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»
Liberty Media's offered $1 billion to buy Barnes & Noble. But it's not because of the bookseller's massive, inviting physical locations--the proposed purchase is most appealing because of one item the store offers: the Nook. Just another sign that the era of the e-book truly has arrived. 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»
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»
The world's biggest bookseller has overhauled its Nook apps, adding a bunch of new features. Like Amazon, the bookseller cares more about the e-reader ecosystem than any particular device. And guess which app got the most attention?READ»
Barnes and Noble's e-reader experiment, the Nook, has been from the start a disruptive and evasive fly buzzing around Amazon. Now the Nook e-books ecosystem's taking another big step, and launching as an Android app.B&N notes that ...READ»
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»
Barnes & Noble has just revealed its Wi-Fi-only Nook, the first serious attempt at undercutting Amazon's Kindle e-reader business with a store and hardware combo. But it's more than that: It's a sign of the changing e-reader game. ...READ»
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»
Barnes and Noble are really, really getting into this e-publishing game. In addition to combating Amazon's Kindle platform with the Nook e-reader and apps, they've also planned a self-publishing e-book system for authors, leveraging ...READ»
Barnes and Noble has just released new firmware for the Nook e-reader, and it's no run-of-the-mill tweak--it adds in some neat extra functionality including a browser. Better yet, there's a clever trick to get you back into the real ...READ»
Both the Kindle and Nook, the two most prominent e-ink e-book readers, will be going on sale at Target and Best Buy. But is that enough to save them from becoming obsolete?READ»
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Apple's history of eliminating apps that compete with its own is as old as the App Store ...READ»
A huge number of e-readers are on display at this year's CES. Although the biggest player, Amazon, isn't expected to reveal any Kindle surprises, plenty of other companies already have. The Alex dual-screener, for example, is a ...READ»
