Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New Nook Tablet!!!!!
Barnes & Noble Introduces NOOK Tablet(TM), Its Fastest, Lightest Tablet with the Best in HD Entertainment
Everything You Want in a Reading and Entertainment Tablet - a Great Value at $249
Popular Movies, TV Shows and Music from Top Services Including Netflix, Hulu Plus(TM), Pandora®; Plus Thousands of High-Quality Apps, Web Browsing and Email
Largest Digital Catalog: Books, Newspapers, Interactive Magazines and
Children's Picture Books, and Introducing NOOK Comics(TM)
Under a Pound, Breakthrough Battery Life, Best-in-Class Display and Plenty of Memory
Award-Winning NOOK Simple Touch(TM) and Highly Popular NOOK Color(TM):
Greatly Enhanced and Now Offered at New Incredibly Low Prices
New York, New York - November 7, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today expanded its portfolio of bestselling NOOK® devices with the introduction of NOOK Tablet, the company's fastest and lightest tablet with the best in HD entertainment. NOOK Tablet offers access to popular movies, TV shows, music and more through the top entertainment services, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora and others, plus a collection of high-quality apps, fast Web browsing and email. NOOK Tablet features Barnes & Noble's award-winning color reading experience, with access to the world's largest digital bookstore via Wi-Fi®. Now available for pre-order at www.nook.com and at Barnes & Noble stores for just $249, NOOK Tablet will be in stores and in homes on or about November 17. Find NOOK Tablet in the newly announced NOOK Digital Shops(TM), which feature the full portfolio of NOOK digital devices and FREE NOOK Reading Apps(TM) at neighborhood Barnes & Noble stores.
Barnes & Noble also announced enhancements and incredibly new low prices for NOOK Color, the first-ever Reader's Tablet(TM), and NOOK Simple Touch, the first breakthrough touch E Ink® device. The critically acclaimed NOOK Color will be even better next month, with more than 100 feature enhancements, access to top video and music services, popular apps, comics and more - and an even better value at today's new incredibly low price of $199. The new and improved NOOK Simple Touch features the worlds fastest page turns and longest battery life, and an amazing new price of $99 - with no annoying ads.
"In NOOK Tablet, we've created the best wireless media tablet in the portable 7-inch class. NOOK Tablet's VividView display has been designed to be the world's finest screen for readability and viewing content. We've utilized that breakthrough display technology to bring consumers the largest digital catalog of color and interactive books, magazines, childrens books and high-quality apps through our NOOK Store. Additionally, we've seamlessly integrated today's top entertainment services like Netflix, Hulu Plus and Pandora in a product that's powerful, easy-to-use, under a pound, and a tremendous value at only $249," said William Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble. "We're also excited to announce that we've lowered the price of our award-winning and recently improved NOOK Simple Touch to just $99, ad-free. Lastly, our incredibly popular NOOK Color has a new low price of only $199, giving customers the ability to enjoy its unparalleled reading experience, apps, Web and email. These three products, at these super-low prices, represent the highest-quality portfolio of reading and entertainment products on the market at the best value. We welcome customers to learn more about our bestselling NOOK product line from our friendly and well-trained NOOKsellers at our new NOOK Digital Shops at their neighborhood Barnes & Noble."
NOOK Tablet: Built for Speed... and Beauty
NOOK Tablet was designed for customers who want to read and be entertained with a variety of apps and media. Barnes & Noble designed the device for power, speed and responsiveness using the latest and most advanced technology. With a highly tuned 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, there's plenty of memory to stream HD videos smoothly, browse the Web, and switch between books, magazines, videos and apps effortlessly. Barnes & Noble developed revolutionary battery life with NOOK Tablet, enabling 11.5 hours of reading time or nine hours of video viewing - the equivalent of five full-length movies. Everything looks stunning on NOOK Tablet, which features the world's most advanced VividView(TM) display for viewing content, with 16 million colors and a resolution purity that's simply gorgeous. Barnes & Noble invested in full IPS lamination to reduce reflection and glare and offer extra-wide viewing angles - perfect for sharing.
Best in Entertainment
NOOK Tablet gives customers the best names in entertainment so they can choose the TV shows and movies they love from leading services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, both pre-loaded on NOOK Tablet and offering free trials. Customers can instantly stream brilliant HD-quality videos. Also coming soon to NOOK Tablet: Flixster with UltraViolet(TM), for newly released movies and TV shows from Warner Bros. and other leading studios. NOOK Tablet owners can listen to millions of songs using the hottest music services, including Pandora, pre-loaded on NOOK Tablet, as well as Rhapsody®, Grooveshark and MOG, all available with a free 14-day trial. NOOK Tablet owners can also listen to their own songs wherever they go with the built-in music player.
Your Reading and Entertainment Content - Anywhere
A powerful HD entertainment machine designed for maximum portability, NOOK Tablet is well under a pound (14.1 oz.), making it one-third lighter than the leading tablet and 10 percent lighter than the award-winning NOOK Color. Sleek and thin with a soft touch back design, NOOK Tablet can be held comfortably for extended periods with just one hand and slips easily into a pocket or purse for reading and entertainment on-the-go. And with 16GB of storage - double the space of some other tablets - plus expandable memory, customers have ample space for their reading and entertainment content, regardless of Wi-Fi availability.
Customers can also access their personal NOOK Library(TM) through the free, stable and secure NOOK Cloud(TM) service, which also powers the seamless integration and synchronization between devices, as well as NOOK's best-in-class shopping experience and social features.
Thousands of Must-Have Apps, Web & Email
Barnes & Noble offers NOOK Tablet customers a wide array of top-rated NOOK Apps(TM) to play, learn, organize and explore with must-haves like Angry Birds Rio and Seasons, SCRABBLE, Epicurious, My Cast Weather, Taptu, Style.com, Spanish for Dummies, Bejeweled® 2, Ms. Pac Man and more. There are hundreds of popular apps for kids, including Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat, Drawing Pad and Pop Up Peter Rabbit. All NOOK Apps are the best, highest-quality versions available, optimized for NOOK Tablet's beautiful and ultra-responsive 7-inch color touchscreen. By the holidays, Barnes & Noble will offer thousands of high-quality NOOK Apps from leading third-party developers and content providers that can be enjoyed on NOOK Tablet, as well as NOOK Color.
NOOK Tablet also features lightning-fast Web browsing so customers can surf their favorite sites, from Facebook to YouTube, and stream brilliant HD videos. NOOK Tablets built-in email also makes it easy to stay connected with friends and family.
Barnes & Noble's Award-Winning Reading Experience
NOOK Tablet customers can shop the world's largest bookstore, featuring more than 2.5 million books, enhanced books, interactive magazines, newspapers, comic books and childrens books. Content downloads lightning-fast, usually in less than 10 seconds over Wi-Fi.
- NOOK Newsstand(TM): Choose from more than 250 newspapers and full-color, interactive magazines, delivered like magic to NOOK Tablet's Active Shelf on the Home screen as soon as they become available. Barnes & Noble offers the largest digital collection of top 100 magazines, including PEOPLE, Food Network Magazine, Us Weekly, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, TIME, National Geographic and many others. Colorful interactive magazines offer Barnes & Noble's ArticleView(TM), new animated page turns and smooth pinch, zoom and panning. Many special edition NOOK Magazines(TM) feature videos, quizzes, image galleries and more.
- New NOOK Comics: Barnes & Noble is offering a vast new collection of full-color comics, graphic novels and kids' comics in high resolution that virtually make the action jump off the page. NOOK Comics will feature the world's greatest superheroes with the largest digital collection of Marvel's graphic novels available through a third party, as well as titles from other leading publishers, including Archie, IDW and Dynamite.
- NOOK Kids(TM): This holiday's largest collection of more than 1,000 interactive children's picture books and more than 12,000 chapter books just got even better. Bestselling books feature animation and engaging activities. With the new Read and Record(TM) feature, parents and grandparents can use NOOK Tablet's built-in microphone to record and save their reading of any NOOK Kids picture books so children can listen to their favorite storytellers anytime.
- More to read: Barnes & Noble continues to expand its NOOK Bookstore(TM) with the vast majority of books available for $9.99 or less. New PagePerfect(TM) NOOK Books(TM) feature cookbooks, craft and art books rendered with rich precision to retain all the beauty of their stunning print versions.
- Enhanced reading: Reading is even more dynamic with PDF thumbnail page views, and image pinch, zoom and pan in books and PDFs.
- Unparalleled recommendations: Learn what to read next from Barnes & Noble's knowledgeable booksellers, from must-read new releases to up-and-coming authors. Barnes & Noble's personalized recommendations are based on what customers already love. In any book a customer is reading, a simple tap on the new NOOK Discover(TM) icon offers instant recommendations.
- Get more social: NOOK Tablet now makes it easier than ever for customers to share their reading experience with friends. They can connect with Facebook friends and others through NOOK Friends(TM), and find out what they have to say about their books, magazines and newspapers. Customers can also share their thoughts about the books they're reading via email, Facebook and Twitter. Owners can share books, as well as browse and borrow books, from NOOK Friends using Barnes & Noble's exclusive LendMe® technology.
- Continuous reading: Read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) on NOOK devices and with FREE NOOK Reading Apps. NOOK Cloud automatically syncs a customer's library, last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all of their devices, so a customer can start a book on NOOK Tablet, and dive back in on their computer or smartphone.
NOOK Color: Even Better, Now $199
The highly acclaimed, bestselling NOOK Color will be even better starting in December with Barnes & Noble's largest software update ever and a new low price of just $199 starting today. The first ever Reader's Tablet, NOOK Color combines an award-winning reading experience with tablet essentials including apps, Web and email. The millions of existing NOOK Color customers will automatically receive the update at no cost via Wi-Fi, beginning in early December. Highlights, also available on NOOK Tablet, include:
- More entertainment and apps: NOOK Color customers will be able to download Netflix to watch movies and TV shows. Hulu Plus will also be available for NOOK Color in the coming months. Customers will enjoy top music services and thousands of apps including games, children's apps and many others.
- Read your way: Customers requested the flexibility to read books in portrait or landscape and adjust the text with even more font sizes to choose from.
- The most user-friendly library: Customers will have faster, easier access to all of their content. NOOK Library is organized with tabs for books, magazines, newspapers and apps. The magazine display shows virtual stacks of covers with dates so customers can just tap on the issue they want and dive in.
- Enhanced shopping: NOOK's amazing new Shop experience makes it easier than ever for customers to find their next great book, kid's book, newsstand title or app. The NOOK Store(TM) is even easier to use, and more social and streamlined to show the breadth of content. Customers get suggestions based on their favorite authors, reviews and recommendations from their NOOK Friends plus top NOOK Newsstand picks, free trials and new NOOK Daily Finds.
NOOK Simple Touch: Best Reader, Best Price
The award-winning NOOK Simple Touch now has the most advanced E Ink display with lightning-fast page turns - 25 percent faster than any other E Ink product on the market. Best-Text(TM) from Barnes & Noble meticulously optimizes each letter so words are ultra-crisp and clear, even in bright sunlight. NOOK Simple Touch has an ergonomic, contoured design with a soft-touch back that makes it easy and comfortable to read, even with just one hand, and for extended periods of time. And Barnes & Noble has extended NOOK Simple Touch's best-in-class battery life even further for its customers who love to read for long stretches. On a single charge, customers can now read for up to 2 months for one hour a day. NOOK Simple Touch also puts the focus on reading with no annoying ads, and instead lets customers personalize their screensaver with their own photos.
