Nook - e-reader from booksellers

The publishing company Barnes & Noble, which owns the largest network of bookstores to the west of Moscow, has long promised, and finally launched its e-reader called Nook for sale. Yes, this is another alternative to the Amazon Kindle.

The Nook reader seems to be quite convenient - it has two screens, one of which is the touch scroll bar at the bottom, the ability to go to the online store of the same Barnes & Noble and order books there.

The screen for reading (e-paper) is black and white and, it seems, without illumination, the touch scroll bar is color. View and download books via Wi-Fi. In the absence of such, the user can access (provided by an AT & T operator) virtual 3G bookshelves. While reading, you can make notes in a book, save them, you can read several books at the same time, switching between them.
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There are some limitations. Barnes & Noble provides an opportunity to “share” a purchased book with a friend. But only once every two weeks. In addition, you will not be able to read the book on loan, as well as in real space . According to William Lynch (William Lynch), President of Barnes & Noble.com, all owners of the iPhone, BlackBerry smartphones and Mac & PC desktops can read books from Barnes & Noble.

The stated price of the Nook is $ 259, which is comparable to the cost of the Kindle, the price of one virtual book will be equal to ~ $ 9.



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7.7 X 4.9 X 0.5 inches
Weight - 317 grams

Memory
2GB (~ 1500 electronic books)
With a microSD card for 16 GB to 17,500 books.

Connection
3G up to AT & T operator
Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g)

Connectors
Micro USB + cord
3.5 mm headphone jack
microSD slot

Charging
The battery lasts for 3.5 hours without recharging for up to 10 days ( you can read it for up to ten days without recharging with wireless off )! Charging time 3.5 hours. Charging via USB from computer

Readable Formats
EPUB, and other eReader formats, PDF, MP3, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP.

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As for the bookstore , its development plans are impressive - the collection of the store currently includes 500 thousand items and “will surpass the Amazon.com store, which now has 300 thousand books,” - the company expects to increase its storage to 1 million units. over the next year.

via NYtimes , itoday