Amazon.com Receives 350,020 Pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Largest Advance Order in Its History

SEATTLE--July 8, 2000--Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN):

IT'S HERE:

-- As of 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 8, 350,020 copies of

        Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire have been pre-ordered at        Amazon.com (www.amazon.com), making the title the retailer's        largest advance order ever.    --  One of the most popular books in publishing history, Harry        Potter and the Goblet of Fire has remained No. 1 on        Amazon.com's bestseller list for 17 out of the last 23 weeks        -- all prior to the book's actual release date.    --  With its 350,020 pre-orders, Harry Potter and the Goblet of        Fire has received more than 8 times the number of advance        orders received for the third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter        and the Prisoner of Azkaban, with 40,000 orders, or for the        second highest pre-order total at Amazon.com, John Grisham's        The Brethren at 43,000 orders.   DELIVERY:    --  In an agreement likely to produce one of the largest sales and        distribution events in e-commerce history, Amazon.com is        providing complimentary Saturday shipping upgrades to the        first 250,000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire orders that        were placed via Amazon's Web site.