Brian Burns

The Nook is Barnes & Noble’s answer to Amazon’s Kindle.

Commentators have noted that it has an immediate advantage over the Kindle in terms of hard-ware related aesthetics and functionality.

Good name and much nicer looking hardware than the Kindle, with a color touchscreen underneath the e-paper display instead of the Kindle’s clunky looking keyboard — John Gruber

On a recent trip to the USA, I couldn’t get enough of the Barnes & Noble bookstore located at Boston University. Their staff were more than friendly and their design section had a wide and varied range of fantastic titles. They obviously put a lot of time, thought and resources into ensuring that user experience is second to none. The Nook looks set to become the ebook reader of choice this coming holiday season.