Now just $99, still with no ads, NOOK Simple Touch is the world's best reader at the world's best value and a must-have this holiday season for anyone who loves to read. Existing NOOK Simple Touch customers can also enjoy these new benefits through a free v1.1 software update available today for immediate download at www.nook.com/update. Customers can also receive the free update over the air when connected to Wi-Fi in the coming weeks.
Give the Gift of Reading
This holiday, Barnes & Noble will make it easier for customers to give the gift of reading. Whether shopping in a Barnes & Noble bookstore, or beginning next month, online at BN.com, customers can give any NOOK Book or NOOK App as gifts. NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers will also be able to apply their Barnes & Noble gift cards - physical or digital - while shopping on their devices.
Availability
NOOK Tablet can be pre-ordered for $249 today and is expected to be in stores and in homes late next week, in plenty of time for the holidays. Experience NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color and NOOK Simple Touch at www.nook.com or at the NOOK Digital Shops and displays in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores and other leading retailers. Barnes & Noble offers Always Free NOOK Support in all of its neighborhood bookstores, with more than 40,000 NOOKsellers across the country ready to assist customers with setting up their NOOK devices or choosing their next great read.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Nook App info
Barnes & Noble Partners with Leading Developers, Content Providers to Bring Expanded NOOK Apps(TM) Experience to NOOK Tablet(TM)
Award-Winning NOOK® Platform Generates Millions of App Downloads and
Significant Revenues for Growing NOOK Developer(TM) Community
Customers Benefit from Vast Selection of High-Quality, Popular Apps
Optimized for NOOK Devices
New York, New York - November 7, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, invites leading third-party developers and content providers to join its robust NOOK Developer program and build upon the amazing collection of high-quality applications optimized for NOOK devices including the just-announced NOOK Tablet and award-winning NOOK Color(TM). In just one year, NOOK Developer has experienced tremendous momentum and success, drawing the interest of leading developers and content companies around the world to offer their popular, high-quality apps to Barnes & Nobles expansive customer base who have made millions of downloads.
The bestselling NOOK Apps have grossed over $100,000 in the first 30 days of sale. According to a recent Evans Data benchmarking survey of the NOOK Developer community, commissioned by Barnes & Noble, the NOOK storefront is the number one Android-based application platform in terms of revenue channels, and the number two platform overall. Hundreds of third-party developers and content providers have benefitted from bringing their applications to the NOOK platform, citing unprecedented revenue and unique methods of driving discovery and demand of their content and applications. Among the factors contributing to their success, developers attribute access to Barnes & Noble's loyal, integrated customer base, the unique benefits of NOOK's open Android platform, and joint physical and digital merchandising opportunities.
"We are excited about the exponential growth of our NOOK Developer program over the last year since we launched our bestselling NOOK Color, and with the launch of our new reading and entertainment-centric NOOK Tablet, we are providing even more opportunities for third-party developers and content providers to reach millions of Barnes & Noble customers and offer high-quality apps to enrich and enhance the content experience," said Claudia Romanini, Director of Developer Relations at Barnes & Noble. "Our partners have provided a vast array of fun games, puzzles, children's and other helpful apps on these devices and tell us our app curation model is working very well for them. Developers and content providers are also thrilled with the opportunity to reach our customers and market their apps through a blended online and offline experience - through the device, in stores and the newly announced NOOK Digital Shops(TM)."
NOOK Tablet was built for power and speed, with a highly tuned 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. Lightweight and designed for maximum portability, the device also features a built-in microphone. In pace with the ever-evolving digital landscape, NOOK Developer is continuously enhancing its tools and services to enable developer success with NOOK Apps - from providing updates to its SDK to support NOOK Tablet's new features, to streamlining ingestion and enabling new merchandising programs. Effective immediately, Barnes & Noble is inviting developers from both the United States and abroad, enabling international developers from the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada and more, to submit apps to sell in the NOOK storefront in the U.S.
The NOOK Developer team has also partnered with Appcelerator, the leading mobile cloud platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using open web technologies to accelerate the deployment of Appcelerator Titanium(TM) apps on Barnes & Noble's digital storefront. And, through a new partnership with Mobihand and its ChannelConnect service, B&N is excited to extend the reach of the NOOK storefront to Mobihand's developer community, bringing more best-in-class apps and catalog depth and breadth to NOOK customers.
First available on the company's award-winning NOOK Color - and now NOOK Tablet - NOOK Apps take advantage of the world's most advanced VividView(TM) touchscreen display, to offer the richest content experience available. NOOK offers the best assortment of the most popular games, entertainment, productivity and children's apps: from word games to weather, movies to music, dining to decorating, and anything else in between. NOOK Tablet will extend the catalog with thousands of new, exciting additions, from partners including Netflix, with a pre-loaded app on NOOK Tablet, plus apps available through the NOOK storefront from MOG, Break Media, Ustream, Smithsonian Channel, TV.com, Rhapsody, TuneIn, Grooveshark, Rovio, EA Mobile(TM), Conde Nast, Concrete Software, Loudcrow, Oceanhouse Media, Drawing Pad, iStorytime and more. With the quality collection of NOOK Apps, customers can choose from a selection of only the best apps available, and enjoy a simple, organized way to discover and purchase apps - right alongside their favorite books, periodicals and more.
Developers are invited to join and submit their applications by visiting www.nookdeveloper.com. Built on the Android OS, it is fast and easy for third-party developers to deploy existing Android-based apps to NOOK's open eReading platform. Unlike other developer programs, there is no program fee for developers to participate. Developers who qualify will be able to submit paid and free apps and will receive 70 percent of any paid app purchased by Barnes & Noble customers. Developers also have the option to offer free trials to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers.
Accolades from NOOK App Developers and Content Providers
Netflix: "We are thrilled to offer Netflix on NOOK Tablet, providing instant, unlimited access to tens of thousands of hours of movies, TV shows and more, wherever and whenever for a low monthly price," said Bill Holmes, Vice President of Business Development at Netflix. "With Netflix preloaded on NOOK Tablet and downloadable on the updated NOOK Color, members will have yet another way to enjoy unlimited hours of entertainment. Streaming video from Netflix looks great on NOOK. For those who are not already Netflix members, we are excited to offer a free 30-day trial of our service."
Rovio: "NOOK Tablet's display and speed make for a wonderfully colorful and dynamic Angry Birds gameplay experience." - The Mighty Eagle, Peter Vesterbacka
EA Mobile: "SCRABBLE is truly America's favorite word game and consistently a top performing app across devices," said Nick Earl, Senior Vice President & General Manager EAi Studios at Electronic Arts. "Our vision is to deliver the games like SCRABBLE that people love to play anytime, anywhere. The enhanced speed of NOOK Tablet will deliver a nimble experience to keep fans on their toes, and the crisp graphics will make scoring a seven-letter word that much sweeter."
Rhapsody: "We want to give our members access to all the music they love, wherever they are, on all their favorite devices," said Brian McGarvey, Vice President, Business Development, Rhapsody. "Rhapsody is a perfect complement to NOOK Tablet's immersive media experience."
MOG: "As a premium entertainment-focused device, NOOK is the perfect platform for music lovers to enjoy unlimited music, on-demand from MOG's catalog of over 13 million songs," said MOG's SVP of Business Development, Drew Denbo. "NOOK customers will enjoy the ultimate listening experience including unlimited downloads, artist-based radio and a vast library of playlists."
Break Media: "As the anchor site of the Break Media Properties, break.com has become the number one comedy site on Earth, making its name synonymous with quality entertainment," said Huan Le, SVP of Business Development for Break Media. "The new break.com app for NOOK Tablet brings our top quality video and editorial content to one of the largest tablet communities in the world."
Ustream: "We are excited to have our Ustream viewing application available at the launch of the new NOOK Tablet and look forward to bringing our premium content to a whole new audience of viewers," said Jeff Finkelstein, Director, Product Marketing and Strategy.
Smithsonian Channel: "Smithsonian Channel's rich storytelling explores the history of our planet, life and culture," said Joseph Giraldi, Vice President, Digital Media at Smithsonian Channel. "This is a wonderful opportunity to bring our diverse collection of video content to NOOK's content-hungry customers, in rich, beautiful color."
TV.com: "The TV.com app helps people find and discover the best videos from across the web, and we're so excited to deliver our offering to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers," Paul Wehrley, General Manager of TV.com.
TuneIn: "TuneIn is excited to provide NOOK Tablet customers with access to over 50,000 of the world's music, sports and talk radio stations" said Carl J. Rohling, VP Business Development at TuneIn. "We know that NOOK customers will love listening to their favorite radio programming while enjoying their favorite digital reads, all on a single, dynamic device."
Grooveshark: "Were excited to make Grooveshark available to a new and diverse audience with the new NOOK App," said Josh Bonnain, Vice President of Business Development at Grooveshark. "Our 35 million monthly users will now be able to enjoy a globally-sourced library of music in a new way - simultaneously listening to their favorite tunes while enjoying one of the millions of books and periodicals available on NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color."
Conde Nast - for Epicurious: "NOOK provides an extremely rich and engaging experience for Epicurious app users," said Beth-Ann Eason, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Epicurious. "Were so excited to have the app on NOOK Color and now, the new NOOK Tablet. Epicurious NOOK App users can enjoy content in the manner most convenient to them - allowing them to search for, save and create shopping lists from Epicurious' award-winning database of over 30,000 professionally created and tested recipes, whenever, wherever."
Concrete Software - for Aces Speed: "We are excited to have our line of games running on Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet. The speed, power of the device and display makes gameplay even more enjoyable and fun for our customers." - Keith A. Pichelman, Chief Executive Officer, Concrete Software, Inc.
Conde Nast - for Style.com: "We are thrilled to deliver the Style.com experience on NOOK Tablet, with the latest designer looks, up to the minute party coverage, and front-row runway and fashion videos - all accessible on-the-go, said Dan Shar, Vice President and General Manager, Digital, Fairchild Fashion Media. "Another way we practice what we preach when we say 'See Fashion First.'"
Loudcrow - for Sandra Boynton, Barnyard Dance: "We've been thrilled to offer our line of interactive books to the millions of Barnes & Noble customers since NOOK Apps first launched. Our digital books have definitely found a home on NOOK Color and we know our users will also love them on the new NOOK Tablet," said Calvin Wang, Founder and President, Loud Crow Interactive Inc.
Oceanhouse Media: "With 60 Oceanhouse Media book apps on NOOK Color and the new NOOK Tablet, families can enjoy such all-time favorites as The Cat in the Hat , Green Eggs and Ham, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer anywhere, anytime," said Michel Kripalani, President of Oceanhouse Media. "Whether traveling, in the classroom, or reading stories at bedtime with your child, NOOK lets you conveniently build an app library of classic stories that promote reading and provide educational content for the youngest of readers."
