Amazon Prime Day is a paid subscription service from Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users access to additional services otherwise unavailable or available at a premium to other Amazon customers.
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16 Facts About Prime Day
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Amazon Prime Day is available in Ireland, with plans for a major expansion in 2022.
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In November 2011, it was announced that Prime Day members had access to the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which allows users to borrow up to one a month of specified popular Kindle e-books.
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In November 2014, Amazon added Prime Day Photos, adding unlimited storage of files deemed to be photographs in the users' Amazon Drive.
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Amazon Prime Day added 3 million members during the third week of December 2015.
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In January 2016, Amazon Prime Day reached 54 million members according to a report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.
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In September 2016, Amazon subsidiary Twitch announced features available to users with an Amazon Prime Day subscription, including monthly offers of video games and add-on content, and the ability to purchase a free subscription to a user's channel once per-month.
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Prime Day Music is a music streaming service similar to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and others, which is available to Prime Day members at no extra cost.
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Additionally, Prime Day Gaming allows for a free paid subscription to one Twitch partner per month.
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Prime Day Reading is unrelated to Kindle Unlimited and Kindle First, both of which continue to be available or the Kindle Owners Lending Library, which was discontinued in January 2021.
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In December 2014, Amazon announced that as a benefit to Prime Day members located in parts of Manhattan and New York City the capability to get products delivered to them within one hour for a fee of $7.
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The inaugural Prime Day faced criticism over the quality of the discounts offered, with many of them being tied to items not in high demand.
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That same month, Amazon Prime Day announced that it had signed Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, formerly of BBC's Top Gear, to begin working on The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Day Video, which was released in 2016.
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The 2019 concert was held on July 10 ahead of Prime Day starting on July 15, and streamed exclusively for Prime subscribers, featuring Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Becky G, and SZA.
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In 2018, Prime Day first became tied to protests of Amazon and employee strikes due to the treatment of workers at its fulfillment centers.
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In May 2021, Prime Day was postponed indefinitely in Canada due to COVID-19.
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