Amazon.com CEO tabs Kindle an investment

SEATTLE, May 30 (UPI) -- The Kindle electronic book reader should be considered an investment product by Amazon.com shareholders, the U.S. company's chief executive officer says.Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos told shareholders at a recent meeting the entire digital-books industry is still growing and therefore the Kindle reader should not be considered an income generator for the company, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

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