Amazon has launched a dedicated Australian Kindle Store, offering more than 2 million e-books.

In addition, the online giant has released its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX tablets for sale locally in Australia at Dick Smith and Big W.

“Millions of Australians are already Kindle customers, and we’re delighted to make it even easier for them to enjoy the Kindle experience,” said Neil Lindsay, VP, Amazon Kindle.

“The new Kindle Store is customised for Australian customers, with local best sellers and curated lists relevant to Australians, and many titles from local publishers and authors such as Tim Winton, Karly Lane and Kate Morton.”

Australian customers will also have access to 700,000 books priced at A$3.99 or less and more than 1.4 million priced $9.99 or less.

Local Australian independent authors and publishers are able to make their books available and earn a 70 per cent royalty in the Australian Kindle Store using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).