Nook sold out for the holidays

“The hottest holiday gift is out of stock,” a message at the top of the page reads. “Order the Nook today to be first in line for the new year.”If this sounds familiar, its because last year Amazon had a similar message on its site when it stock ran out of the Kindle. However, in the case of the Nook, the company hasnt shipped a single unit yet, and its a little unclear what day it actually will. Weve yet to receive word when well get our review sample.The New York Times Bits blog has a quote from Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research, explaining what a lot of us already knew: that Barnes & Noble had rushed to announce its product to compete with Amazon and it wasnt really quite ready to begin selling its device this year–at least not in huge quantities.”Even without specific problems in the supply chain, the manufacturing process takes time for new products–it could be three months from the time they place the orders with their factories until they actually ship,” Epps said.This is probably good news for Amazon, which should have plenty of its e-readers available. But its worth noting that if you do want to hold out for a Nook, you shouldnt have to wait too long. The B&N Web site says that if you order a unit today, youll get it shipped to you by January 4.

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