Strong sales of Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader suggest digital books are here to stay. – Book seller Barnes amp; Noble announced that with millions of Nook
e-reading devices sold, the line has become the company’s biggest bestseller
ever in its history. The new Nook color Reader’s Tablet, introduced just eight
weeks before Christmas, is the company’s No. 1 selling gift of the holida…
Samsung, Motorola, RIM, Acer and Intel are just some of the companies angling their newest products toward holiday shoppers. Whether providing a new twist on the BlackBerry or Droid franchises, a new Android-powered e-reader from Barnes & Noble, or the chips powering new lines of netbooks and tablets, these companies hope that consumers (and maybe a few businesses) will prefer their wares over rivals in an increasingly crowded field.
Mobility seems to be bigger than ever, both in terms of the actual devices again, tablets and smartphones seem to be the most highly prized items and the array of companies creating software or hardware to make them better. At a recent New York City event, Corning which makes the ultra-tough Gorilla Glass now integrated onto a growing number of smartphone screens hosted a booth near manufacturers such as Motorola. Should holiday shoppers gravitate toward these products, then manufacturers and companies of all stripes could be looking at a merry quarter, profitwise. – …
Barnes & Noble began shopping its new Nook Color e-reader Nov. 16, ahead of schedule. The $249 device offers a 7-inch display, 8GB of storage space expandable through a microSD slot, WiFi capability, Web surfing and the ability to share selected passages from e-books via Facebook and Twitter. The bookseller hopes the Nook Color will earn it market share against Amazon.coms third-generation Kindle, which features a grayscale screen. Although many analysts termed e-readers a niche market for much of 2009, the devices became one of the "must have" items by that years holiday shopping season. Despite the competitive pressures from the Apple iPad and other tablet PCs (which feature e-reader applications), those analysts now generally expect the e-reader market to expand. Analytics company In-Stat earlier has estimated e-reader shipments will rise from 12 million units in 2010 to 35 million in 2014. For the moment, though, Barnes & Noble is likely more concentrated on winning new customers during the holidays. – …
Barnes & Noble announced its Nook Color e-reader has begun shipment, as the bookseller looks for a repeat of 2009s holiday battle against Amazon.com’s Kindle. – Barnes amp; Noble reported Nov. 16 that shipments of its Nook Color
e-reader have begun ahead of schedule, with the first units arriving to
customers this week. The bookseller claims only a limited number of the
full-color devices will be available in stores and that customers ordering this
wee…
Barnes & Noble’s new full-color Nook could radically alter the e-reader market, pushing the devices to become more like Apple iPad-style tablet PCs. – Seeking to regain some momentum in the e-reader space, Barnes amp; Noble
introduced its full-color Nook at a New York City
event Oct. 26. In addition to the color screen, the new Nook includes
features most notably, Web surfing that bring it more in line with a tablet PC.
This raises the inevit…
Barnes & Noble introduced its new full-color, Android-based Nook at an Oct. 26 event. One analyst thinks it’s an iPad competitor, at least when it comes to e-reading. – Barnes amp; Noble seems determined to blur the line between tablet PC and
traditional e-reader, unveiling a full-color Nook at a New York City event Oct.
26. In addition to the 7-inch color display, the Android-based device includes
social-networking features via Facebook and Twitter. But will t…
Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and the Apple iPad are engaged in a three-way war for the e-reader market. But that conflict’s casualties could end up being smaller e-reader companies, Google Editions and Sony’s e-reader franchise. – With April’s release of the Apple iPad, along with the recent software and
hardware upgrades for both Amazon.com’s Kindle and Barnes amp; Noble’s Nook,
the battle for the e-reader market is well and truly joined. Each of those
three companies seems equally determined to match the others on a num…
Amazon and Barnes & Noble were just two of many companies promoting e-readers at the beginning of 2010. Thanks to rising cost pressures and competition from the likes of Apple, they may soon be the only ones. – At January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,
tablets and e-readers seemed all the rage. Samsung, Amazon.com, Barnes amp;
Noble, Plastic Logic, Spring Design, a Heart subsidiary and a host of others
all used the convention to debut their own take on the e-reader. And why not?
