Nooks £29 @ Argos, Sainsburys, Currys, Very

IrishRose12

Just checked this morning again and still no email from either PC World or Nook themselves to tell me mine are on my way. I'm not too hopefull now

mcja

Irish Rose, John Lewis had more than 10 in stock about 10 mins ago.

tonysat

Zanderman wrote: »

No, they're not being discontinued. Or at least this model might be I s'pose but it's one of their most successful ones so I can't see why.

And they have several other Nook models too, all using the same e-book format. E-readers are getting extremely popular and the Nooks review very well so there's no reason to be suspicious of one, as far as I can tell. There should be no problem with buying books for them.

The low price is just a promotional price linked to the Get Reading campaign (http://uk.nook.com/event/get-reading).

Edited to add - but there's no 'need' to buy one!

Also, there are thousands of free ebooks downloadable over the net in epub format. Even if they are another format, you can convert them easily using calibre (free software) as mentioned by others.

ShelBell

Thanks for the John Lewis tip, i tried to order twice through nook directly and both times got an email later to say my card was declined (used 2 different cards). Order went through fine with John Lewis.

browneyedbazzi

geordie_lass wrote: »

Best deal around seems to be at John Lewis, £29 with a free 2 year guarantee. Free click and collect or £3 delivery.
http://www.johnlewis.com/nook-simple-touch-ereader/p231759496?s_afcid=af_47868

Thank you! Impatient person that I am, I've cancelled my order with nook and have ordered from John Lewis to collect tomorrow

I did check JL before ordering last night but they hadn't updated the prices yet, glad they caught up before my order from nook shipped.

quidsinquentin

Zanderman wrote: »

No, they're not being discontinued. Or at least this model might be I s'pose but it's one of their most successful ones so I can't see why.

And they have several other Nook models too, all using the same e-book format. E-readers are getting extremely popular and the Nooks review very well so there's no reason to be suspicious of one, as far as I can tell. There should be no problem with buying books for them.

The low price is just a promotional price linked to the Get Reading campaign (http://uk.nook.com/event/get-reading).

Edited to add - but there's no 'need' to buy one!

That's what seems to be emerging at the moment - that Nook/B&N are getting a jump on everyone else by promoting their ereader at a reasonable price.

I presume they're expecting a consequent jump in sales of ebooks after this.

It reminds me of when video recorders/CDs/DVDs came out - the kit for those dropped in price dramatically too.

quidsinquentin

There also seem to have been massive demands on many of the sites selling these things, and as a result, many went down or were unable to cope with the demand.

Jelly_Biactol

Tried to order direct through Nook, got an email saying my card was declined (which sounds odd, it's never been declined before, and probably an excuse for lack of stock?). Not at all impressed with Nook customer care ('live chat'? Ha!) so will not be following up with Nook.

Have ordered one from John Lewis.:)

Money_maker

Have just ordered mine directly from Nook no problems (did forget TCB, though).

quidsinquentin

The John Lewis ones have a two-year warranty I gather. Not bad IMO.