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Date: February 11th, 2009

Clarifying the ‘10%’ figure for Amazon ebook sales

11 February, 2009 (10:56) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute

There was a statement from Jeff Bezos at Monday’s Kindle 2 launch, that seemed incorrect to me. Here’s the quote, as noted by Engadget:
“More than 10% of the units we sell are Kindle book sales — that’s astonishing. So what happened? 230,000 things happened, and that’s Kindle books. Even the best device without selection is [...]

Amazon sheds light on Kindle 2 battery design decisions

11 February, 2009 (05:51) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute

Amazon responded today to queries, and some complaints, from Kindle owners concerned about the lack of a user-removable battery in the Kindle 2.
The original Kindle has a user-removable battery, which Kindle owners can remove to reboot the device. With Kindle 2, some are concerned about losing that ability, as well as the prospect of [...]