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New Nook Orders Backed Up to February
Nook Firmware 1.1 Is Out, And It's No Miracle
According to those lucky enough to have a Nook, firmware 1.1 is live now. Forums are full of sporadic claims like faster page turns and tweaked file handling. Have you noticed anything special? Updated More »Rumor: Nook Update to Focus On Performance, Page Refresh Rates
You Get $100 If Your Nook Doesn’t Arrive by Christmas
Continuing the trend of delays, now some Nooks won't even arrive before Christmas. Barnes & Noble is sending a $100 gift card to pre-orderers who aren't scheduled to get one before December 24. A small consolation for ruining Christmas. [Consumerist]Is the Nook Officially a Tablet?
The NookDevs just got a full web browser up and running on the Nook, alongside Android Twitter/Facebook apps. At what point does the Nook cease to be an eBook reader and start to be something more? [Twitter via Android Guys]Amazon Has the Kindle and Barnes & Noble the Nook...So What About Borders?
We've all heard about the Kindle. And most of us know about the Nook. And while Borders is not selling a dedicated eBook reader of their own, they have just doubled down on digital distribution. More »Ravaging the Nook, Part II: We Have Apps!
For the B&N Nook to be rooted—that is, broken open and readied for software modification—is one thing, but the real reason people are excited about hacking this ereader is obvious: they want apps. And apps they will have. More »Ravaging the Nook: a Teardown, a Spec List and Android Hacks
Let's face it, nobody was too upset by the opaqueness of the Nook's spec sheet—screens and software, not board-level componentry, are what make ereaders great. But with this teardown comes something glorious: the Nook's Android software has been hacked. More »The Fight for eBook Publishing Rights
For the past 15 years or so, most authors who've signed with publishers have explicitly defined their ebook publishing rights. But who owns the rights to the bazillions of books published before ebooks existed? More »Why I Hate Ereaders, And Doubt They'll Ever Hit the Mainstream
It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the Japanese titan, 2004's Librie ereader promised a revolutionary new way to perform an act you never realized needed an overhaul. Reading. More »Books, and the iTunes Problem
Ransacked by the internet and teetering on the edge of the real ebook revolution, the publishing world is understandably afraid of what's next. But their skittish plans to shoehorn digital books into the old publishing cycle are stupid. And doomed. More »Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
In today's batch of things that didn't make the cut we've got a bit of NSFW humor, Time's list of gadgets of the year, an angry celebrity suing an Internet person, Dell profiting through Twitter, and more. More »Nook Locator Shows You Where to Get Some Hands On Experience
The Nook launch hasn't been pretty, and after a series of delays, demo models have been rationed among Barnes and Noble storefronts. Fortunately, you can now use this locator to find a little Nook near you. Perv. [B&N via Slashgear]Barnes & Noble Nook Review: Pretty Damn Good
It's a relief to finally lay hands on the Nook. The dual-screen reader was just a prop at its unveiling so I'm happy to report it works (pretty) well. It can't kill Kindle yet, but it's an alternative worth considering. More »Amazon's Bezos Compares Nook eBook Sharing to Sophie's Choice
Meow! Amazon's Jeff Bezos is on the warpath against Barnes & Noble's Nook, specifically its eBook lending feature. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, he pulled no punches with some masterful hyperbole: Updated. More »Nook Shipments Pushed Back AGAIN, Now January 15
Spring Design's Injunction to Stop Barnes & Noble's Nook Sales Denied
While waiting for a court date over an intellectual property dispute, Spring Design wanted to stop Barnes & Noble from selling the Nook. Their injunction for that's been denied today, but they shouldn't really worry much over that anyway. More »Ship Date for Backordered Nooks Delayed Until January 11th
Kindle Outsells Every Other Product On Amazon (And What That Really Means)
According to a breathless press release, the Kindle ereader is the "#1 bestselling product across all product categories on Amazon." That means it sold more than the iPod Touch. More than the Wii. More than Going Rogue. How? It's easy!More »
The Nook Launch Is Gonna Be a Flustercuck
Barnes & Noble Ruins Nerd Christmas (For Good PR)
Nobody has any idea if the Nook is actually any good yet, but no matter: It's a well-placed holiday gift, in theory! Or at least it was, until Barnes & Noble ran out of them. More »