A Dance with Dragons available on Asia-Pac Kindle Store

I am happy to report that George R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons, the 5th book in the A Song of Fire and Ice fantasy series was made available, for pre-order and on the first day of release last 12 July 2011, on Kindle's Asia-Pacific store. Good job, Amazon!

No goodies for Kindle Store Asia-Pac

Further to my earlier observations about the Kindle, here's a screen shot of the Kindle Store for Asia Pacific customers like me:

Note, on the other hand, the "Special Features" section in the left portion of the Kindle UK Store site, as well as the 12 Days of Kindle promo:

Finally, here's a screen shot of the Kindle Store for US customers. Note the 50% off EA Games promo at the top of the page:

If you scroll down further, there is also a "Special Features" section highlighting recommended books, NY Times bestsellers, top free e-books etc:

As they say in law, res ipsa loquitor!