Not any earth shattering news but Amazon Kindle is still sold out. That’s according to Amazon and Silicon Valley insider. I wonder if Kindle is becoming the next Wii now. I remember Wii was so hard to get for months, and it still probably is. But Wii is a gamer, and it is so encouraging to see Kindle, a readind device, be out for so long. Of course, it could be that Amazon really dropped the ball and didn’t make too many Kindles.

I know a lot of Kindle fans get desperate and change their shipping method from 2-day shipping to 1-day shipping. Not to be the bearer of the bad news, but this does actually more harm than good. Technically, if you make this change, you should get your Kindle sooner than later. However, there have been incidences where people have been moved backed further down the line because of making changes to their orders. Besides, Amazon cannot process your order sooner than the others just because you have chosen 1 day shipping.  So save yourself some money for you will need it when you get you Kindle (with all the books available and all).

It seems people are now getting their Kindles in about 20 days. It seems people who ordered it before 1/25 have received their items in about 20 days. Of course, there are a few who will have to wait a bit longer due to Amazon reaching its cut off point, but I doubt anyone will have to wait more than a month to get a Kindle these days. Surely beats my 47 days of waiting.

It sure seems like it, if not more. Silicon Alley Insider reports that Amazon might be selling as little as 10,000 eBooks a day for its Kindle gadget. I personally know a few people who started ordering eBooks way before they even got their Amazon Kindles, so to be perfectly honest 10,000 eBooks is not really that surprising. Now we all know that Amazon would be selling more books if A) they had more Kindles available so people didn’t have to wait freaking a year to get their hands on them and B) Should more titles become available, Amazon will be selling even more ebooks, so 15K-20K sales a day is not really out of question for Amazon.

Amazon has released a few new books for the Kindle today. Here are the top ones:

1. Annuities for Dummies

2. Biting the Bullet

3. Boink

4. Ravens in the storm

5. Death of a Gentle Lady

Read on!

The following books have been release today for Kindle by Amazon.com:

Abraham Lincoln and the Union by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
Adieu by Honore de Balzac (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
Albert Savarus by Honore de Balzac
The Alkahest by Honore de Balzac (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
All That Glitters by Heather Ames (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
Analytical Studies: The Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life Anchor’s Away:Chain Of Command by Shara Azod
Another Study of Woman by Honore de Balzac
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honore de Balzac
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie and John van Dyke
The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac
Beatrix by Honore de Balzac
The Black Rose by Skyler Grey
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes by Various
Break Free (One of Many Times) by Joshua Easterly (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac
Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac
The Celibates by Honore de Balzac
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week At Rome by Rev. Monsignor Baggs
The Chouans by Honore de Balzac
The Common People of Ancient Rome by Frank Frost Abbott
Contes Merveilleux Tomes I & II by Hans Christian Andersen
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Aldous Huxley
DRAGON STAR by Stephanie Burke
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Fixed Mobile Convergence by Alex Shneyderman and Alessio Casati
Het Portret van Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
How to Create A Secret Cottage Garden in Your Own Backyard by Kristin Falzon
Humbug by Tigra-Luna LeMar
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
Lord Kilmore by Tara Greenbaum
McGraw-Hill’s Conquering ACT English, Reading, and Writing by Steven Dulan Mr. Angel by Beth Henderson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
My Cheri Amour by Shara Azod (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
My Weeping Willow by Sarah Rainwater Tanner (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Ménage à Valentine by RaeLynn Blue and Shara Azod
Notre Dame de Paris - 1482 by Victor Hugo (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
O Pioneers! (Girlebooks Classics) by Willa Cather
The Path To Rome by Hillaire Belloc (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
The Red Fighter Pilot - the Autobiography of the Red Baron by Manfred Von Richthofen and J. Ellis Barker
The Religion of Ancient Rome by Cyril Bailey (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) The
The Religion of Numa by Jesse Benedict Carter (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Ring In The New by Beth Henderson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Roads From Rome by Anne C. E. Allinson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Santa, Sam’s Been Bad by Tigra-Luna LeMar (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
A Sigh Of Love by Bess McBride (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
A Tangled Web by Skyler Grey (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions by William Petty
Triple Bow by Shara Azod and RaeLynn Blue
Unnatural Sights by Joe Jeney
A Valentine’s Gift for Tori by Zenobia Renquist
THE WAR WITH GERMANY-A STATISTICAL SUMMARY by LEONARD P. AYRES What Is Property by P. J. Proudhon (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Wicked Pleasures by Tambra Kendall (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)A Wife For Big John by Lauri Robinson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)

