Kindlerama » e-book industry http://kindlerama.com Tips, tricks and cool stuff for your Amazon Kindle Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:28:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 48,000 Kindles Per Month? http://kindlerama.com/48000-kindles-per-month http://kindlerama.com/48000-kindles-per-month#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 22:16:46 +0000 Chris Walters http://kindlerama.com/?p=54 Amazon never talks about the actual numbers of Kindles it’s selling, presumably because it’s not selling enough to turn into a PR-iffic blurb. But here’s an interesting estimation from Silicon Alley Insider:

According to Asian tech pub Digitimes, the Taiwanese company that makes the display module for the Kindle and other e-readers is shipping 60,000-80,000 of them monthly and expects that number to hit 120,000 by the second half of the year. (via IndieKindle)

Prime View International, which manufactures the Kindle’s 6-inch electrophoretic display (EPD), says 60% of those displays go to Amazon. That means Jeff Bezos is ordering up to 48,000 per month–and the number could approach 72,000 by year’s end, if PVI’s forecast is accurate.

“Is Amazon Going to Sell 48,000 Kindles A Month?” [Silicon Alley Insider]

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