Mashable: Barnes & Noble Nook on Shelves Wednesday

While the Nook — Barnes & Noble's $259 e-reader and Kindle rival — has been available for purchase online since November, it has yet to be sold in the company's brick-and-mortar stores. Come Wednesday, however, that will all change. The New York Times is reporting, "Barnes & Noble, the country's largest bookselling chain, said that its Nook electronic reading device would be available for purchase in its stores starting Wednesday." Barnes & Noble originally made a big splash with its Nook announcement in late October, but its digital book reader has since been met with mixed reviews and suffered from stock shortage problems around the holidays. READ MORE AT: http://mashable.com/2010/02/08/barnes-noble-nook-on-shelves-wednesday