By Sean P. Aune |
According to reports, the regular old Kindle from Amazon is going to be getting a splash of color this year. It seems that Amazon may finally be ready to launch color e-ink technology in the second half of this year. According to industry sources speaking…
By Sean P. Aune |
Own a Kindle from Amazon? Are you a member of the Amazon Prime program? Then prepare to enter the world of Harry Potter for free. Amazon announced this morning that beginning June 19 all seven of the Harry Potter books will be available for free…
By Todd Haselton |
Imagine if you could use your eReader to tap an NFC-enabled sticker to automatically download a book and various reviews associated with it. That’s exactly what Barnes & Noble’s CEO has in mind. Speaking with Fortune recently, William Lynch said he envisions that kind of future…
By Sean P. Aune |
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are teaming up for a new company that could have Amazon quacking in its boots today. It was announced this morning that Microsoft has invested $300 million in a new company with Barnes & Noble that will temporarily be called “Newco.” …
By Jon Rettinger |
One of the best eReaders on the market is getting a follow-up that now lets users read in complete darkness. The NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight is Barnes & Noble’s new ebook reader that’s virtually the same model as the last. But better. Why? It…
By Todd Haselton |
Barnes & Noble began shipping the first batch of its new Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight eReaders on Tuesday. The company originally said the device would begin shipping in early May. You may want to place an order for the new eReader now if you’re…
By Todd Haselton |
Barnes & Noble just officially announced the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, its latest Nook family member. The new eReader offers something no other mainstream E Ink eReader has offered before – a backlight. That means you can read in the dark without having to…
By Todd Haselton |
Barnes & Noble just announced the brand new Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight and we’re absolutely in love with it. We spent the morning hanging out with Barnes & Noble checking out the new eReader in direct sunlight and in a bedroom in the dark.…
By Killian Bell |
In preparation for its launch in several European countries on April 27, the Kindle Touch has just received a software update that adds new languages and a number of nifty new features. The 5.1.0 update, which is available for both the Wi-Fi and 3G models,…
By Brandon Russell |
A new leaked image suggests Barnes & Noble is preparing a NOOK Simple Touch said to be launching with a front-lit E ink screen called “GlowLight.” The technology will reportedly be embedded over the display and distribute light across the entire screen, making it easier…
By Adriana Lee |
¡Que bueno! Amazon has announced a new Spanish eBook store featuring 33,000+ titles for Kindle readers residing in the U.S. (In other words: Amazon ha anunciado una nueva tienda en los Estados Unidos que ofrece más que 33,000 Kindle eBooks en Español.) It’s great to…
By Sean P. Aune |
The wait is finally over for those who have been waiting for the magical world of Harry Potter to come to their e-readers. Seeing as the physical copies of the seven books in the Harry Potter series have sold over 450 million copies, it’s a…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re already being price gouged at the gas pumps but now the U.S. Justice Department is worried that several publishing companies are trying to jack up the prices on eBooks too. Incredible. Maybe I should start following my mother’s advice and use the library more.…
By Todd Haselton |
Amazon has reportedly placed an order for 6-inch color screens from E Ink, suggesting that the company has a brand new eReader in the works. Amazon already offers a whole family of Kindle eReader devices, including the Kindle Fire, which offers a color LCD display,…
By Killian Bell |
Buried within a lengthy report from The New York Times over the weekend are suggestions that Barnes & Noble is putting the finishing touches on its fifth Nook device which is set to launch this spring. The device is said to be another strike at…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems the Nook family of devices is doing so well for Barnes & Noble that the book seller is contemplating spinning the brand off into its own company. Barnes & Noble announced this morning that Nook sales were up 70 percent for the nine-week…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon announced this morning via a press release that over four million Kindles were sold in December. As is the way of the ecommerce giant, no specifics were given as to how many of each model were sold, but it did state that the Kindle…
By Emily Price |
As promised at the launch of the Nook Tablet, Barnes & Noble has issued a software update for the Nook Color, bringing Netflix and Flixster to the device, and giving owners access to Nook Comics and PagePerfect Nook Books. In total the update “adds more…
By Jon Rettinger |
You’d think with the popularity of tablets being at an all time high, there’d hardly be room for e-readers. That’s an understandable assumption, but it doesn’t give enough credit to what a quality these devices offer. Amazon obviously feels the market is still bustling with…
By Noah Kravitz |
Here’s Part Two of a 2-part tour around the new Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and its custom operating system. To watch Part One, just click right here. Easy, huh? Nook Tablet is essentially the successor to Nook Color, and runs a heavily modified version…
By Jon Rettinger |
Despite Amazon’s decision to jump into the tablet foray, the company has made it clear it’s still very much invested in the e-reader game – Kindle, Kindle Touch and Kindle Keyboard. We brought you our impressions of the barebones fourth-generation Kindle, and now we’ve gotten…
By Emily Price |
Amazon will lose $5 with the sale of every Kindle reader. According to The Street the $79 device costs Amazon $84.25 to make. The e-reader uses $78.59 worth of materials, with the assembly running an additional $5.66 per unit. “This is a subsidized device that comes…
By Emily Price |
Kindle Cloud Reader is now available for Firefox. The HTML5-based web app allows customers to read Kindle books in their web browsers. The service was already available for Chrome, Safari, and Safari on iPad, and can be downloaded here. Customer response to Kindle Cloud Reader…
By Emily Price |
Along with its announcement of the Nook Tablet this morning, Barnes & Noble dropped the price of its traditional Nook Color down to $199. The Nook Color was previously priced at $249, a price-point now occupied by the Nook Tablet. The Nook Color will also…
