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B&N is Still Sending Out Emails Re: Shutting Down Fictionwise
It’s been several weeks since the news broke that Barnes & Noble was going to push their subsidiary ebookstore Fictionwise out into traffic, and according to some of B&N’s soon-to-be...Continue reading
B&N Launches New Nook App for Windows RT, Windows 8
It may have taken Barnes & Noble a few weeks to catch up but it looks like they have made up for lost time. The latest Nook app showed up...Continue reading
B&N Website Bug Reveals Plans for Nook Store Launch in Germany
Barnes & Noble has long said that they plan to launch Nook Stores in 10 countries by June 2013, and it looks like one is going to happen a lot...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Finalize Partnership – Nook Media Lives
It’s been just over 5 months since B&N and Microsoft shocked the digital publishing world with their new partnership, and they are back again today with news that the deal...Continue reading
B&N Now Loves Library eBooks – Adds 3M Cloud Library App to Nook App Store
It may have taken B&N a long time to wake up to the fact that readers want easy access to library, but now it seems B&N has it heart. Last...Continue reading
Nook for Android Updated With New Digital Comics Support
Lost amid the Nook HD news last week was a small news story about the Nook Android app. Barnes & Noble pushed out an update last Tuesday for this app,...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Now Hiring Windows 8 Engineers For New Nook Devices
Now that B&N has their new Nook gadgetry out for all to see, it looks like they are going to turn their attention to their next set of devices. Yesterday...Continue reading
Nook for iOS Update Adds More Formatting Options, Support for Sideloading Epub & PDF, and More
I might have my issued with Barnes & Noble corporate but every so often their engineers make me sit up and take notice. There is a new update for the...Continue reading
Nevermind the Sock Puppet Reviews – RPG Gamers Have Taken Over the Reviews Section of the Nook eBookstore
The book review sections of many ebookstores are cluttered with suspected sock puppet reviews, and that’s a problem which should bother anyone involved in ebooks. But today I learned of...Continue reading
It’s Time B&N Took the Nook Out Back and Put it out of its Misery
America’s largest retailer released their latest quarterly financial report today. The report covers the 3 months ending 28 July, and while the news was generally good there was also a...Continue reading
B&N to Expand Nook Store to 10 Countries in Next 12 Months
Barnes & Noble’s plans to partner with Waterstones in the UK might have fallen through, but they’re still going forward with an international Nook Store. They filed some paperwork with...Continue reading
Nook Sales Down Last Quarter – B&N is Doomed
Barnes & Noble released their end of year financial statements today and it looks like they better start planning their going out of business sale. While most segments of B&n...Continue reading
B&N Giving Away $36 in Kids eBooks With New Nook Tablet Purchases
Summer has begun and school is getting out. Right about now is when kids start to regress back to their primal caveman state, the first sign of which is forgetting...Continue reading
Readability Now Available on the Nook Tablet
This doesn’t seem to have gotten any attention today, but B&N just posted another app to the Nook App Store. Readability, one of the many read it later platforms, is...Continue reading