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HamsterRage · 11-15-2010, 03:45 PM

I was basing my shockedness on the numbers in the article, which stated 9 million units out on the street right now. That's 3 years worth of sales*, and the sub $200 products didn't even exist in the US market until June of this year.

*[Before I get flamed... Yes, I know that there have been ereaders for sale for virtually hundreds, if not even thousands of years - not just 3 years. However, the Kindle went on sale in 2007, and I'm guessing that the total number ereaders sold annually prior to that is fairly small, perhaps even insignificant, compared to the number that have been sold since then.]

11-15-2010, 03:45 PM	#4
HamsterRage Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 24326 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	I was basing my shockedness on the numbers in the article, which stated 9 million units out on the street right now. That's 3 years worth of sales, and the sub $200 products didn't even exist in the US market until June of this year. [Before I get flamed... Yes, I know that there have been ereaders for sale for virtually hundreds, if not even thousands of years - not just 3 years. However, the Kindle went on sale in 2007, and I'm guessing that the total number ereaders sold annually prior to that is fairly small, perhaps even insignificant, compared to the number that have been sold since then.] Last edited by HamsterRage; 11-16-2010 at 11:02 AM.