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  • Speaking at Barnes & Noble's store in Manhattan's Union Square, William Lynch, the company's chief executive, set the new Nook directly up against Amazon's recently released Kindle Fire, promoting what he described as the Nook's advantages in memory and multimedia capability.

    NYT > Home Page By JULIE BOSMAN 2011

  • And there's a very good chance the new Kindle will include a touch screen, so the Nook's advantage may be short-lived.

    Judging E-Readers by Their Book Readability Katherine Boehret 2011

  • The new, $249, WiFi-enabled Nookcolor (the New York firm writes "Nook" in all-caps, but I can't bring myself to do that for a word that's not an acronym) ditches the first Nook's e-ink display for a seven-inch color touchscreen.

    E-book news: B&N intros color Nook; Amazon promises lending Rob Pegoraro 2010

  • But with many observers expecting that e-readers and tablets will be leading holiday gift items in the fourth quarter, Barnes & Noble and Wal-Mart have struck a deal that significantly broadens the Nook's distribution.

    Wal-Mart Set To Sell the Nook Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2010

  • And it can play all of Nook's enhanced titles—which include narration and, in some cases, sound effects, subtle animations and games—using the "Nook for iPad" app.

    Read Me an E-Book Story? Michael Hsu 2011

  • In the meantime, my touch screen eventually started working again, but holding the Nook's power button to restart the device should fix this problem.

    Judging E-Readers by Their Book Readability Katherine Boehret 2011

  • And there's a very good chance the new Kindle will include a touch screen, so the Nook's advantage may be short-lived.

    Judging E-Readers by Their Book Readability Katherine Boehret 2011

  • The Nook's overall shape is squatter than the Kindle, and it's slightly lighter—about 7.5 versus 8.5 ounces.

    Judging E-Readers by Their Book Readability Katherine Boehret 2011

  • The Nook's overall shape is squatter than the Kindle, and it's slightly lighter—about 7.5 versus 8.5 ounces.

    Judging E-Readers by Their Book Readability Katherine Boehret 2011

  • In the meantime, my touch screen eventually started working again, but holding the Nook's power button to restart the device should fix this problem.

    Judging E-Readers by Their Book Readability Katherine Boehret 2011

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