As was widely expected, Barnes & Noble introduced a new version of their nook ereader today. This is a big, big thing, and is either the first in a long line of successful products from B&N, or a last useless stab at a market they’ve been doomed in from the start.

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Just in case you’d forgotten, physical books are dead. And this just after Amazon sold out of the new Kindle in five days. Those new Kindles are cheaper and leaner and more efficient, which you knew had to happen because of the popularity of the iPad as an e-reader. And the technology is evolving fast enough that some companies, like Plastic Logic, are canceling upcoming products and moving forward with newer feature sets. Perhaps these newer devices will be helpful to fans of romance novels printed by places like Dorchester Publishing, which is going all-digital.

Sigh.