This could be interesting. Salon pointed out that the new Nook is really a tablet computer running a super locked-down form of Android. From their presser: “Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced NOOKdeveloper, a program that enables content providers and the developer community to deliver new […]
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The Palm Beach Post reports that Barnes and Noble has taken the big step and added color to the Nook. Competing with Apple’s iPad and edging out the Amazon Kindle, B&N hopes to take a bigger piece of the pie from both its competitors. From the article: “Barnes & Noble Inc. is […]
The new Windows SmartPhone hit the markets today, and its new app marketplace features almost 30 eBook and eReading apps. You can check out the store here.
Staples, Inc. announced that Kindle, Amazon’s #1 best-selling, most-wished-for and most-gifted product for two years running, is available in all stores nationwide beginning this Sun., Oct. 10. Their press release positively gushed about the Kindle, and appeared to be trying to use it to build up a tech-savvy, hip image. […]
In August, Chief Executive Markus Dohle told German magazine Der Spiegel that he expects almost 10% of Random House’s revenue to come from eBooks in 2011. According to Reuters, he said, “We’re at 8 percent in the United States currently, it rose by leaps and bounds,” Dohle told Der Spiegel. “I […]
A recent study by Attributor found that eBook piracy is on the rise. We’re hoping that publishers will embrace the new format aggressively and flood the market with viable, purchasable alternatives instead of backstepping like the music industry did with the RIAA and related stupidity. When a market is pirated, […]
According to eWeek magazine, one in ten Americans owns an eReader. Eight percent of Americans use an e-reader, according to new data from Harris Interactive. On top of that, the research firm’s survey found that 12 percent of respondents who do not currently own an e-reader are likely to purchase […]