Comments on: The Nook: Maybe Not a Huge Disaster for Amazon http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barnes & Noble And Best Buy Sitting In A Tree, N-O-O-K-I-N-G - Techland - TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-6982 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:01:08 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-6982 [...] You'll recall that the Nook is similar to Amazon's Kindle but replaces the keyboard with a small secondary color LCD screen used for browsing content, features a lending mode allowing you to lend a certain book out to a friend for a period of time, and can be used to browse entire books for free whenever you're inside an actual Barnes & Noble store. [...]

]]> By: Barnes & Noble And Best Buy Sitting In A Tree, N-O-O-K-I-N-G - Techland - TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-6983 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:01:08 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-6983 [...] You'll recall that the Nook is similar to Amazon's Kindle but replaces the keyboard with a small secondary color LCD screen used for browsing content, features a lending mode allowing you to lend a certain book out to a friend for a period of time, and can be used to browse entire books for free whenever you're inside an actual Barnes & Noble store. [...]

]]> By: Publishers Say They're Holding Back Some E-Books - Techland - TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-3874 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:50:56 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-3874 [...] the digital market estimated at 2 to 5 percent of total sales, more than double from two years ago, e-books were held [...]

]]> By: 5 Top Publishers Plan Rival to Kindle Format - Techland - TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-3857 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:26:55 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-3857 [...] largest publishers of newspapers and magazines are teaming up to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own technology that would display in color and work on a variety of [...]

]]> By: Cliff http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-2657 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:46:30 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-2657 See, that’s why I come to this blog – because I can’t really brag about reading “Ghormenghast” to anyone else.
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Besides, I probably didn’t get on Lev’s radar anyway, he was probably off having tea with Gene Wolfe or something ridiculous like that.

]]> By: Dave http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-2650 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:08:38 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-2650 Cliff, you’re going to go to the bar with your friends and brag that you got on Lev Grossman’s radar for reading Ghormenghast page for page. Then, when you’re in the bathroom, they’re going to ask each other what you were talking about, and one of them is going to say, “I think he told Rex Grossman that he killed Ghengis Khan. Or something.”

And I’ll take this moment to remind everyone that if you play WoW, you won’t have time for any of this foolish ‘reading’ nonsense.

]]> By: Cliff http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-2647 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:21:43 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-2647 Grossman!
On a previous thread, the one about the six best fantasy novels, you claimed that no one has read the Ghormenghast series, page for page.

I have, and I did it for fun.
I won’t claim to remember it all, since it was six years ago and Peake’s prose is dense like neutronium, but I did it. In your FACE!*

(*Yes, I realize anonymous internet commentary is worth precisely zilch.)

]]> By: Church http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-2646 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:34:04 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-2646 See, e.g., here http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/05/google-releases-books-browser-for-iphone/

Also, Lev, I’m seriously scheduling time for a trip to NYC for some webmonkey whack-a-mole if they don’t fix the damn bouncy. I expect you to point out the responsible individuals.

]]> By: anon76 http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:23:47 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-2645 They could have gone with the current ‘ook’ craze and just called it a Kook. Plus Lev has not yet trademarked it.

]]> By: anon76 http://techland.time.com/2009/10/21/the-nook-maybe-not-a-huge-disaster-for-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:21:52 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=2512#comment-2644 How come nobody ever mentions that iPhones are perfectly good ebook readers, able to pilfer all of Google’s copyright-lapsed books for absolutely free? It’s not like I necessarily own Apple stock or anything, but everyone should go out and buy some iPhones for their e-reading pleasure

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