Thread: The Register's take on Kindle Sales
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Old 08-26-2008, 04:25 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Tom90deg View Post
*Taps lectern* Ok, now everyone, today is a quick lesson. Repeat after me. "Just because we don't sell 1 million units in the first day does not mean we are a failure." Thank you!

The iPod has messed up people's thoughts on how tech gets sold...if it doesn't sell a million in a month, toss it out, it's a failure. How many units did the iPod sell initially? anyone know?
FWIW, the iPod sold about 250,000 units during its first year of production. It didn't take off until the line split into mini, nano, classic, shuffle, etc. Bear in mind when several million iPods sell it is a combo of many units at many price points all listed...the Kindle (and for that matter the Sony Reader, the Cybook, the iLiad) is an example of one device line, not several, so you're going to see a smaller number...one size does not fit all.
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