One of the facets of the education system that still frustrates teachers and parents alike is the loss of valuable and hard-won academic skills over the course of the summer break. While the length of the break varies by state, it can be close to three months, or nearly one-third of the year for what are already emergent readers and learners. Barnes and Noble issued a press … [Read more...] about NOOK Summer Reading Program Aimed at Younger Readers
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Surprising Winner in Wired e-Reader Review
Wired magazine published a two-page review of e-readers and unfortunately it comes a little too late for Christmas shoppers to do anything other than wish they had bought the other guy’s device. Of the four major e-readers for the U.S. market that the tech team reviewed, the Kobo Touch, Nook Simple Touch , Sony Reader PRS-T1, and the Amazon Kindle, even Wired staffers were … [Read more...] about Surprising Winner in Wired e-Reader Review
Nook Reaching Out to a Variety of Readers
When Barnes&Noble began its massive media campaign of commercials for its Nook e-reader, the imagery was very serene and quite deliberately targeted to women. Images of users lounging on window benches while their children played in the yard or of readers under umbrellas at the beach were intended to draw in a demographic who simply wanted to enjoy a good book with the … [Read more...] about Nook Reaching Out to a Variety of Readers
Barnes and Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet Adds Manga and Anime to Its Catalog
Barnes&Noble, developers of the NOOK line of e-readers and full-color Android powered tablets, announced its partnership with VIZ Media to bring over 100 anime and manga titles to the NOOK digital catalog. “NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color are ideal devices for our customers to enjoy manga in stunning high resolution color that virtually makes the action leap off the page,” … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet Adds Manga and Anime to Its Catalog
Waterstones to Launch Their Own e-Reader
It seems that Amazon is the book retailer that everyone loves to hate, from rival major book chains and mom-and-pop booksellers to the major players in the publishing industry, but the harshest words yet for the online retailer may have finally arrived. According to James Daunt, CEO of Waterstone’s, Amazon is the devil. The UK-based Waterstone’s chain was bought by a Russian … [Read more...] about Waterstones to Launch Their Own e-Reader
Publishers Disappointed as Canadian Bookseller Indigo Adapts to Changing Market
The largest physical retail bookseller in Canada, Indigo Books & Music, has made some massive changes to its store locations and its current business models, changes that have more than a few publishers anxious to see how it will impact their business. At face value, the changes that Indigo is incorporating in its brick-and-mortar locations seem like nothing more than … [Read more...] about Publishers Disappointed as Canadian Bookseller Indigo Adapts to Changing Market
OverDrive Makes Entire Ebook Catalogs Available to Libraries
OverDrive is the leading source of ebook titles for over 15,000 public and school libraries who have adopted ebook-lending strategies for their patrons. This week, OverDrive is meeting with major international and domestic publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair—arguably the largest publishing industry event of its kind—to unveil its “Want It Now” (WIN) catalog for … [Read more...] about OverDrive Makes Entire Ebook Catalogs Available to Libraries
Barnes and Noble Brings More Digital Magazines to its Device
Barnes&Noble released news today that it is bringing more magazine content to the Nook Color, this time the magazine Real Simple. In this first-ever digital edition, users can now navigate through the magazine by articles via the touch screen. This single edition of the November issue, just in time for Thanksgiving preparations in the U.S., is the first of its kind for the … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Brings More Digital Magazines to its Device
Kindle Fire Reaching Out to the Family
Barnes&Noble announced an eye-opening statistic this year that the largest customer demographic to purchase (or receive as a gift) the Nook Color was middle-aged women, and after further scrutiny, that news made perfect sense. The Nook Color is a light-weight Android-based tablet which was promoted through media campaigns for simple e-reading of books and full-color … [Read more...] about Kindle Fire Reaching Out to the Family
Barnes&Noble Sticking to Its Guns on Digital Comics
After the announcement last week that the upcoming Kindle Fire tablet will come with one hundred DC Comics’ backlist titles of comic books and graphic novels pre-installed, Barnes & Noble pulled all of the print editions of every title off its store shelves. There has been some speculation about the length of time this near-boycott will take place, as well as rumors about … [Read more...] about Barnes&Noble Sticking to Its Guns on Digital Comics
B&N manufacturing 18,000 Nook Colors per day
Clearly Barnes & Noble wishes to make the most of the coming holiday season with its new Nook Color and is making an all out effort towards that. Like coaxing manufacturers based in China to produce as many as 18,000 Nook Colors everyday which Barnes & Noble believes will be needed to cope up with a likely rise in demand. Barnes & Noble Chairman Len Riggio said, … [Read more...] about B&N manufacturing 18,000 Nook Colors per day