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 [...]
Citi analyst Mark Mahaney says the Amazon Kindle could be an iPod-like hit within two years, contributing 3% (750 millsion) to Amazon’s revenue.
Here are Mahaney’s reasons:
The Kindle doesn’t suck. Mahaney likes the Kinde’s automatic downloading feature and slightly lower-price books ($9.99 vs. $18 for the physical books).
The current Kindle is a 1.0 product and future [...]
During Amazon’s Q4 2007 earnings call on January 30th, CEO Jeff Bezos had some interesting remarks about sales of the company’s Kindle portable book reader:
Kindle is, in terms of demand, outpacing our expectations, which is certainly something that we are very grateful for.
It’s also on the manufacturing side causing us to scramble. We’re working very [...]
Time has published their take on the Top 10 Gadgets of the Year, and the iPhone came out on top:
“The iPhone changed the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform. The design is exceptional inside and out: It’s got a slick glass-and-stainless steel case and an elegant touch screen [...]
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 [...]
Wonder why the Amazon Kindle is getting so much attention from top bloggers today?
A lot of people are scratching their heads on this, wondering why so many a-list blogs are jazzed about an expensive, ugly device that lets you buy expensive DRM’d content.
A device that’s kind of like a first-generation Zune for ebooks.
“Thanks Amazon for [...]
Ever wonder why a small handful of mainstream publications get early access to the latest gear from Apple and other tech companies?
If so, look no further than Steven Levy’s fluffer-style Newsweek piece on the Kindle, Amazon’s take on the eBook reader. Levy writes:
“The Kindle represents a milestone in a time of transition, when a challenged [...]