Barnes & Noble calls its entry-level e-reader the Nook Simple Touch, and to compete with Kindle and the like, the company just dropped the Simple Touch’s price down to $79 from $99 on Sunday. That’s $10 more than the basic Kindle, but the Paper White has a touchscreen, while the Kindle does not. Not that long ago, Barnes & Noble [...]
DC Comics has literally doubled its digital comics sales over the past year, and the publisher is going all in on digital platforms like Kindle, iTunes, and Nook by offering individual episodes for download. DC Comics claims this makes it the only major comic publisher to offer its weekly comics on all the major tablet and reader platforms. These issues were [...]
It’s been five years since J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel was released, and in that time the author has dedicated herself to writing her first widespread work of grown-up literature. That work — titled The Casual Vacancy — arrived this week to a mixture of positive and lukewarm reviews and somewhat sluggish sales. It’s no Harry Potter book launch, no, but [...]
You no longer need a Nook ereader to absorb ebooks from Barnes & Noble’s digital library; the publisher just launched a web-based reader for PC and Mac browsers. Start using it and you’ll get six free books, too. Barnes & Noble announced the new site called “Nook for Web” (creative name, isn’t it?) on its official blog this morning. The [...]
Comic books are getting the full ereader treatment, one platform at a time. A couple of weeks ago, the Kindle iPad app received support for comic books and a hefty selection of comics and graphic novels to buy, and now Barnes & Noble has announced that Nook Color and Tablet owners have access to DC Comics’ library of graphic novels. [...]
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