300,000 Kindle 2s Sold To Date

i bought a sony reader when the kindle 1 was out because i didn't like the kindle's design.

as soon as the kindle 2 pictures were leaked and it looked like it would no longer have issues with accidentally pushing the page turn button, i sold my sony reader and bought a kindle 2 when it came out.

I think the fact that Amazon released a second version let fence-sitters know that they were serious about the Kindle as a product. Having the feeling that a product might not be around in 2 or 3 years time causes people a lot of pause.

My guess is that because this is the 2nd gen, people think it's more refined, that Amazon has had time to work out the kinks, that neither it nor Amazon's ebook distribution are just going to disappear tomorrow. The marketing also seems better this time around. I mean, Jeff Bezos was on The Daily Show hyping the Kindle 2.

It's actually got me considering buying one.