Amazon's e-readers are successful largely because of the ecosystem they tap into: Amazon's wide Kindle catalog makes it an easy pick for readers, and the company said last year that its Kindle-exclusive titles had been downloaded over 100 million times. Now, competitor Barnes & Noble, whose Nook business is struggling ...
Amazon Brings the 9.7″ Kindle DX Back from the Dead
on 6.5.13
Months after being apparently retired from Amazon's e-reader line, the 9.7-inch Kindle DX is back in stock. Amazon has brought back the DX for $299, reflecting the price drop that was implemented late last year. The Kindle DX was apparently discontinued back in October of 2012, shortly after Amazon announced the backlit ...
Amazon’s ‘Kindle Worlds’ Offer Royalties for Aspiring Authors
on 5.22.13
Amazon announced a new publishing platform on Wednesday called Kindle Worlds, which will give both established authors and aspiring fan fiction writers the chance to earn royalties based on their work. Fan fiction is a rather murky topic, given that it often combines beloved characters and franchises in rather unusual ...
Leak: Barnes & Noble to Bring Web, Email to Simple Touch E-Readers in June
on 5.19.13
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 Books Now Lets You Upload Up to 1,000 Files for Free
on 5.16.13
Google has updated its Play Books e-reader apps for iOS and Android to include support for EPUB and PDF files from outside the Play Store. The new feature has been enabled as part of Google's strategy to unite its cloud services, allowing users to either upload their ebooks via its website, or import them from their Google ...
Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion
on 5.8.13
Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors, according to internal documents. In this plan, Microsoft would redeem preferred units in Nook Media, which also includes a college textbook ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 6, 2013
on 5.6.13
Put away that Kindle Paperwhite – there’s a new e-reader in town with an even clearer screen. Kobo, the go-to e-reader for bookstores looking to distance themselves from Amazon, recently unveiled its Aura HD, the world’s first HD e-reader. With 25 percent more pixels per inch than the Paperwhite, the Aura has the ...
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 ...
Amazon Adds Features to Help Blind, Visually Impaired Users on Kindle iOS App
on 5.1.13
Amazon announced a number of new features for its Kindle for iOS app that aim to make it easier to use for blind and visually impaired users. Wednesday's update, Amazon says, will make it easier for these users to use features like “X-Ray, End Actions, sharing, highlighting and bookmarking.” Amazon says these new ...
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