Amazon’s Ki…
Barnes & Noble’s free e-reader application for Android-based smartphones and mobile devices, Nook for Android, is now available. The online bookseller plans to update its Nook applications for the iPhone and iPad. – Barnes amp; Noble has released Nook for Android, its free e-reader
application for Android-based smartphones and mobile devices. The bookseller
also on July 22 announced plans to update its Nook applications for the Apple
iPhone and iPad as well as other platforms in coming months.
Nook
for A…
Barnes & Noble cut the price of its original Nook e-reader and announced a new WiFi-only version, as it seeks to compete in an increasingly crowded space against not only Amazon.com’s Kindle but also the Apple iPad. This newest announcement follows April’s Nook software update, which included a Web browser and Android-based games. Not to be outdone, Amazon slashed its Kindle price to below the original Nook’s. Both the Nook and Kindle proved bestsellers during the 2009 holiday shopping season, according to their respective manufacturers, but the iPad’s selling of 2 million units since its April debut suggests that the e-reader space will only get more competitive. – Barnes amp; Nobles Nook e-reader is now available in two versions, with
the bookseller issuing a cheaper WiFi-only device to complement its original
3G-equipped one. The rollout comes as Barnes amp; Noble finds itself competing
not only with Amazon.coms popular Kindle e-reader, but also the App…
Borders plans on joining the e-reader wars with its Kobo device, which will be priced at around $109 less than both Amazon.com’s Kindle and Barnes Nobles Nook e-reader. These companies find themselves in pitched battle against not only each other, but also the Apple iPad, which includes a robust e-reader application. Google also plans on selling e-books online as early as June, raising the specter of yet another aggressive competitor in the space. Borders is likely betting that its lower price will be a crucial differentiator, although it risks being left behind as the Kindle and Nook add features.
– Chalk this one up under the category of “inevitable:”
Borders Group announced that it would release its own e-reader, the Kobo, on
June 17. That brings the bookseller into an e-reader market already occupied by
its rivals Amazon.com, which sells the Kindle, and Barnes amp; Noble, which
offers t…
Barnes Noble’s Nook e-reader was responsible for 53 percent of e-book readers shipped to U.S. vendors in March, according to an analyst with Digitimes Research, outpacing Amazon.com’s bestselling Kindle. The analyst attributed those numbers, which came from unnamed upstream suppliers, to the Nook being sold in bookstores and being a newer device. Competition between the Kindle and Nook has increased, with their respective manufacturers signing deals with retailers such as Best Buy and Target to carry their devices.
– Barnes amp; Nobles Nook e-reader shipped slightly more
units in March than Amazon.coms Kindle, according to a new report by Digitimes
Research, even as the two retailers escalate their battle for the increasingly
mainstream e-book market.
According
to Mingchi Kuo, an analyst with Digitimes Res…
Barnes Noble announced that its Nook e-reader would receive a software update, complete with three new features, in coming days. Those features include Read In Store, which allows Nook users to access entire books while at a Barnes Noble store, a basic Web browser and games. Barnes Noble finds itself embroiled in competition not only against Amazon.com and its popular Kindle device, but also Apples iPad, whose e-books application leverages the tablet PCs full-color screen. Both Amazon and Barnes Noble have been exploring partnerships with Target, Best Buy and other retailers as a way to expand their market presence.
– Barnes amp; Noble announced a software update for its Nook e-reader,
complete with new features such as a Web browser and games, on April 23.
The new features include the beta version of “Read In Store,” which allows Nook
users to browse the retailers library of e-books for free at any Barnes …
Barnes Noble announced that its Nook e-reader will be available through Best Buy stores starting April 18, as the company seeks to hold its share of an increasingly competitive market occupied by both Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader and Apples newly launched iPad tablet PC. Barnes Noble is also offering an e-reader application specifically for the iPad, even as the Nook competes with Apples devices on store shelves. The launch of the iPad has ignited a new round of competitive negotiations over e-book prices between publishers and companies such as Amazon.com.
