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Nook Color Video Tours, Hands-on Video

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Here are three videos of the new Nook Color by Barnes and Noble. These first two videos shows how B&N is focusing a lot on color content in the form of periodicals, cookbooks, and children’s books. It shows the AliveTouch feature in action, which allows kids to interact with books and have them read aloud. […]

The Barnes and Noble Nook is Headed to Walmart

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Move over Apple iPad, the Barnes and Noble Nook—and possibly the Nook 2—is set to arrive in 2,500 Walmart stores and on Walmart.com starting next week on October 24th. Not only that but some Walmart stores will have Nook-branded eReading areas where shoppers can see and touch a demonstration device (probably more like a shelf […]

Nook 2 – Nook 2 Release Date?

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October 20th is the one year anniversary of the official unveiling of the Barnes and Noble Nook. At the time it was a big announcement. The Nook was the first ebook reader to offer ebook lending and to feature a color LCD display in addition to the E Ink display. Barnes and Noble priced the […]

B&N Launches PubIt – Get Your eBooks Published With B&N

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Today Barnes and Noble finally launched their own digital publishing platform called PubIt to keep up with the other major e-retailers like Amazon and Apple. The bad news, however, is that their rates are lower than both of those. Amazon and Apple pay 70% of the list price to independent publishers and authors for using […]

Nook More In Store Exclusives; Free Nook eBooks

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Barnes and Noble issued a press release today announcing the September line-up for the “More in Store” exclusive content for the Nook. Each week Nook owners can take their Nooks to any Barnes and Noble retail store, connect to B&N’s free WiFi, and download the free exclusive material. This only works on a Nook; not […]