A lot of tech analysts, including TechCrunch and Citi analyst Mark Mahaney, have been talking up their estimates of Kindle sales, and positioning Amazon’s device as the iPod of ebooks.
Unfortunately for Amazon, the numbers being thrown around by TechCrunch & Citi appear to be bogus.
According to a report in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Amazon officials say [...]
Citi analyst Mark Mahaney is bullish on the prospects for Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader.
He estimates that Amazon (AMZN) will sell 378,000 units this year, double his initial guess. And he thinks instead of being a $750 million business that accounts for 3% of Amazon’s sales in 2009, the Kindle will be a $1.1 billion business [...]
Amazon.com and Simon & Schuster today announced that Simon & Schuster will make 5,000 additional titles available for Amazon Kindle in 2008. When added to books already available on Kindle, these Simon Schuster titles represent the vast majority of sales from the publisher’s catalog.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo also offered incentive for other publishers for follow [...]
Amazon has quietly dropped the price of its Kindle book reader, the device it recently said was selling better than it expected.
The Kindle electronic book reader had been $399; now it lists for $359.
We’ve been skeptical about the Kindle’s prospects since it was introduced. While it’s a big name book reader, it has clunky hardware [...]
Independent reviews are starting to come in on the Amazon Kindle, and it looks like the ebook reader is going to be this year’s Zunetanic, an over-hyped iPod-wannabee.
While mainstream fluffer reviews, like Steven Levy’s Newsweek article on the new gadget, make the Kindle out to be the iPod of ebook readers, you can’t sneak a [...]
Amazon is expected to unleash its Kindle ebook reader next week.
The portable reader is expected to features a 6-inch 800 x 600 pixel display, 256MB internal storage, a mini USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack and an SD slot. The Kindle also is equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that can be used to connect to Amazon [...]
Sony has introduced its second-generation Reader Digital Book, which will go on sale for $300 later this month at Borders stores and from Sony’s website. It supports eBooks, PDFs and Word files, and even MP3s.
The PRS-505 will be available in silver and dark blue, can hold up to 160 typical e-books, and has expansion slots [...]