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Barnes and Noble Nook E-Reader Delayed Due to Demand, Says Company

November 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Noble said that high demand for its Nook e-reader delayed the shipment date into January 2010 for anyone ordering the devices after Nov. 20. This is the second time that Barnes Noble announced a delay for its e-readers, which it hopes will make inroads against Amazon.com’s popular Kindle line. The e-reader market as a whole has become increasingly fragmented as both large companies and smaller startups release devices.
– Thanks to what it calls high demand, Barnes amp; Noble
announced on Nov. 20 that people ordering its Nook e-reader after that date
would have to wait until the first week of January 2010 for their devices to
arrive. While that news is perhaps a good sign for the health of the e-reader
market ov…

Sony Says E-Reader Shipments May Miss Holidays

November 19th, 2009 | No Comments

Sony announces the Wi-Fi enabled Daily Edition e-reader, but notes the device may not ship in time for Christmas.
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As Amazon, Sony and Barnes amp; Noble gear up to meet
holiday consumer demand for e-reader devices, Sony Corp. announced that
shipments of its Daily Edition reader, announced this week, may not arrive in
time for Christmas. The Wi-Fi enabled device retails for $399.99. Currently
…

Barnes and Noble’s Nook E-Reader Delayed

November 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Noble will push back the ship date of its Nook e-reader into December for many pre-orders, apparently in response to higher-than-expected demand for the device. Even as Barnes Noble gears up to battle Amazon.com’s Kindle line of devices, it faces a lawsuit from IT startup Spring Design, which alleges that the bookseller copied its dual-screen format. The price of certain e-readers has been declining as competition heats up between various manufacturers.
– Barnes amp; Noble suggested that demand for its new Nook e-reader would push
back the shipping date for some pre-orders from November into the second week of
December.

Blogs such as Brighthand also reported that no in-store Nook units would be available for sale until at
least December, and …

Spring Design Sues Barnes and Noble Over Nook E-Reader

November 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Spring Design, a small IT startup, claims that Barnes Noble’s Nook infringes on their own Alex e-reader. Both devices claim a dual-screen form-factor, powered by Google Android. The e-reader space has become more competitive in the past few months, with not only Barnes Noble but a host of smaller startups announcing their own devices, all of them hoping to take market share away from Amazon.com and its line of Kindle e-readers.
– What’s the difference between two e-reader models, produced
by separate companies, that both include dual screens and a Google Android
operating system? According to Spring Design, which unveiled its Alex e-reader
with just such a form-factor on Oct. 19, not much which is why it plans on suing
B…

Apple iPhone Could Become Next Hot E-Reader, Says Report

November 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

Apple’s iPhone could become a major competitor to Amazon.com’s Kindle and Barnes Noble’s Nook e-readers, says one analytics company, if the number of e-book apps continues to grow. Despite their heavy focus on proprietary e-reader devices, both Amazon.com and Barnes Noble have developed iPhone apps for downloading and reading e-books. More competitors, such as Creative, are entering the e-reader market with their own product lines.
– One of the most popular e-reader devices on the market could soon be the
iPhone, according to a research note by analytics company Flurry, which
observed a marked rise in the number of e-book-related applications available
through Apple’s App Store in September and October.
quot;In October, on…

Barnes and Noble Selling Plastic Logic E-Reader, Battles Amazon.com

October 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Noble will sell Plastic Logic’s QUE, an e-reader targeted at business users, in its bookstores and through its online storefront. The announcement shows that Barnes Noble considers the QUE a non-competitor against its own Nook e-reader, which was rolled out in a high-profile event on Oct. 20 in New York City. The Nook will compete heartily against Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader this holiday season.
– Barnes amp; Noble announced an agreement to sell Plastic
Logics QUE e-reader through both its brick-and-mortar stores and online
retailer, despite the bookseller rolling out its own Nook e-reader last week.
Barnes amp; Nobles in-store placement of the QUE will be near displays for the
Nook.
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Amazon Drops Price of Kindle E-Reader

October 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

After the announcement of Barnes and Noble’s competing e-reader, the $259 Nook, Amazon drops the price of the Kindle to $259 from $279.
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Online retail giant Amazon announced during its third
quarter earnings call that it is dropping the price of its heavily promoted
e-reader, the Kindle. The company said they started
shipping Kindle with U.S. amp; International Wireless and lowered its price to
$259 from $279. Th…

Amazon Drops Price of Kindle E-Reader

October 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

After the announcement of Barnes and Noble’s competing e-reader, the $259 Nook, Amazon drops the price of the Kindle to $259 from $279.
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Barnes and Noble Nook E-Reader Gets New York Debut

October 21st, 2009 | No Comments

NEW YORK #151Into an increasingly crowded e-reader market steps the newest entry, Barnes Noble’s Nook, which the bookseller hopes will prove a strong competitor to Amazon.com’s Kindle line. The Nook features notable differences from the e-readers produced by Amazon.com and Sony, including a dual-screen form factor with e-ink and multitouch color screens.
In an event at Chelsea Piers in New York, CEO Steve Riggio and other Barnes Noble executives discussed the Nook and their overall strategy for making a mark on the digital-reader landscape, including porting books from their eBookstore onto devices such as the iPhone, and using their physical stores to drive people to their e-reader products.By Nicholas Kolakowski
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Barnes and Noble Debuts Nook E-Reader in Challenge to Amazon

