 3.0. Stationery files are stored on disk and brought into new messages or added to replies. See boilerplate. , and more -- visit www.amazon.com/harrypotter. 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. 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