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Source Claims 240K Kindles Sold

Naturalist writes "Exact data on (the Linux-powered) Kindle sales figures have been hard to come by. Amazon is notoriously tight-lipped about it, and although CEO Jeff Bezos did give some Kindle-related information back in July, the company has yet to break out how many readers it has sold to date. Now TechCrunch claims to have spoken to a source close to Amazon with direct knowledge of the company's sales figures. According to this unnamed source, Amazon has sold 240,000 Kindles to date, for an estimated hardware revenue between $86 million and $96 million; media sales would push the total above $100M." We've been following the Kindle since its launch nine months ago.

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  1. Re:240 Million eh? by RJBeery · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh I get REDUNDANT? It wasn't redundant when I posted it, dammit! He just types quicker..

  2. Re:You know its slashdot when it's.. by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate grammar Nazi's.

    Are you intentionally trying to earn their (completely justified) wrath?

  3. yuo# fAil it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic