AWS Sales breakdown for Q3 2008

Amazon has never been very forth coming about their AWS sales and growth numbers, So the best we have to go on is there SEC filings. You'll notice that they have a line item called "Other (1), which includes non-retail activities, such as Amazon Enterprise Solutions (AWS), co-branded credit card agreements, and miscellaneous marketing and promotional activities. Amazon's "other" net sales for Q3 is outlined as 130million with consolidatd a growth rate of 43% year over year campared to last years 92m or 39% growth rate. They've outlined 367m for the first 9 months of 2008.

Interesting stuff.

Supplemental information about our net sales is as follows:

		Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2008				2007				2008				2007
		(in millions)								(in millions)
Net Sales:
North America
Media		$	1,245			$	1,081			$	3,599			$	2,995
Electronics and other general merchandise			950				631				2,697				1,801
Other (1)			107				76				301				216
Total North America		$	2,302			$	1,788			$	6,597			$	5,012
International
Media		$	1,249			$	1,010			$	3,845			$	2,919
Electronics and other general merchandise			690				448				1,955				1,195
Other (1)			23				16				66				37
Total International		$	1,962			$	1,474			$	5,866			$	4,151
Consolidated
Media		$	2,494			$	2,091			$	7,444			$	5,914
Electronics and other general merchandise			1,640				1,079				4,652				2,996
Other (1)			130				92				367				253
Total consolidated		$	4,264			$	3,262			$	12,463			$	9,163
Year-over-year Percentage Growth:
North America
Media (2)			15	%			38	%			20	%			28	%
Electronics and other general merchandise			51				54				50				57
Other			41				22				40				18
Total North America			29				42				32				37
International
Media (2)			24	%			33	%			32	%			30	%
Electronics and other general merchandise			54				54				64				47
Other			49				410				78				216
Total International			33				40				41				35
Consolidated
Media (2)			19	%			36	%			26	%			29	%
Electronics and other general merchandise			52				54				55				53
Other			42				41				45				30
Total consolidated			31				41				36				36
Year-over-year Percentage Growth:
Excluding the effect of exchange rates
International
Media (2)			18	%			27	%			22	%			25	%
Electronics and other general merchandise			48				45				52				38
Other			52				379				71				194
Total International			28				33				31				29
Consolidated
Media (2)			17	%			32	%			21	%			27	%
Electronics and other general merchandise			49				51				51				49
Other			43				39				44				29
Total consolidated			28				38				31				33
Consolidated Net Sales Mix:
Media			59	%			64	%			60	%			64	%
Electronics and other general merchandise			38				33				37				33
Other			3				3				3				3
Total consolidated			100	%			100	%			100	%			100	%

(1)	Includes non-retail activities, such as Amazon Enterprise Solutions, our co-branded credit card agreements, and miscellaneous marketing and promotional activities.

(2)	Year-over-year percentage growth rates include the effects of the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We sold 2.5 million copies during Q3 2007.