Kindle Store Terms of Use

Amazon · agreement dated June 30, 2026 · Official agreement

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Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The agreement is with Amazon.com Services LLC and folds in other Amazon policies

These Kindle Store Terms of Use (last updated June 30, 2026) are an agreement between you and Amazon.com Services LLC together with its affiliates. The "Agreement" is defined collectively: it includes these terms, the Amazon.com Privacy Notice, the Amazon.com Conditions of Use, and the other applicable rules, policies and terms posted on the Amazon.com website or the Kindle Store or provided with any Service. You are asked to read all of them before purchasing or using any aspect of the Service.

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This is an agreement between you and Amazon.com Services LLC (with its affiliates, "Amazon", "we" or "us").
and the other applicable rules, policies, and terms posted on the Amazon.com website or the Kindle Store or provided with any Service (collectively, this "Agreement") before purchasing or using any aspect of the Service.
Last updated: June 30, 2026

Qualifications & exceptions

  • "Amazon", "we" and "us" include Amazon.com Services LLC's affiliates, not only the named company.
  • The incorporated set is open-ended: any applicable rule, policy or term posted on Amazon.com or the Kindle Store, or provided with any Service, becomes part of the Agreement.

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  • The Privacy Notice, the Conditions of Use and the other posted rules, policies and terms were not supplied with this source, so their contents are not analyzed here.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Publishers may add their own terms, but this Agreement wins in a conflict

A Content Provider may include additional terms of use within its Kindle Content. Those terms also apply to you, but if they conflict with this Agreement, this Agreement governs.

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Content Provider may include additional terms for use within its Kindle Content. Those terms will also apply, but this Agreement will govern in the event of a conflict.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Additional terms apply alongside the Agreement; only a conflict gives the Agreement priority.

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  • Any provider-specific terms inside individual titles are not part of this source.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

You alone are responsible for content you share; Amazon disclaims it

You are solely responsible for all content that you Distribute. Amazon states that it takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content that you, or any third party, Distribute.

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You are solely responsible for all content that you Distribute. Amazon takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content that you, or any third party, Distribute.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Amazon's disclaimer extends to content Distributed by third parties, not only by you.

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  • How this disclaimer interacts with the liability terms in the Conditions of Use is not shown in the supplied text.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

More software terms sit in the Conditions of Use and in the apps

Additional terms apply to Kindle Software: the Additional Amazon Software Terms in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use, and any terms provided with Kindle Software itself, for example in its Legal Notices or a similar section.

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For additional terms that apply to Kindle Software, see the Additional Amazon Software Terms in the
and any terms provided with Kindle Software (for example, in the Legal Notices or similar section).

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  • The Additional Amazon Software Terms and the in-app Legal Notices were not supplied, so their contents are not analyzed here.

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Not enforcing a term does not waive Amazon's rights

If Amazon does not insist on or enforce your strict compliance with the Agreement, that does not waive any of its rights.

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Amazon's failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of any of its rights.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Amazon may rewrite these terms by posting them; continued use means acceptance

Amazon may amend any of the Agreement's terms at its sole discretion by posting the revised terms on the Amazon.com website. If you keep using any Kindle Software or any aspect of the Service after the revised terms take effect, you are treated as accepting them.

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We may amend any of this Agreement's terms at our sole discretion by posting the revised terms on the Amazon.com website.
Your continued use of any Kindle Software or any aspect of the Service after the effective date of the revised Agreement terms constitutes your acceptance of the terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Notice is by posting on Amazon.com; no direct notice to you is described.
  • Acceptance is inferred from continued use after the effective date.

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  • How far in advance revised terms take effect is not stated.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Disputes follow the Amazon.com Conditions of Use

Any dispute or claim arising from or relating to the Agreement or the Service is subject to the dispute resolution, governing law, disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability sections, and all other terms, of the Amazon.com Conditions of Use.

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Any dispute or claim arising from or relating to this Agreement or the Service is subject to the sections on dispute resolution, governing law, disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability and all other terms in the

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Covers disputes about the Service as well as the Agreement.

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  • The Conditions of Use were not supplied, so the dispute-resolution method (for example any arbitration requirement), governing law and venue are not analyzed here.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Liability for Kindle Software problems is capped at $50

Amazon's and its software licensors' total liability to you for all damages arising out of or related to your use of, or inability to use, any Kindle Software will not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). The only stated exception is liability that applicable law may require in cases involving personal injury. This cap applies without limiting the Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use, and it applies even if the remedies fail of their essential purpose.

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(1) in no event will our or our software licensors' total liability to you for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury) arising out of or related to your use or inability to use any Kindle Software exceed the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00)
Without limiting the Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability in the
These limitations will apply to you even if the remedies fail of their essential purpose.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Exception: as may be required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury.
  • In addition to, not instead of, the Conditions of Use disclaimer and liability limits.
  • Applies even if remedies fail of their essential purpose.

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  • The Conditions of Use disclaimer and limitation of liability were not supplied.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Other Service liability is capped at what you paid

For your use of any Service other than Kindle Software, the aggregate liability of Amazon or any other Content Provider for all damages will not exceed the amount you actually paid for the Kindle Content, or for the aspect of the Service related to your claim. The Content Provider is whoever offers the Kindle Content, which may be Amazon or a third party. Like the software cap, it applies without limiting the Conditions of Use liability terms and even if the remedies fail of their essential purpose.

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(2) in no event will our or any other Content Provider's aggregate liability to you for all damages arising from your use of any Service (excluding Kindle Software) exceed the amount you actually paid for the Kindle Content or for the aspect of the Service related to your claim for damages.
These limitations will apply to you even if the remedies fail of their essential purpose.
means the party offering Kindle Content in the Kindle Store, which may be us or a third party.
means digital content licenses obtained through the Kindle Store

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Excludes Kindle Software, which has its own $50 cap.
  • Cap is the amount actually paid for the content or the related aspect of the Service; for free content or features this text sets no other figure.
  • Unlike the software cap, no personal-injury exception is stated for this cap.

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  • The Conditions of Use limitation of liability, which applies alongside this cap, was not supplied.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Customer Service handles help; legal notices go to a Seattle P.O. Box

For help with Kindle Software, the Service, the Kindle Store, Kindle Content or other issues, you are directed to Amazon Customer Service. Communications concerning the Agreement go in writing to Amazon, Attn: Legal Department, P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA 98108-1226.

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For help with Kindle Software, the Service, the Kindle Store, Kindle Content, or resolving other issues, please contact Customer Service at
For communications concerning this Agreement, please write to Amazon, Attn: Legal Department, P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA 98108-1226.