{"id":6756,"date":"2009-12-20T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=6756"},"modified":"2009-12-20T11:15:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T16:15:31","slug":"sunday-fun-slam-job-extraordinaire-kindle-versus-the-nook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/sunday-fun-slam-job-extraordinaire-kindle-versus-the-nook\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Fun: Slam-Job Extraordinaire; Kindle Versus the Nook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there was ever a more direct attack on a product or a one sided review, I am not sure I recall seeing it. This is just simply an outright slam of Barnes &amp; Noble&#8217;s (BKS) Nook electronic book reader. Pogue clearly prefers Amazon&#8217;s (AMZN) Kindle, without <!--more-->question.<\/p>\n<p>A ref would have called a technical knockout already if this were a boxing match. 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