Amazon posted its financial results for the second quarter of 2011 today. The big news was that sales hit $9.91 billion, a 51% increase from the same period last year. But there were few details about Kindle or e-book sales, although the company did note, unsurprisingly, that Kindle sales were up compared to first quarter 2011.
The word “tablet,” which has been murmured excitedly by Amazon followers for some time, came up only once during a conference call with company CFO Thomas Szkutak after the earning announcement. The question received this non-response from Szkutak:
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