Amazon Com Inc – ‘8-K’ for 4/27/98 – EX-99.1

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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report Dated 4/27/1998                         4     12K 
 2: EX-99.1     Press Release Regarding the Stock Split                1      8K 
 3: EX-99.2     Press Release Regarding the Acquisitions               2     11K 
 4: EX-99.3     Press Release Regarding the First Quarter Earnings     5     22K 

EX-99.1   —   Press Release Regarding the Stock Split

EX-99.1
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 AMAZON.COM ANNOUNCES TWO-FOR-ONE SPLIT OF COMMON SHARES

     Seattle, WA -- ( April 27, 1998 ) -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN),
today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 2-for-1 split of its     
common shares. Shareholders will receive one additional share for every share   
held on the record date of May 20, 1998. The additional shares will be mailed or
delivered on or about June 1, 1998, by the company's transfer agent, ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services.                                                           

  Amazon.com, Inc., Earth's Biggest Bookstore, is the largest online
retailer of books. Amazon.com offers a catalog of more than 3 million book,     
music, and other titles, plus easy-to-use search and browse features, e-mail    
services, personalized shopping services, secure Web-based credit card payment, 
and direct shipping to customers. Amazon.com has virtually unlimited online     
shelf space and offers customers a vast selection through an efficient          
search-and-retrieval interface, as well as streamlined ordering through         
1-Click(SM) technology. Amazon.com pioneered the concept of syndicated selling  
on the Internet and has more than 40,000 members in its Associates Program      
including AOL.com, Yahoo!, Netscape, Excite, the AltaVista Search Service, the  
@Home Network, the Prodigy Shopping Network, and iVillage.                      

        This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com's limited operating    
history, the unpredictability of its future revenues, and risks associated with 
capacity constraints, management of growth, and new business opportunities. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial  
results is included in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year    
ended December 31, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.     

       Amazon.com, Earth's Biggest Bookstore, and 1-Click are service marks of
Amazon.com, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective owners.     

Contact: Amazon.com                                                             
Russell Grandinetti                     Kay Dangaard                            
Manager, Investor Relations             Director, Media Relations               
Telephone: (206) 694-2171               Telephone: (206) 694-2078               
E-mail: ir@amazon.com                   E-mail: dangaard@amazon.com             

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘8-K’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
		6/1/98
		5/20/98
Filed on:		4/28/98
For Period End:		4/27/98		8-K
		12/31/97		10-K405,  ARS
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