News & Trends: Fast Facts

5.4 million
Number of items Amazon.com sold on its busiest day of the 2007 holiday season, Dec. 10, which translates to 62.5 items per second. Top sellers in books included “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert, “The Dangerous Book for Boys” by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, and “I Am America (And So Can You!)” by Stephen Colbert.