The Kindle e-Reader Now in the Hands of More Than 3 Million
The Kindle e-Reader Now in the Hands of More Than 3 Million
Posted 01/29/2010 at 1:26pm
| by Bart Salisbury
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There’s good news, and there’s good news in the latest leaked figures on Kindle ownership. While Amazon is a bit tight-lipped on the subject, with Jeff Bezos only admitting to “millions of people” owning Kindles, TechCrunch is reporting the number of those millions to be three.
Michael Arrington, who’s checked with this “amazingly accurate” sources, reports that the three million number was hit sometime in December, before the release of the global Kindle, and Amazon’s “free” Kindle offer.
Why double-good news? First, because this gives Amazon a distinct early market presence, which can have a snowball effect. (If all you see are Kindles, why by a Nook?) Second, because Amazon might well need this presence to weather the introduction Apple’s iPad into the market. For no other reason than its cachet value, the iPad will sell, and when the initial frenzy is over Kindle has a good chance of still being there.
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JohnP
January 29, 2010 at 2:55pm
The reason is simple, they well extremely well at, errr, READING. People like me that read a lot can enjoy reading a book better than an actual book made of paper. Beats the hell out of a paperback book, and is a lot easier to hold than a hardcover. It has a small footprint and you can have a dozen books with you whereever you go.
Complain, complain about how books are better but the numbers don't lie. The future is e-books. I have already switched over, shouldn't you?
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