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Kindle Fire Vs. Nook Tablet: "Choice" And Trash Talk

Barnes & Noble's director of developer relations, Claudia Romanini, repeated the word "choice" six times when Fast Company spoke with her. But what does the word really mean here?READ»

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

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»

E-Reader Ownership Doubles, Surges Ahead Of Tablet Adoption

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»

Nokia & Microsoft: $1 Billion Deal to Save Them Both?

Microsoft will pay Nokia $1 billion, and Nokia will abandon its Symbian mobile phone operating system and switch to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Although the stock prices of both companies have fallen since this announcement, people generally believe this is a good move for each business. Yet many naysayers still persist.READ»

Will Barnes & Noble's New Retail Strategy Help Save the Day?

It had been a few weeks since I'd last visited my local Barnes & Noble. As I walked through the front door over the weekend, the first thing I noticed was a fully staffed Nook station located no more than 10 feet inside the store--strategically placed so it would be almost impossible to miss.READ»

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

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»

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Taxes on e-Books Could Spike Prices by 21%

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»

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How Google’s New eBookstore Might Save Indie Booksellers

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»

Best Buy CEO on Black Friday Battles: Kindle vs. Nook Color, Samsung Galaxy vs. iPad, Wii vs. Xbox Kinect

Brian Dunn knows what gifts are going to be hot this holiday season. The big ticket items this year will be smartphones, tablets, and motion gaming.READ»

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

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»

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

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

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

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

Barnes & Noble's Nook Comes to Walmart, Hot on the Heels of the iPad

Brick-and-mortar stores are the new active front of the e-reader and tablet wars.READ»

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Borders Cuts E-Reader Prices as Kindle Goes to Staples

More proof, if you needed it, that e-Readers are a busted flush.READ»

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Survey: Those With E-book Readers Read 40% More Than Physical Book Readers

The numbers are in: E-book readers might be the best thing to happen to reading in this country since Levar Burton.READ»

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Don't Underestimate the Barnes & Noble Nook

Barnes & Noble's quarterly earnings reveal that the Nook reader and store are anything but an also-ran.READ»

War and Peace: Random House Reaches Truce After Amazon Betrayal

Random House and the Wylie Agency end war over Amazon's exclusive e-book deal.READ»

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Why Nobody Will Buy a Color E-Ink E-book Reader

E-Ink's CEO said that the company will be releasing both color and touchscreen e-ink displays for e-book readers within a year. It's too bad nobody will want one.READ»

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Barnes & Noble on the Block? Get Ready, Amazon

Barnes & Noble is considering putting itself up for sale to "maximize shareholder value." Could that be part of a plan to ditch those brick-and-mortar stores and focus on Internet retail? READ»