Digital Manga, mostly known for manga comics and graphic novels, has teamed up with Harlequin to bring 20 books to the Barnes and Noble bookstore.This is a large partnership not only between Digital Manga and Harlequin, but also Softbank. Softbank was the company responsible mainly for the localization in foreign languages with the project. Digital Manga said only a paltry … [Read more...] about Digital Manga and Harlequin Bring Manga to the Barnes and Noble e-Readers
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Nook Color Beating iPad in Key Subscriptions
Apple made a few headlines this year with the anxiety over its app subscription model. Consumers were more than a little displeased to find out that their favorite magazines were costing upwards of $250 a year, the same as the newsstand price, to read them on their iPads. At the same time, big-name retailers had a battle of sorts with the tablet giant over the ability to send … [Read more...] about Nook Color Beating iPad in Key Subscriptions
Barnes & Noble Updates Nook iPad App, Will Offer Periodicals
All Barnes & Noble customers who do their reading on the iPad via the Nook for iPad app will soon have more content at their disposal in the form of periodicals and newspapers. Barnes & Noble hasn't revealed exactly when the service will go on air, but has said they will provide access to 175 magazines and newspapers in the coming days. This comes on the heels of a … [Read more...] about Barnes & Noble Updates Nook iPad App, Will Offer Periodicals
Dual Boot your Nook Color into Android 2.3 and not Void your Warranty!
The Barnes and Noble Nook Color has been a tremendous success and many people are quite happy with the innovative features it brings to the table. Recent updates gives it the ability to play Adobe Flash content and even access the official Barnes and Noble Android Market to get new games. The Nook Color is an Android tablet but is skinned with a custom User Interface to give … [Read more...] about Dual Boot your Nook Color into Android 2.3 and not Void your Warranty!
Barnes and Noble Adds Geolocation for Angry Birds
If you are the proud owner of a Barnes and Noble Nook Color, you have a reason to be extra angry these days. Rovio and Barnes and Noble have teamed up to add a geolocation feature to the popular game Angry Birds. If you bring your Nook Color to any Barnes and Noble Bookstore, you can now unlock the Mighty Eagle character for free with the enhanced application.Starting today … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Adds Geolocation for Angry Birds
New Apps for the Barnes and Noble Nook Color
The Barnes and Noble Nook Color is an unbridled success for the book retail chain and many people were very happy when the company issued an Android App Store. This store came with the most recent firmware update that even added Adobe Flash Support for internet Browsing. Today the company added new applications to the store that allows more flexibility in having a great tablet … [Read more...] about New Apps for the Barnes and Noble Nook Color
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
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
E-readers Leave Graphic Novels Out In The Cold
Authors of comic books and graphic novels have long relied on the concept of the ashcan print, a brief book of about sixteen pages or so that will illustrate for the distributor what the author/illustrator team can do. This small effort is the necessary foot in the door to be able to go on to produce lengthier works. It can be likened to a query for fiction writers trying to … [Read more...] about E-readers Leave Graphic Novels Out In The Cold
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
Nook Color gets Apps, Email and Flash with new Update
The much awaited Android 2.2 Froyo update for the Nook Color is now available, marking the first official transition of the popular e-reader into the tablet realm. Barnes & Noble though is still sticking to the 'e-reader first' tagline irrespective of the fact that the device has already been rooted by a lot of users in order to run not only Android 2.2 Froyo but even the … [Read more...] about Nook Color gets Apps, Email and Flash with new Update
Nook Color might have the Froyo update on April 25
All of this is still unconfirmed though there has been some developments on the Nook front that is suggesting the update to Android Froyo for the Nook Color is coming soon. In fact, it might be as soon as Monday the 25th of April itself. At least, a few forum posts made by some Barnes & Noble employees is suggestive of this.Like some employees revealed they are to … [Read more...] about Nook Color might have the Froyo update on April 25
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