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Microsoft And Barnes & Noble's Nook Hook Up For Hot E-Book Action

BY Kit Eaton | 04-30-2012 | 7:33 AM | INNOVATION

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Microsoft And Barnes & Noble Announce Partnership For E-Books

BY Nidhi Subbaraman | 04-30-2012 | 6:49 AM | INNOVATION

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Google Proposes Stock Split, Germany Stays Firm On iCloud Push Ban, B&N Launches Night-reader Nook

BY Nidhi Subbaraman | 04-13-2012 | 6:26 AM | INNOVATION

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Amazon's Kindle Fire: A Mega, Meta Mash-Up Of Reviews

BY Adam L. Penenberg | 11-17-2011 | 10:51 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

What Every Company Should Take From Barnes & Noble: A Page From Their Corporate Playbook

BY Aaron Shapiro | 11-09-2011 | 3:38 PM | CAREERS

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 MORE›

Google TV Gets A Porn Channel, HP May Sell WebOS, Apple Security Bug On iPhones And iPads

BY Nidhi Subbaraman | 11-08-2011 | 6:20 AM | INNOVATION

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Nook Tablet Kicks Off Flame War With Kindle Fire

BY Austin Carr | 11-07-2011 | 1:28 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

Twitter Search Tool From Anonymous, Apple Wins Samsung Tablet Battle In Germany, Airbnb Launches Concierge Service

BY Kit Eaton | 09-09-2011 | 6:38 AM | INNOVATION

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E-Reader Ownership Doubles, Surges Ahead Of Tablet Adoption

BY Austin Carr | 06-27-2011 | 1:37 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

Your New Job: Disruptor

BY Josh Linkner | 05-09-2011 | 10:34 AM | LEADERSHIP

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 MORE›

Google Forgives Overstock, Nook Goes Tablet, Walmart Tests Grocery Delivery, And More...

BY Gregory Ferenstein | 04-25-2011 | 12:17 PM | INNOVATION

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

BY Kit Eaton | 04-25-2011 | 12:09 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

Twitter Stats Reveal How the iPad, Kindle, and Nook Stack Up

BY Austin Carr | 01-11-2011 | 7:19 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

Taxes on e-Books Could Spike Prices by 21%

BY Austin Carr | 12-22-2010 | 7:15 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

The Journey of the e-Book [Slideshow]

BY David Zax | 12-20-2010 | 8:53 AM | EDITORS PICKS

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 MORE›

How Google’s New eBookstore Might Save Indie Booksellers

BY E.B. Boyd | 12-06-2010 | 5:59 AM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

New York Times Finally Adds e-Books to Best-Sellers Lists

BY Austin Carr | 11-11-2010 | 12:06 PM | INNOVATION

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 MORE›

Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble Rejoice: e-Books Now $1 Billion Industry

BY Austin Carr | 11-08-2010 | 4:05 PM | INNOVATION

In 2002, sales of e-books reached $7 million. Fast forward to 2010: e-books are set to pass $1 billion.READ MORE›

Barnes & Noble Launches NookColor: Touchscreen E-Reader

BY Ariel Schwartz | 10-26-2010 | 4:39 PM | ETHONOMICS

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 MORE›

Will Barnes & Noble's New Nook Mark the End of e-Readers?

BY Austin Carr | 10-26-2010 | 3:11 PM | INNOVATION

What to expect at today's announcement, likely to be the color version of the Nook.READ MORE›