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Record Kindle Sales In December

Posted Dec 19, 2009. Filed under Gadget. Leave a comment?

Amazon is reporting that this December has seen record setting sales levels. Perhaps this is because this is the first year since 2007 that Amazon has actually been able to meet the demand for the e-reader. Or maybe it’s because of the new promotion guaranteeing free two-day shipping and an arrival before Christmas (the promotion runs until the 22^nd).

Either way, Amazon reports that the Kindle was bought, gifted or wished for more than any other product on their site. While it may be easy to get your hands on the Kindle this holiday season, it may not be as each to get ahold of Barnes & Noble’s Nook or Sony’s Reader Daily Edition. Barnes & Noble and Sony are experiencing problems meeting demand as Amazon has faced over the last two years.

I don’t have much experience with e-readers, personally I just don’t see the real need for it. I don’t enjoy reading something on my computer screen, I’d much rather read it on paper and I feel that the screen on the Kindle could not be much better. And for the occasional book I read, I can handle buying the paperback.

However, I am curious about the high demand on the Kindle. From what I’ve read it seems that the e-readers made by Barnes & Noble and Sony are more technologically advanced, with touch screen and color. Are people willing to compromise better features simply because Amazon has a constant supply on Kindles?