Barnes & Noble “Nook” Reader gets confirmed by the WSJ, announcement coming today

I would imagine that most companies would like the privilege of announcing, or at the very least confirming their own product release. However that does not seem to be the case with Barnes & Noble and their once rumored ebook reader. According to a recent story in the WSJ, that ebook reader will be officially announced later today — it seems that the WSJ scooped Barnes & Noble and have pre-announced some details about their ebook reader.

With that, what we can tell you so far is that the device will be called the Nook Reader and it will be selling for $259. Additionally, the Nook Reader will be available as of today, October 20 and feature a color touch-screen display. Of course, despite being scooped by the WSJ article there are still details that the WSJ left for Barnes & Noble to announce and that is the features. Aside from the name, release date and price, the only other interesting bit that was mentioned feature wise was something called “Lend eBooks to friends.”

All in all the Nook Reader sounds like it will be an interesting device, I look forward to seeing what it will look like along with the full feature list later today, now lets just hope the information in the WSJ article was accurate.

Read [WSJ]