(Telecompaper) Amazon has announced that Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch, the large-screen version of its best-selling tablet, is now available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. With the expansion of the Kindle Fire 8.9-inch to Europe and Japan, Amazon also announced it is able to lower the price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch in the US, with the Wi-Fi version now starting at USD 269 and the 4G version starting at USD 399. The Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch features a high resolution display (1920x1200, 254 ppi), custom Dolby audio and dual stereo speakers, access to over 23 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books and audiobooks, access to popular apps and games, ultra-fast web browsing and streaming with built-in dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi, a front-facing HD camera, up to ten hours of battery life, new Amazon-exclusive offerings like X-Ray for Movies, X-Ray for Textbooks, Immersion Reading, Whispersync for Voice and Whispersync for Games and Kindle FreeTime.