Amazon Numbers: Some Interesting Stats

From Amazon Q2:

1. Sales of $9.9 billion, an increase of 51 percent from the same quarter in 2010.
2. Net income decreased 8% to $191 million in the second quarter, or $0.41 per diluted share
3. The Kindle 3G with advertising is now the company’s bestselling Kindle, says Amazon.
4. Amazon says that second quarter 2011 net income was actually positively impacted by an equity-method investment activity of $15 million, including a $49 million gain on the sale of an equity position that was offset by $34 million in losses from equity-method investments.

Statistics Source: TC