Drawing Pad: "What we love most about NOOK is how the realistic drawing tools in Drawing Pad jump off the screen when you use them. The attention to detail in the NOOK Color - and now, NOOK Tablet - hardware really helps us showcase our App!" Darren Murtha, CEO, Murtha Design Inc.
iStorytime: "Barnes & Noble's vast audience of avid readers has responded incredibly well to our storybook apps," said Graham Farrar, founder of zuuka. "The integration of interactivity throughout our storybooks, such as The Smurfs and Transformers, makes for an even more immersive reading experience than ever before on NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet
- Be of Good Cheer!
Award-Winning NOOK® Platform Generates Millions of App Downloads and
Significant Revenues for Growing NOOK Developer(TM) Community
Customers Benefit from Vast Selection of High-Quality, Popular Apps
Optimized for NOOK Devices
New York, New York - November 7, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, invites leading third-party developers and content providers to join its robust NOOK Developer program and build upon the amazing collection of high-quality applications optimized for NOOK devices including the just-announced NOOK Tablet and award-winning NOOK Color(TM). In just one year, NOOK Developer has experienced tremendous momentum and success, drawing the interest of leading developers and content companies around the world to offer their popular, high-quality apps to Barnes & Nobles expansive customer base who have made millions of downloads.
The bestselling NOOK Apps have grossed over $100,000 in the first 30 days of sale. According to a recent Evans Data benchmarking survey of the NOOK Developer community, commissioned by Barnes & Noble, the NOOK storefront is the number one Android-based application platform in terms of revenue channels, and the number two platform overall. Hundreds of third-party developers and content providers have benefitted from bringing their applications to the NOOK platform, citing unprecedented revenue and unique methods of driving discovery and demand of their content and applications. Among the factors contributing to their success, developers attribute access to Barnes & Noble's loyal, integrated customer base, the unique benefits of NOOK's open Android platform, and joint physical and digital merchandising opportunities.
"We are excited about the exponential growth of our NOOK Developer program over the last year since we launched our bestselling NOOK Color, and with the launch of our new reading and entertainment-centric NOOK Tablet, we are providing even more opportunities for third-party developers and content providers to reach millions of Barnes & Noble customers and offer high-quality apps to enrich and enhance the content experience," said Claudia Romanini, Director of Developer Relations at Barnes & Noble. "Our partners have provided a vast array of fun games, puzzles, children's and other helpful apps on these devices and tell us our app curation model is working very well for them. Developers and content providers are also thrilled with the opportunity to reach our customers and market their apps through a blended online and offline experience - through the device, in stores and the newly announced NOOK Digital Shops(TM)."
NOOK Tablet was built for power and speed, with a highly tuned 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. Lightweight and designed for maximum portability, the device also features a built-in microphone. In pace with the ever-evolving digital landscape, NOOK Developer is continuously enhancing its tools and services to enable developer success with NOOK Apps - from providing updates to its SDK to support NOOK Tablet's new features, to streamlining ingestion and enabling new merchandising programs. Effective immediately, Barnes & Noble is inviting developers from both the United States and abroad, enabling international developers from the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada and more, to submit apps to sell in the NOOK storefront in the U.S.
The NOOK Developer team has also partnered with Appcelerator, the leading mobile cloud platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using open web technologies to accelerate the deployment of Appcelerator Titanium(TM) apps on Barnes & Noble's digital storefront. And, through a new partnership with Mobihand and its ChannelConnect service, B&N is excited to extend the reach of the NOOK storefront to Mobihand's developer community, bringing more best-in-class apps and catalog depth and breadth to NOOK customers.
First available on the company's award-winning NOOK Color - and now NOOK Tablet - NOOK Apps take advantage of the world's most advanced VividView(TM) touchscreen display, to offer the richest content experience available. NOOK offers the best assortment of the most popular games, entertainment, productivity and children's apps: from word games to weather, movies to music, dining to decorating, and anything else in between. NOOK Tablet will extend the catalog with thousands of new, exciting additions, from partners including Netflix, with a pre-loaded app on NOOK Tablet, plus apps available through the NOOK storefront from MOG, Break Media, Ustream, Smithsonian Channel, TV.com, Rhapsody, TuneIn, Grooveshark, Rovio, EA Mobile(TM), Conde Nast, Concrete Software, Loudcrow, Oceanhouse Media, Drawing Pad, iStorytime and more. With the quality collection of NOOK Apps, customers can choose from a selection of only the best apps available, and enjoy a simple, organized way to discover and purchase apps - right alongside their favorite books, periodicals and more.
Developers are invited to join and submit their applications by visiting www.nookdeveloper.com. Built on the Android OS, it is fast and easy for third-party developers to deploy existing Android-based apps to NOOK's open eReading platform. Unlike other developer programs, there is no program fee for developers to participate. Developers who qualify will be able to submit paid and free apps and will receive 70 percent of any paid app purchased by Barnes & Noble customers. Developers also have the option to offer free trials to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers.
Accolades from NOOK App Developers and Content Providers
Netflix: "We are thrilled to offer Netflix on NOOK Tablet, providing instant, unlimited access to tens of thousands of hours of movies, TV shows and more, wherever and whenever for a low monthly price," said Bill Holmes, Vice President of Business Development at Netflix. "With Netflix preloaded on NOOK Tablet and downloadable on the updated NOOK Color, members will have yet another way to enjoy unlimited hours of entertainment. Streaming video from Netflix looks great on NOOK. For those who are not already Netflix members, we are excited to offer a free 30-day trial of our service."
Rovio: "NOOK Tablet's display and speed make for a wonderfully colorful and dynamic Angry Birds gameplay experience." - The Mighty Eagle, Peter Vesterbacka
EA Mobile: "SCRABBLE is truly America's favorite word game and consistently a top performing app across devices," said Nick Earl, Senior Vice President & General Manager EAi Studios at Electronic Arts. "Our vision is to deliver the games like SCRABBLE that people love to play anytime, anywhere. The enhanced speed of NOOK Tablet will deliver a nimble experience to keep fans on their toes, and the crisp graphics will make scoring a seven-letter word that much sweeter."
Rhapsody: "We want to give our members access to all the music they love, wherever they are, on all their favorite devices," said Brian McGarvey, Vice President, Business Development, Rhapsody. "Rhapsody is a perfect complement to NOOK Tablet's immersive media experience."
MOG: "As a premium entertainment-focused device, NOOK is the perfect platform for music lovers to enjoy unlimited music, on-demand from MOG's catalog of over 13 million songs," said MOG's SVP of Business Development, Drew Denbo. "NOOK customers will enjoy the ultimate listening experience including unlimited downloads, artist-based radio and a vast library of playlists."
Break Media: "As the anchor site of the Break Media Properties, break.com has become the number one comedy site on Earth, making its name synonymous with quality entertainment," said Huan Le, SVP of Business Development for Break Media. "The new break.com app for NOOK Tablet brings our top quality video and editorial content to one of the largest tablet communities in the world."
Ustream: "We are excited to have our Ustream viewing application available at the launch of the new NOOK Tablet and look forward to bringing our premium content to a whole new audience of viewers," said Jeff Finkelstein, Director, Product Marketing and Strategy.
Smithsonian Channel: "Smithsonian Channel's rich storytelling explores the history of our planet, life and culture," said Joseph Giraldi, Vice President, Digital Media at Smithsonian Channel. "This is a wonderful opportunity to bring our diverse collection of video content to NOOK's content-hungry customers, in rich, beautiful color."
TV.com: "The TV.com app helps people find and discover the best videos from across the web, and we're so excited to deliver our offering to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers," Paul Wehrley, General Manager of TV.com.
TuneIn: "TuneIn is excited to provide NOOK Tablet customers with access to over 50,000 of the world's music, sports and talk radio stations" said Carl J. Rohling, VP Business Development at TuneIn. "We know that NOOK customers will love listening to their favorite radio programming while enjoying their favorite digital reads, all on a single, dynamic device."
Grooveshark: "Were excited to make Grooveshark available to a new and diverse audience with the new NOOK App," said Josh Bonnain, Vice President of Business Development at Grooveshark. "Our 35 million monthly users will now be able to enjoy a globally-sourced library of music in a new way - simultaneously listening to their favorite tunes while enjoying one of the millions of books and periodicals available on NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color."
Conde Nast - for Epicurious: "NOOK provides an extremely rich and engaging experience for Epicurious app users," said Beth-Ann Eason, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Epicurious. "Were so excited to have the app on NOOK Color and now, the new NOOK Tablet. Epicurious NOOK App users can enjoy content in the manner most convenient to them - allowing them to search for, save and create shopping lists from Epicurious' award-winning database of over 30,000 professionally created and tested recipes, whenever, wherever."
Concrete Software - for Aces Speed: "We are excited to have our line of games running on Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet. The speed, power of the device and display makes gameplay even more enjoyable and fun for our customers." - Keith A. Pichelman, Chief Executive Officer, Concrete Software, Inc.
Conde Nast - for Style.com: "We are thrilled to deliver the Style.com experience on NOOK Tablet, with the latest designer looks, up to the minute party coverage, and front-row runway and fashion videos - all accessible on-the-go, said Dan Shar, Vice President and General Manager, Digital, Fairchild Fashion Media. "Another way we practice what we preach when we say 'See Fashion First.'"
Loudcrow - for Sandra Boynton, Barnyard Dance: "We've been thrilled to offer our line of interactive books to the millions of Barnes & Noble customers since NOOK Apps first launched. Our digital books have definitely found a home on NOOK Color and we know our users will also love them on the new NOOK Tablet," said Calvin Wang, Founder and President, Loud Crow Interactive Inc.
Oceanhouse Media: "With 60 Oceanhouse Media book apps on NOOK Color and the new NOOK Tablet, families can enjoy such all-time favorites as The Cat in the Hat , Green Eggs and Ham, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer anywhere, anytime," said Michel Kripalani, President of Oceanhouse Media. "Whether traveling, in the classroom, or reading stories at bedtime with your child, NOOK lets you conveniently build an app library of classic stories that promote reading and provide educational content for the youngest of readers."
Drawing Pad: "What we love most about NOOK is how the realistic drawing tools in Drawing Pad jump off the screen when you use them. The attention to detail in the NOOK Color - and now, NOOK Tablet - hardware really helps us showcase our App!" Darren Murtha, CEO, Murtha Design Inc.
iStorytime: "Barnes & Noble's vast audience of avid readers has responded incredibly well to our storybook apps," said Graham Farrar, founder of zuuka. "The integration of interactivity throughout our storybooks, such as The Smurfs and Transformers, makes for an even more immersive reading experience than ever before on NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Nook News
Fry's Electronics to Offer NOOK Simple Touch Reader(TM) and NOOK Color(TM) by Barnes & Noble
New York, New York - November 4, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, and Fry's Electronics, a one-stop shop for high-tech professionals, announced today they will be bringing the company's award-winning line of NOOK eReading devices and related accessories to Fry's Electronics stores and online at Frys.com this November. With 34 stores in nine states, Fry's Electronics customers will now have access to a wide array of popular and innovative NOOK devices designed for readers of all ages.
