Barnes and Noble will be employing the Autography software we wrote about a few weeks ago, to allow authors to digitally sign ebooks!Autography is a software based touchscreen solution that allows authors to autograph ebooks. It is a positive step in the right direction allowing eBooks to bear the once in a lifetime signing that makes tangible books so attractive. Often … [Read more...] about Nook Color owners can get eBooks autographed
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Staples to carry Barnes and Noble Nook Color May 1st
Staples announced today that they will begin carrying the Barnes and Noble Nook Color e-Reader at all locations in the USA starting May 1st 2011.The Barnes and Noble Nook Color is a runaway success for customers all over the world. It offers newspapers, magazines, kids books, textbooks and ebooks, in full color. Sometime in the next month the company will also be issuing a … [Read more...] about Staples to carry Barnes and Noble Nook Color May 1st
Barnes and Noble claims ebooks will reign supreme in 2 years
In New York city last week at the GigaOM Big Data conference, an executive of Barnes and Noble Marc Parrish made some bold proclamations. He declared that "the book business is changing more radically now, and quicker, than movies or music or newspapers have, because we're doing it in a matter of months." He went on to elaborate, "In the next 24 months is when this business … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble claims ebooks will reign supreme in 2 years
What Brand e-Reader do you have? Top 10 Poll Results
We ran a poll in December 2010 and January 2011 on what brand of e-reader proved to be the most popular with the regular visitors of Good e-Reader. This poll was run during the crucial holiday season and the month afterwords. We did not ask what e-reader in particular people had, but only what brand they decided to go with. We had 647 votes total cast in two months and the … [Read more...] about What Brand e-Reader do you have? Top 10 Poll Results
IDC claims 13 million e-readers and 18 million tablets shipped in 2010
International Data Corporation whom is considered one of the leading global market intelligence company has just released some interesting statistics. It seems in 2010 13 million e-readers and 18 million Tablet PC's were shipped globally.Retail giant Amazon led the entire e-reader sales scene, retaining around a total 48% market share, not only in the pivotal 4th quarter … [Read more...] about IDC claims 13 million e-readers and 18 million tablets shipped in 2010
Barnes and Noble settles Spring Design Lawsuit
It has been going on for over a year and finally the lawsuit brought against Barnes and Noble by Spring Design for patent and intellectual property violations has been settled once and for all! Barnes and Noble is now non-exclusively licensing and paying Spring Design for the technology used in the Nook 3G and the Nook WI-FI.Spring Design initiated the lawsuit in 2009 when … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble settles Spring Design Lawsuit
Barnes and Noble launches In-Store event featuring Pubit Authors
Barnes and Noble released a new program last year called PubIT, which allowed independant authors to create eBooks and have them listed in the Barnes and Noble eBook store. The PubIt program has been a resounding success and recently hit the 11,000 published works milestone and 35 of these are in the top 200 best sellers. Barnes and Noble has staged various events featuring … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble launches In-Store event featuring Pubit Authors
Nook Color gets Google Honeycomb treatment
The official Google Honeycomb SDK for developers got released this week and many people are rushing to get it ported into their devices on a business level and an independent level. On a business level the oft talked about company Notion Ink is working on a Honeycomb update for their Adam Tablet and young enterprising gentlemen have got honeycomb working on their Nook Color … [Read more...] about Nook Color gets Google Honeycomb treatment
Barnes and Noble Nook Color Firmware Update 1.1 released
People have been waiting on the new firmware update for Barnes and Noble first Android color tablet e-reader! The update is out and available to download now and offers some sweet upgrades and performance enhancements.The new update to the Barnes and Noble Nook Color negates any rooting you might have done on your device, so make sure you bear that in mind before you … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Color Firmware Update 1.1 released
Barnes and Noble Nook 3G is discontinued
The Barnes and Noble Nook line of e-readers has been a runaway success for Barnes and Noble, today they claimed that over 650,000 newspapers and magazines have been sold via the Nook Color. We have reports today that Barnes and Noble is ceasing to manufacture the Nook 3G variant due to lackluster demand.The Barnes and Noble Nook 3G was the first e-reader that the bookstore … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook 3G is discontinued
Barnes and Noble sells 650,000 Magazines and Newspapers in 2 Months
The Barnes and Noble Nook line of electronic readers has certainly saved USA retail giant Barnes and Noble bookstore chain from certain doom, when last year things looked grim. E-Reader and eBook sales has been the saving grace of the company and it looks like figures released for the last 2 months in NOOKnewstand sales is over half a million with 650,0000 newspapers and … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble sells 650,000 Magazines and Newspapers in 2 Months
Nook Color hack allows longer battery life and increased processor speed
The hacks for the Barnes and Noble Nook Color keep on piling on, first we could root the device to get Android on and then install applications such as Angry Birds. Now we have a way to make the processor run faster from the default 800 MHZ to 950 MHZ without increasing the voltage.The new hack even though it overclocks the Nook Colors built in processor, actually lowers … [Read more...] about Nook Color hack allows longer battery life and increased processor speed
Barnes and Noble Nook Color VS. the Pandigital Novel 9 inch VS the Pocketbook 701 IQ – Android Tablet Comparison
Welcome to another Good e-Reader Exclusive Video! In this video we take a look at three of the newest Google entry level Google Android based tablet computers and put them against each other in key areas.The tablet computers we use in this comparison is the Barnes and Noble Nook Color, the Pandigital Novel 9 inch and the Pocketbook IQ 701.Firstly we compare the … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Color VS. the Pandigital Novel 9 inch VS the Pocketbook 701 IQ – Android Tablet Comparison