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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…

5 Ways Barnes and Noble’s Nook Could Overcome Amazon.com’s Kindle

October 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Barnes Noble’s Nook e-reader faces substantial competition as it attempts to take market share away from Amazon.coms popular Kindle line, but it could conceivably triumph thanks to a combination of new technology, Google Android, brick-and-mortar stores, and other e-readers such as Plastic Logic’s QUE. The introduction of the long-rumored Apple tablet PC could also have a seismic effect on the e-reader market, as well as Amazon.coms and Barnes Noble’s ability to compete in the space.
– Barnes amp; Noble’s Nook
e-reader will go head-to-head with Amazon.coms Kindle this holiday season.
While the Kindle cornered much of the publics attention throughout 2009, thanks
in part to extraordinarily high-profile launches of its latest models, it now
faces substantial competition from co…

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…