- B&N on Nook: Android SDK possible—plus other goodies from news conf with B&N online-biz prez
- So what do I think of the Nook? Great for getting the ebook word out there
- B&N’s DRMed ePub comes with compatibility gotchas for now—plus the possibility of social DRM
- ‘Barnes & Noble adopts open EPUB eBook Format, PDF and Adobe Content Server’
- Report on Nook news conference: B&N switching to ePub—plus other news conf tidbits
- B&N’s $259 Nook: Friend-lend, sync between devices, WiFi AND 3G, Android operating system, ePub, PDF capabilities
- The Nook e-reader: Why B&N needs to hire marketers with dirtier minds
- Barnes and Noble’s new e-reader and the Donner Party
Can I read the books I purchased for my Kindle on the new Nook? Nope. Incompatible formats. Incompatible DRM.
This is the reason I’m currently only reading free or very cheap books on my Kindle. I’m not willing to pay money for an ebook unless I know that, in the future, I’ll be able to read it when I want and on the device that I want.
If ebooks cost two bucks each and could be read anywhere I’d buy a couple hundred a year. Now I’m not buying any.
C|Net has a feature-by-feature analysis of the Nook ereader:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10379859-23.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0
The reviewer sees most of the added features as benefitting B&N more than the reader.
Interesting take.