In a December 5, 2009 interview with , Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that Amazon keeps 65% of the revenue from all e-book sales for the Kindle; the remaining 35% is split between the book author and publisher.
The Verge gave the Oasis 2 a score of 8 of 10, praising its design, display, and water resistance, but criticizing its high cost and inability to read an e-book while its related audiobook is playing.
Pacific Crest estimated that the Kindle Fire models sold six million units during Q4 2012.
They also include Amazon's experimental web-browsing capability with Wi-Fi.