Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Has Sold Millions of Kindles
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos finally gave a figure for Kindle sales. He told analysts yesterday that "millions of people" now own Kindles. TechCrunch thinks the number of Kindles sold is around 3 million and that doesn't include the newest model.
We've checked with our sources, who have been amazingly accurate on the number of Kindle's sold over the last couple of years. The total number of all types of Kindles out there in users hands hit 3 million sometime in December, says a source close to Amazon. And that was before the new model with worldwide data hit.
If Amazon.com has already sold that many Kindles it puts them in a very strong position against new ebook reading devices like Barnes and Noble's Nook and Apple's new iPad.
