Comments on: Kindle Analyst an Honor Student at Strained Credibility Academy

By: Citigroup Analyst Eligible for Remedial Kindlegarten? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:49 +0000

[...] doing? Well, according to Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney, whose analytical prowess enables him to extrapolate sales figures from little more than Kindle’s sales ranking on Amazon’s Web site and the number of customer [...]

By: Citigroup Analyst Eligible for Remedial Kindlegarten? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:16:44 +0000

[...] according to Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney, whose analytical prowess enables him to extrapolate sales figures from little more than Kindle’s sales ranking on Amazon’s site and the number of cu…, it’s doing quite well. So well, in fact, Mahaney sees Amazon selling 380,000 Kindles this [...]

By: If Your Analyst Gig Doesn’t Work Out, There’s Probably a Job for You in Amazon PR | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:05:19 +0000

[...] Mahaney has anything to say about it. In a report to clients Monday, Mahaney who in May predicted the device would generate three-quarters of a billion dollars for Amazon (AMZN) by 2010, said Amazon could be on track to sell as many as 380,000 Kindles this [...]

By: Steve Rhodes

Steve Rhodes — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:53:39 +0000

Yes, I was surprised that other sites accepted that absurd sales figure without any skepticism.

It is much easier to click yes, this is helpful than to spend $400 (plus money for books) on an ugly Kindle.

Plus as someone pointed out in the comments on one site, the author of that review has a popular blog where he promoted his review.

And if ebook readers finally do begin to catch on (something that has been promised for over a decade), there will be competition from better, prettier ereaders.

But what people have been using to read on are the crappy screens on their treos and blackberries because they are there when they’re on public transit or waiting for an appointment). And now the far better screens on their iPhones (especially since we’ll get some decent easy to install reader software soon).