NEW YORK — Anyone who has read Dr. Seuss’ “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” will recall the Nook who took a look at the book on a hook. With bookseller Barnes & Noble’s $259 electronic book reader, dubbed Nook, the hook is its ability to let users lend their books for up to 14 days at a time by sending copies to a friend’s iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry or computer. The second hook: The Nook marries a gray-scale E Ink screen, standard with other digital readers, with a separate color touch screen below the E Ink display. The Nook also lets shoppers browse and buy books, newspapers and magazines wirelessly by hopping on AT&T’s cellphone network.
The New York bookseller said it would start distributing the device in November. Los Angeles Times
