An upcoming update will bring a web browser, email and update store app to Barnes & Noble’s super affordable Nook Simple Touch line of e-readers, which will begin rolling out June 1 according to a source close to the matter who wishes to remain anonymous. The 1.5.0 update was created in response to the positive ...
Google Play Comes to Nook HD and HD+
on 5.3.13
Barnes & Noble's refusal to open its ecosystem has long been one of our primary complaints about the company's tablet offerings. The Nook HD and HD+ are extremely nice pieces of hardware that have been held back by their own walled software offerings -- having a fast device with a nice screen only gets you so far ...
Barnes & Noble Offers Buy One, Get One Free on Select Nook Books
on 5.2.13
Well, this process seems a bit counterintuitive, eh? This morning, Barnes & Noble introduced a new scheme for getting Nook customers to visit the company's retail stores. The promotion nets you one free e-book when you purchase another, but -- and this is where the offer tripped us up a bit -- you can only make your ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – April 15, 2013
on 4.15.13
Barnes & Noble is doing whatever it can to get Nooks and its digital content into the hands of the masses. After running a March promotion where buying a Nook HD tablet got you a Nook Simple Touch e-reader for free, the company is now pushing its presence in Windows 8. Nook Media, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble that ...
Barnes & Noble’s ‘Nook Press’ Lets Authors Self-Publish
on 4.9.13
Barnes & Noble has launched Nook Press, a new self-publishing service for authors looking to write, edit and sell eBooks to Nook owners. Acting as the next generation of PubIt!, Barnes & Noble’s two-year-old service for helping writers self-publish to Nook devices, NOOK Press offers a suite of tools focused on ...
We’re Doing E-Books Wrong
on 4.5.13
Comparing books to ebooks is like comparing mechanical watches to digital watches, or manual cars to automatic cars. No one doubts the convenience, reach, and flexibility of the ebook format, but it will never convincingly replicate the experience of a paper book—nor does it need to. Ebooks are a fundamentally new medium, ...
Windows 8 Users Get Free Nook Books and Magazines with App Download
on 3.27.13
Barnes & Noble content and tablet subsidiary Nook Media, part-owned by Microsoft specifically to help boost content for its new Windows 8 platform, put some of that strategy into action: it has announced that people who download the Nook app for Windows 8 will get five books and five magazines free of charge. This is in ...
Barnes & Noble Announces Nooks Will Soon Get In-App Purchases
on 3.25.13
Almost two months after Amazon revealed a new ‘Coins’ virtual currency for Kindle Fire app purchases, Barnes & Noble has now announced that Nook-users will soon be able to make in-app purchases too. The media giant has partnered with Fortumo for this roll-out, which means that developers will now be able to monetize ...
Buy a Nook HD+, Get a Nook Simple Touch E-Reader Free
on 3.24.13
Barnes & Noble is seemingly trying to get some stock off its hands with a new, week-long promotion: Anybody who buys a Nook HD+ tablet between March 24 and 31 will get a Nook Simple Touch e-reader (the non-front-lit version) for free. The offer applies at Barnes & Noble retail and college stores, online, and ...
Barnes & Noble May Kill Off the Nook
on 2.25.13
Barnes & Noble issued two devastating warnings about Nook revenue performance over the past two months. On Sunday night, a New York Times article stated that a person familiar with Barnes & Noble’s strategy believes “the company must move away from its program to engineer and build its own devices and focus more ...
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