Since most estimates I found range between 750,000 and 1 million already ... I'd say that's a good bet to take, Michael.

(Example of one of the pages I found for that statistic: http://ireaderreview.com/2009/04/05/kindle-sales-estimates-kindle-revenue-estimates/

For a tech toy that has an admittedly limited appeal (so few people read books), I'm fairly impressed with the Kindle numbers so far.

Josh

May 7, 2009 12:42:40 PM, hart@pglaf.org wrote:

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Using your own statistics I thus defeat you:

Half the US population is 150 million people.

MAYBE 1/3 of one percent have a Kindle. . . .

iPods [and clones] are popular.

iPhones [and clones] are popular.

Wolverine is popular.

Star Trek is popular.

Kindles are, as yet, statistically insignificant.

Want to bet me whether they sell just ONE million
by Thanksgiving???



On Thu, 7 May 2009, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:

> michael said:
> >    Not what _I_ would call a "popular" eBook reader, as the
> > media says.
>
> book-reading itself isn't all that "popular", we must remind
> ourselves.
>
> half the population read one book or less (i.e., zero books) last
> year...
>
> and many book-readers don't _buy_ books, but rather use the
> library.
>
> so i'd say that -- among book-buyers -- kindles are pretty
> popular...
>
> -bowerbird
>
>
>
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