Your request string should be like this
String requestString = "Service=AWSECommerceService"
+ "&Version=2009-03-31"
+ "&Operation=ItemSearch"
+ "&SearchIndex=Books"
+ "&Availability=Available"
+ "&Condition=All"
+ "&AssociateTag="
+ "anyAssociatevalue"
+ "&ResponseGroup=Large"
+ "&Keywords=" + keyword
;
AssociateTag= login EmailID which is provided by amazon ws