“Good news! Due to strong customer demand for our newest Kindle with U.S. and international wireless, we are consolidating our family of 6″ Kindles. As part of this consolidation, we are lowering the price of the Kindle you just purchased from $279 down to $259. You don’t need to do anything to get the lower price–we are automatically issuing you a $20 refund. This refund should be processed in the next few days and will appear as a credit on your next billing statement.”

It’s pretty cool for Amazon to push a refund to their early adopters. Be sure to check out Wired’s hands-on by Charlie Sorrel.

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet has recently found its way over to the Amazon. The tablet features a custom rolled version of Android along with a hefty Cortex A8 backing it. Models range from 8GB to 32GB for the flash memory version, while the hard drive version run from 60GB to 500GB; though Amazon only presently carries the 32GB (flash), 160GB (hard drive), and 500GB (big hard drive). Amazon has them listed at $369.99, $389.99, and $499.99, respectively. For more info on the internet tablet, check out Archos’ product page and its spec sheet.

Today Amazon lowered the price of the Kindle from $299 to $259, for the US version. Yes, the real news here is that the Kindle has gone international. Amazon introduced an international version of the Kindle for $279. The Kindle as well as 200K+ English books can now be bought overseas in 100+ countries and territories. As always, this is done via the Kindle’s 3G radio, with AT&T taking care of the roaming agreements. Amazon’s aggressive pricing comes in the face of rising competition and the upcoming holiday season. No word on whether foreign language books will be available, but newspapers and magazines from around the world will be available upon launch. The international version can be preordered now, and will ship October 19. If you’re a bookworm that love traveling and are constantly on the move, the Kindle will lighten your bags!

Update: It looks like big brother Kindle DX will also be going international. No dates or prices, but according to Amazon’s Drew Herdener the DX international will make an appearance “sometime next year.”