"Were excited to bring our critically acclaimed and award-winning NOOK eReading products and complementary accessories to Fry's Electronics customers both in store and online," said Chris Peifer, Vice President, Digital Business Development at Barnes & Noble. "Sleek, convenient and portable, our NOOK devices are the ideal choice for people who love to read anytime, anywhere. With NOOK, customers will discover the most immersive, fun and easy-to-use reading experience, as well as gain access to a vast selection of popular books, interactive magazines, newspapers, children's books, apps and more."
NOOK devices are the perfect choice for anyone who wants access to their favorite reads anywhere they go. Customers seeking a simple, easy-to-use, dedicated reading experience will love the NOOK Simple Touch Reader, an ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader with the most-advanced E Ink® Pearl display and the longest battery life of any eReader. With a simple tap, it's intuitive and easy to navigate, shop and read.
For customers who love to read everything in rich color, the NOOK Color(TM) features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen ideal for reading a wide variety of content including books, enhanced books, immersive children's picture books, an expansive collection of interactive magazines, newspapers and more. NOOK Color also offers the most-requested tablet features, including high-quality NOOK Apps(TM), built-in e-mail, and an enhanced Web experience. With all NOOK products, customers gain access to shop Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices.
For more information, visit www.bn.com/nook or visit any NOOK Boutique or display in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com
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Barnes and Noble Free Book Friday
Barnes and Noble Nook Free Book on Friday is Man Law by Adrienne Giordano, a Harlequin ebook.
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Nook news
TigerDirect and CompUSA to Offer NOOK Simple Touch Reader(R) and NOOK Color(R) by Barnes & Noble
New York, New York - November 4, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, in collaboration with TigerDirect and CompUSA, leading multi-channel retailers of computers and electronics (wholly owned subsidiaries of Systemax Inc), announced today they will be bringing the company's award-winning line of NOOK eReading devices and related accessories to retail stores nationwide including TigerDirect and CompUSA, and online at TigerDirect.com and CompUSA.com, beginning in December. Customers will now have access to a wide array of popular and innovative NOOK devices designed for readers of all ages.
NOOK devices are the perfect choice for anyone who wants access to their favorite reads anywhere they go. Customers seeking a simple, easy-to-use, dedicated reading experience will love the NOOK Simple Touch Reader, an ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader with the most-advanced E Ink(R) Pearl display and the longest battery life of any eReader. With a simple tap, it's intuitive and easy to navigate, shop and read.
For customers who love to read everything in rich color, the NOOK Color features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen ideal for reading a wide variety of content including books, enhanced books, immersive children's picture books, an expansive collection of interactive magazines, newspapers and more. NOOK Color also offers the most-requested tablet features, including high-quality NOOK Apps(TM), built-in email, and an enhanced Web experience. With all NOOK products, customers gain access to shop Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices.
"Barnes & Noble is happy to offer our best-selling and award-winning line of NOOK eReading devices through TigerDirect and CompUSA," said Chris Peifer, Vice President, Digital Business Development at Barnes & Noble. "With NOOK, customers will discover the most immersive, fun and easy-to-use reading experience, as well as gain access to a vast selection of popular books, interactive magazines, newspapers, children’s books, apps and more."
For more information, visit www.bn.com/nook or visit any NOOK Boutique or display in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com).
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New York, New York - November 4, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, in collaboration with TigerDirect and CompUSA, leading multi-channel retailers of computers and electronics (wholly owned subsidiaries of Systemax Inc), announced today they will be bringing the company's award-winning line of NOOK eReading devices and related accessories to retail stores nationwide including TigerDirect and CompUSA, and online at TigerDirect.com and CompUSA.com, beginning in December. Customers will now have access to a wide array of popular and innovative NOOK devices designed for readers of all ages.
NOOK devices are the perfect choice for anyone who wants access to their favorite reads anywhere they go. Customers seeking a simple, easy-to-use, dedicated reading experience will love the NOOK Simple Touch Reader, an ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader with the most-advanced E Ink(R) Pearl display and the longest battery life of any eReader. With a simple tap, it's intuitive and easy to navigate, shop and read.
For customers who love to read everything in rich color, the NOOK Color features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen ideal for reading a wide variety of content including books, enhanced books, immersive children's picture books, an expansive collection of interactive magazines, newspapers and more. NOOK Color also offers the most-requested tablet features, including high-quality NOOK Apps(TM), built-in email, and an enhanced Web experience. With all NOOK products, customers gain access to shop Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices.
"Barnes & Noble is happy to offer our best-selling and award-winning line of NOOK eReading devices through TigerDirect and CompUSA," said Chris Peifer, Vice President, Digital Business Development at Barnes & Noble. "With NOOK, customers will discover the most immersive, fun and easy-to-use reading experience, as well as gain access to a vast selection of popular books, interactive magazines, newspapers, children’s books, apps and more."
For more information, visit www.bn.com/nook or visit any NOOK Boutique or display in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com).
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Kindle Owners' Lending Library
Today, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced the launch of the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. With an Amazon Prime membership, Kindle owners can now choose from thousands of books to borrow for free - including over 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers - as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates. No other e-reader or ebookstore offers such a service. With an annual Prime membership, the Kindle Owners' Lending Library is included at no additional cost. Millions of Prime members enjoy free two-day shipping, unlimited streaming of nearly 13,000 movies and TV shows, and now thousands of books to borrow for free with a Kindle.
"Owning a Kindle just got even better. Today, we're introducing a new Prime benefit built for Kindle: The Kindle Owners' Lending Library," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. "Prime Members now have exclusive access to a huge library of books to read on any Kindle device at no additional cost and with no due dates."
The Kindle Owners' Lending Library offers access to a wide array of categories and genres in fiction and non-fiction, and includes popular titles such as Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Big Short and Liars' Poker by Michael Lewis, TheHunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen --plus award-winning books such as The Finkler Question and Guns, Germs, and Steel, memoirs such as Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, and motivational books like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Just as with any other Kindle book, your notes, highlights and bookmarks in borrowed books will be saved, so you'll have them later if you purchase or re-borrow the book. Books are borrowed from a Kindle device, and customers can have one book out at a time. When customers want to borrow a new book, any borrowed book can easily be returned right from their device.
Titles in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library come from a range of publishers under a variety of terms. For the vast majority of titles, Amazon has reached agreement with publishers to include titles for a fixed fee. In some cases, Amazon is purchasing a title each time it is borrowed by a reader under standard wholesale terms as a no-risk trial to demonstrate to publishers the incremental growth and revenue opportunity that this new service presents.
"The Kindle Owners' Lending Library is a great new benefit for Kindle owners and an entirely new growth opportunity for authors and publishers," said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. "With the growth in Prime membership and the recent addition of Prime Instant Video, we've been able to broaden our relationships with movie and TV studios such as CBS, Fox, and NBCUniversal and significantly increase their revenue. We're excited to expand that investment to books - with this launch, we expect three immediate results: Kindle owners will read even more, publisher revenues will grow, and authors will see larger royalty checks."
"We're excited to offer titles from our ebook 'Chapters' series, which covers some of the world's most popular destinations, to members of Kindle Owners' Lending Library," says John Boris, EVP Lonely Planet. "Our ebooks have done incredibly well on Kindle and this is a great way to showcase our travel expertise to an even broader audience."
"We're excited about any program that helps readers discover our authors and their books," said David Nussbaum, Chief Executive and Chairman of F+W Media Inc. "We think this will lead to more people reading F+W's books, and more profit for our authors."
"Owning a Kindle just got even better. Today, we're introducing a new Prime benefit built for Kindle: The Kindle Owners' Lending Library," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. "Prime Members now have exclusive access to a huge library of books to read on any Kindle device at no additional cost and with no due dates."
The Kindle Owners' Lending Library offers access to a wide array of categories and genres in fiction and non-fiction, and includes popular titles such as Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Big Short and Liars' Poker by Michael Lewis, TheHunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen --plus award-winning books such as The Finkler Question and Guns, Germs, and Steel, memoirs such as Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, and motivational books like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Just as with any other Kindle book, your notes, highlights and bookmarks in borrowed books will be saved, so you'll have them later if you purchase or re-borrow the book. Books are borrowed from a Kindle device, and customers can have one book out at a time. When customers want to borrow a new book, any borrowed book can easily be returned right from their device.
Titles in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library come from a range of publishers under a variety of terms. For the vast majority of titles, Amazon has reached agreement with publishers to include titles for a fixed fee. In some cases, Amazon is purchasing a title each time it is borrowed by a reader under standard wholesale terms as a no-risk trial to demonstrate to publishers the incremental growth and revenue opportunity that this new service presents.
"The Kindle Owners' Lending Library is a great new benefit for Kindle owners and an entirely new growth opportunity for authors and publishers," said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. "With the growth in Prime membership and the recent addition of Prime Instant Video, we've been able to broaden our relationships with movie and TV studios such as CBS, Fox, and NBCUniversal and significantly increase their revenue. We're excited to expand that investment to books - with this launch, we expect three immediate results: Kindle owners will read even more, publisher revenues will grow, and authors will see larger royalty checks."
"We're excited to offer titles from our ebook 'Chapters' series, which covers some of the world's most popular destinations, to members of Kindle Owners' Lending Library," says John Boris, EVP Lonely Planet. "Our ebooks have done incredibly well on Kindle and this is a great way to showcase our travel expertise to an even broader audience."
"We're excited about any program that helps readers discover our authors and their books," said David Nussbaum, Chief Executive and Chairman of F+W Media Inc. "We think this will lead to more people reading F+W's books, and more profit for our authors."
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Amazon.com Black Friday News
Amazon Opens Black Friday Deals Store
Early holiday shoppers will find great prices on gift items like cameras, video games, movies, tools, watches, jewelry, clothing and more, all with FREE Super Saver Shipping*
SEATTLE, Nov 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
(NASDAQ:AMZN)--Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it is kicking off the holiday shopping season with the opening of its popular Black Friday Deals store (www.amazon.com/blackfriday). The Black Friday Deals store will feature discounts on hundreds of popular gift items like cameras, video games, movies, tools, watches, jewelry, clothing and more, now through Black Friday.
"When it comes to holiday gift shopping there are three things customers want: low prices, items to be in-stock and ready to ship, and a convenient shopping experience," said Sally Fouts, spokesperson for Amazon.com. "So in addition to our everyday low prices, customers will find exceptional deals in our Black Friday Deals store starting today all the way through Black Friday. These are deals customers won't want to miss."
Here's a preview of some of the deals that will be available at various times leading up to Black Friday at www.amazon.com/blackfriday:
Fujifilm FinePix F505 Digital Camera (includes 4 GB Memory Card): $179 (list price: $399.95)
TomTom XXL 5-Inch Widescreen GPS Navigator: $79.99 (list price: $169.95)
Philips Speaker System for iPod/iPhone with LED Clock Radio: $49.99 (list price: $79.99)
Altec Lansing Digital Boombox: $199.99 (list price: $299.95)
Invicta Men's and Women's Subaqua Watches: $169.99 (list price: $995)
"Arrested Development: The Complete Series" (DVD): $28.99 (list price: $89.98)
Up to 20% off Disney Nintendo video game bundles
Buy two, get one free on select Electronic Arts sports video games including best-selling titles like FIFA Soccer 12, Madden NFL 12 and NHL 12
Sony 9-Inch LED Digital Photo Frame: $69 (list price: $139.99)
$20 off purchase of $100 or more on select Porter-Cable power tools and accessories
Up to 50% off contemporary clothing for Women, Men, Kids and Baby
*FREE Super Saver Shipping is available on eligible orders $25 and over.
