Tag archive: Barnes and Nobles

Hot on the heels of the Nook price drop, Barnes & Noble has also released the Firmware 1.4 update which adds a few new changes to the popular ereader. Overall, the performance across the board should be improved according to Barnes & Noble, but there are a few specific updates that should be pointed out: 1) Better (and free) AT&T WiFi hotspot support which includes restaurants, hotels and locations where you see the AT&T WiFi… Read More

Barnes & Noble is offering a lower-price Nook electronic reader with a Wi-Fi connection and it's cutting the price on the original Nook reader, the bookseller said Monday. The Nook Wi-Fi is available now for $149 online at nook.com and bestbuy.com. The company is lowering the price for its original Nook, which has both 3G and Wi-Fi, from $259 to $199. That undercuts the $259 Kindle sold by Amazon.com, Nook's top competitor. The… Read More

Bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced it has partnered with Zinio to offer digital subscriptions to more than 1,000 magazine titles at prices up to 90 percent off regular newsstand prices. The service will offer the publications' most current issues, along with over 12,000 back issues available for purchase on a copy-by-copy basis. Barnes & Noble currently offers subscriptions to print-based editions of many magazines; Zinio… Read More