Nook, Barnes & Noble eBook Reader Announced

The real killer feature is this: "Share favorite eBooks with your friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share, then send it to your friend's reader, cell phone, or computer."

"Free wireless from Barnes &#38; Noble via AT&#38;T, the nation's fastest 3G network."<p>I absolutely love this trend in eBook readers.

Looks like they took the overview page down... you can still see features here:<p><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techspecs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techspecs/</a>

Unless you can hide the full screen book cover display at the bottom I think that'll be very distracting.

I really can't wait to see what the new generation of large-screen eInk readers will look like. I bought the Kindle DX specifically to be able to read PDFs, books, and papers I already had. The smaller format readers (nook, kindle 2, etc) are fine for reading fiction and non-formatted documents, but a lot less useful to me personally.<p>I am fully convinced that eInk is a viable surface to read on and I can't wait to see what the displays will look like when they mature.

This is nice. I wonder if it'll be available outside the US. It would be cool to have even without the 3G.

This reminds me a lot of the video game console market, where newcomers compete with: the existing consoles with the established customer base, library of games and even second or third generation consoles that have the initial quirks ruled out.<p>B&#38;N will have to compete with the Kindle and even Sony's readers to an extent. The biggest question is always what will B&#38;N bring to the table that is different enough or better than its competitors to woo customers over? It seems a lot like just another iPod and iTunes clone.

The biggest dealbreaker for the Nook will be its eBook store. Will it be comparable to the Amazon eBook store? If not, I doubt the Nook will take off.

Hmm, AT&#38;T's 3G pales in comparison with Verizon Wireless, but it could possibly be better than Sprint.

And Richard Dawkins is speaking at the Tribeca Barnes &#38; Noble tomorrow night. Can't wait.