A lot of sites have been reporting that WiFi Kindles are out of stock. However, I just saw a tweet from Amazon posted at 4:26 PM EST saying: Attention last minute shoppers: We just received more of our $139 Kindles and can deliver them in time for Christmas!
I checked on Amazon and, indeed, they are back in stock at $139.
Great to know. 2011 shall be a wonderful year for authors! Lots of new eReader owners will be looking for books to read. We love that this technology gives authors an advantage and individuals a way to read great books for a great price! Enjoy those ereaders!
Shoppers from outside USA have been seeing estimated Kindle 3 delivery times at the end of January for a month now. Apparently Amazon saves all Kindles for customers from USA.
This has caused lots of grief in Czech republic, because they expected a new law that would change threshold for things imnported without paying Value Added Tax. Fortunately, the tax change was postponed a few months.