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Yes, by the time they have it in stock in January, it'll be just enough time for people to recieve their orders and then cry when Apple announces their Tablet with color display and color books, magazines, and comic books.
@Noobs-R-Us: no one wants to read books on their over priced tablet. reading on a screen that's not like the nook or kindle for extended periods of time = absolute suck.
@presto117: "no one wants to read books on their over priced tablet"
Famous last words... why don't you come back here and try saying the same thing with a straight face this time next year when millions of people would have bought the new Tablet. You'd be laughed right out of Gizmodo.
@weatherman: Just checked my preorder. Still set for shipment on December 18. Doesn't look like any of the prior preorders were affected. It's all prospective.
The only issue I have with this device, If me and my wife both want to read a book on the Kindel I can. I have never had to buy a book just for myself. It looks like even with this lending that I will only be able to get it once and only for 14 days. If I want the same book as my wife I will have to buy it. I usually am reading 3-4 books at the same time and this will keep me from buying a Nook. #nooklending
@Charles Epperson: As long as you have the same devices on your Barnes And Noble account (say 2 Nooks for you and your wife), you can both have the full books. You don't need the lending feature as long as both devices are registered to the same account. #nooklending
"When you lend it, it's unavailable for you to read, which admittedly is what happens when you lend a physical book-"
-That's why they called the feature 'lend'. That's what 'lend' means. If I lend a shovel, I don't have access to it while it's lent. That concept shouldn't change just because something is digital. It would be nice if I could buy a book and give it to all my friends, and still have access to it, but it shouldn't be called 'lending'.
The limitations of the nook are not the fault of Barnes and Noble. Limitations are imposed by the publishers and content owners. When the iTunes Store was first launched, Apple didn't have the clout with the record labels to say "no DRM". Now they do, and the DRM is all but gone. You could share your music across 3 computers in the beginning, 5 computers now. Things improve. That's progress. After the ebook market becomes established, the publishers will have to change from the old way of doing things, just as the record labels are slowly beginning to, or authors will publish directly, with less arbitrary restrictions. B&N is the first to implement this and other features in an ebook marketplace. Instead of whining that they didn't get it perfect, let's appreciate that they've taken the steps at all. #nooklending
There's only one way to teach them a lesson. Just steal their books. They will learn to appreciate the fact that some people actually PAY for theirs and threat them with repect. #nooklending
@Noobs-R-Us: Yeah, but that hasn't exactly worked with the music distribution industry(I refuse to acknowledge them as the music industry, because they are no such thing), now has it.
However, it might be in the process of working, who knows. It may also be in the process of completely collapsing the music distribution industry. Either way is fine with me. #nooklending
@exoren22: It has actually worked in the music industry. It took Jobs to bitch slap the hell out of them but they eventually got it and now iTunes is the #1 seller of music. #nooklending
AM I CRAZY?! I thought you could load your own ebooks onto these things? really? you can't? what is the point then? You think I'm going to buy every book twice just so I don't have to carry a stack of books along with me? #nooklending
@LostAtoll: As far as I know, the Sony Readers are the only big-name readers that allow you to load whatever content you want onto them. I'm thinking about getting the touchscreen model because they let you download tons of free books from your library's website. #nooklending
Why do we even need "publishers" anymore? What value to they add? None. Authors should post their books and leave a tip jar. Fuck Barnes and fuck Nobles. 14 days. And then NEVER again. Go to hell. #nooklending
@Gary_7vn: That is an incredibly short-sited statement, writers wouldn't get nearly as much money if they left a "tip jar". Ask Radiohead how much money they made off of the "pay what you want" scheme on In Rainbows. #nooklending
@Gary_7vn: Publishers are like agents that can help edit and promote a book making a goo done better. I am not saying that is always the case but I think any writing should get a good editor. I know my writing is better when I get some criticism.
