As other print publications struggle to maintain great, expensive content in an age of changing economics and reader habits, it's heartening to watch an older institution gamely try new things.
Editor's Pick Inkling's CEO thinks he has the solution to Amazon's "glorified $10 text files."
Just when you thought you might make it through the rest of your life without ever reading anything other than Facebook updates and the occasional #longread from Slate, Flipboard goes and ruins your party with a books section.
Ever since Barnes & Noble debuted its backlit Nook e-reader, all eyes have been on Amazon for its upgraded Kindle. Now it looks like Amazon's backlit e-reader has been leaked, ahead of the company's media event next week.
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has debuted Nook for Web, a way to read Nook titles through a browser without having to download software, the company announced today.
Barnes & Noble is in the middle of an e-reading war with Amazon …
Apple and a number of publishers are officially being called to court on June 3, 2013 to sort out the issue of e-book price fixing, as ruled by Manhattan-based judge Denise Cote.
The Department of Justice sued Apple for allegedly …
Looks like somebody really “Nookd” this one up. A recent Nook version of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel War and Peace replaces the word “kindled” with the word “Nookd,” an apparent attempt to get rid of references to e-book’s competitor Kindle.…
I was flabbergasted at the news that Microsoft had invested $300 million into Barnes & Noble’s Nook business, making the e-reader subsidiary, at a $1.7 billion valuation, worth more than B&N itself.
Sure, Microsoft has a penchant for investing in …
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The recent anti-trust suit against the big five book publishers reminds me of the scene in the movie Titanic where the lifeboats are pulling away from the gasping survivors in the water. We all know what’s going to happen and …
Inkling’s digital publication platform helped textbook makers move to the iPad. Now, the company is setting its sights on travel with the launch of Frommer’s Day by Day travel guides for the iPad and iPhone.
Travel has traditionally been one …
How much is Microsoft afraid of Amazon and its surging Kindle business? Enough to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s new Nook subsidiary.
The deal, announced today, will give Microsoft a significant stake in an established e-reading company, a …
Collusion? What collusion? Apple last night denied the Department of Justice’s antitrust claims that it illegally fixed e-book prices with major publishers, which ultimately made e-books more expensive than they were prior to the launch of Apple’s iBookstore.
Apple is …
It’s kind of shocking to think that E-Ink e-book readers have been around for several years, yet nobody has figured out an integrated way to light up the screens. Until now, that is.
Barnes & Noble today is launching a …
Sixteen states have piled lawsuits on top of Apple, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon and Schuster, four companies which were served with an antitrust lawsuit this morning by the Department of Justice.
The suit is led by Texas and Connecticut, which, …
The U.S. Department of Justice has officially filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and a handful of major book publishers, including Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Penguin.
The DOJ is charging the companies for anti-competitive practices regarding the pricing and sales …
In an effort to protect consumers from heightened e-book prices, the Department of Justice could sue Apple Wednesday morning.
The DOJ is concerned with a deal between Apple and five other publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Penguin …
New data from the Association of American Publishers shows that a lot of y’all got e-readers over the holidays. Year-over-year, e-book sales have skyrocketed, especially for young adult and kids’ titles.
In January 2011, publishers sold 3.9 million children’s and …
The intensely popular Harry Potter novels are now available for sale as e-books for the first time through J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website.
Pottermore was announced last June as a site where Potter fans can interact with each other and as …
Amazon has released a major update to its Kindle iOS app today that will let it take advantage of the new iPad’s Retina Display, fixing an issue some reviewers brought up regarding blurry text on earlier versions of the app.…
The world’s most valuable company, Apple, is being accused of conspiring with five major book publishers to raise the price of e-books, which could lead to a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The antitrust case deals with Apple’s …
