Tag archive: barnes & noble

Amazon is reportedly pushing further into the physical realm with plans to build brick-and-mortar boutiques which will showcase the company's e-readers, tablets and other products. While talk of an Amazon retail store has been heard before (patent D593,208), the recent rumors have taken form from details in a report by the Good E-Reader tablet and e-reader news site. Citing unnamed sources, Good E-reader says that Amazon will be starting… Read More

Microsoft has dropped one of its patent infringement claims against book- and ereader-seller Barnes & Noble before the U.S. International Trade Commission, in an effort to streamline its case against the company as a trial date looms closer. The so-called “522 patent” describes a method for displaying tabs similar to those now commonly found in Web browsers; Microsoft isn't saying the patent is not valid or is not being… Read More

Only a month after Barnes & Noble announced that it might spin off its Nook business into something separate, we've heard word that the company may be releasing a new device as early as this spring. The report comes by way of an article in The New York Times that discusses the company's business plan and foray into the e-reader market. After mentioning that the company has forecasted a financial downturn for 2012, the article… Read More

As pointed out by Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Brad Stone on Google+ earlier today, Barnes & Noble will not stock physical copies of books released by Amazon's publishing division. Designed to keep Amazon out of the brick and mortar locations across the United States, the company is taking this position in response to Amazon's new strategy of selling physical and digital copies of specific releases exclusively through the… Read More

In a bid to secure a bigger share of the tablet and e-reader market and to get the attention of those taking a close look at Amazon’s Kindle Fire device, Barnes & Noble is now offering a discount on its selection of mobile devices. Those who buy the book giant’s new Nook Tablet will be offered a $50 discount so long as they take out a one-year subscription to People magazine at a cost of $9.99 a month. The discount means the cost of the Nook… Read More

Barnes & Noble is facing a dilemma. On the one hand, the company is seeing success with its Nook e-reader and digital book ecosystem. Today, it trumpeted that sales throughout the Nook business — including its tablet and e-readers, as well as content — were up 70 percent this holiday season, compared to last year. However, at the same time, Barnes & Noble has been forced to scale back its financial guidance for its overall business:… Read More

Market research firm IDC has released new figures for the sales of “media tablets” worldwide during the third quarter of 2011: where IDC had forecast shipments of 19.2 million units, only 18.1 million got out the door, meaning IDC's forecast was off by almost six percent. Nonetheless, the tablet market showed strong year-on-year growth, up more than 264 percent from the same quarter last year. Of course, the winner for the… Read More

Barnes & Noble has released version 1.4.1 of its Nook Color software. The new update will attempt to level the playing field between the Color and the Kindle Fire, it's closest price competitor at $200. Those who have a registered Nook Color should automatically get the update sometime this week. If you want the update now, you can get the update manually from this zip file on your PC. Afte rthat, you'll have to connect your… Read More

Barnes & Noble has announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter of 2012 — which, by the vagaries of corporate finance, actually ended in late October 2011. Going into the holiday season, the company reported an overall decline in sales of 0.6 percent, while retail sales were down a full 1 percent year over year to $918 million for the quarter. However, there's one very bright spot in Barnes & Noble's numbers:… Read More

The Nook from Barnes & Noble is a nice eReader that lets you read books, and loan books to other Nook owners. It even offers Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.  Nooks do come with a rechargeable battery but sometimes batteries die. If you find yourself needing to change the battery in your Nook look no further, we can help you do so.  1. Make sure that your Nook is turned off and unplugged. 2. Remove the back cover. 3. Place the Nook face down on a… Read More

Not to be outdone by Amazon’s early shipping of its new Kindle Fire tablet, Barnes & Noble has also decided to begin shipping its Nook Tablet a couple of days prior to its originally scheduled release date of November 18. According to a Cnet report, a Barnes & Noble spokesperson said that anyone who preordered the device will be able to pick it up from stores on Wednesday, with general sales of the new tablet beginning on Thursday. Those… Read More

Earlier in the week, when Barnes & Noble unveiled its new Nook Tablet, it proudly announced that Netflix, Hulu Plus and Pandora would come preloaded on the device, pointing out that Amazon’s Kindle Fire would not. But that was then. On Wednesday, Amazon took some of the shine off Barnes & Noble’s announcement when it released a statement saying that actually the Kindle Fire would be coming preloaded with Netflix and Pandora, together… Read More

It looks like Apple’s iPad finally has some serious competition on its hands. According to the results of a recent survey by consumer electronics shopping and review site Retrevo, shoppers in the US interested in buying an iPad this holiday season are outnumbered by more than three times by those interested in Amazon’s Kindle Fire – and it’s not even on the shelves yet. Of those considering purchasing a tablet, 44 percent said they would… Read More

Following Barnes & Noble's scathing attack on the Kindle Fire during its Nook Tablet unveiling, Amazon has hit back with its own Kindle Fire press release. Today, the online retailer announced its lineup of launch apps for the Kindle Fire. Among them are Netflix, Pandora, and a number of other apps that were thought to be strengths of the Nook Tablet. It looks like those in the market for an e-reader tablet this holiday season (or we… Read More

Barnes & Noble has accused Microsoft of attempting to stifle innovation in the mobile device market by demanding royalties for the use of Android, for which Microsoft owns a number of key software patents, reports Bloomberg. The book giant has asked the US Department of Justice to launch an antitrust investigation against Microsoft. “Microsoft is embarking on a campaign of asserting trivial and outmoded patents against manufacturers… Read More