I.E. when do pre-orders start, and what sort of starting bundles they will have? If this thing comes out in less than a year, I'd imagine we need information very soon.

They haven't even talked about the price yet, let alone preorders.

After the royal disaster that was the NES Classic I'm a bit worried that the Switch will suffer from low stock & scalpers

They haven't but I've been stalking Amazon everyday just in case they slip.