Why do I have to join the Amazon.com Associates program to earn referral fees for purchases of the Kindle with US and International Wireless?

The Kindle with U.S. and International Wireless is available for sale through www.amazon.com only. The Amazon.com Associates program is operated by Amazon Services, LLC that is different from the contracting entity that operates the Associates programs in Germany, France, the UK and Japan. We hope that you’ll join Amazon.com’s excitement about the Kindle family of devices by advertising the newest Kindle to your international readers. However, as you do so, please know that because Kindle with U.S. and International Wireless is available for purchase only through the www.amazon.com site, you will need to be a member of the Amazon.com Associates Program, even if you are already a member of the Associates Programs on Amazon’s other sites, in order to be eligible to earn referral fees from Amazon.com for qualifying purchases of our newest Kindle on www.amazon.com.