Kindle sales this year 60% more than predicted

Amazon expects to sell 8 million Kindle devices this year which is 60% more than predicted by analysts according to Bloomberg Businessweek report. In comparison, Apple has sold only 7.6 million iPads from April to September.

The figures cited by Amazon cannot be checked because the company does not officially present any sales numbers for the reader.

Analysts at Citigroup, Barclays Capital, BGC Partners and ThinkEquity pegged 2010 Kindle sales at five million in 2010, according to Bloomberg. Caris & Co. had a slightly lower estimate, 4.8 million, and Goldman Sachs took a ballpark approach, four to five million.