Wednesday, February 04, 2009

AP Reports an Estimated 500,000 Kindles Sold in 2008

New Mystery Books for the Amazon Kindle

The Associated Press is reporting this morning that an analyst with Citi Investment Research estimated that Amazon.com sold 500,000 Kindles last year.

Given that the seems perpetually out of stock, that is quite an achievement, selling almost 10,000 a week. Noting that the current wait time is 3 to 5 weeks to receive one, that suggests there are still 30,000 or so names on the waiting list.

The Amazon Kindle

If you'd like more information about the Kindle, Amazon's wireless reading device, click on the image to the right or any of the links in this post.

If you already have a Kindle, we maintain a list of available that is updated monthly. 25 more titles were recently added for February 2009, including books by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole), Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware), Robert B. Parker (Jesse Stone), James Patterson, and more.

for the Kindle are generally priced between $3.99 and $9.99 and can be downloaded immediately.

currently has a list of over 450 mystery book titles available on our website.

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