Nook

Posted Oct. 23rd, 2009 by Chris McGinn

Nook is Barnes and Noble’s new e-reader and Amazon’s big competition.

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With a full-color touch screen with e-ink, millions of available titles and a $259 price tag, the Nook is looking to supplant Kindle in the electronic book market.

Nook even lets you lend books to friends for free. You can send the book to your friends phone, computer or e-reader for up to 14 days. Also, there are thousands of free e-books (like all your English teacher’s favorites).

The reader has 2GB memory and measures 7.7 x 4.9 inches. It weighs just 11.2 ounces. You can also use the reader as an mP3 player. Unlike Kindle, the memory is expandable via microSD card.

Another plus for Nook is the ability to share your e-book with your iPod touch, iPhone, Blackberry or PC. Kindle is working on this as well with PC in Beta.

nook arrives Nov. 30, but you can preorder it online now, or beginning Wednesday in any Barnes & Noble store. And come Nov. 30, you’ll be able to test-drive nook in any Barnes & Noble store as well.