Nook, Barnes & Noble eBook Reader Announced

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Post by phsr » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 5:56 PM UTC

Nook, Barnes & Noble eBook Reader Announced
barnesandnoble.com

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Post by phsr » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 6:38 PM UTC

The biggest dealbreaker for the Nook will be its eBook store. Will it be comparable to the Amazon eBook store? If not, I doubt the Nook will take off.

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Post by allenp » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 6:49 PM UTC

phsr wrote: post #2

The biggest dealbreaker for the Nook will be its eBook store. Will it be comparable to the Amazon eBook store? If not, I doubt the Nook will take off.

In what regard? Depth? Breadth? Looking at their site I think they have enough of the popular stuff covered to give them time to work their way into the long tail before their ebook reader is in enough hands to matter.

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Post by allenp » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 6:51 PM UTC

The real killer feature is this: "Share favorite eBooks with your friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share, then send it to your friend's reader, cell phone, or computer."

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Post by joubert » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 6:57 PM UTC

And Richard Dawkins is speaking at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble tomorrow night. Can't wait.

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Post by simon_ » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 7:11 PM UTC

Looks like they took the overview page down... you can still see features here:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techspecs/

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Post by smokinn » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 7:19 PM UTC

Unless you can hide the full screen book cover display at the bottom I think that'll be very distracting.

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Post by imtotallygay » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 7:20 PM UTC

I like nookie.

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Post by electromagnetic » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 7:22 PM UTC

allenp wrote: post #4

The real killer feature is this: "Share favorite eBooks with your friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share, then send it to your friend's reader, cell phone, or computer."

Agreed, this is an aspect that would have always prevented me from ever paying for an ebook. As an avid reader I frequently give books to someone else to read, and handing over a $100+ eBook reader is an absurd prospect for loaning a book to someone.

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Post by tetsuo13 » Tue, Oct 20, 2009, 7:27 PM UTC

phsr wrote: post #2

The biggest dealbreaker for the Nook will be its eBook store. Will it be comparable to the Amazon eBook store? If not, I doubt the Nook will take off.

And how long until the B&N bookstore will be able to match the number of ebooks offered at Amazon? Until then B&N will lose customers to the company with an already established library.