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Early holiday shoppers will find great prices on gift items like cameras, video games, movies, tools, watches, jewelry, clothing and more, all with FREE Super Saver Shipping*
SEATTLE, Nov 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
(NASDAQ:AMZN)--Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it is kicking off the holiday shopping season with the opening of its popular Black Friday Deals store (www.amazon.com/blackfriday). The Black Friday Deals store will feature discounts on hundreds of popular gift items like cameras, video games, movies, tools, watches, jewelry, clothing and more, now through Black Friday.
"When it comes to holiday gift shopping there are three things customers want: low prices, items to be in-stock and ready to ship, and a convenient shopping experience," said Sally Fouts, spokesperson for Amazon.com. "So in addition to our everyday low prices, customers will find exceptional deals in our Black Friday Deals store starting today all the way through Black Friday. These are deals customers won't want to miss."
Here's a preview of some of the deals that will be available at various times leading up to Black Friday at www.amazon.com/blackfriday:
Fujifilm FinePix F505 Digital Camera (includes 4 GB Memory Card): $179 (list price: $399.95)
TomTom XXL 5-Inch Widescreen GPS Navigator: $79.99 (list price: $169.95)
Philips Speaker System for iPod/iPhone with LED Clock Radio: $49.99 (list price: $79.99)
Altec Lansing Digital Boombox: $199.99 (list price: $299.95)
Invicta Men's and Women's Subaqua Watches: $169.99 (list price: $995)
"Arrested Development: The Complete Series" (DVD): $28.99 (list price: $89.98)
Up to 20% off Disney Nintendo video game bundles
Buy two, get one free on select Electronic Arts sports video games including best-selling titles like FIFA Soccer 12, Madden NFL 12 and NHL 12
Sony 9-Inch LED Digital Photo Frame: $69 (list price: $139.99)
$20 off purchase of $100 or more on select Porter-Cable power tools and accessories
Up to 50% off contemporary clothing for Women, Men, Kids and Baby
*FREE Super Saver Shipping is available on eligible orders $25 and over.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Nook Volor Halloween News
Halloween Treats Arrive for NOOK Color
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; Extreme Face Painting; Phineas & Ferb: Haunted Hayride; Angry Birds Seasons and More from Barnes & Noble
New NOOK Daily Find Provides Readers with Great Daily Deals on NOOK Books(TM)
New York, New York - October 31, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), continues to enhance the reading experience for its critically acclaimed, award-winning NOOK Color by adding new content to its ever-expanding digital catalog, including special seasonal features and family favorites just in time for trick-or-treating. Customers can enjoy even more of the titles they love in rich, beautiful color - including such festive fall children's favorites as It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, with interactivity and animation; Phineas & Ferb: Haunted Hayride; Dora's Perfect Pumpkin; Happy Halloween, Curious George and more.
Autumn fun is in full swing with a spooktacular assortment of timely books, magazines and apps, including Angry Birds Seasons, Halloween Coloring Book, The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk and an enhanced version of Extreme Face Painting, full of video demos to help inspire Halloween ideas and creativity. With one of the world's largest digital content collections, NOOK Color offers the best-in-class experience for people who love to read everything, and is the best value available now on the tablet market at just $249.
"With exclusive and interactive children's content, a robust selection of popular, high-quality apps, more top 100 magazine titles than any other digital newsstand and over 2 million books available, NOOK Color allows readers of all ages to access more of the content they want, and enjoy it anywhere on a beautiful 7-inch display," says Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble. "We are committed to continuously building upon our terrific selection of digital content for this world-class reading experience, so NOOK Color customers can get into the spirit with fun, seasonal reads and new content at their fingertips, all year round."
Beyond the seasonal treats, there's much more in store for Barnes & Noble's customers. Book lovers and technology enthusiasts alike will enjoy an exciting new addition to the NOOK Bookstore(TM) - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, featuring the biography of the late Apple visionary. Barnes & Noble has also expanded its library of over 2 million titles to include Bill O'Reilly's latest bestseller Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen Degeneres and an enhanced version of the comedic memoir Shatner Rules by William Shatner. Current NOOK bestsellers include Rick Riordan's Son of Neptune, John Sandford's Shock Wave, Lee Child's The Affair and long-running favorite The Help. And now, the new NOOK Daily Find program enables all NOOK customers to enjoy new finds and special deals on great NOOK Books every day. Customers can enjoy deals on select NOOK Books from leading authors including Mitch Albom, Susan Mallery, P.J. O'Rourke and many others by visiting www.bn.com/dailyfind.
Animals are a hit with kids this month, with best-selling children's book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle making its digital debut on November 15 as a NOOK Kids Read to Me(TM) book narrated by Gwyneth Paltrow, available now for pre-order on www.nookkids.com. Kids can play along with games and animation in the new Bear in Underwear Read and Play(TM) picture book for NOOK Color. With NOOK Kids, Barnes & Noble customers can choose from more than 650 interactive titles in the world's largest collection of digital picture books, and thousands of children's chapter books on NOOK Color, as well as the free NOOK Kids for iPad(TM) application (www.nookkids.com/ipad and www.itunes.com/appstore). Bestselling NOOK Kids picture books include It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Winnie the Pooh: Party in the Wood, Barnyard Dance! and But Not the Hippopotamus by bestselling author Sandra Boynton, and titles featuring kids' favorite characters like Phineas & Ferb, Lightening McQueen, Mickey Mouse, Curious George, SpongeBob Squarepants and more.
Adding many high-quality apps to the NOOK Apps(TM) collection each month, Barnes & Noble offers a wide selection, including popular new titles such as The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk, Taptu Fashion, Audubon Birds and Halloween Coloring Book. TV lovers can now download the new SHOWTIME app free of charge to check schedules, review episode guides and watch hundreds of video clips from popular programs including hit series Dexter and Homeland starring Claire Danes. Top paid NOOK Apps include Scrabble, OfficeSuite Professional 5, Flipz Tropical, Shrek Forever After Storybook, and NCIS Based on the TV Series, with Dropbox, Abbeys Free Decorative Wallpaper, Conqu and Gamefly among the top free apps available.
With over 240 great magazine and newspaper titles available, NOOK Newsstand now offers digital editions of Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens and the premiere issue of HGTV Magazine. Recently added enthusiast titles include PCWorld, MacWorld, Art Jewelry, Bead Style, Motorcyclist, Flying and Cruising World. All periodicals are available for subscription with a 14-day free trial or via single copies. Current bestsellers in NOOK Newsstand include PEOPLE, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple, Reader's Digest, Us Weekly, National Geographic, TIME, Food Network Magazine, The New York Times, USA TODAY and The Wall Street Journal.
Exclusive More in Store(TM)
Barnes & Noble continues to offer new More In Store content, exclusively available for NOOK Color and NOOK device customers in any of Barnes & Nobles more than 700 bookstores by connecting to free in-store Wi-Fi service. During the month of November, customers can enjoy contributions from cooking impresario Lidia Bastianich, environmental whistle-blower Erin Brockovich, paranormal romance star Marjorie Liu, breakout cooking coach Kathleen Flinn, New York Times bestseller Susan Orlean and rising historical star Stella Duffy. More In Store content is updated weekly and each new feature is available for four weeks on a rolling basis. NOOK customers can always check the recent content by visiting www.bn.com/moreinstore.
About NOOK® from Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices. The award-winning NOOK Color(TM), the best-value on the tablet market ($249), features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen to read all of the content you love, shop popular apps, connect via email, browse the Web and more. The NOOK Simple Touch(TM) ($139), is the easiest-to-use 6-inch touch reader, with the longest battery life of any eReader. In Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK owners can access free Wi-Fi connectivity, enjoy the Read In Store(TM) feature to read NOOK Books(TM) for free, and the More In Store(TM) program, which offers free, exclusive content and special promotions. Barnes & Noble was the first company to offer digital lending for a wide selection of books through its LendMe® technology, available through NOOK eReading products. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.BN.com, as well as at Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, Target, Radio Shack, Books-A-Million, OfficeMax, Fred Meyer, and P.C. Richard & Son stores.
In addition to NOOK devices, Barnes & Noble makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its free line of NOOK software, available at www.bn.com/freenookapps. Customers can use Barnes & Noble's free eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes & Noble digital library on devices including iPad(TM), iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android(TM) smartphones and tablets BlackBerry®, PC and Mac®. Lifetime Library(TM) helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on NOOK products and software-enabled devices and BN.com. Barnes & Noble also offers NOOK Study(TM) (www.nookstudy.com), an innovative study platform and software solution for higher education, NOOK Kids(TM) (www.nookkids.com), a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK Books en español(TM) (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol), the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.
For more information on NOOK devices and eReading software, updates, new NOOK Book releases, Free Friday(TM) NOOK Books and more, follow us on www.twitter.com/ebooksbn and www.facebook.com/nookbn.
ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE, INC.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Barnes and Noble Free Friday Book for October 28, 2011
Today’s Free Fridays selection, Blood Ties, is from Lori G. Armstrong’s Julie Collins mystery series.
Not about ebooks
Just thought I'd share Colbert's Super PAC media release:
Colbert Super PAC's Latest Ad Will Leave You Speechless, Then Speak For You
COURTSIDE, USA – Colbert Super PAC has decided to take its talents to a new TV ad about the ongoing NBA contract negotiations. The spot, entitled "Ball Gag," attacks NBA Commissar David Stern's "gag rule," which bars team owners like Mark Cuban from talking to press, friends, or even their own spouses.
The spot, the second in a planned quadrilogy, is made possible by a generous donation from Colbert Super PAC S.H.H., an independent nonprofit which does not reveal its benefactors' names, donation amount, or what (if any) NBA team they own.
"My beloved game of ball-in-hoop is in danger, and David Stern is throwing elbows, kneecapping team owners right in the mouth." said Stephen Colbert, President and MVP for Colbert Super PAC and Colbert Super PAC S.H.H. "You know who else supports Cuban censorship? Fidel Castro. It seems to me that Commissioner Stern needs to either grow a beard, or let owners speak their minds."
Tonight, Colbert will address this flagrant foul and then premiere the ad on his ESPY-anticipating show "The Colbert Report." The spot will then run tomorrow in an ad blitz that spans Texas from Dallas all the way to Fort Worth on WFAA Channel 8's "Good Morning Texas" – where all of Texas turns to find out how their morning will be. Those who wish to view it on a smaller screen with lower quality can find it online here.
Colbert Super PAC, also known as Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, is an independent expenditure-only committee, and Colbert Super PAC S.H.H. is a 501(c)(4) group that protects donor anonymity. Although there have been persistent rumors that these groups have been acting as a front for Mark Cuban, I doubt you could prove it.
