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Amazon: Kindle sales already surpass 2009 holiday sales

In advance of Barnes & Noble's Nook Color unveiling tomorrow, Amazon is trying to capture a bit of the e-reader news today with a short release about how sales of the Kindle are roaring ahead. "It's still October and we've already sold more Kindle devices since launch than we did during the entire fourth quarter of last year--astonishing because the fourth quarter is the busiest time of year on Amazon," said Steve Kessel, senior vice president, Amazon Kindle.

As is fairly typical Amazon didn't give any specific sales figures, but it did reiterate that … Read more