Today is the long awaited day that Amazon's Kindle begins to ship to over 100 countries throughout the world.
The cost is $279 plus some shipping and customs fees depending on where it ships. Amazon is hoping the Kindle will revolutionize the way we read books, similar to what the iPod did for music. The Kindle has already a growing following in The States and I think it may even be more popular in other parts of the world.
The fact that there are many other e-book readers either launching or getting ready to launch, it was important for Amazon to get it's Kindle in front of Europeans, Asians, and Australians as quickly as possible and just in time for the holidays.
One note, the international Kindle will not have the experimental browser and free wireless through Sprint Whispernet that the U.S. version will have. International Kindle's that will have wireless download of a book will allow that only, and not Google searching and Wikipedia checking that we all love.