– Barnes amp; Nobles Nook e-reader will be available through
Best Buy stores starting April 18, as the bookseller finds itself squeezed on
two competitive fronts by Amazon.coms Kindle e-reader and Apples newly
launched iPad tablet PC. Under the terms of the agreement, a selection of PCs
and smart…
Barnes Noble’s Nook e-reader experienced months of delays due to supposed demand, a situation that may be changing with the booksellers announcement that the Nook will be available in most stores starting midweek. The Nook is also listed as in stock online. Competition in the e-reader arena has heated up as the Nook, Amazon.com’s Kindle and soon the Apple iPad all compete for dominancy of the e-text market, with technological innovations and pricing seen as key factors in whether the manufacturers will seize a majority of market share.
– Barnes amp; Noble announced Feb. 8 that its Nook e-reader will be
available in most of its stores nationwide by midweek, possibly bringing an end
to months of delays for the devices. The Nook was also listed as quot;In
Stock quot; on Barnes amp; Noble’s Website.
The retailer originally attr…
Barnes Noble says it will offer a $100 gift certificate to users whose Nook e-readers were due to arrive by Dec. 24 but will be delayed due to high demand and shipping issues. Meanwhile, a note on the Barnes Noble Website suggests that devices ordered now will not ship until the first week of February. Despite being pigeonholed as a niche item by some analysts, e-readers such as the Nook and the Kindle are attracting attention as holiday gifts.
– Barnes amp; Noble will offer $100 gift vouchers to customers who
pre-ordered its Nook e-reader for delivery by Dec. 24, but who will not receive
the device on time.
On Dec. 19, the
Consumerist blog posted an e-mail received by one Nook customer, in which
Barnes amp; Noble blamed quot;higher…
Barnes Noble’s Nook e-reader, supposedly experiencing high demand from consumers during the holiday season, received decidedly lackluster reviews from Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and David Pogue of The New York Times. The influential reviewers, whose articles have the reputation of being able to make or break devices on the market, suggest that the Nook needs substantial tweaks to its software features and offerings if it wants to become a more robust competitor to Amazon.com’s Kindle. Barnes Noble is facing a lawsuit from IT startup Spring Design over the Nooks design, which the latter claims was copied from its Alex e-reader.
– The early reviews of Barnes amp; Noble’s Nook e-reader are starting to
trickle in, and theyre not pretty.
quot;I dont think its as good as the Kindle, at least not yet, quot; Walt
Mossberg wrote in his Wall Street Journal column on Dec. 9. quot;At
launch, the Nook has the feel of a product …
Spring Design suffered a legal defeat on Dec. 1 when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California turned down their request to halt sales of Barnes Nobles Nook e-reader. Both the Nook and Spring Design’s Alex e-reader feature dual screens and the Google Android operating system, leading Spring Design to allege that the Nook’s designers copied their design. The Nook is encountering delays in shipping to customers, a problem that Barnes Noble insists is due to high demand.
–
Spring Design, creator of the upcoming Alex e-reader, found themselves
suffering a legal defeat on Dec. 1 when the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California turned turn their injunction to halt sales of Barnes
amp; Nobles Nook e-reader. Spring Design alleges that the Nook, wh…
Barnes Noble says that its Nook e-reader will arrive in stores on Dec. 7, later than anticipated, due to high demand for the devices. The bookseller previously told customers that many of its pre-orders would not ship until after the holidays. Barnes Noble and Sony are both claiming e-reader shortages, while Amazon.com announced best-ever November sales numbers for its Kindle devices, as the e-reader market continues to expand beyond a niche industry.
– Barnes amp; Noble’s Nook e-reader will make its debut in the
booksellers brick-and-mortar stores in Dec. 7, later than anticipated, and in
limited quantities. However, Barnes amp; Noble is promising that all stores
will have demonstration units, as the company seeks to wrest market share away
…
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…
