The Amazon Windowshop app has been designed to provide users with a seamless shopping experience between the web and the tablet device.
It allows users to browse through millions of items in more than 40 product categories and sample video previews and audio tracks.
It is similar to the Amazon website, and features one-click ordering, wish lists and package tracking. It also allows users to share items through email and via Facebook and Twitter.
The app is free to download from the iTunes store.
Last week ). Revenue from the company's main sales category, electronics and other general merchandise, spiked 68% to $3.92bn (£2.5bn) and revenue from books, CDs, DVDs and other media rose 14% to $3.3bn (£2.1bn).