October 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Noble announced a new e-reader, the Nook, that it hopes will be a strong competitor to Amazon.coms Kindle line. The e-reader field has become increasingly crowded in recent months, with new offerings from giants such as Amazon.com running alongside other announced devices from smaller IT startups.
– NEW YORK CITY Barnes amp; Noble has joined the increasingly crowded e-reader field with the Nook, a device it doubtlessly hopes will take market share away from Amazon.coms Kindle line.
Barnes amp; Noble executives including CEO Steve Riggio took the stage at Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River h…

Google Android E-Reader Alex Coming From Spring Design

October 19th, 2009 | No Comments

Spring Design Oct. 19 unveiled Alex, the first electronic reader based on Google’s Android operating system for mobile devices, one day before Barnes Noble is expected to unveil its first e-reader. The device features a 6-inch monochrome electronic paper display (EPD) for displaying book content and a 3.5-inch color LCD touchscreen that can display multimedia content. Meanwhile, Plastic Logic today unveiled the Que, though it said customers would have to wait until Jan. 7, to learn full product specifications, availability and pricing. the e-book market is indeed heating up, which will be great for consumers in the long run as e-reader prices continue to fall.
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Spring Design Oct. 19
unveiled Alex, the first electronic reader based on Google’s Android operating
system for mobile devices,
one day before Barnes amp; Noble is expected to
unveil its first e-reader.
While most e-reader browsers are poorly conceived or even
nonexistent on som…

Plastic Logic QUE E-Reader Set to Debut at CES

October 19th, 2009 | No Comments

Plastic Logic has named its upcoming e-reader QUE, and will detail the device’s pricing and features at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, in an announcement designed to leverage a full week of e-reader news. Barnes Noble will reportedly announce its own e-reader on Oct. 20, and a small startup has announced a digital-book device based on Google Android. All these companies are pursuing current market leader Amazon.com, which has dominated headlines throughout 2009 with its Kindle line.
– Plastic Logic announced QUE as the name of its upcoming e-reader, and promised more pricing and feature details at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, in an Oct. 19 press release seemingly timed to take advantage of a week heavy in e-reader news.
With Barnes amp; Noble predicted to announce its e…

Barnes and Noble E-Reader Info and Images Leaked Online, Say Reports

October 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Noble’s much-rumored e-reader device will feature a 6-inch e-ink display and a second multi-touch display, according to photos and information leaked online via tech-blog Gizmodo. Expected to be officially announced on Oct. 20, the Barnes Noble device will compete against Amazon.coms Kindle line as well as devices from Sony and smaller manufacturers such as Plastic Logic.
– New photos and information about Barnes amp; Nobles rumored e-reader
have surfaced on tech blog Gizmodo, detailing a device seemingly tailored to match the
functionality and form-factor of rival Amazon.com’s Kindle.

According to Gizmodo, which obtained information and photos from
what it
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Amazon’s Kindle Using ATandT, Will Face Barnes and Noble E-Reader, Say Reports

October 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Amazon.com’s new international Kindle e-reader will use AT T to provide wireless downloads of digital books and other media to its customers, in a move that may irritate Amazon.com’s previous wireless provider, Sprint. Meanwhile, rumors have surfaced that rival Barnes Noble will market its own e-reader device, perhaps as soon as late 2009.
– Barnes amp; Noble will release an e-reader in late 2009 to compete with Amazon.coms Kindle devices, according to reports, which also suggest that B amp;Ns offering will run a variant of the Google Android operating system.
According to the Wall Street Journal, quoting Â“people briefed on the matte…

Netbook Creator Asus to Launch Game-Changing E-Reader

September 7th, 2009 | No Comments

Asus is hoping to do for the e-reader market what it did for PCs when it introduced the first netbook. Asus, its reported, will release one, if not two, e-reader in 2009, a Â“premiumÂ” version of which will feature two screens with a booklike spine.
– Asus is planning to enter the e-reader market later this year with at least
one, if not two, device, the Times
of London is reporting.

The company that invented the netbook is innovating again, as the design ideas
it shared with the Times would surely shake up the market. Unlike the single,…

Plastic Logic Reader, Competitor to Amazon Kindle, Will Use ATandT 3G

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Plastic Logic Reader, an eReader scheduled to be released in early 2010 with a larger screen than Amazons Kindle DX, will feature a wireless broadband connection via the AT T 3G network. Plastic Logics device is being specifically aimed at the mobile business professionals segment, with the company playing up its ability to download and display Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents. As the eReader market becomes more lucrative, players such as Google and Sony are also moving into the space.
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An upcoming eReader from Plastic Logic, aimed firmly at the
SMB (small and midsized business) and
enterprise market, will utilize AT amp;T’s 3G network to wirelessly download
material onto the device. The July 22 announcement followed on the heels of news
that Barnes amp; Noble would manage P…

Barnes and Noble Announces eBookstore

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Nobel jumps into the eReader market with eBookstore, which offers 700,000 digital books that can be viewed on a variety of mobile devices, computers and eReaders.
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Book chain store Barnes amp;
Nobel announced the launch of the Barnes amp; Noble eBookstore, which the
company claims is the worlds largest, on the companys Web site. The service
enables customers to buy eBooks and read them on a range of platforms,
including the Apple iPhone a…