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Barnes & Noble launches e-reader called Nook

Source: Wall Street Journal

Oct 20, 2009

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Barnes & Noble Inc. unveiled a new e-reader device called the Nook on Tuesday afternoon. The bookseller said the device will be available by the end of November at a price of $259 - equal to the Kindle from Amazon.com . The device also allows users to lend e-books to friends for a preiod of up to 14 days. The device works with the company's e-book online store, which offers more than 1 million books, newspapers and magazines for download.

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