I wonder if a self published person can undo those limits. #nooklending
@Colin Cassady: No, it isn't. I am sure that you are smart and work hard, but probably aren't rich. Why should someone make millions off work that took one person 6 months to a year to do? And then keep getting rich off it for decades! It's just the product of one persons labour. This is theft, not honest profit making. #nooklending
@datafox: Sorry, but that's an old model and obsolete. Promotion can be done online, social networking, twitter, et al. Yes, everybody needs an editor, but there will be lots of them around when the publishing houses go down. They simply don't add value anymore. So you can just hire an editor, this too could be done entirely online. I hear the Indians are good. This whole issue of IP is still in flux, but big changes are coming. How will shake out is still in question, but for sure, the old world is gone. #nooklending
@Colin Cassady: Even if 4 guys with guitars and a midi interface can't make gajillions on their latest opus, people will still make music, and it will be just as good, only the price will be closer to what it is really worth once you take 47 layers of laywers, accountants, the fcuking RIAA, and greasy, greedy, record company executives. Same goes for "book" companies.
@FigNinja: They're just building in the fact that the person you lent your book to likely let their kid/dog/cat spill/pee all over it and then they burned it and bought you a new one.
Now you're so jaded you'll never let anyone touch another one of your books. #nooklending
@FigNinja: In terms of a sustainable business model, yes. Me personally, I'd like it to be lent an unlimited amount of times, but I know that's not reasonable. B&N is not just creating a hardware platform, they are banking on "software" sales as well.
If the lending feature was unrestricted, that would hugely cut into sales. They're a company, and like any other, they're doing it for the money - and I'm not saying that in an evil way, that's just the reality of it. #nooklending
@I, Opener: I agree that it makes sense from their point of view to limit. I think the limit of once only is a bit severe. Certainly only one at a time and having it be unavailable to the owner is consistent with a physical book. I think maybe even a limit on how many times you can lend a given title, or how often you could lend it would be reasonable to most people. After all, they need people to buy books. I think they could have done better than just one loan. #nooklending
@FigNinja: Indeed, the once only per book is a bit severe. I'm going to withhold judgment until I know for a fact whether it's one book per person, (which is understandable, and something I can agree with) or if it's just once per book - which is a bit severe.
Perhaps this will be refined if it is the latter. I can certainly understand if it's to prevent lending to one person repeatedly, and they should curb that, however, they shouldn't flag a book as "lent" and make it unlendable to anyone else. #nooklending
@Barry99705: Have you bought any polaroid film lately? Do actually know anyone who still uses a film camera? Some people still use pocket watches... #nooklending
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Famous last words... why don't you come back here and try saying the same thing with a straight face this time next year when millions of people would have bought the new Tablet. You'd be laughed right out of Gizmodo.
You sure do show a real lack of foresight.
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Do americans like to read. #barnesnoblenook
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Only being able to lend certain books, and only being able to lend each book once, on the other hand... that's inexcusable. #nooklending
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-That's why they called the feature 'lend'. That's what 'lend' means. If I lend a shovel, I don't have access to it while it's lent. That concept shouldn't change just because something is digital. It would be nice if I could buy a book and give it to all my friends, and still have access to it, but it shouldn't be called 'lending'.
The limitations of the nook are not the fault of Barnes and Noble. Limitations are imposed by the publishers and content owners. When the iTunes Store was first launched, Apple didn't have the clout with the record labels to say "no DRM". Now they do, and the DRM is all but gone. You could share your music across 3 computers in the beginning, 5 computers now. Things improve. That's progress. After the ebook market becomes established, the publishers will have to change from the old way of doing things, just as the record labels are slowly beginning to, or authors will publish directly, with less arbitrary restrictions. B&N is the first to implement this and other features in an ebook marketplace. Instead of whining that they didn't get it perfect, let's appreciate that they've taken the steps at all. #nooklending
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However, it might be in the process of working, who knows. It may also be in the process of completely collapsing the music distribution industry. Either way is fine with me. #nooklending
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I wonder if a self published person can undo those limits. #nooklending
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I'm not sure 14 days is long enough, but yeah when you lend a book only one machine should have access. #nooklending
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Now you're so jaded you'll never let anyone touch another one of your books. #nooklending
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If the lending feature was unrestricted, that would hugely cut into sales. They're a company, and like any other, they're doing it for the money - and I'm not saying that in an evil way, that's just the reality of it. #nooklending
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Perhaps this will be refined if it is the latter. I can certainly understand if it's to prevent lending to one person repeatedly, and they should curb that, however, they shouldn't flag a book as "lent" and make it unlendable to anyone else. #nooklending
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Does their greed and stupidity know no limits? #nooklending
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I said the same thing about film cameras in 97. #nooklending
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