Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble's Nook: Beautiful but Plagiarized?

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:25:36 -0500

The two e-readers above share one glaring similarity: The color touchscreen on the bottom, which allows you to navigate the books and content that you pull up, on the big black-and-white screen above.

IRex e-Reader: A Step Back in Innovation?

Zachary Wilson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:55:53 -0400

Barnes & Noble Gets Aggressive in the E-Book Wars

Zachary Wilson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:11:58 -0400

Don't buy that Kindle just yet: the Battle of the E-Books is just getting started. Barnes & Noble today announced a partnership with Netherlands-based Irex Technologies to introduce an e-reader in the U.S. later this year (it already sells e-readers in Europe).

Barnes & Noble Follows the Leader (Amazon) With $9.95 E-book Pricing

Clay Dillow — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:06:39 -0400

When Barnes & Noble scooped up e-book seller Fictionwise.com--owner of eReader.com and eBookwise.com--back in March, the company said the purchase was part of an overall digital strategy that would culminate with the launch of its own e-book seller later this year. While B&N didn't elaborate further on its digital strategy, part of it came to light this week when eReader changed its pricing to match the price of books for Amazon's Kindle e-reader.

Save Your Clients Money – What Could Be More Ethonomic?

Kaihan Krippendorff — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:40:06 -0400

I believe that success requires constant evolution and like all successful innovators, Global Medical Imaging (GMI) is ready to change again. Two years after successfully shifting its business model from only offering medical imaging devices to a multi-prong business offering financing and service, GMI is now using its unique advantages to penetrate an entirely new market segment.

Gettysburg Battle Site Revamps To Attract Tourists

Evan West — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:45 -0400

Rusty weapons. Frayed carpet dotted with greasy chewing-gum spots. Ceiling tiles yellowed by water stains. For years, the visitor center at Pennsylvania's Gettysburg National Military Park looked less like a grand tribute to the 165,000 soldiers who fought there in 1863 than a building that 165,000 sloppy tourists had just tromped through. It was the kind of place that would inspire a kid to give that time-honored summer-vacation question a new twist: "Can we go yet?"