One of the main advantages of the Kindle is that it’s not reliant on paper. So, when “The Last Lecture” turned out to be a true best seller (and a sellout in its paper version), Kindle owners are unaffected. They can just download the electronic version and have their copy ready and accessible in just a short time.

While paper sellouts don’t happen all that often, the Kindle, obviously, creates a new and valuable option for that situation.

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Silicon Alley Insider speculates that Amazon.com may be selling between 5,000 and 10,000 eBooks per day.  Sounds like a lot and would seem to confirm the success of the Amazon Kindle.

Quoted in a Barron’s blog, Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos says that demand for Kindles outstrips supply and that Amazon.com is scrambling to find more manufacturing capacity.

An interesting article over at HubPages examines the “green” impact of having a device that requires no paper and that treads lightly on the environment.  Maybe this is a nice example of new technology can have positive effects on the environment.

If you haven’t been at our site lately, come take a look.  We’ve exchanged our somewhat austere appearance for a more lively and colorful one.  It should be a lot more fun to read.

Newsweek’s in-depth article introduced many people to Amazon’s new reading device. Read the article here.

Interestingly, there are no Kindles for sale on eBay right now.  There had been one, but according to the eBay results of that sale, it was sold as a “Buy It Now” item.  The starting bid had been $499 for the Kindle — $100 above the current retail price.

While there has been speculation that the dearth of Kindles on eBay is the result of each Kindle being “personalized” to a specific Amazon.com account, it is still surprising that Kindles aren’t showing up on eBay.

Only time will tell what this means, but it’s possible that all the Kindle owners are happy with their purchase (at least at the moment) and aren’t willing to sell their new baby for the $100 (or so) profit they might be able to get on eBay.