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300,000 Kindle 2s Sold To Date

• dschobel 18y ago
  Why is this selling so much better than the first gen product? There wasn't any killer feature added, just refinements of existing features (I'm not bothering to upgrade my 1st gen kindle), nothing which would compel an audience beyond the gadget fiends. Don't tell me e-readers have started reaching a mainstream audience...
  • there 18y ago
    i bought a sony reader when the kindle 1 was out because i didn't like the kindle's design. as soon as the kindle 2 pictures were leaked and it looked like it would no longer have issues with accidentally pushing the page turn button, i sold my sony reader and bought a kindle 2 when it came out.
  • icey 18y ago
    I think the fact that Amazon released a second version let fence-sitters know that they were serious about the Kindle as a product. Having the feeling that a product might not be around in 2 or 3 years time causes people a lot of pause.
  • oconnor0 18y ago
    My guess is that because this is the 2nd gen, people think it's more refined, that Amazon has had time to work out the kinks, that neither it nor Amazon's ebook distribution are just going to disappear tomorrow. The marketing also seems better this time around. I mean, Jeff Bezos was on The Daily Show hyping the Kindle 2. It's actually got me considering buying one.