# The Nook is no more... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901 "2013-06-25T18:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/1 "2013-06-25T18:45:27Z")
[At least, as its own brand.](http://consumerist.com/2013/06/25/barnes-noble-will-quit-manufacturing-nook-color-tablets/) Future Barnes and Noble tablets will be co-branded with existing brands. Whether this is good or bad for paper books, I can’t say. It’s probably good for the Kindle, though, being the most high profile primarily e-reader “tablet” left. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/2 "2013-06-25T18:49:36Z")
Not quite. They’re still going to make the Nook e-reader. They just won’t be making the color tablets anymore. > [@](#): > > The company plans to significantly reduce losses in the NOOK segment by limiting risks associated with manufacturing. Going forward, the company intends to continue to design eReading devices and reading platforms, while creating a partnership model for manufacturing in the competitive color tablet market. Thus, the widely popular lines of Simple Touch™ and Glowlight™ products will continue to be developed in house, and the company’s tablet line will be co-branded with yet to be announced third party manufacturers of consumer electronics products. At the same time, the company intends to continue to build its digital catalog, adding thousands of eBooks every week, and launching new NOOK Apps™. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/3 "2013-06-25T20:29:31Z")
Not surprising. People who want a cheap, color, small tablet get either the more popular Kindle Fire, or the more versatile Nexus 7. No room for one that is as restricted as the Kindle, yet not as popular, severely limiting the number of “in house” apps it has. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/4 "2013-06-25T20:40:58Z")
Don’t scare me like that! I wuv my nook! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/5 "2013-06-25T21:24:52Z")
You might still need to be scared, if [you believe Yahoo Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/barnes-noble-final-chapter-151038001.html). ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/6 "2013-06-25T21:45:51Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Not surprising. People who want a cheap, color, small tablet get either the more popular Kindle Fire, or the more versatile Nexus 7. No room for one that is as restricted as the Kindle, yet not as popular, severely limiting the number of “in house” apps it has. It’s actually not nearly as restrictive as the Kindle. [This comment](http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/06/barnes-noble-to-stop-building-nook-tablets-seeks-hardware-partners/?comments=1&post=24780483#comment-24780483) at ArsTechnica covers it pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/7 "2013-06-26T02:18:13Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Don’t scare me like that! I wuv my nook! What Lynn said!! I just got a Nook HD+ and still have my Nook Wifi. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/8 "2013-06-27T18:11:06Z")
My brother just gave me his Nook! He bought a new iPad and uses that to read his books, so he gave me the Nook he no longer uses (chock full of some good books). As a newbie: 1. It is heavier than I imagined. 2. The damned lower part of the screen is rather sensitive and it seems to want to turn on a lot. 3. I am having to re-charge the battery about every 4th day…not a big deal, but maybe this is normal? I really like it though…just thought I would add a few comments from someone who has taken his sweet ever-lovin’ time to jump on the bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/9 "2013-06-27T20:58:56Z")
Yeah, what’s happening is that [B&N is quitting making nook _tablets_](http://ireaderreview.com/2013/06/25/bn-to-stop-making-nook-tablets-lessons-for-kindle-fire-hd-amazon/). They’ll still make nook e-ink readers; and they’ll allow some other company to make nook-branded tablets if it wants to. Right now, they’re selling off existing nook tablets cheap ($129 & $149), which may be good news if you’re in the market for a tablet. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/10 "2013-06-27T21:27:23Z")
> [@theR](#): > > It’s actually not nearly as restrictive as the Kindle. [This comment](http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/06/barnes-noble-to-stop-building-nook-tablets-seeks-hardware-partners/?comments=1&post=24780483#comment-24780483) at ArsTechnica covers it pretty well. Yep. I got a Nook HD last month. WiFi Nooks now have access to GooglePlay, so I downloaded the Android Kindle app, and Amazon recognizes my Nook as a Kindle device. Pretty sweet. I also downloaded an Adroid e-mail app (Touchdown) that syncs with my work e-mail (Exchange account), contacts, calendar, and reminders. The Nook doesn’t have a camera (which I don’t particularly need since I have an iPhone), but, otherwise, it’s pretty darned good as a tablet computer. ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/11 "2013-06-28T00:47:30Z")
I bought a Nook HD when they were on sale for $149. I am not pleased with it, or with Barnes and Noble. The deal was supposed to include a “Nook benefit” (discount) for B&N members, and a paired set of gift cards from a referral program. Neither has come through and Customer Service denies any knowledge of either (I saved all the offers, conditions, etc, so I’m still pushing them on it). As for honoring the additional price cut, rolled out less than thirty days after my purchase … :rolleyes: The device itself runs a proprietary version of Android that verges on crippleware. I keep running into things that don’t work the way manuals describe, or don’t work at all. This was the first version since B&N opened it up to regular Android apps, and it’s buggy. The deal they made with Google included Google everything. Out of the box, it had thirty pre-loaded apps, and showed sixty-eight running processes. It’s a bit frustrating as an e-reader, difficult to control. Oh, and the case had a few dings on it. Combine all that with the likelihood that B&N is facing (richly deserved) “no more”-ness, I’d advise going with some other tablet. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nook-is-no-more/661901/12 "2013-06-28T20:23:21Z")
I have an early generation nook wifi with a touch screen strip on the bottom. I didn’t love it because I am in Canada and I missed a lot of content. I could side load though and did. Now I have a nexus 7 and I run the kobo app. Love it, although I really liked the dedicated e reader feel of the nook. (well I could go on line with it but it was clumsy enough that I didn’t) Anyone want my older nook?