Barnes & Noble's Nook now sold out for the holidays
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted November 20th 2009 1:14PM
posted November 20th 2009 1:14PM
posted November 20th 2009 1:14PM
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well sony daily reader it is...
Suburbia Moms? more like Ebayers.
I can't imagine these selling out so quickly when the Kindle been around for so long offering the same thing. If I didn't know any better I'd say B&N is pulling a Nintendo by limiting supply. But what do I know?
I don't know. I'm not the expert on your life.
By "pulling a nintendo" do you mean that we will soon find out that (even though everyone is accusing them of underproducing) they have sold twice as much as their competitors?
That is the exact reason I doubt they are pulling a "Nintendo", because the Kindle has been around for ages, B&N need to get as many out as possible to try to get a big market-share, with the Wii, it was the only console in its class at the time (Cheap, and motion control), there are tons of eBook Readers available now, any sale they don't make because of limited supply is going to straight to amazon. The only thing I don't buy is the idea that its more successful than expected, thats just marketing speak, they must of known this thing was going to sell out, they probably are just producing them as fast as they possibly can, I believe its production limitations.
I don't think so. Kindle is THE name for e-book device. When you think hand held e-book, you think Kindle. I haven't seen one tv ad, internet banner, or even an email from Barnes and Noble about the Nook.
So if you're going to make a competing device, manufacture millions to be sold, and less than half the market knows about the damn thing? That's money down the drain.
There seems to be some confusion about the color screen: Yes, it can be turned off while reading. It also acts as a books browser, a settings menu, a touch screen keyboard, and whatever else its programmed for.
I ordered mine last week. I was going to wait until reviews started trickling in, but figured I would just cancel if the thing sucks.
I hope that they don't start sending out e-mails telling people that they can't fulfill their order.
I guess that means no Nook-e for me for Christmas. Damn!
haha, yes they are to blame. my mom bought one for my dad.
ahh hell...here's hoping that there are a few @ the actual stores when it is released. I'm not above camping for a nook for my fiance which will then translate into some gift givingnookie
I don't think an IOU would have the same effect:p
Great, guess i'm going to get gouged on ebay for the one that i will be needing to give as a gift.
My fault, i underestimated the demand and the production capacity of this thing.
I was debating between the Nook and the Kindle until I started doing eBook searches on Amazon vs Barnes & Noble. It's not even close, Amazon/kindle has more of the books I want to read. All the fancy features of the Nook don't count for much if you can't get the book you want to read.
I'm putting the Kindle on my Christmas list.
Except that if your local public library stocks ePub books, then you might be able to somewhat make up for it that way. Ultimately, that's the distinguishing characteristic for me. Kindles can't sideload my local public library's ePub books with DRM; nooks can.
I'm sure B&N will get all the books you are worried about. It's not a little mom & pop outfit after all.
for older books, the kindle store is usually 10-20% cheaper per book. that might just be a $1 savings but it does add up, and that's why i'm also leaning toward kindle right now
Ahh, I see. B&N pulling the Wii trick. Hell, to make it even better B&N could set up a whole bunch of anonymous ebay accounts and sell these things for double or more all throughout the holidays! Mo' Money!
The Wii trick??? Are we seriously still calling it that? Nintendo came in and dominated the gaming industry with the DS, followed by the Wii. Check the sales numbers.
Calm down fanboy, nobody can prove either way whether or not nintendo faked those shortages.
Gift is not a verb. Just so you know.
You are so gifted, except in your knowledge of the English language that is. Gift has been in use as a verb for hundreds of years.
to "gift someone" is same as "give someone" but i won't knock you for not knowing like the d-bag before me.
Well hell, I'll just sell mine on eBay for quadruple the price 2 weeks before Christmas! I think Tickle Me Elmo proved that scheme works.
Actually gift can be used as a verb, as any dictionary will tell you.
Awesome !
I'd like to see the market flame on these things continue to burn hot.
I'm excited to see all the competition...
I think the naysayers are wrong about nobody buying these things (as this little volley shows).
I think it will be a massive market and may even resurrect the book market some.
Just like the 360 and PS3 launch.... We are Sold out!!!!
The Wii is different there were shortages.
But yeah it doesn't make sense for this thing to be sold out... the kindle and the sony reader have a larger base and most people would recommend them before the Nook.
I guess those people would be fucking morons then. There isn't even a hands-on with this thing let alone enough info to make a judgement on how it stacks up to the Kindle or Sony Reader.
"(Unverified) Posted Nov 20th 2009 5:49PMNeutralJust like the 360 and PS3 launch.... We are Sold out!!!!
The Wii is different there were shortages.
But yeah it doesn't make sense for this thing to be sold out... the kindle and the sony reader have a larger base and most people would recommend them before the Nook."
It's actually a dastardly scheme that companies use to sell more and to avoid the January slump in sales. They hype up a product which everyone will want to get for Christmas then they force a shortage. When a buyer comes into the store they realize the item is sold out but they need to deliver on the gift they promise, so they either buy a gift card, or a gift, plus money to buy the item (Nook in this case). In January the person who wanted the Nook comes in and spends the gift card, plus more because psychologically the gift money is free and they feel like they can spend more than they would normally. Usually this works best with children's items as the kid needs to open something on Christmas so the parent buys something at the store, but the kid will still demand whatever it is they really wanted after Christmas, so the parent has to buy again.
If they put school books on these things (e-readers) they'd make a mint!
Actually, Kindle DX's were tested with text books on Princeton University students and the result were not good.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/09/28/23918/
Dayum nice B&N!
So glad I pre-ordered two of them the day after they went up for pre-order. A week before X-mas I'll put one up on eBay for a healthy profit. If I'm lucky it'll pay for the other one I'm keeping.
Can't a company try to sell out of something anymore? I would hope that if I brought a product to market place that it would be better received than I'd imagined and would therefore sell out early.
My concern is that no one (to my knowledge) in the media has gotten hands on time with one of these things. It seemed like the Kindle 2 was in hands right away, and this thing isn't so I'm worried that it'll be a brick and a disappointment.
IM getting one for Christmas but i ordered it last week so ill get it for x mas in time
Crap. There goes my wife's Christmas gift surprise.
It'll be even crappier if she reads Engadget and sees that you dragged your feet on getting her gifts this year. Start shopping man!
I'll have one up on eBay for you before X-mas.
What's a nook?
Some kind of Keebler Elf hideout?
They didn't give the manufacturers enough lead time. Same thing with the new Sony reader.
"In an e-mail message, Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research, illuminated the causes of some of the supply problems. She said Sony and Barnes & Noble rushed their product announcements, and neither was truly ready to begin selling their devices this year."
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/barnes-nobles-nook-sold-out-for-the-holidays/?hpw
Yes, it is true that you can no longer receive Nook before Christmas, but Barnes and Noble is still taking orders. Take it from a Bookseller who works there. They will be available in January. But when you do order now as a gift for some one, Barnes and Noble will send a holiday certificate saying that someone special has given you a nook and it will be in your hands in early next year. Personally I think the response to Nook that I've seen has been incredible. It looks awesome and has so many cool features that dominate over the kindle. So don't disregard Nook just because it won't be here in time for Christmas