Whoops! One publisher’s Nook edition of Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace replaces every instance of the word “kindled” with the non-word “nookd” throughout the entire book. Don’t jump to conclusions just yet, though; this probably isn’t an instance of anti-Amazon trickery-gone-wrong on Barnes & Noble’s part. One former Nook team member took to Hacker News and noted, “It isn’t [...]
Barnes & Noble is spinning off its Nook digital book business into a subsidiary company, and it’s doing so with a $300 million investment from Microsoft. The new company that will result from the partnership hasn’t been named, but its valuation is already higher than that of Barnes & Noble itself. This new partnership might just be the right move [...]
Barnes & Noble conducted a survey and found that essentially half of readers struggle with bothering their significant others in bed because they had to keep the lights on. Barnes & Noble’s answer to that problem is the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, an updated e-ink-based reader whose screen comes with a built-in screen glow feature for easy night-time reading. [...]
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is writing her first book for adults. Today we learned it will be called The Casual Vacancy, and you’ll be able to buy it and read it on September 27. The publisher has also revealed the plot of the new book. Rather than summarize it ourselves, we’ll give you the publisher’s own words. Suffice it to [...]
Did you pick Barnes & Noble’s Nook as your ebook reader instead of Amazon’s Kindle or Apple’s iPad? If so, we’ve got good news for you: J.K. Rowling’s entire Harry Potter series is now available for purchase on the Nook. Previously, only the Kindle store carried it. Since iPad owners could just download the Kindle app to read the books, [...]
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