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Barnes And Noble's $249 Nook Tablet Revealed To Rival Kindle Fire

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.READ»

Barnes & Noble Beats Amazon To The Android App Punch, But Kindle Will Likely Prevail

Barnes & Noble just revamped its Nook with an Android makeover and a curated app store. But even if it was first to the game, Amazon's still likely to steal its thunder when it comes out with a new Kindle. READ»

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Barnes & Noble Launches NookColor: Touchscreen E-Reader

Let the latest chapter of the battle between the e-readers begin: Barnes & Noble today announced the NookColor, a 7-inch, touchscreen full-color e-reader that's just half an inch thick and weighs under one pound. Should Steve Jobs be worried?READ»

Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt! E-Book Publishing Platform, Still No Color Nook

E-publishing pretender to Amazon's crown Barnes and Noble has just launched the "PubIt!" self-publishing platform, designed to bring digital publishing within the reach of more authors. It also promises "no hidden fees." READ»

B&N Offers Students Free NOOKstudy eTextbook Software

Proof, if you needed it, that Barnes & Noble is one of the more dynamic retailers around: as well as hardware, it's just gone into software, with its free NOOKstudy application, a Mac- and PC-compatible program that lets students ...READ»

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Amazon Drops Kindle Price to $189 to Compete With Nook and iPad

The long-awaited e-book reader price drop is upon us. Will Amazon's new $189 price for the Kindle attract more readers?READ»

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The Fast Company Guide to E-Readers

Although it seems that all we ever talk about these days is the tablet--how gorgeous the iPad is, how the tablet will kill off the netbook, a little bit more about the iPad--the more dynamic market of the moment is e-readers. Not a ...READ»

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Barnes & Noble's iPad App Joins Fight for Tablet E-Book Supremacy

With Kindle's massive library and now the benefits of Barnes & Noble's brick-and-mortar retail stores both on the iPad, we're left to wonder: can the iBookstore survive on its own platform?READ»

Undead Tech: E-Ink and Readers

All of the sudden, we have three majorly cool e-book readers to choose from this holiday season: the Amazon Kindle 2, the B&N Nook, and Sony's Reader. And there are even more on the way: devices from like the Que and the Readius ...READ»

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Barnes & Nobel: Yes, Nook Will Go Into All Stores

When Barnes and Noble announced it would be selling both its own Nook e-reader and the PlasticLogic Que e-reader, people were confused: PaidContent reported that the Nook would only be available for order in retail stores, not for ...READ»

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Barnes & Noble's E-Reader Leaks, Surprises, Changes the Game

The Barnes and Noble e-reader that we got excited about last week with color e-ink rumors. Guess what: There's no color e-ink! It's got something almost better, though. Two of the, in fact...READ»