12-08-2010, 11:22 PM | #1 | ||
reader
Posts: 6,975
Karma: 5183568
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mississippi, USA
Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD
|
18,000 Nook Colors made per day
B&N's chairman, Len Riggio, is Publishing Weekly's Person of the Year. From the PW article:
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
12-08-2010, 11:31 PM | #2 |
Banned
Posts: 760
Karma: 51034
Join Date: Feb 2009
|
what are they going to sell them for twenty-five-bucks? 18k/day for the US only? Or are they simply running the production line for a day and a half? I call BS on that.
|
Advert | |
|
12-08-2010, 11:31 PM | #3 | |
Banned
Posts: 2,391
Karma: 1001781
Join Date: May 2010
Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X
|
Quote:
their digital nook programs and devices is going to have to be it's centerpiece. |
|
12-08-2010, 11:39 PM | #4 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,624
Karma: 1008294
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Iowa, USA
Device: Nook Simple Touch
|
R.I.P. Kindle
|
12-08-2010, 11:48 PM | #5 |
reader
Posts: 6,975
Karma: 5183568
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mississippi, USA
Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD
|
An advantage of high production per day, and 747 shipping, is that they can probably ramp down production fairly fast. If they don't sell them all for the holidays, they can sell easily them next year. However, I think they probably will sell most (and perhaps all) of them.
This is the first year that the US ebook reading device market is in full flow at Christmas, and it did ok in other years despite shortages. Half a million high-end reading devices in the Christmas season isn't a stretch at all. There are many lower price alternatives, but the price isn't that high and it does deliver color. Color might not be a big deal for most reading, but it is certainly a great point of sale feature. Last edited by wallcraft; 12-08-2010 at 11:51 PM. |
Advert | |
|
12-09-2010, 04:47 AM | #6 |
Addict
Posts: 281
Karma: 2125576
Join Date: Sep 2010
Device: Kobo Forma
|
One more point: The Nook Color appears to be one of the hottest topics of discussion at many of the Android tablet forums. It seems like a lot of folks are buying the thing just to root it.
|
12-09-2010, 06:00 AM | #7 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,686
Karma: 874275
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Device: Kindle DX
|
|
12-09-2010, 06:12 AM | #8 |
Addict
Posts: 295
Karma: 109308
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: NSW Australia
Device: nook touch a Nook 3g (rooted) and a nookcolor (rooted)
|
Been done, Kindle app runs on the rooted nookcolor without any problem. But not that many people appear to that keen on installing it.
|
12-09-2010, 06:13 AM | #9 |
Addict
Posts: 378
Karma: 1624276
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: South, South Texas
Device: Pocketbook 620
|
|
12-09-2010, 07:39 AM | #10 |
The Introvert
Posts: 8,307
Karma: 1000077497
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500
|
|
12-09-2010, 08:41 AM | #11 | |
Professional Contrarian
Posts: 2,045
Karma: 3289631
Join Date: Mar 2009
Device: Kindle 4 No Touchie
|
Quote:
The more direct competition is the Galaxy Tab, which apparently sold 1 million units in the US in the last 2 months. Also, due to major screwing the pooch with Nook availability last year -- and the need to have multiple units sitting in thousands of stores, rather than sitting in warehouses -- B&N needs to far outpace the expected demand. This is Riggio trying to assure people there won't be shortages this year. As such, if you're going to measure its success, you have to wait and see how many actually sell as opposed to how many B&N ordered. |
|
12-09-2010, 08:44 AM | #12 |
*Censored*
Posts: 105
Karma: 20724
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Device: Kobo Aura HD (brown), Asus DR 900
|
actually it's supposed to be more like 7-8 hours... so you're going to charge it overnight on a daily basis... and you must be prepared that the battery life will decrease in time...
|
12-09-2010, 09:53 AM | #13 |
The Introvert
Posts: 8,307
Karma: 1000077497
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500
|
|
12-09-2010, 10:18 AM | #14 | |
Banned
Posts: 2,391
Karma: 1001781
Join Date: May 2010
Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X
|
Quote:
and on top of that you have to stock up and meet the current demands of multiple avenues you are sellilng your product. It's no longer just have BN online and BN stores, you now have Best Buy and Walmart stores to supply now as well. Heck just all the Walmart's alone you will need close 18,000 a day. This product seems to have a very high demand this Holiday Season. |
|
12-09-2010, 10:20 AM | #15 |
Banned
Posts: 2,391
Karma: 1001781
Join Date: May 2010
Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X
|
I was reading a PC World article that was basically saying the buying potential of the Android hackers could be huge.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Classic nook has made it!! | iandix | Barnes & Noble NOOK | 4 | 11-01-2010 11:43 PM |
Anyone made the switch from nook to Kindle 3? | kelchm | Amazon Kindle | 10 | 10-06-2010 11:29 AM |
Classic Where is the Nook made? | JoshLessard | Barnes & Noble NOOK | 5 | 06-28-2010 06:49 PM |
2,000,000 free e-books from the 4th Annual World eBook Fair | Sonist | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 4 | 07-15-2009 11:31 PM |
NYT's 1,000 Best Movies Ever Made | Colin Dunstan | Lounge | 2 | 06-26-2004 02:33 AM |