Uh-oh. Looks like demand for the Nook was higher than Barnes & Noble expected. According to B&N, the high-profile new ebook reader device has gotten a lot more pre-orders than they were expecting.

If you had the foresight to order your Nook early in the game, you’re fine. Your device will still ship on November 30th as planned.
But from this point on, if you pre-order a Nook, your device won’t ship until at least the first week of December. It’s good news that the Nook is already so popular, but you have to wonder how many of the devices B&N intended …read more

One of the items on my Christmas wish list for last year was an Amazon Kindle. I still don’t have one, and probably for the better because they’ve come out with a larger format version in the Kindle DX. Now there’s another player in the market with Barnes & Noble releasing their eBook reader, the Nook.

The images above are not to scale of each other, but the center image is the Kindle DX which you can tell is much larger, just using the scale of the person’s hands (that is unless that got some tiny person to use as …read more

Tell me if this sounds familiar. A full color tablet device that displays text, photos, audio, video, and surfs the Internet, all with a touchscreen interface. Creative is touting this just-announced device as the company’s entry into the ebook reader market, but it sounds to me more like a direct competitor to Apple’s long-awaited iPad.

Creative calls it the MediaBook, and though what details we have are low on specs, we know that it has an SD card for storage, and it runs on Creative’s “Zii” technology (which sounds an accessory for Nintendo’s Wii, but in reality is a subsidiary technology …read more

The ebook world has been all abuzz this week about Barnes & Noble’s long-awaited ereader, the Nook. It’s an impressive machine that promises capabilities beyond Amazon’s popular Kindle. We’ll have to wait until the end of November to see if it can deliver on all of its promises.
In the meantime, Amazon has taken the first step in addressing one of Kindle’s deficiencies, today announcing Kindle for PC, a free PC program that will let you read Kindle ebooks on your computer. (No word yet on a Mac version, but I’m working on finding out.) Barnes & Noble has offered a …read more

Has the first real challenger to Kindle’s throne arrived at last? Sure looks that way, ’cause this baby is loaded with all sorts of advanced functions that Kindle can’t touch — and at the same $259 pricetag.

Barnes & Noble picked up Amazon’s gauntlet today with the revelation of its own ereader device, dubbed the “Nook.” B&N’s device measures 7.7″ x 4.9″ x .5″, and weighs 11.2 ounces (smaller than Kindle, but an ounce more), the Nook’s snazziest feature is its two screens: one e-ink for book reading, the other a color touchscreen for all your navigation needs, including a virtual …read more

Spring Design may have just stepped on Barnes & Nobles’ toes with the announcement of its new dual-screen ereader, Alex, which has a lot of the same features rumored to be coming to B&N’s device as soon as this Christmas. As Amazon pretends not to quake in its boots while waiting for B&N’s big unveiling event (happening tomorrow), Spring Design has shown off a prototype of its device, and it looks pretty nifty.

Alex is an Android-based ereader, with black & white e-ink on the main screen, and a secondary, full-color screen at the bottom where you can surf the Net …read more

LG Display is expanding the rapidly-growing ebook reader market with a solar cell that fits its existing ebook reader to lengthen the device’s running time.

The Solar Cell eBook’s solar cell fits the 6″ display of LG’s existing ebook reader as a side-by-side panel. The cell, which was developed in-house at LG, is thinner than a credit card and weighs less than a writing pen.
Users can get a whole extra day of use out of their ereader if the solar cell is exposed to sunlight for four to five hours. LG Display hopes to raise the energy conversion efficiency over the …read more

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the world’s biggest bricks-and-mortar bookseller, Barnes & Noble, is planning to take on Amazon.com in the ebook market with the pending release of its own B&N branded ereader device. Kindle, look out. You may finally be getting some serious competition.

Does Barnes & Noble have what it takes to take down the Kindle? If anyone can, it’s B&N, because they’ve definitely got the library of titles to supply an ereader device with the ebooks it needs to stay relevant. What will it take to really challenge the Kindle’s dominance? A superior device …read more

Seems like hardly a day passes by without a new ebook reader hitting the market. Today, IREX took the wraps off of its new ereader, the DR 800SG. What’s IREX bringing to the table? An easy-to-use design, nearly endless ebook format options, and wireless connectivity.

IREX’s new ereader measures 8.1″ and utilizes a stylus for input. (Engadget points out that IREX is planning a touchscreen device for 2010, and a color reader for 2011.) The DR 800SG connects wirelessly to Barnes & Noble’s ebook store and ebook libraries for wireless borrowing — all without need of any wireless contract. It has …read more

The market for ebook readers grows daily, thanks to the success of Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s eReader, and now inexpensive tech maker Asus is preparing to enter the market with its own device. Here’s the twist: Asus plans to deliver more bang for the buck — at about half the price of Amazon and Sony’s products.

How they’re going to manage that remains a mystery, but Asus “Eee Reader” is said to have not one but two screens, both with full color displays (the Kindle and eReader both use e-ink that’s black & white only), built-in WiFi for surfing the Web, …read more