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B&N NOOKstudy sets sights on students

, Jul 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble are pushing to get their nook dual-screen ereader into schools, with the announcement of NOOKstudy.  A new, free digital content management app, NOOKstudy promises to take ebooks, digital class materials, textbooks and notes, and keep everything packaged neatly in one place.  The app doesn't actually require a nook to be functional - though obviously B&N would rather you did buy one - since you can buy, download and read eTextbooks on the PC or Mac client itself. Read The Full Story

Samsung SNE-60 ereader to make expensive French debut

, Jul 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung's SNE-60 ereader continues to pop up across Europe, with its recent UK preorder debut followed by a pricey French launch.  According to Actualitte, French retailer Carrefour will be offering the E-60 at its 228 stores across the country, though the price will make your eyes water: €329 ($411). That's more than double what the Kindle and nook are currently selling for, even though Samsung have partnered with Barnes & Noble to access the same database of ebooks that are available on the nook.  Retailer Carrefour aren't making any comment on provision for European readers as yet. Read The Full Story

nook v1.4 firmware gets rooted

, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Got a nook?  Want the latest v1.4 firmware but don't want to give up your Android pleasantries like VPN support, third-party app support and root access?  Head over to nookDevs, then, as they've just pushed out their hacked nook v1.4 firmware that lets you access all of Barnes & Noble's latest functionality together with the benefits of having root-level access. Read The Full Story

Borders Doesn’t Drop Price of Kobo eReader, Offers $20 Gift Card Instead

, Jun 22nd 2010 Discuss [1]

Considering all the hub-bub that the Amazon Kindle, and Barnes and Noble nook (both versions) received yesterday, we were shocked that some of the other eReaders out there didn't follow suit. Apparently it took a day for the news to hit the competition, because today sees the announcement from Borders that, for the same price as the "nook Lite," you can pick up the Kobo variation, plus a little gift. Read The Full Story

Amazon’s Kindle Drops in Price to $189

, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [2]

It's the season for price drops, it seems. Right on the heels of Barnes & Noble announcing the 3G-capable nook would get a price drop (with the addition of a new, WiFi-only model), Amazon has followed suit. That's right, the prodigal eReader that, for all intents and purposes, started the digital book reading phenomenon, has finally made a price drop happen. What once was $259, is now only $189. Read The Full Story

How to Save the E-Reader

, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [6]

Does the e-reader need saving? If Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the like have sold plenty of units, the category is still facing some tough competition and it lacks a compelling reason to exist. Apple has fired the first shots in the consumer tablet war, but I think e-reader devices can easily survive if they avoid that fight altogether.

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B&N 3G/WiFi nook price slashed to $199.99

, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Like the idea of a cut-price Barnes & Noble nook but unwilling to give up 3G connectivity and settle for the $150 WiFi-only version?  As well as the new, entry-level model, Best Buy has also announced a price cut for the original nook, which brings it down from a Kindle-matching $259 to just $199.99. Read The Full Story

Acer LumiRead ereader: WiFi, ISBN scanner & QWERTY

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

Acer's mysterious Android tablet may have stolen the show, but their new LumiRead ereader is worth consideration too.  Packing a 6-inch monochrome E Ink display and a Kindle-style QWERTY keyboard, the LumiRead has WiFi - and 3G in a future model - together with an ISBN scanner that can be used to keep a wish-list of titles for future purchase. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble BN eReader for iPad released

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

Barnes & Noble have released their BN eReader for iPad app, and they're describing it as the most easily used and customizable of all such software on the tablet.  A free download [iTunes link], the B&N app synchronizes with the company's nook dedicated ereader as well as their PC client.  The iPad version doesn't support in-app purchases at this stage, but you can use LendMe to share (some) titles with others for limited periods. Read The Full Story

Pandigital Novel ereader packs B&N eBookstore access, Android & WiFi

, May 24th 2010 Discuss [3]

Pandigital may be better known on these pages for their digital photo frames, but the company have another use for a 7-inch LCD: an ereader.  The Pandigital Novel eschews E Ink for a full color touchscreen LCD display, Android OS and WiFi b/g/n, the latter being used for wireless connection to Barnes & Noble's eBookstore. That means support not only for purchasing ebooks, newspapers and magazines, but use of B&N's LendMe functionality that allows readers to share texts for up to 14 days.  LendMe will work with B&N's PC/Mac ereader clients and, we're presuming, the company's own nook ereader.  Meanwhile there's also multimedia support, including MP3, AAC and WAV audio, JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF images and MPEG4 video; content can be saved to the 1GB of internal memory or to an SD or MMC memory card. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble PubIt! self-publishing ebook service due Summer 2010

, May 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble have announced PubIt!, a way for independent publishers and authors to create their own ebook content for the B&N ebook store, and the company's response to the Kindle Digital Text platform.  Full royalty details for B&N PubIt! are yet to be confirmed, but ebooks produced via the system will be DRM encrypted and available not only on the nook but the retailer's PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone and BlackBerry clients. Read The Full Story

Google Editions Could Lead eBook Industry With Access to Over 4 Million Titles

, May 10th 2010 Discuss [1]

There's no doubt that, out of any company on the planet, that when Google gets involved with something, they go big. Even things like Google Buzz, which may not seem all that big now, we can be sure that Google is trying to figure out a way to make it bigger. Now, with Google Editions, it seems that just a simple announcement last week wasn't good enough. Now they want all of the people involved in the eReader/eBook market to start really worrying about the Mountain View's company emergence into the market. Read The Full Story
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