Barnes & Noble’s Nook sold out for the holidays - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

It’s shaping up to a be very merry holiday season for Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader. Earlier this week, we reported that Sony could not guarantee that its new Daily Edition Reader would reach online buyers in time for Christmas.

Now Barnes & Noble says that preorders of its stylish new Nook e-reader have exceeded expectations, and that the company has sold out of its initial supply of devices...