Estimates: Nook demand beats Kindle, iPad outsells both

While I like my NOOK, and the variety of online books is good, I do not like that a Credit card is REQUIRED to fully register the product!
I cannot say if it is for other readers, but this one does. Why? And I do NOT buy the lame excuse that it is in case I want to buy a book from their site- I can use a number of payment means, at the time of purchase....Otherwise, I like outs, handy for trips when packing a suitcase of books for evening reading would put us over the luggage limit!

Your link is misleading -- it said "Item that is beating iPad & Kindle" -- then when you get to this page, the headline says that iPad outsells both. You should fix that on the main page.

It probably doesn't hurt anyone to have an incorrect statement as a link, but it will make me think twice about reading articles here if I think I'm being lied to.

I bought an iPad just for e-reading. I looked at the features of the Nook and the Kindle and decided that even though the iPad costs more, I would also be able to do more with it than just read, like watch movies and listen to music.

I was riding the subway the other day and saw my first iPad out in the wild... that wasn't MINE ;-) ... and it was right next to a Nook (I suppose people were holding them, I didn't notice).

I must say, the Nook is MUCH nicer looking than the Kindle (inelegant, squarish 80's retro, like a Chrysler K-Car)!

The ultimate goal of the ereader industry should be to sell books... lots of books so the price can be reduced to be attractive to the readers. What is happening to this ereader craze is that individual book retailers are jumping on board with their own proprietary devices to sell only their books... Only a few devices (the iPad and iPhone being two of them) support apps which can buy and read books from various vendors.
What would you prefer.... a device which can only get books from one source or a device which can buy books from any source you choose.
(Yes, some devices give you an inconvenient way of moving books or documents to their device but who needs that waste of time.)
Also, I know of a university professor who would love two have these readers to read published research documents (in PDF) but most fail to render the math symbols and tables properly.
We are not quite there yet but the iPad certainly shows promise. Remember it is not only the device that should be tested but the quality of the document rendering and how easy it is to obtain books and other documents from various sources.
A real book was used for reading for pleasure, reference, and learning... an electronic book should at least meet this standard.

Derrr...

^ Personally, I will buy an iPad for its many features and the ability to add different apps (I love apps!). Not that I won't use iBooks, because I would for occasional reading. But for real ebook or news reading, I still prefer a ebook reader for their paper-like display.

@Dave Caolo

"It's a bit unfair to compare the Kindle and Nook to the iPad until we know how many customers are using them to read books,...."

No it isn't!

Do you really think most iPad customers won't use the iPad at least occasionally to read, books, newspapers, magazines, comics, pdf files, manuals, textbooks etc? Of course they will, (despite the protestations of some).

Some people will view the iPad as an e-book reader that does other things-
others will view it as a product that does many things including being an e-book reader.

The comparison is reasonable.

In a short while their will be data showing the number of potential Nook/Kindle buyers who opted for an iPad instead.

Google Insights for Search is an interesting tool to play with. It measures "search intensity." It can show you times when something was searched a lot, and also predicts a little. This shows that the Kindle is more searched for than the Nook, but the iPad is way higher. http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=ipad%2Ckindle%2Cnook&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q

Try it. It's cool.

One reason the Nook beat the Kindle is probably because each Barnes & Noble store I have been in lately have a table set up right at the entrance where you cannot possibly miss it, with a person behind it politely trying to get your attention, whether you are coming or going, - and they have only one item on the table, the Nook.