Voracious reader Bill Gates shares his favorite books of the summer Want to get inside the mind of one of the world’s richest men? Just take a look at his bookshelf.… Read More
Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit, settles patent litigation [Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system… Read More
Who is buying e-readers? Not me, but paralegals, dietitians and iPod owners sure love ’em As I’ve noted in the past, I am not a big fan of electronic reading devices. (In addition to having… Read More
Microsoft vs. Barnes & Noble: Here are the 3 patents they’ll be fighting over this week Microsoft and Barnes & Noble will go to trial this week at the International Trade Commission in a closely watched… Read More
From e-book to bookstore: Amazon and Houghton Mifflin strike new distribution deal Amazon.com is increasingly expanding into the business of book publishing, and it has some formidable distribution mechanisms in the form… Read More
Gadgets galore: More than a quarter of Americans now own an e-reader or tablet computer Nooks. iPads. Kindles. PlayBooks. Kobos. Americans are getting more familiar with tablet computers and e-readers, with a new study out… Read More
Free Nook? B&N cuts prices with purchase of NYT or People subscription Posting from Las Vegas: Barnes & Noble this morning rolled out a new promotion that brings the price of its… Read More
Barnes & Noble ponders spinning off Nook e-reader business Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Barnes & Noble was looking to sell its book publishing arm. Today, the company… Read More
When eBooks attack, mass paperbacks die The mass market paperback is dead. It just doesn’t know it yet. Ailing for months, its demise is now all… Read More
Barnes & Noble slashes Nook price to $79 to compete with Kindle on Black Friday The Kindle and Nook are locked in a heated battle, and the rivalry is about to get a little hotter… Read More
Amazon says Kindle Fire will have Hulu Plus at launch Kindle Fire will have Hulu Plus, after all. Amazon this morning updated the list of apps that will be available… Read More
Take that, B&N? Amazon lines up retail titans for Kindle Fire Amazon.com says its new Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers will be available in more than 16,000 stores across the… Read More
Barnes & Noble wants U.S. to stop Microsoft’s Android patent campaign Updated with Microsoft statement. Barnes & Noble is asking the U.S. Justice Department to examine Microsoft’s effort to use its… Read More
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet challenges ‘deficient’ Kindle Fire Barnes & Noble unveiled its $249 Nook Tablet today, looking to challenge Amazon’s upcoming $199 Kindle Fire tablet in the market… Read More
Michael Hart, inventor of the eBook, dies at age 64 Tacoma native and electronic book pioneer Michael S. Hart has died at the age of 64. Before Kindle, Nook or… Read More
Microsoft cashing in on Android? Amazing, yet not surprising We’ve known for a while that Microsoft was getting a cut of HTC’s sales of Android devices, under a patent… Read More
