Amazon.com Offers Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for Immediate Pre-Order in Both DVD and VHS Formats.Business & Entertainment Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2003 Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ) today announced that, effective immediately, customers can place their orders for the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. or VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second film installment in the acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. Harry Potter series, to ensure they receive their copies when the movie becomes available this April. Amazon.com is offering pre-orders of both the DVD and VHS formats at 40 percent off the list price. Amazon.com received more than 100,000 pre-orders for the first Harry Potter DVD, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, making it the biggest DVD pre-order in Amazon.com's history. The title hit No. 1 on Amazon.com's DVD bestseller list within an hour of becoming available for pre-order in February 2002, it held the No. 1 spot for 16 consecutive weeks, and it was one of Amazon.com's bestselling DVDs for the year. The VHS version was also a customer favorite. It captured the No. 1 spot on the site's Video bestseller list for 21 consecutive weeks after becoming available for pre-order in February 2002, and was Amazon.com's top-selling video for 2002. "This is an exciting time for Harry Potter fans, and we're thrilled to offer them a simple and convenient way to pre-order Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on DVD or VHS, as well as the much-anticipated fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, today, all at 40 percent off the list price," said Steve Kessel, vice president of Amazon.com's Books, Music, Video and DVD business. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) is already an Amazon.com chartbuster. The book jumped to the No. 1 spot on Amazon.com's Books bestseller list within just two hours of becoming available for pre-order on January 15, 2003, and has remained there for three consecutive weeks. Amazon.com's dedicated Harry Potter store (www.amazon.com/harrypotter) is a one-stop destination for all the latest Harry Potter news, information and merchandise. In addition to pre-ordering Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5), visitors to the store can browse Harry Potter-related products from across Amazon.com's online stores, including those operated with Toysrus.com and Target.com. About Amazon.com Amazon.com, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online at a great price. Amazon.com and sellers list millions of unique new and used items in categories such as apparel and accessories, electronics, computers, kitchenware and housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. , books, music, DVDs, videos, cameras and photo items, toys, baby items and baby registry, software, 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 , cell phones and service, tools and hardware, travel services, magazine subscriptions and outdoor living items. Amazon.com operates five international Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.jp and www.amazon.ca. This announcement contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 potential future losses, significant amount of indebtedness, competition, strategic alliances and business combinations, seasonality, potential fluctuations in operating results and rate of growth, foreign-currency exchange rates, management of potential growth, system interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. , international expansion, consumer trends, fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. center optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. , inventory, limited operating history, government regulation and taxation, fraud and Amazon.com Payments, and new business areas. 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 Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2001, and all subsequent filings. |
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