Colbert Super PAC's Latest Ad Will Leave You Speechless, Then Speak For You
COURTSIDE, USA – Colbert Super PAC has decided to take its talents to a new TV ad about the ongoing NBA contract negotiations. The spot, entitled "Ball Gag," attacks NBA Commissar David Stern's "gag rule," which bars team owners like Mark Cuban from talking to press, friends, or even their own spouses.
The spot, the second in a planned quadrilogy, is made possible by a generous donation from Colbert Super PAC S.H.H., an independent nonprofit which does not reveal its benefactors' names, donation amount, or what (if any) NBA team they own.
"My beloved game of ball-in-hoop is in danger, and David Stern is throwing elbows, kneecapping team owners right in the mouth." said Stephen Colbert, President and MVP for Colbert Super PAC and Colbert Super PAC S.H.H. "You know who else supports Cuban censorship? Fidel Castro. It seems to me that Commissioner Stern needs to either grow a beard, or let owners speak their minds."
Tonight, Colbert will address this flagrant foul and then premiere the ad on his ESPY-anticipating show "The Colbert Report." The spot will then run tomorrow in an ad blitz that spans Texas from Dallas all the way to Fort Worth on WFAA Channel 8's "Good Morning Texas" – where all of Texas turns to find out how their morning will be. Those who wish to view it on a smaller screen with lower quality can find it online here.
Colbert Super PAC, also known as Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, is an independent expenditure-only committee, and Colbert Super PAC S.H.H. is a 501(c)(4) group that protects donor anonymity. Although there have been persistent rumors that these groups have been acting as a front for Mark Cuban, I doubt you could prove it.
Friday, October 21, 2011
barnes and noble hiring a new CFO
Corporate Controller Allen Lindstrom Appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer as Barnes & Noble Launches Search for New CFO
Barnes & Noble and Joseph Lombardi Agree to Transition Arrangement
New York, New York, October 21, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that Joseph Lombardi, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from his current position, but will remain a non-officer employee until mid-2012 to assist in the transition as the company undertakes an executive search for a new CFO. The company also announced the appointment of Allen Lindstrom, Vice President, Corporate Controller, to interim CFO until a replacement is named.
"Today the company is strategically and financially well positioned, due in large part to our leadership team and Joe Lombardi's contributions during his tenure as CFO," said William Lynch, Chief Executive Officer. "He has played a key role especially during these last two years, as we've been successfully transforming our business, and scaling the massive opportunity NOOK® presents." Mr. Lynch added, "We've built great bench strength and continuity in our finance department over the years, and everyone from the management team to the board of directors has the utmost confidence in Allen as he assumes the interim CFO position. We thank Joe for his service to the company and appreciate his assistance in the transition."
"I could not be more proud of the nine years Ive spent at Barnes & Noble working alongside an outstanding management team," said Mr. Lombardi. "In the last two years alone, it has been exciting to see Barnes & Noble transform itself from a leading bookseller to a leading retailer of content and digital media. I look forward to assisting the company during this transition period until a new CFO is appointed."
Mr. Lindstrom joined Barnes & Noble, Inc. in November 2007, as Vice President and Corporate Controller. He is also Principal Accounting Officer of the company. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble, Mr. Lindstrom was Chief Financial Officer at Liberty Travel.
ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE, INC.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world's largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 704 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 635 college bookstores serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through BN.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, which also features more than two million titles in its NOOK Bookstore(TM) (www.bn.com/ebooks). Through Barnes & Noble's NOOK(TM) eReading product offering, customers can buy and read digital books and content on the widest range of platforms, including NOOK devices, partner company products, and the most popular mobile and computing devices using free NOOK software.
General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
NOOK Simple Touch Reader(TM), NOOK 1st Edition(TM), NOOK 1st Edition Wi-Fi(TM), NOOK Color(TM), Reader's Tablet(TM), Fast Page(TM), NOOK Books(TM), NOOK Bookstore(TM), NOOK Newsstand(TM), NOOK Magazines(TM), NOOK Newspapers(TM), NOOK Apps(TM), PubIt!(TM), NOOK Kids(TM), Read In Store(TM), More In Store(TM), NOOK Friends(TM), LendMe®, NOOK Library(TM), NOOK Boutiques(TM), The Barnes & Noble Promise(TM), NOOK Books en español(TM), NOOK Study(TM), Free Friday(TM), Lifetime Library(TM) and Read What You Love. Anywhere You Like(TM) are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. Other trademarks referenced in this release are the property of their respective owners.
Follow Barnes & Noble on Twitter (www.bn.com/twitter), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/barnesandnoble) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/bnstudio).
- Be of Good Cheer!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Discovery Ed and Six Flags Rewards Readers with Amusement Park Tickets
From an email today:
Reward Reading with Six Flags Tickets
Six Flags and Discovery Education are excited to announce the launch of Read to Succeed 2011-2012. We share your commitment to inspiring a lifelong love of learning in students and now, K-6 students who complete six hours of recreational reading can earn a free Six Flags ticket. Best of all, teachers win too!
To participate, please take a moment to register today:
It's easy and only takes a few minutes! View our Program FAQ for details.
For step-by-step guides, easy tips on how to register for the program and information on how to log your students' reading hours, view our Registration and Submission Guides.
To get started, download our parent letter and student reading log.
Then, check out the wide range of free classroom resources and fun family activities to build your students' excitement for reading.
Read to Succeed is hosting a free webinar on Thursday, October 27 at 7pm EST to share what's new this year and answer any questions you may have. The webinar will be archived on the Read to Succeed website if you would like to refer to it later. Register now.
Spread the word to your colleagues . Don't miss this chance to encourage and celebrate your students' love of reading!
Visit DiscoveryEducation.com/ReadtoSucceed to get started today.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Reward Reading with Six Flags Tickets
Six Flags and Discovery Education are excited to announce the launch of Read to Succeed 2011-2012. We share your commitment to inspiring a lifelong love of learning in students and now, K-6 students who complete six hours of recreational reading can earn a free Six Flags ticket. Best of all, teachers win too!
To participate, please take a moment to register today:
It's easy and only takes a few minutes! View our Program FAQ for details.
For step-by-step guides, easy tips on how to register for the program and information on how to log your students' reading hours, view our Registration and Submission Guides.
To get started, download our parent letter and student reading log.
Then, check out the wide range of free classroom resources and fun family activities to build your students' excitement for reading.
Read to Succeed is hosting a free webinar on Thursday, October 27 at 7pm EST to share what's new this year and answer any questions you may have. The webinar will be archived on the Read to Succeed website if you would like to refer to it later. Register now.
Spread the word to your colleagues . Don't miss this chance to encourage and celebrate your students' love of reading!
Visit DiscoveryEducation.com/ReadtoSucceed to get started today.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Kindle Daily Deal, October 17
Kindle Daily Deal, October 17
Today only, James Patterson's young-adult fantasy/thriller is just $2.99 (63% off yesterday's price).
Each day, we unveil one Kindle book at a specially discounted price. Bookmark amazon.com/kindledailydeal and check back daily to see what's next. Deals go live at approximately 12:00 a.m. Pacific time and run for 24 hours.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Today only, James Patterson's young-adult fantasy/thriller is just $2.99 (63% off yesterday's price).
Each day, we unveil one Kindle book at a specially discounted price. Bookmark amazon.com/kindledailydeal and check back daily to see what's next. Deals go live at approximately 12:00 a.m. Pacific time and run for 24 hours.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Win a Kindle and gift cards from new ebook publisher ePublisher
ePublisher Celebrates New Releases With Free Kindle and Giftcards
IsoLibris Publishing, LLC, an independent eBook publisher, is pleased to announce the launch of its two new titles, Time Donors Wanted and Where the Greener Grass Grows. The launch, beginning on September 9, 2011, and running through October 7, 2011, will include giveaways to visitors who sign up to receive company updates. 10 winners will receive Amazon gift cards valued at $25 and one lucky winner will receive a Kindle.
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(PRWEB) September 11, 2011
IsoLibris Publishing, LLC is an independent eBook publisher dedicated to bringing readers the best in written entertainment. IsoLibris is pleased to announce the release of its premiere titles, Time Donors Wanted and Where the Greener Grass Grows. Time Donors Wanted, a fiction novel by Russell Scott is a suspense book about an entrepreneur, Jarvis Sloan, who develops a web site designed to help married men and women find contentment through anonymous affairs. Little does Jarvis know that his invention will make him one of the wealthiest men in the world—and the target of a ruthless killer. Where the Greener Grass Grows, author Lin Brooks' debut work, is a women's fiction story about two forty-something women who send their children off to college. The pair must learn to live with the empty nest left behind without losing their sanity in the process. Where the Greener Grass Grows is about two women learning to laugh, to love and to let go. Both books are currently available in many popular eBook formats, including the Amazon Kindle, the Sony eReader, the Nook and at the Apple iBookstore.
To celebrate these releases, IsoLibris is giving away Amazon gift cards worth $25 each to ten separate visitors to their site. One visitor will receive a Kindle. Visitors will also be able to access portions of the new releases for free, as well as viewing other releases, such as If By Whiskey, by Quentin Whitwell, a lighthearted, irreverent look at the life of an aspiring Maryland journalist living in Mississippi. Previously only available as a hard cover, IsoLibris is proud to offer If By Whiskey for the first time in eBook form. Visitors may also get more information on the short entitled Revenge of the High Priestess, also by Lin Brooks and Uncommon Thread by Scott Anderson, M.D. For more information about any of these releases and for the terms of the giveaways, visit http://www.isolibris.com.
- Be of Good Cheer!
IsoLibris Publishing, LLC, an independent eBook publisher, is pleased to announce the launch of its two new titles, Time Donors Wanted and Where the Greener Grass Grows. The launch, beginning on September 9, 2011, and running through October 7, 2011, will include giveaways to visitors who sign up to receive company updates. 10 winners will receive Amazon gift cards valued at $25 and one lucky winner will receive a Kindle.
ShareThis Email PDF Print
(PRWEB) September 11, 2011
IsoLibris Publishing, LLC is an independent eBook publisher dedicated to bringing readers the best in written entertainment. IsoLibris is pleased to announce the release of its premiere titles, Time Donors Wanted and Where the Greener Grass Grows. Time Donors Wanted, a fiction novel by Russell Scott is a suspense book about an entrepreneur, Jarvis Sloan, who develops a web site designed to help married men and women find contentment through anonymous affairs. Little does Jarvis know that his invention will make him one of the wealthiest men in the world—and the target of a ruthless killer. Where the Greener Grass Grows, author Lin Brooks' debut work, is a women's fiction story about two forty-something women who send their children off to college. The pair must learn to live with the empty nest left behind without losing their sanity in the process. Where the Greener Grass Grows is about two women learning to laugh, to love and to let go. Both books are currently available in many popular eBook formats, including the Amazon Kindle, the Sony eReader, the Nook and at the Apple iBookstore.
