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WASHINGTON - US BOOKSTORE giant Barnes & Noble saidon Friday it had sold out of its new electronic book reader, the 'Nook', and the next shipments would not be available until after the holidays.
'Nook continues to be the fastest-selling product at Barnes & Noble, and pre-orders have continued to exceed our expectations,' the company said in a statement.
'While we increased production based on the high consumer interest, we've sold out of our initial Nook allotment available for delivery before the holidays,' it said.
'All customers ordering a Nook beginning today, Nov 20, should expect their devices to ship beginning the week of Jan 4, 2010,' Barnes & Noble said.
Barnes & Noble unveiled the Nook last month to compete with the Kindle from online retail giant Amazon and the Sony Reader from the Japanese electronics company.
The Nook costs US$259 (S$362) - the same price as the basic Kindle - and features a black-and-white electronic ink display for reading books and a colour touchpad for navigation. -- AFP
Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:20 am