Amazon published the following titles for the Amazon Kindle today:

The Age of Big Business by Burton J. Hendrick (Kindle Edition - Feb 7, 2008)
At Agincourt by G.A. Henty - Kindle Book
The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins - Kindle Book
Blind Love by Wilkie Collins - Kindle Book
Davis’ Short Stories Volume I by Richard Harding Davis - Kindle Book
Davis’ Short Stories Volume II by Richard Harding Davis - Kindle Book
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Davis’ Short Stories Volume III by Richard Harding Davis - Kindle Book
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The Dead Alive by Wilkie Collins - Kindle Book
The Dream Woman, a Mystery in Four Narratives by Wilkie Collins
The Evil Genius, a Domestic Story by Wilkie Colllins - Kindle Edition
The Fallen Leaves by Wilkie Collins
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins
The Guilty River by Wilkie Collilns
The Haunted Hotel, a Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins
Heart and Science, a Story of the Present Time by Wilkie Collins
Helpmate (Android Women) by Charles Carreon
Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins
I say no by Wilkie Collins
Jezebel’s Daughter by Wilkie Collins
A Knight of the White Cross by G.A. Henty
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
The Legacy of Cain by Wilkie Collins
Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins - Kindle Book
Mr. Captain and the Nymph by Wilkie Collins
Political Economy by J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi
Tangled Trails - A Western Detective Story by William MacLeod Raine
The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country by James B. Hendryx
Under Drake’s Flag - A Tale of the Spanish Main by G.A. Henty
Under Wellington’s Command - A Tale of the Peninsula War by G.A. Henty
With Frederick the Great - A Story of the Seven Year’s War by G.A. Henty
With Kitchener in the Soudan- A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by G.A. Henty
Won by the Sword - A Story of the Thirty Years’ War by G.A. Henty (Kindle Edition - Feb 7, 2008) - Kindle Book

Amazon has released the following titles for Kindle today, February 6th 2008:

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini - Sculptor, Goldsmith & Duelist
Captains of the Civil War - A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray
Chief Black Hawk
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
The Count of Monte Cristo
History of the American Negro in the Great War
The Jew of Malta
Lameness of the Horse
Mark Twain - a Biography
Massacre at Paris
Natchez
Pagan and Christian Rome
The Scent of Wisteria
A Smaller History of Rome
A Tale of Two Cities
Tamburlaine the Great - Part Two & One
The Ten Books On Architecture (Illustrated)
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Tyranny Unmasked by John Taylor of Caroline
Wildflowers, or Pastoral and Local Poetry

Amazon Kindle is one hot gadget that many don’t seem to get their hands on quickly enough. So why is it that the most wanted gadget around is out of stock indefinitely. There are two ways to explain this. Amazon obviously underestimated the demand for Amazon Kindle. In other words, they had a bunch of Kindles ready to go, but once they opened the gates, even people who were not looking at Kindle before were tempted to buy it due to all the hype and praise around the product. This is Amazon’s explanation of course. But even iPhone did not experience such long delays which shows that Amazon may have been a little bit slow in manufacturing new Kindles.

But the real reason behind Kindle’s late arrival is due to the early issues that some Kindle owners have experienced with their wireless connections and other features. I am hearing that Amazon staff members will give a higher priority to orders that have been returned for a replacement. So in essence, even if you are looking at a 5% defect ratio for Amazon Kindle, this could set people who are in line back by a week or two at least. But thankfully, Amazon is shipping items quite faster now, so if you haven’t bought your Kindle yet, you may want to do it now.