To celebrate these releases, IsoLibris is giving away Amazon gift cards worth $25 each to ten separate visitors to their site. One visitor will receive a Kindle. Visitors will also be able to access portions of the new releases for free, as well as viewing other releases, such as If By Whiskey, by Quentin Whitwell, a lighthearted, irreverent look at the life of an aspiring Maryland journalist living in Mississippi. Previously only available as a hard cover, IsoLibris is proud to offer If By Whiskey for the first time in eBook form. Visitors may also get more information on the short entitled Revenge of the High Priestess, also by Lin Brooks and Uncommon Thread by Scott Anderson, M.D. For more information about any of these releases and for the terms of the giveaways, visit http://www.isolibris.com.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Introducing Kindle Cloud Reader
Read over 950,000 Kindle books in your web browser - no download or installation required
Based on HTML5, Kindle Cloud Reader optimizes for the platform you're using and automatically stores your latest book locally for offline reading
Instant Books - no waiting for a download, start reading the book immediately, offline or online
SEATTLE, Aug 10, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- (NASDAQ: AMZN) - For over two years, Amazon has been offering a wide selection of free Kindle reading apps that enable customers to "Buy Once, Read Everywhere." Customers can already read Kindle books on the largest number of the most popular devices and platforms, including Kindles, iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, PCs, Macs, Android phones and tablets, and BlackBerrys. Today, Amazon.com announced Kindle Cloud Reader, its latest Kindle reading application that leverages HTML5 and enables customers to read Kindle books instantly using only their web browser - online or offline - with no downloading or installation required. As with all Kindle apps, Kindle Cloud Reader automatically synchronizes your Kindle library, as well as your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights for all of your Kindle books, no matter how you choose to read them. Kindle Cloud Reader with its integrated touch optimized Kindle Store is available starting today for Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop and Chrome at http://www.amazon.com/cloudreader.
"We are excited to take this leap forward in our 'Buy Once, Read Everywhere' mission and help customers access their library instantly from anywhere," said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. "We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can also access their content offline directly from their browser. The flexibility of HTML5 allows us to build one application that automatically adapts to the platform you're using - from Chrome to iOS. To make it easy and seamless to discover new books, we've added an integrated, touch optimized store directly into Cloud Reader, allowing customers one click access to a vast selection of books."
Features of Kindle Cloud Reader include:
An immersive view of your entire Kindle library, with instant access to all of your books
Start reading over 950,000 Kindle books instantly within your browser
An embedded Kindle Store optimized for your web browser makes it seamless to discover new books and start reading them instantly
New Kindle Store for iPad is built from the ground up for iPad's touch interface
Your current book is automatically made available for offline use, and you can choose to save a book for reading offline at any time
Receive automatic software updates without the need to download new software
Select any book to start reading, customize the page layout to your desired font size, text color, background color, and more
View all of the notes, highlights, and bookmarks that you've made on other Kindle apps or on Kindle
Sync your last page read across your Kindle and free Kindle apps so you can always pick up where you left off
Kindle Cloud Reader is available for Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop and Chrome starting today. Kindle Cloud Reader on the iPad is optimized for the size and unique touch interface of iPad. Without even leaving the app, customers can start shopping in the Kindle Store and will find a unique and immersive shopping experience built specifically for iPad's Safari browser.
Kindle Cloud Reader will be available on additional web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, the BlackBerry PlayBook browser, and other mobile browsers, in the coming months.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Friday, August 5, 2011
Barnes and Noble Free Friday
Footsteps in the Dark
by Georgette Heyer
NOOK Book (eBook)
Available for Download.
ISBN-13: 9781402254659
Price: $0.00
August 5, 2011
by Georgette Heyer
NOOK Book (eBook)
Available for Download.
ISBN-13: 9781402254659
Price: $0.00
August 5, 2011
Gmail - Summer Blockbusters Come to NOOK Color(TM) Including Cowboys & Aliens Graphic Novel App with In-Store Exclusives, Winnie the Pooh, Captain America and Other Interactive Kids Books - lxwrites@gmail.com
Summer Blockbusters Come to NOOK Color(TM) Including Cowboys & Aliens Graphic Novel App with In-Store Exclusives, Winnie the Pooh, Captain America and Other Interactive Kids Books
New York, New York - August 5, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced today a myriad of great new summer movie blockbusters and other content for its critically acclaimed NOOK Color Reader's Tablet(TM), making the best value tablet on the market at $249 even better. NOOK Color customers can now read, explore and do even more, with an expanding array of popular high quality NOOK Apps(TM), more than 600 interactive children's picture books, a selection of more than 180 digital newspapers and full-color magazines, along with special content made available exclusively for NOOK(TM) device customers. Among these extras, customers who download the new Cowboys & Aliens graphic novel NOOK App can unlock free exclusives, including a prologue video, sketchbook, character bios and a secret Alien Language Translator while connected to free Wi-Fi® in any Barnes & Noble store.
"NOOK Color is perfect for people who enjoy reading a range of content in rich color, staying connected, and utilizing the latest popular apps," said Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble.com. "We've added even more ways for adults and children to enjoy content based on some of the biggest summer movies, plus even more high-quality apps and books. NOOK Color is always getting better and remains the perfect companion for exploring and discovering almost anything, anywhere, and priced at $249, it's a terrific value."
Through its growing collection, customers can enjoy hundreds of popular, high-quality NOOK Apps offered by third-party developers and content providers for NOOK Color. New selections include the ever-popular Ms. PAC-MAN, Text Twist 2, Let's Golf! 2, Mazes, Doodle Jump Deluxe, and more fun apps made just for kids like Preschool Connect the Dots, Monster Match, Sandra Boynton's Moo Baa La La and more. Among the most recent top paid NOOK Apps are Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, Ms. PAC-MAN, Solitaire and Blast Monkeys and top free apps include Float HD, Fliq Calendar, Tikatok StorySpark, Fandango Movies and BibleReader.
Just in time for back to school, Barnes & Noble's youngest customers can choose from the world's largest collection of digital children's content including more than 600 picture books and more than 12,000 kids' chapter books. The company has added numerous options to prepare kids for classroom time, including interactive Read and Play(TM) titles Kindergators by Rosemary Wells and ABC Dinosaurs from the Museum of Natural History. NOOK Kids also offers new books featuring characters from popular summer movies - Disney's Cars 2, Transformers, Winnie the Pooh, Thor, Captain America and more. Current bestsellers include Cars, Puff the Magic Dragon, I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track, Splat the Cat Sings Flat, Fancy Nancy and the Mean Girl, Frog and Toad Are Friends and The Little Mermaid: A Special Song. In addition to NOOK Color, most picture books are available to be enjoyed by iPad(TM) owners using the free NOOK Kids for iPad application (www.nookkids.com/ipad and www.itunes.com/appstore).
Adding tens of thousands of new NOOK Books(TM) to its expansive offering of more than 2 million titles, Barnes & Noble offers something for everyone to read from bestsellers and new releases to favorites and classics. NOOK Color customers will enjoy even more enhanced titles such as Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life, which includes video footage and an exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling. Barnes & Noble's current bestsellers include Jaycee Dugard's survival story A Stolen Life, George R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons and a standout newcomer from Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a thriller mixed with vintage photos appealing to both young adults and adults.
Exclusive More in Store(TM)
Barnes & Noble will offer new More In Store content, exclusively available for NOOK Color and NOOK customers in any of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 stores by connecting to free in-store Wi-Fi service. Readers can enjoy exclusive contributions from bestselling authors Meg Cabot and Janet Evanovich, Tiger's Curse breakout Colleen Houck, grillmaster Andrew Schloss, diamond expert Alicia Oltuski and other notable authors. More In Store content is updated weekly and each new feature is available for four weeks on a rolling basis. NOOK customers can always check the recent content by visiting www.bn.com/moreinstore.
New York, New York - August 5, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced today a myriad of great new summer movie blockbusters and other content for its critically acclaimed NOOK Color Reader's Tablet(TM), making the best value tablet on the market at $249 even better. NOOK Color customers can now read, explore and do even more, with an expanding array of popular high quality NOOK Apps(TM), more than 600 interactive children's picture books, a selection of more than 180 digital newspapers and full-color magazines, along with special content made available exclusively for NOOK(TM) device customers. Among these extras, customers who download the new Cowboys & Aliens graphic novel NOOK App can unlock free exclusives, including a prologue video, sketchbook, character bios and a secret Alien Language Translator while connected to free Wi-Fi® in any Barnes & Noble store.
"NOOK Color is perfect for people who enjoy reading a range of content in rich color, staying connected, and utilizing the latest popular apps," said Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble.com. "We've added even more ways for adults and children to enjoy content based on some of the biggest summer movies, plus even more high-quality apps and books. NOOK Color is always getting better and remains the perfect companion for exploring and discovering almost anything, anywhere, and priced at $249, it's a terrific value."
Through its growing collection, customers can enjoy hundreds of popular, high-quality NOOK Apps offered by third-party developers and content providers for NOOK Color. New selections include the ever-popular Ms. PAC-MAN, Text Twist 2, Let's Golf! 2, Mazes, Doodle Jump Deluxe, and more fun apps made just for kids like Preschool Connect the Dots, Monster Match, Sandra Boynton's Moo Baa La La and more. Among the most recent top paid NOOK Apps are Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, Ms. PAC-MAN, Solitaire and Blast Monkeys and top free apps include Float HD, Fliq Calendar, Tikatok StorySpark, Fandango Movies and BibleReader.
Just in time for back to school, Barnes & Noble's youngest customers can choose from the world's largest collection of digital children's content including more than 600 picture books and more than 12,000 kids' chapter books. The company has added numerous options to prepare kids for classroom time, including interactive Read and Play(TM) titles Kindergators by Rosemary Wells and ABC Dinosaurs from the Museum of Natural History. NOOK Kids also offers new books featuring characters from popular summer movies - Disney's Cars 2, Transformers, Winnie the Pooh, Thor, Captain America and more. Current bestsellers include Cars, Puff the Magic Dragon, I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track, Splat the Cat Sings Flat, Fancy Nancy and the Mean Girl, Frog and Toad Are Friends and The Little Mermaid: A Special Song. In addition to NOOK Color, most picture books are available to be enjoyed by iPad(TM) owners using the free NOOK Kids for iPad application (www.nookkids.com/ipad and www.itunes.com/appstore).
Adding tens of thousands of new NOOK Books(TM) to its expansive offering of more than 2 million titles, Barnes & Noble offers something for everyone to read from bestsellers and new releases to favorites and classics. NOOK Color customers will enjoy even more enhanced titles such as Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life, which includes video footage and an exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling. Barnes & Noble's current bestsellers include Jaycee Dugard's survival story A Stolen Life, George R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons and a standout newcomer from Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a thriller mixed with vintage photos appealing to both young adults and adults.
Exclusive More in Store(TM)
Barnes & Noble will offer new More In Store content, exclusively available for NOOK Color and NOOK customers in any of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 stores by connecting to free in-store Wi-Fi service. Readers can enjoy exclusive contributions from bestselling authors Meg Cabot and Janet Evanovich, Tiger's Curse breakout Colleen Houck, grillmaster Andrew Schloss, diamond expert Alicia Oltuski and other notable authors. More In Store content is updated weekly and each new feature is available for four weeks on a rolling basis. NOOK customers can always check the recent content by visiting www.bn.com/moreinstore.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Amazon UK kindle promotion
Kindle Summer Promotion: Save 20% on any Amazon Kindle cover with your Kindle or Kindle 3G purchase
How to redeem the special offer for Kindle:
Add a Kindle (Wi-Fi) or 3G Kindle (free 3G + Wi-Fi) to your Shopping Basket.
