Since Amazon has been keeping them such a secret, it seems obvious they are lower than we thought-- but, given time, they will get to a million. However, compared to iPods, iPhones, and clones, Kindles don't really match up at all. . . . I would guess the combination of Sony readers AND Kindles has now passed a million. . . . Might have done that first of this year. . . . As far as all the PR goes, it's just that, PR. I want to see them claim actual list price SALES of a million Kindles. . . . Now that they added the new one, it might happen by Thanksgiving.... Obviously we couldn't count THAT one earlier. On Thu, 7 May 2009, Joshua Hutchinson wrote:

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-es... a tech toy that has an admittedly limited appeal (so few people read books), I'm fairly impressed with the Kindle numbers so far.JoshMay 7, 2009 12:42:40 PM, hart@pglaf.org wrote:===========================================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 millionby 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>>>> ************** Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near> you now.> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)>_______________________________________________gutvol-d mailing listgutvol-d@lists.pglaf.orghttp://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d