Comments on: Nook clarified: Really solid progress for e-readers http://booksahead.com/?p=896&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nook-clarified-really-solid-progress-for-e-readers Books and reading are getting better Tue, 25 May 2010 21:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kindle books come to the PC | Rational rants | ZDNet.com http://booksahead.com/?p=896&cpage=1#comment-490 Kindle books come to the PC | Rational rants | ZDNet.com Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:50:54 +0000 http://booksahead.com/?p=896#comment-490 [...] is the logical counter to new competition at the device level. Amazon, facing the introduction of BN.com’s Nook and other e-readers this week, has announced it will support reading of Kindle books on Windows 7, [...] [...] is the logical counter to new competition at the device level. Amazon, facing the introduction of BN.com’s Nook and other e-readers this week, has announced it will support reading of Kindle books on Windows 7, [...]

]]> By: Mitch Ratcliffe http://booksahead.com/?p=896&cpage=1#comment-488 Mitch Ratcliffe Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:31:53 +0000 http://booksahead.com/?p=896#comment-488 Yes, there were devices demo'd by reporters at the event. That doesn't really tell us much, because they are not really production units, but late prototypes. Things can change. They don't always, but with a product being pushed against a holiday deadline, it can happen. Some people only want to see the sunniest picture of the future they care about. There's lots of good about Nook, but it's still far from a perfect solution because of the different issues I mentioned. I've found that by discussing things critically, we can move faster toward a future. Yes, there were devices demo’d by reporters at the event. That doesn’t really tell us much, because they are not really production units, but late prototypes. Things can change. They don’t always, but with a product being pushed against a holiday deadline, it can happen.

Some people only want to see the sunniest picture of the future they care about. There’s lots of good about Nook, but it’s still far from a perfect solution because of the different issues I mentioned. I’ve found that by discussing things critically, we can move faster toward a future.

]]> By: Art Spanjer http://booksahead.com/?p=896&cpage=1#comment-485 Art Spanjer Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:09:03 +0000 http://booksahead.com/?p=896#comment-485 Mitch, I read your blogs, several articles from zdnet and engadget, saw the picture in the WSJ, but has anyone, outside of B&N, even had their hands on one of these? Until we get some demos and reviews of the actual product, there is no way of knowing how it will perform. For me, its a great next step in the e-Reader market and the fact that Barnes and Noble is doing this, and developing other readers is only good for us: the readers, and the marketplace. Not sure where the justification for any negativity to your comments come from at all. We are all talking, thinking about a product that has not been field tested. Mitch, I read your blogs, several articles from zdnet and engadget, saw the picture in the WSJ, but has anyone, outside of B&N, even had their hands on one of these? Until we get some demos and reviews of the actual product, there is no way of knowing how it will perform. For me, its a great next step in the e-Reader market and the fact that Barnes and Noble is doing this, and developing other readers is only good for us: the readers, and the marketplace.

Not sure where the justification for any negativity to your comments come from at all. We are all talking, thinking about a product that has not been field tested.

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