J-Mont

A little publishing irony may be in play with the Nook. Just when B&N ramps up & is well stocked - the rush is over and people are on to the next thing (new Kindle, Marvell Alex, Apple tablet ??)

Happens every day in the trade print book marketplace. Barnes & Noble has no risk in those cases the publishers bore that risk for them. I think this may have been their opportunity to show their stuff, show they have their collective finger on the pulse of the publishing world, and they came up short - out of stock before Thanksgiving. Looks like they really should have gone for it, especially since they already must have invested so much in development.

They may be selling Nooks very cheap in 2010… We may be looking back & say that December 2009 was the time to sell this. Nook was the new hot thing. Now Amazon is hitting back. Hoping this “under-commitment” doesn’t bite them, but if someone comes out with a color device that plays video…

Nov 24 2009

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“ Books are a sales tool. They’re propaganda. And they’re fake. A lie. So many are just simply not written by the people the publisher tells you they are written by. Somebody should sue. ”

Books Are Bad for You

Fake books and desperate publishers are two of the main reasons publishing sucks right now.

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Animated map of US unemployment stats since 2007

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Nov 23 2009

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Walked into the filming of Ugly Betty today on 7th & 30th street. Guy walked in front of America Ferrera just a snapped this photo with my tired Blackberry Curve. The guy that plays her boss can be seen clearly at the top center of the pic.