5 Reasons Why Nook Will Not Kill Kindle

Now that the launch hype is over, it’s time to take a closer look at reality and find out some of the shortcomings  of  Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-book reader.  PaidContent was able to interview William Lynch, president of BN.com. Mr. Lynch mentioned several limitations of the Nook. And those limitations unfortunately removes the possibility that their e-book reader could actually kill Amazon Kindle.

Here are five reasons why the Nook won’t kill the Amazon Kindle:

1. B&N Bookstores will not be selling the Nook on-site – I don’t know for what apparent reason, B&N won’t maximize the presence of its more than 700 stores nationwide to use as a distribution center for the Nook. Instead of selling the Nook, some B&N bookstores will instead facilitate ordering for their customers. The Nook will then be delivered to the customers home. This would give Nook’s rivals including the Amazon Kindle and Sony e-book readers which are not only sold online but also in some retailers. Even other e-book readers which are yet to come out are planned for distributions in normal retail stores. These include the iRex DR800 SG, and the Reader Daily Edition.

2.  e-Book Sharing Limits – It looks like this feature didn’t get some publishers too excited so several of them decided to opt out. It is also unclear whether existing e-books owned by users can be loaded into the Nook.

3. No digital discount for B&N Members – Members won’t get the same 10% discount they get when buying books. The same is true when they buy the Nook e-book reader.

4. No browser feature – So, that leaves those who want this feature no other choice but the enTourage eDGe e-book reader. But it’s too pricey.

5. No Text-to-Speech – Although Amazon got into trouble with this feature in the Kindle, still it would have been great for some who prefers to listen to book rather than read them. The Nook could have captured the audiobooks audience if this feature was enabled.