Amazon Kindle sales exceed 1 million for third straight week
For the third week in a row, Amazon.com Inc. has sold more than 1 million Kindles a week. During that time, sales of its Kindle Fire tablet have increased week over week, the e-commerce giant said Thursday.
Amazon said its first tablet, the $199 Kindle Fire, is the bestselling, most-gifted and most-wished-for product on the website.
Dave Limp, vice president of Amazon’s Kindle division, said the Seattle-based company was building “millions more” tablets to meet the high demand and noted that demand was accelerating.
Kindle’s family consists of the Kindle Fire, the $79 Kindle, the $99 Kindle Touch and the $149 Kindle Touch 3G.
“Our family of Kindle e-ink readers are close behind Kindle Fire on the Amazon.com bestseller list,” Limp said. “Customers continue to report preferring their Kindle e-reader for long-form reading, and in fact we’ve seen many customers buy two Kindles — both a Kindle Fire and a Kindle or Kindle Touch — this holiday season.”
This week, Amazon said it would provide a software update to Kindle Fire owners that would improve performance and touch navigation. The company said it would release the update in less than two weeks.
