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Pew Says Ownership of Tablets and E-Readers Doubled Over the Holidays
By on January 23rd, 2012

Pew Says Ownership of Tablets and E-Readers Doubled Over the Holidays

The Pew Internet and American Life Project today released a ”mini-report” on the adoption of tablets and e-readers that found the number of Americans owning tablets and e-readers nearly doubled over the holidays. The bottom line numbers represent phenomenal growth in consumer device adoption: from mid-December 2011 to early January 2012, the number of Americans owning a tablet computer rose to 19% from [...]

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Powell’s To Get Espresso Book Machine
By on January 18th, 2012

Powell’s To Get Espresso Book Machine

  Powell’s Books, one of the country’s largest and most successful bookstores, will launch its Espresso Book Machine in March at its City of Books flagship store location in Portland, Ore. “We are excited to offer this service to our customers, expanding our vast inventory at the City of Books location from one million volumes [...]

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By on January 16th, 2012

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Apple Hits 1 Billion Apps a Week, Starts 2012 With Focus on eBooks
By on January 03rd, 2012

Apple Hits 1 Billion Apps a Week, Starts 2012 With Focus on eBooks

Apple Hits 1 Billion Apps a Week, Starts 2012 With Focus on eBooks. As Apple celebrates its part of 1.2 billion app downloads last week, those centuries-past, paper-based tomes are the focus of the company’s first big news in 2012. While we’re sure it is hard at work on a budget iPad and a new [...]

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Saturday Is ‘Take Your Child to a Bookstore’ Day
By on December 02nd, 2011

Saturday Is ‘Take Your Child to a Bookstore’ Day

Saturday Is ‘Take Your Child to a Bookstore’ Day. In November 2010, suspense writer and mother Jenny Milchman wrote a blog post about what how if she ever got famous she would like to start a bookstore day for kids. “We need to show our children the pleasure, not just of a story, or even [...]

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By on October 24th, 2011

Amazon Announces New Kindle Format 8 for Graphics Rich eBooks

Amazon Announces New Kindle Format 8 for Graphics Rich eBooks | ITProPortal.com. Online retail giant Amazon has introduced a new web based format for eBooks on its Kindle e-reader device, which brings enhanced resolution for comics and children books on the device. With the new Kindle Fire tablet device, Amazon is rolling out the Kindle [...]

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Lombardi Resigns as Barnes & Noble CFO
By on October 21st, 2011

Lombardi Resigns as Barnes & Noble CFO

Lombardi Resigns as Barnes & Noble CFO. Joe Lombardi has resigned as chief financial officer of Barnes & Noble after nine years. He will remain with B&N as a “non-officer employee” until mid-2012 to assist in the transition to a new CFO. Until a permanent replacement is found Allen Lindstrom, v-p, corporate controller, will serve [...]

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Books-A-Million plans to open stores at former Borders Books | PennLive.com
By on October 20th, 2011

Books-A-Million plans to open stores at former Borders Books | PennLive.com

Books-A-Million plans to open stores at former Borders Books | PennLive.com. Books-A-Million, which sells books, toys, games, electronic accessories and DVDs, will open a store next month in the former Borders at Paxton Towne Center in Lower Paxton Township. The nation’s third-largest book retailer plans to open 40 stores, mostly in former Borders, including nine in Pennsylvania. [...]

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Kobo Unveils Kobo Vox, $200 Color Tablet e-Reader
By on October 20th, 2011

Kobo Unveils Kobo Vox, $200 Color Tablet e-Reader

Kobo Unveils Kobo Vox, $200 Color Tablet e-Reader. Responding quickly to Amazon’s Kindle Fire e-reading tablet, e-book retailer Kobo is releasing Kobo Vox, a seven inch, full-color, multimedia digital reading device for $200. Reminiscent of both the Kindle Fire and B&N’s NookColor, the new device runs the Android 2.3 OS and offers access to 15,000 [...]

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B&N Expands Online Marketplace
By on October 20th, 2011

B&N Expands Online Marketplace

                B&N Expands Online Marketplace. Barnes & Noble is expanding its non-book offerings. The company, which already sells a variety of forms of media and entertainment, ranging from games to toys to crafts, is adding over one million new products to its online marketplace. The growth is coming [...]

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By on September 02nd, 2011

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By on August 19th, 2011

Liberty to Invest $204 Million In B&N; Ends Acquisition Talks

Liberty Media’s long courtship of Barnes & Noble ended Thursday afternoon with the company agreeing to invest $204 million in the retailer through newly issued convertible preferred stock. The agreement fell far short of the much-discussed purchase of B&N by Liberty and it was unclear if all of B&N’s shareholders, most notably Ron Burkle, will [...]

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By on November 18th, 2010

My First 36 Hours with the Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Via aptara: In April I wrote about my first 36 hours with the iPad.  At that time tablet computing, although not new, was getting a major boost as a widely accepted computing platform.  Since then, many tablet and eReader devices have come and gone, some never having seen the light of day (remember the Skiff, Que [...]

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NOOKcolor – The Ultimate Reading Experience – Barnes & Noble
By on November 16th, 2010

NOOKcolor – The Ultimate Reading Experience – Barnes & Noble

Customers Begin To Touch the Future of Reading(TM) As Barnes & Noble Starts to Ship NOOKcolor(TM), The Ultimate Reading Experience Initial Devices Shipped and Arriving to Pre-Order Customers Ahead of Schedule Experience NOOKcolor with Demo Units in Most Barnes & Noble Stores Beginning Today NOOKsmart, Book Ready Program In-Stores Offers Free Customized NOOKcolor Set-Up Service [...]

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Apple Now Selling iBooks Gift Cards
By on November 11th, 2010

Apple Now Selling iBooks Gift Cards

Apple has begun selling spiffy iBookstore gift cards at its retail stores and at retail partners like Target, where iTunes gift cards have long been available,reports MacRumors. The cards are available in $25 and $50 denominations.  Clearly Apple is hoping to cash in on the holiday gift-giving season with its newest e-commerce venture. Apple Now [...]

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