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Amazon’s Kindle Given To One In 40 In The UK

One in 40 people in the UK received Amazon’s e-reader this Christmas, making it one of the most popular gifts of 2011. Approximately 1.33m Kindles were sold over Christmas. John Lewis has reported that it sold one Kindle every 30 seconds over the five weeks to December 31st.

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