Welcome to a exclusive Good e-Reader Video Review! Today we take a look at the new Barnes and Noble Nook 2 - A Simple Touch Reader.This is the brand new six inch touchscreen e-ink e-reader from book giant Barnes and Noble.The Barnes and Noble Nook 2 is being billed as the simplest e-reader ever created! It features a full touchscreen 6 inch PEARL display with a … [Read more...] about Unboxing the Barnes and Noble Nook – A Simple Touch Reader
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Inkling Makes E-Textbooks a Reality
Opponents of the more academically-structured functions of e-readers have long sited the awkward accessibility of search features as one of the barriers to widespread adoption of electronic texts in educational settings. The belief that e-readers aren’t the most user-friendly interface for any digital content which requires rapid movement throughout the text have been … [Read more...] about Inkling Makes E-Textbooks a Reality
Barnes and Noble Nook 2 Has a Web Browser
One of the things lacking when Barnes and Noble announced their Nook 2 - a Simple Touch Reader at Union Square in New York - was the absence of a proper web browser. It seems when we posed these questions at the unveiling we were met with responses that it did not ship with one. It seems now that there is a web browser that works on the Nook 2, it just does not work all that … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook 2 Has a Web Browser
Autography Enriches E-books, Slows Piracy
While standing at the Autography booth in the Digital Zone at the BEA2011, author and company co-found Tom Waters did something fairly amazing. He signed my e-book copy of his novel. Only I didn’t have my e-reader with me, and in fact, I didn’t actually own a copy of his work. Don’t tell him I said that.Even stranger, when Waters told me to check my email, there in my inbox … [Read more...] about Autography Enriches E-books, Slows Piracy
Barnes and Noble PubIt Event at Antioch June 1st
Barnes and Noble has organized their second PubIt event happening at their Anitoch location June 1st 2011.Barnes and Noble is organizing events with the PubIt program that invites self-published authors to participate in panels and answer questions. The PubIt program has been a resounding success and recently hit the 11,000 published works milestone and 35 of these are in … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble PubIt Event at Antioch June 1st
Barnes and Noble Hypes Battery Life on Nook 2
Barnes and Noble only just unveiled the Nook 2, aka The Simple Touch Reader, yesterday at Union Square. We were on-hand for the event and got some exclusive hands on video with the new e-reader.It seems they really want to build some separation from the Kindle line of e-readers. They mentioned this on the stage during the product release by saying their e-reader only had 1 … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Hypes Battery Life on Nook 2
Barnes and Noble Dumping Nook WIFI on Ebay for $99
Today we are in New York city covering the Book EXPO and the launch of the Barnes and Noble Nook 2:Â a simple touch reader. We were told by B&N CEO William Lynch said today during the presentation that the original Nook models would be lowered in price. You will still be able to buy the Nook WIFI in the retail stores, but the company is dumping as many units as they can on … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Dumping Nook WIFI on Ebay for $99
Barnes and Noble Reveals Nook 2 e-Reader
This morning in a Union Square store B&N press conference, the team behind the Nook introduced their latest market-changing product in a bookstore-turned-techno-rave. Dozens of B&N employees lined the walls, serving as bouncers/product demo specialists, while New York city policeman provided in-store security.Barnes and Noble CEO William Lynch took the stage today … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Reveals Nook 2 e-Reader
Barnes and Noble Nook Color Now Limiting User Loaded eBooks
Those who have been looking to buy the Nook Color as a cheap Android tablet should be prepared for a pleasant shock. This since Barnes & Noble has quietly imposed a restriction on the usage of the Nook's 5 GB memory so that it's now just 1 GB that can be used to side-load content while the rest is to be used for loading the books and other apps purchased from the Nook … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Color Now Limiting User Loaded eBooks
Barnes & Noble and Amazon Have Something up Their E-Reader Sleeves
This week, news appeared that Barnes & Noble’s Buzz Score—the word-of-mouth measurement of consumers’ reactions to advertising, a way to discern what the general public is hearing about a specific brand name, as measured by YouGov Brand Index—is quickly closing the gap between its name and Amazon’s with the adult 18 and over market. This spike in its score, rising from 16.4 … [Read more...] about Barnes & Noble and Amazon Have Something up Their E-Reader Sleeves
Nook Color app store reach 1 million downloads
It has been only one week since the launch of the new Barnes and Noble App store developed for the Nook Color has been implemented via the most recent firmware update. Since the launch of the app store over 1 million apps have already been downloaded.The top five paid NOOK Apps brought to you by the latest 1.2 Nook Color update are; Angry Birds, Drawing Pad, Solitaire, Aces … [Read more...] about Nook Color app store reach 1 million downloads
Nook for Android Gives You Magazines and Newspapers with Update
The latest Nook for Android e-reading application update issued today gives tablet users the ability to buy magazines and newspapers from the Nook Newsstand. You can now purchase up to 140 different magazines such as ESPN The Magazine and The Economist to Food & Wine and Us Weekly Esquire, Maxim, Men’s Health, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Popular Science, PC Magazine, Elle, O, … [Read more...] about Nook for Android Gives You Magazines and Newspapers with Update
New Barnes and Noble e-Reader May 24th
During a big investors and conference today Barnes and Noble told the assembled audience that they will be officially announcing a new e-reader May 24th.Barnes and Noble has seen critical market success with its Nook 3G, Nook WIFI, and the new Nook Color e-reader the last 2 years. The Nook Color continues to be the color e-Reader to beat in the tablet world and recently the … [Read more...] about New Barnes and Noble e-Reader May 24th