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.

Amazon.com had previously specified a “back in stock” date of December 17. That has changed and now it is providing no specific date by which the the Kindle will be restocked.

Amazon currently says at its site “Availability: Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we’ll deliver when available. We’ll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information.”

Although there’s no way to know for sure, this may mean that the Kindle continues to be popular and that orders for it are piling up.

In an interesting article that discusses how he was converted from a belief that eBooks had nowhere to go to a belief that the Kindle is a revolutionary device, Mike Elgan outlines the many unpublicized features of Kindle that make it revolutionary and a likely market success.  Read his article here.

Jeff Bezos talks about the new Amazon Kindle with Charlie Rose.  Click here to access the interview.

A quick check of eBay listings shows only one instance of the Amazon Kindle.  It has a “Buy Now” price of $499 - considerably higher than the original $399 price asked by Amazon.com.  Time will tell if this higher price reflects true demand.  eBay details here.

It didn’t take long for the Amazon Kindle to sell out. According to the Amazon.com website, the Kindle sold out due to heavy customer demand and will be back in stock on December 17, 2007. While the number of Kindles sold has not been announced, it certainly seems impressive to have a sell-out so soon.