Kindle gives Amazon Q3 sales boost

Amazon.com today announced a 28% increase in sales for the third quarter ended September 30, up to $5.45bn (€3.63bn) from $4.26bn (€2.84bn) in the same period last year.

Net income increased 68% to $199m (€132m) in the third quarter, or $0.45 (€0.30) per diluted share, compared with net income of $118m (€78m), or $0.27 (€0.18) per diluted share, in third quarter 2008.