That suggests that Amazon must have stored away some K3s at non-shipping locations, or perhaps had an agreement with the manufaturer to only send "X" number for the Aug 27 release and another group about a week later when the dust began to settle. Or perhaps they are having to ship USA orders out of batches that had originally been designated for other markets and thus were pre-stationed farther away.

Whatever the cause, I doubt they could have a new batch produced from scratch in a mere week. This sounds more like a supply-line issue. But it is only a week, so no big deal. I'm glad i ordered mine on the first day of ordering.

At any rate it means they are selling very well. I wonder if we will get any hard numbers of sells. I agree with those who are saying this can be a turning point for ebooks in general. If the Amazon sells a few million K3s in the next several months the publishing houses will have to take notice.