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Originally Posted by acidzebra
The header says
Interead sells 1m of its colourful Cool-er e-readers in its first months
but in the article he is quoted as saying
After a few months in the market, worldwide sales of the Cool-er (which costs £189 in the UK) have surpassed seven figures
Perhaps he has sold some 5300 readers worldwide (5300*189GBP=1,001,700 GBP) and there is some mix-up. I don't know. 5300 seems a feasible number.
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This sounds like a feasible explanation of the error. Some journalists are not very numerate, it appears!
(Alternatively, the firms that make coloured devices are prone to exaggerated claims.)