Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader to be released tomorrow

Jacqueline DiOrio (Gnome_Queen) Tomorrow Barnes & Noble is expected to announce its Kindle-killing "Nook" e-reader.

October 20, 2009 1:06 AM ET in News, , , , , ,

The Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader

The Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader

The Barnes and Noble e-reader has long been anticipated and will finally be revealed tomorrow. The information about the e-reader was supposed to come out in Barnes and Noble’s big press conference today, but the Wall Street Journal pulled the trigger early.

The e-reader, which has been dubbed the “Nook,” is wireless and has dual screens. The top screen uses E-Ink, while the bottom is presumably a color LCD.

The Nook will retail for $259, which is the same price the Kindle is currently selling at. The Nook will also apparently have some sort of sharing feature, allowing users to “loan e-books to their friends.”

Check back later today for more information on the “Nook,” when the big press conference reveals the details.

11 Comments:

  1. ardichoke
    20 Oct '09, 5:46 am

    Wow... that looks like a nice device. This may supplant the kindle in my "do want" list.

  2. Gnome Queen
    20 Oct '09, 5:50 am

    I'm in between this and the Spring Design E-reader, which uses Android.

  3. poofie
    20 Oct '09, 12:52 pm

    interesting. but i don't think i will ever, ever buy any sort of e-reader. i love paper books too much... the smell, the feel of the pages, the way they wear after a few reads. i can look at one of my favorite titles from across the room, and know it's my book just by how it's creased and worn.

    i'm interested in seeing how they work out the sharing feature, since this was one of my biggest qualms with the Kindle. i love, LOVE in big neon letters, lending my books to people. nothing gives me more satisfaction than picking out a book i think a friend will love, lending it to them and having them rave over it.

  4. Thrax
    20 Oct '09, 1:06 pm

    I would love few things more than tossing every book I own in favor of an e-reader.

  5. poofie
    20 Oct '09, 7:21 pm
    Quoting Thrax

    I would love few things more than tossing every book I own in favor of an e-reader.

  6. ardichoke
    20 Oct '09, 7:26 pm

    To each their own poofie. I could never imagine tossing all my books. Then again, I can't help but think about how much simpler moving would be if all my books were on a kindle instead.

  7. poofie
    20 Oct '09, 7:31 pm

    a kindle that, if it broke, you'd be SOL for reading anything! what happens if Amazon stops supporting Kindle, and it dies? you'd have no books. and i'd be a lot less sad for losing one $8 paperback than losing a $260 device.

    i don't even wanna talk about the DRM.

  8. Thrax
    20 Oct '09, 7:34 pm

    Or, you know, any one of the e-readers that supports DRM-free PDFs.

  9. Grimnoc
    20 Oct '09, 8:04 pm
    Quoting poofie

    interesting. but i don't think i will ever, ever buy any sort of e-reader. i love paper books too much... the smell, the feel of the pages, the way they wear after a few reads. i can look at one of my favorite titles from across the room, and know it's my book just by how it's creased and worn.

    i'm interested in seeing how they work out the sharing feature, since this was one of my biggest qualms with the Kindle. i love, LOVE in big neon letters, lending my books to people. nothing gives me more satisfaction than picking out a book i think a friend will love, lending it to them and having them rave over it.

    Quoting poofie

    interesting. but i don't think i will ever, ever buy any sort of e-reader. i love paper books too much... the smell, the feel of the pages, the way they wear after a few reads. i can look at one of my favorite titles from across the room, and know it's my book just by how it's creased and worn.

    i'm interested in seeing how they work out the sharing feature, since this was one of my biggest qualms with the Kindle. i love, LOVE in big neon letters, lending my books to people. nothing gives me more satisfaction than picking out a book i think a friend will love, lending it to them and having them rave over it.

    What she said, on every count.

    I'll throw in my own addendum as well. I liken the whole reading a book vs. reading literature from an electronic doohickey similar to downloading a bunch of songs to your computer vs. owning the physical album.

    Hold on, hold on.

    Personally, I almost always tend to listen to albums I own more than random songs or even albums I've downloaded. I think for me it's much easier to become attached to them when it's completely it's own music, seperate from everything else I own (on my computer). In other words, when I put on an individual album, it's time to listen to and cherish that album. Whereas music on my computer bleeds together, if that makes sense.

    I'd almost think that in a similar way books which are purely in an electronic format tend to lose some of their uniqueness, or at least my attachment to them. I know this is ridiculous but I can't help the feeling.
    With physical books the same delineation occurs. They are seperate entities, things that profoundly affect me. They are not just a bunch of books on my hard drive.

    As I read a book I find it easy to sink into the universe of the world. They, for me, break the "fourth wall." Using an electronic device as a medium for reading reminds me very much that there is something between the words and I, it feels much less immediate.

  10. Thrax
    20 Oct '09, 8:11 pm

    It's also no coincidence that I have no overwhelming fascination with the album. I couldn't care much less about the "experience" if it means having to listen to songs I don't like. Voluntarily subjecting myself to shitty tunes--thereby wasting my time--in pursuit of high-mindedness doesn't float my boat.

    Music is music, novels are novels. I don't identify with the presentation, only the subject.

  11. CB
    20 Oct '09, 8:13 pm

    As much as I love books, if I could trade my books in for e-versions, I would do so for all but a few shelves of books that have sentimental value.

    Also: Nookie Reader. lol.

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