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Barnes & Noble confirms new ereader due May 24: NOOKcolor 3G?

, May 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble's NOOKcolor turned out to be surprising success among those not only looking for an ereader but a bargain Android tablet as well, and with its latest firmware update B&N was all too pleased to enable the iPad-rivaling functionality. Now, the company has quietly revealed it will be launching a new ereader on May 24, according to an 8-K SEC filing. Read The Full Story

Al Gore, Ex-Apple Engineers Make First Interactive E-Book Publishing Platform, Push Pop Press

, Apr 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

E-books have become increasingly popular with the adoption of eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble NOOK, with even library lending of e-books on the rise. Stepping up from eReaders we get full on tablets that add another level of full color touchscreen interactivity. But up until now, e-books have remained just static digital versions of the original. That's about to change. Read The Full Story

Google Books App Update Includes iPad Landscape Mode

, Apr 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Google Books app for iOS devices has just been updated with several new features including landscape viewing mode optimized for iPads. The app still lags behind apps for Amazon's Kindle, Apple's iBooks, and the Barnes & Noble Nook, but this new update shows more effort. Read The Full Story

B&N NOOK NY Times subscribers get to bypass paywall

, Apr 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

First Kindle users, now NOOK owners. Never wishing to be outdone by Amazon, Barnes & Noble has secured complimentary New York Times paywall access to those who already subscribe to the paper on their ereader. A date for the access is yet to be confirmed, and users will be contacted by email with more details. Read The Full Story

Amazon Pulls the Plug on Lendle Lending Service

, Mar 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Once Amazon decided to let Kindle users lend out books, it was only a matter of time until services sprung up to open up lending to the wider world. Lendle was one of those services, but now Amazon has pulled the plug on them. Today, Lendle's website states: "Amazon has revoked Lendle’s API access. Unfortunately, Lendle is unavailable indefinitely. We will do everything we can to restore service soon." Read The Full Story

Re-Inventing the Book in the Digital Age

, Mar 14th 2011 Discuss [4]

For a while now we, at Creative Strategies, have been involved in projects within the digital reader ecosystem. We have been talking and working with both publishers and hardware OEM’s who either have a presence or want a presence in this market. E-Readers and Tablet sales combined could be between 60-70 million in 2011*.

Regardless of where we are now in the adoption cycle of e-readers and tablets one thing is now clear: the shift from analog to digital in books is happening rapidly.

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B&N settles in Spring Design ereader legal spat

, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Spring Design may be voluntarily "phasing out" the Alex ereader but its taken a settlement offer from Barnes & Noble to end the ongoing lawsuit between the two firms. According to a B&N press release, "Spring Design will grant Barnes & Noble a non-exclusive, paid-up royalty free license for the entire portfolio of Spring Design patents and patent applications." Read The Full Story

NOOK Kids for iPad Released [12,000 Books for Kids!]

, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [4]

Barnes & Noble continues to up the ante in free apps meant to spread the book love from their library straight to your face, and not only via their popular NOOKcolor and Nook devices. The newest installation into this ever-growing group of reading programs is NOOK Kids for iPad. This app is totally free and contains access to more than 12,000 children's chapter books - each of them with the ability to look up words, take notes, zoom, change text appearance, and more! This of course is in addition to a collection of nearly 300 digital picture books in a completely kid-save environment on the iPad. Read The Full Story

NOOKcolor Owner Creates Custom BOOKcase

, Feb 1st 2011 Discuss [4]

This is not the first time that someone's carved out a book to put electronics inside (everyone in the worlds' favorite case being, of course, in the The Matrix ala Neo's hacker disks,) but it is the first time we've seen one with a NOOKcolor in it. And not only that, but this particular book is heavily ironic, a great choice to be cutting up: Future Consumer .com, a book by Frank Feather. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble NOOK 3G reportedly discontinued

, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble is reportedly planning to discontinue the NOOK 3G, the original version of its dual-display ereader. According to Engadget's source, the retailer has warned stores not to place large orders of NOOK 3G units, since there won't be stock sufficient to fulfil them. Read The Full Story

650,000 NOOKcolor e-magazine purchases in two months crows B&N

, Jan 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble has announced over 650,000 sales of digital periodical subscriptions and single-issue e-magazines and e-newspapers from the NOOKnewsstand to NOOKcolor owners, in the first two months that the ereader tablet has been available. According to the retailer, since December 25 2010, NOOKcolor users have already bought 150-percent more subscriptions than in the entire twelve months preceding. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble NOOK kids for iPad released

, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble has released its NOOK kids for iPad app, offering over 100 interactive children's books and a child-friendly UI. The free app comes with Richard Scarry’s Colors and Elephant’s Child, and there are 230 interactive picture books to choose from as well. Read The Full Story
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