Until now, Amazon's hardware efforts have centered around its Kindle e-readers and tablets.
Sara Nelson, editorial director of books and Kindle e-readers at Amazon, isn't surprised.
He also says checks find a delay in new Kindle e-readers, and a slight decline in Kindle Fire tablet demand.
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Pacific Crest analyst Chad Bartley this morning noted that there are signs that demand for Amazon Kindle e-readers continues to soften.
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Friday was the biggest sales day ever for the line of Kindle e-readers and tablets, with customers buying four times as many of the devices as they did last year, Amazon said.
You can see the logic: the company jumped into hardware with the Kindle e-book readers and then moved into tablets with the Kindle Fire.
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The full line of Kindle e-ink readers is now available in over 175 countries around the world.
Amazon doesn't yet sell its Kindle or e-readers in China, though many analysts expect the company to begin selling its hardware there soon.
This screen doesn't use the anti-reflective e-ink that's so familiar in Kindle and Nook e-readers.
Widespread speculation is that the company will be refreshing its line-up of Kindle tablets and e-readers.
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News flash: Amazon.com sold millions of Kindle tablets and e-readers over the holiday shopping season.
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Indeed, the Kindle and other e-readers could be a boon to newspapers.
The digital products can be accessed through its Kindle range of e-readers and tablets as well as other devices based on iOS and Android platforms.
More than 20 million flexible plastic displays are on the market today, according to Sriram Peruvemba, vice-president of marketing for E Ink, the company that developed the low-power display technology for the Amazon Kindle and many other e-book readers.
Even if it can't convince current Kindle owners to upgrade their e-readers, Amazon's gadget is likely to keep selling briskly.
"If you love reading and are looking to invest a chunk of money into a device as a dedicated e-reader, then the iPad is not your best bet, " Cesar Torres, of CNN content partner ArsTechnica , wrote last year in a review comparing the third-generation iPad to e-readers such as the third-generation Kindle. (That iPad has the same screen as the most recent one).
E-readers and tablets (including Amazon's Kindle Fire e-reader, which is a modified Android tablet) were a popular holiday gift item last year.
She may well be right if the iPad and other tablet computers take off, the prices of dedicated e-readers such as Amazon's Kindle keep falling and more consumers start reading books on smart-phones.
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The even bigger segment of what I call FeatureTablets are e-readers like the Kindle or Nook.
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Another 57, 000 subscribe to replica editions delivered on e-readers like the Kindle and the Nook.
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On top of that, Amazon offers the Kindle tablets ( at cost) and e-readers and lots of content for them.
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Lulu books are available on e-readers like the Kindle, and they will be available on the iPad. iPad books will be in color and have interactive features like videos and links to related Web sites.
When the first wave of tablets hit the market, three years after the first Kindle and a year after the Nook, e-readers could still boast a significantly better reading experience.
The rise of such e-readers as Amazon's Kindle has sparked a surge in digital sales in recent years.
The bookstore giant is losing market share to Amazon's online sales and to e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle.
E-READERS HAVE come a long way since the first Kindle hit the market six years ago.
For more dedicated e-readers, Sony has its Reader and Amazon its Kindle.
Among other factors, Squali is bullish on the Kindle: he estimates that the company sold 4 million of the e-book readers in Q4, with production of 5 million units.
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