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The Kindle eBook device topped Amazon.com’s list of best-selling electronic goods for 2008, beating competition from Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, the online retailer has revealed.
The Kindle was also the most popular electronic gift purchase and the most wished-for electronic product in the US Amazon’s lists. The Nintendo Wii was the bestselling games console.
Stephenie Meyer continued to attract fans in the wake of the recently-released film "Twilight", with Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the teen vampire series, beating off all other competition to the top spot for bestselling books.
J K Rowling’s Harry Potter spin-off The Tales of Beedle the Bard was the most wished for book of 2008.