Tag Archives: Barnes and Noble

Google Play comes to Barnes & Noble’s Nook HD and HD+, we go hands-on (video)

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Barnes & Noble’s refusal to open its ecosystem has long been one of our primary complaints about the company’s tablet offerings. The Nook HD and HD+ are extremely nice pieces of hardware that have been held back by their own walled software of…


Pinterest now available for Barnes & Noble’s Nook lineup

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If you can’t even contemplate e-reading without a healthy side of inspirational photos, you’ll be happy to know that Pinterest is now available on Barnes & Noble’s Nook devices. Amazon already offers the popular app for its Kindle lineup, and now…


B&N makes the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight’s $20 price drop official

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The Nook’s $20 price drop is more than the whim of a few major retailers — it’s Barnes & Noble’s new MSRP. Following Walmart and Target’s recent discounts, the company’s own website is now listing the glowing e-reader at its new $119 price. The …


Target, Walmart list price drop for B&N’s Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight to $119

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Check those calendars. It’s September 29th, which means, for those who follow the world of e-readers, that we’re two days from Kindle Paperwhite day. According to Target and Walmart, it also means that Barnes & Noble’s own illuminated e-reader, t…


Barnes & Noble hits the UK, launches Nook Simple Touch, Glowlight and a pair of HD tablets

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American bookseller Barnes and Noble is planning to broaden its horizons with a little international travel. At the same time the Kindle Fire HD will make its first tentative steps across the pond, the company behind the Nook has appointed Patrick Ro…


Barnes & Noble announces Nook HD+ 9-inch tablet, we go hands-on (video)

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Sure we heard some early rumblings about a new tablet from Barnes & Noble, and no, we can’t say we were particularly surprised by the revelation — after all, no one expected the bookstore to sit idly by and let Amazon own the holiday shopping se…


Barnes & Noble launching Nook Video this fall with a little help from HBO, Sony, Disney, Viacom, more

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We caught wind of an upcoming video offering from Barnes & Noble a couple of weeks back, as part of a tip on new tablet offerings from the company. And while we’ve yet to hear anything official on the latter, this morning the bookstore pulled bac…


Source: Barnes & Noble prepping Nook Tablet followup with ‘incredible display’ for fall release

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This week may belong to Amazon and whatever information the mega-retailer decides to drop on our heads tomorrow at its press conference in Santa Monica, but Barnes & Noble’s apparently won’t be letting the Kindle maker hog the spotlight for too l…


Barnes & Noble continues British invasion, forges pacts with Argos, Blackwell’s and Foyles

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Barnes & Noble has continued its quest to stock the shelves of United Kingdom bookstores with Nooks, by adding Argos, Blackwell’s and Foyles to the list of where you can get one. Those retailers will join John Lewis in carrying the Nook Simple To…


Amazon Publishing inks deal with Ingram, opens e-book distribution to rivals

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Amazon Publishing is continuing to broaden its distribution channels, as the New York-based imprint has formed a partnership with Ingram Content Group that will make the company’s e-books available to competitors such as Apple, Barnes & Noble and…