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Jeff Bezos buys the Washington Post. This is either wonderful for journalism or horrifying (via Pando Daily)

By Sarah Lacy On August 5, 2013When Jeff Bezos turns his sights on you, it’s either extremely good or extremely bad. There’s rarely wiggle room in between. Book sellers, gadget retailers, and publishers aren’t such fans of “take on all comers…

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Jeff Bezos and Amazon Win the Holiday Season Again

Amazon and billionaire Jeff Bezos once again prove they know how to get business done and that they have a sustainable business model no matter what the macroeconomic conditions deliver.

Amazon once again added to its market share and has enjoyed a wonderful holiday season sales-wise. Amazon announced its 14th record holiday season, with 72.9 items ordered every second, up from 62.5 last year. Amazon has proven once again that what really counts is revenues and profits.

Congratulations to Jeff Bezos and the Amazon.com gang!

Jeff Bezos and the Kindle blooper at Amazon

Hey, online holiday shoppers, billionaires too can get the math wrong on occasion as well.

"Sorry!" (says Jeff)

For the second year in a row, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos neglected to correctly forecast and build the required amount of Kindles necessary to satisfy market demand for the 2008 Holiday Shopping Season.

Ooops!

For all you economic students out there, this is a lesson in (lost) opportunity cost analysis.

Sure this isn’t a billionaire dollar mistake, but Amazon has lost many, many millions of dollars in lost sales for not having the Kindle ready to ship.

So what is a Kindle buyer to do? Well, there is always a market somewhere and that market is called: eBay.

Yes friends, eBay like last year is providing a marketplace of new and used Kindles to satisfy your Holiday shopping demand.

Have a Merry Christmas no matter where you buy your Kindle.

Article: Kindle Shopping Holiday Update



Kindle at eBay

Oprah "just loves" the Kindle

Already very good friends with Jeff Bezos, Billionaire Oprah Winfrey today endorsed Amazon's Kindle on her show because, as she tells it ... she just loves it and it has changed her life, etc, etc...

And Jeff is even knocking off $50 bucks off the price of Kindle for you just because you're an Oprah fan and he knows you'll love it too! ( Just use secret code: OPRAHWINFREY )


Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device