Research In Motion Limited (TSE:RIM) has turned down take-over offers in the past, but one of the most interesting was from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). RIM knows that they have been having problems with maintaining a solid market share, but they prefer to get better as an independent. This past summer, Amazon.com hired an investment bank to review a potential merger with RIM. A formal offer was never made.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will be offering free two-day shipping to any Kindle devices that are ordered by 8PM Pacific Standard Time on December 21st. This is perfect timing for people that want to give this as a Christmas gift. The free two-day shipping is available for the $79 Kindle, $99 Kindle Touch, $149 Kindle Touch 3G, and $199 Kindle Fire. Currently Amazon.com is shipping over 1 million units per week. To receive the deal, customers just need to add a Kindle device into their shopping basket and select a two-day shipping option when checking out. This offer is only available for U.S. customers. [Amazon PR]

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shoppers have been buying over 1 million Kindle devices per week for about three weeks in a row. The Amazon.com Kindle Fire is the company’s best selling item as of right now. Even though the Kindle Fire has receive a lot of criticism for not having external volume and for being too balky, the company is working on updating their software. [Mashable]

The Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire has been highly criticized despite all of the sales that it has been getting. The primary complaints are that the device does not have external volume control, the off switch is easy to hit on accident, websites take a long time to load, there is no privacy on the device, and the touchscreen is balky.

LivingSocial has raised $176 million in a private offering according to an SEC filing. Investors in this round include Amazon.com, U.S. Venture Partners, and Steve Case’s Revolution Ventures. Code Advisors and JP Morgan oversaw the deal and made $5 million in the process. LivingSocial offered $400 million worth of stock and sold a portion of it. About $224 million of stock still available. The final $224 million is expected to be bought in the next several weeks or months. This round of funding will be used for operations and expansion such as setting up a new company headquarters. [BusinessInsider]

Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs has become the best-selling book of 2011 on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). What makes this milestone so outstanding is that the book was released in October, which is 10 months into the year.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a holiday deals website called Flurry Deals (amazon.com/flurrydeals). Flurry Deals has discounted products that are an extension of Cyber Monday promotions. Starting today, Amazon will start offering category-specific daily deals. There is an e-mail sign-up form so you can stay on top of the sales.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has shipped about 3-4 million Kindle Fire tablets according to Netbooknews.com. Suppliers are expecting that shipments will hit up to around 5 million units by the end of December or early January. Industry sources believe that Amazon.com supplier Wintek alone will ship 3-3.5 million touch panels for the Kindle Fire before January. [NetbookNews]