You could wade through dozens of reviews of the new Amazon Kindle Fire--or let us extract the best bits for you. Here's the most meta version of the story you will read online, offline, and everywhere else, each line taken from professional reviewers, tech bloggers, Tweeters, and Amazon customers.READ»
With the launch of the Nook Tablet and the announcement that it expects to generate $1.8 billion from the Nook line this year, Barnes & Noble did something that anyone who cares about technology and business should find inspiring: It became a technology company. Here’s what it did to transcend its would-be analog and fruitless future. READ»
The Nook Tablet debuted today with a boatload of features--1GHz CPU, 11.5 hours of battery life, 16GB of memory, 1GB of RAM--all for $249. Plus, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch suggested on Monday that every unit comes with a free helping of Amazon smack talk. READ»
E-reader ownership among U.S. adults has surged in the last six months, doubling from 6% to 12%, according to a survey released today by the Pew Research Center. That remarkable rate of adoption surpasses even tablets, which are owned by just 8% of adults.READ»
In the past, your job was to do what you were told. Follow instructions, keep your head down, don't make waves. But today things are very different. Today, we live in a world where playing it safe is irresponsibly dangerous.READ»
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»
Using social media monitoring and analysis platform Crimson Hexagon, we can now see in real time how Apple, Barnes & Noble and Amazon are performing--and how they are received.READ»
The e-book market is unstoppable--Barnes & Noble's Nook and Amazon's Kindle are flying off the shelves. But this burgeoning industry might be hampered by everyone's least favorite obligation: taxes.READ»
There's no doubt about it: 2010 was the Year of the e-Book, the year when devices like the Kindle and Nook stopped being luxuries or oddities and started becoming the norm. But 2010 was an inflection point--not a starting point, and ...READ»
Advances in digital bookselling have usually pushed independent bookstores further and further out of the literary game. But Google's new store is dealing them back in. Here’s how. READ»
Today, the newspaper finally announced it would be publishing best-seller lists for e-books--one of the most dramatic changes in the ranking's 75-year history. It's about time.READ»
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»
