Barnes & Noble’s Nook Sold Out for the Holidays
It’s shaping up to a be very merry holiday season for Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader.
Earlier this week, we reported that Sony could not guarantee that its new Daily Edition Reader would reach online buyers in time for Christmas.
Now Barnes & Noble says that preorders of its stylish new Nook e-reader have exceeded expectations, and that the company has sold out of its initial supply of devices.
Amazon had these same problems last year but now appears to have gotten its manufacturing and supply chain in order. That leaves the Kindle as the most prominent wireless e-reader available for the holidays, although Sony is still selling two non-wireless Readers, The Pocket and the Touch, which must be plugged into PCs to download books.
Barnes & Noble says customers ordering a Nook will receive their devices the week of Jan. 4. So that stockings are not left completely empty, the bookseller will furnish buyers with a special holiday certificate — presumably with real ink on actual paper.
