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And this is how the Nook ball is dropped

November 30th, 2009

Sitting here in Barnes and Noble I learned something; don’t expect something to be there when a company says it will be.

The Nook was supposed to be in store to demo today. The kiosks are set up and look nice. But Barnes and Noble is dropping the ball big time. Obviously they didn’t expect the popularity of the nook to take off which is silly since you would expect a company to be a bit optimistic about their product.

But alas Barnes and Noble is so behind the ball that they are cannibalizing their in store stock to fulfill online orders. And they seemed to have not sent out demo units to all their stores. Which is a shame. I was ready to demo one and then order one online and wait for the shipping no matter the time.

Now because of Barnes and Noble I will delay my purchase. I wonde how many sales they are losing out on because of this.

This store expects demo units in the next couple of weeks. I wonder if any other stores are missing units.

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Initial Nook Run Sells Out. Color Screen from Qualcom?

November 20th, 2009

Which might not mean much really. We don’t know the initial manufacturing run; it could be 10 thousand units, it could be 100 thousand units. The former not being impressive the later somewhat more impressive. What it does say, though, is that people seem to think that the Nook is worth buying.

I wonder if it cannibalized any Kindle sales however.

Coming down the road is a possible color screen eReader rom Qualcom. But this is a year off, if at all. Though a color e-ink screen with the same battery life would be cool and open up so many possibilities.

So now the question is do I pre-order the Nook now, sight unseen and get the first shipment after the new year, or see it demo’d at the store and just wait until they replenish stock after the new year. Either way it is going to be after the new year unless I score one in-store.

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Nook Kiosks in Barnes and Noble Stores

November 17th, 2009

My lunchtime trip to Barnes an Noble brought a surprise. it looks like they have begun to roll out the Nook Kiosks. My heart flutter a bit because I thought that they had jumped the gun and had working models (they don’t) and that Barnes and Noble rolled out the Nook earlier than expected (they didn’t) But at these kiosks they have mock ups of the Nook (essentially, Nooks without the innards) and some information about the Nook which you can already get on the website.

But it was interesting to say the least to get an idea about what the Nook feels like in your hands. Which, to say the least, feels good. Not to thick or thin and I think the real Nook will have just enough heft to it so it doesn’t feel like you can break it if you squeeze to hard.

My excitement grows.