Add an Amazon Kindle Leather Cover or Amazon Kindle Lighted Leather Cover to your basket.
When you have finished shopping, click "Proceed to Checkout".
A discount will be applied to the order total at checkout, reducing the Amazon.co.uk selling price of the Kindle cover by 20%.
This promotion is valid through 10pm on 15th August 2011.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Barnes and Noble Free Friday Book for July 8, 2011
The Hunt by author Jan Neuharth - Amazon is probably matching the price. I have not read it; it is about foxhunting.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Kindle Edition of New York Times -- the Facts
On July 7, 2011, Amazon announced that Kindle users with a New York Times subscription can now have access to NYtimes.com. Learn how to link accounts.
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Nook Joins Kindle with Access to the New York Times
Barnes & Noble NOOK(TM) Subscribers to The New York Times Enjoy Access to NYTimes.com
New York, New York - July 7, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that all subscribers to The New York Times through NOOK Newsstand(TM) can also enjoy access to the NYTimes.com website as a benefit of their subscription. Barnes & Noble NOOK customers can now enjoy the daily e-edition of The New York Times on devices including the All-New NOOK and NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet, as well as complete access to The Times' award-winning website, NYTimes.com, including timely news updates, opinion, blogs, video, interactive graphics and more.
"We are pleased to offer our NOOK customers even more access to great content anytime from The New York Times - one of our bestselling NOOK Newspapers(TM)," said Jonathan Shar, Vice President and General Manager of digital newsstand at Barnes & Noble. "We’ve had positive customer response about providing NYTimes.com access to NOOK New York Times subscribers who already enjoy reading their daily digital edition on their award-winning NOOK devices."
"We are pleased to be able to offer online access to NYTimes.com as part of the subscription experience for our loyal readers on NOOK devices, an important audience for us," said Yasmin Namini, senior vice president, marketing and circulation, and general manager, reader applications, The New York Times Media Group. "Now NOOK subscribers can access even more of The Times' high-quality journalism, with breaking news, video, audio, multimedia and blogs on our award-winning site."
Barnes & Noble customers with current subscriptions to The New York Times through NOOK Newsstand(TM) will receive a notification today with additional information to help them begin enjoying access to NYTimes.com immediately.
The New York Times, along with all digital periodicals from Barnes & Noble, is available for a risk-free, 14-day free trial for all customers. For more information and to order The New York Times for NOOK, visit www.bn.com/nytimes or visit any NOOK Boutique or display in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com) to learn more.
About NOOK(TM) from Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices. The award-winning NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet(TM), the best value on the tablet market ($249), features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen to read all of the content you love, shop popular apps, connect via e-mail, browse the Web and more. The All-New NOOK ($139), the Simple Touch Reader(TM), is the easiest-to-use 6-inch touch reader, with the longest battery life of any eReader. In Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK owners can access free Wi-Fi connectivity, enjoy the Read In Store(TM) feature to read NOOK Books(TM) for free, and the More In Store(TM) program, which offers free, exclusive content and special promotions. Barnes & Noble was the first company to offer digital lending for a wide selection of books through its LendMe® technology, available through NOOK eReading products. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.BN.com, as well as at Best Buy, Walmart, Staples and Books-A-Million.
In addition to NOOK devices, Barnes & Noble makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its free line of NOOK software, available at www.bn.com/freenookapps. Customers can use Barnes & Noble's free eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes & Noble digital library on devices including iPad(TM), iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android(TM) smartphones and tablets BlackBerry®, PC and Mac®. Lifetime Library(TM) helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on NOOK products and software-enabled devices and BN.com. Barnes & Noble also offers NOOK Study(TM) (www.nookstudy.com), an innovative study platform and software solution for higher education, NOOK Kids(TM) (www.nookkids.com), a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK Books en español(TM) (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol), the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.
For more information on NOOK devices and eReading software, updates, new NOOK Book releases, Free Friday(TM) NOOK Books and more, follow us on www.twitter.com/ebooksbn and www.facebook.com/nookbn.
New York, New York - July 7, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that all subscribers to The New York Times through NOOK Newsstand(TM) can also enjoy access to the NYTimes.com website as a benefit of their subscription. Barnes & Noble NOOK customers can now enjoy the daily e-edition of The New York Times on devices including the All-New NOOK and NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet, as well as complete access to The Times' award-winning website, NYTimes.com, including timely news updates, opinion, blogs, video, interactive graphics and more.
"We are pleased to offer our NOOK customers even more access to great content anytime from The New York Times - one of our bestselling NOOK Newspapers(TM)," said Jonathan Shar, Vice President and General Manager of digital newsstand at Barnes & Noble. "We’ve had positive customer response about providing NYTimes.com access to NOOK New York Times subscribers who already enjoy reading their daily digital edition on their award-winning NOOK devices."
"We are pleased to be able to offer online access to NYTimes.com as part of the subscription experience for our loyal readers on NOOK devices, an important audience for us," said Yasmin Namini, senior vice president, marketing and circulation, and general manager, reader applications, The New York Times Media Group. "Now NOOK subscribers can access even more of The Times' high-quality journalism, with breaking news, video, audio, multimedia and blogs on our award-winning site."
Barnes & Noble customers with current subscriptions to The New York Times through NOOK Newsstand(TM) will receive a notification today with additional information to help them begin enjoying access to NYTimes.com immediately.
The New York Times, along with all digital periodicals from Barnes & Noble, is available for a risk-free, 14-day free trial for all customers. For more information and to order The New York Times for NOOK, visit www.bn.com/nytimes or visit any NOOK Boutique or display in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com) to learn more.
About NOOK(TM) from Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices. The award-winning NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet(TM), the best value on the tablet market ($249), features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen to read all of the content you love, shop popular apps, connect via e-mail, browse the Web and more. The All-New NOOK ($139), the Simple Touch Reader(TM), is the easiest-to-use 6-inch touch reader, with the longest battery life of any eReader. In Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK owners can access free Wi-Fi connectivity, enjoy the Read In Store(TM) feature to read NOOK Books(TM) for free, and the More In Store(TM) program, which offers free, exclusive content and special promotions. Barnes & Noble was the first company to offer digital lending for a wide selection of books through its LendMe® technology, available through NOOK eReading products. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.BN.com, as well as at Best Buy, Walmart, Staples and Books-A-Million.
In addition to NOOK devices, Barnes & Noble makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its free line of NOOK software, available at www.bn.com/freenookapps. Customers can use Barnes & Noble's free eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes & Noble digital library on devices including iPad(TM), iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android(TM) smartphones and tablets BlackBerry®, PC and Mac®. Lifetime Library(TM) helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on NOOK products and software-enabled devices and BN.com. Barnes & Noble also offers NOOK Study(TM) (www.nookstudy.com), an innovative study platform and software solution for higher education, NOOK Kids(TM) (www.nookkids.com), a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK Books en español(TM) (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol), the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.
For more information on NOOK devices and eReading software, updates, new NOOK Book releases, Free Friday(TM) NOOK Books and more, follow us on www.twitter.com/ebooksbn and www.facebook.com/nookbn.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Nook trade in program details
Barnes & Noble Invites Customers to See for Themselves Why Critics Call NOOK(TM) Devices the Best Reading Devices on the Market
Customers Who Bring Their Old eReader to a Barnes & Noble Store to
Compare and Upgrade to NOOK Receive 30 Free NOOK Books(TM) Worth $315
New York, New York - June 30, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, is inviting customers to experience what the critics and millions of customers are raving about: the company's award-winning, bestselling line of NOOK reading devices. Beginning July 1, bring any eReader into a Barnes & Noble bookstore to compare and upgrade to a NOOK device and receive an instant NOOK Book collection - 30 free digital titles valued at $315. The limited-time NOOK upgrade program is offered with purchase of any popular NOOK device including The All-New NOOK and NOOK Color Reader's Tablet(TM).
Beginning Friday, while supplies last, customers will receive a free, 2GB microSD card loaded with 30 NOOK Books - from cooking and lifestyle to classics and reference - when they show a bookseller their old device and purchase the NOOK reader that best suits them. Book lovers of all ages will love The All-New NOOK, The Simple Touch Reader(TM), which dozens of leading reviewers have praised as the best dedicated reading device on the market. The easy-to-use, ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader features a simple, immersive experience with a full-touchscreen and the most-advanced E Ink® Pearl display, the longest battery life in the industry with an incredible two months on a single charge and the most social reading experience ever with NOOK Friends(TM) - all for just $139.
For customers who love to read everything in color with the added convenience of key tablet features, NOOK Color Reader's Tablet offers what critics have proclaimed the best value on the tablet market at just $249. The award-winning device is sleek and portable, and features a stunning 7-inch color touchscreen ideal for reading a wide variety of content including books (some enhanced with in-page video), immersive children's picture books with the exclusive AliveTouch(TM) technology, an expansive collection of full-color, interactive magazines plus newspapers, and more. NOOK Color now delivers customers' most-requested tablet features with a wide selection of high-quality NOOK Apps(TM) to play, learn, organize and explore, built-in e-mail to stay connected, and an enhanced Web experience. Both NOOK devices connect via Wi-Fi® to Barnes & Noble's expansive collection of more than two million digital books, periodicals and more, and offer customers access to even more free and exclusive content while visiting any of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores.
"Both the All-New NOOK and NOOK Color Reader's Tablet are best-in-class according to the industry's leading reviewers and millions of devoted NOOK customers. We are confident that side-by-side comparisons with other eReaders will show NOOK products to be the superior choice," said Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble. "We invite reading lovers to visit their neighborhood Barnes & Noble bookstore to see, hold and touch our innovative NOOK products and encourage them to upgrade their reading experience while kicking off their collection with a limited-time bonus of 30 free NOOK Books."
The 30 digital books represent a variety of genres including Cooking, Kids, Classics, Humor, Lifestyle, Fiction, Sports, History, True Crime and Reference. Some of the free titles include: The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, Cristina Ferrare's Big Bowl of Love, Creating Your Best Life, Glory in the Fall: The Greatest Moments in World Series History, 21st Century Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me and timeless favorites including Secret Garden and Robinson Crusoe. Learn more about this program at www.nook.com/thebest.
About NOOK(TM) from Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices. The award-winning NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet(TM), the best-value on the tablet market ($249), features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen to read all of the content you love, shop popular apps, connect via e-mail, browse the Web and more. The All-New NOOK ($139), the Simple Touch Reader(TM), is the easiest-to-use 6-inch touch reader, with the longest battery life of any eReader. In Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK owners can access free Wi-Fi connectivity, enjoy the Read In Store(TM) feature to read NOOK Books(TM) for free, and the More In Store(TM) program, which offers free, exclusive content and special promotions. Barnes & Noble was the first company to offer digital lending for a wide selection of books through its LendMe® technology, available through NOOK eReading products. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.BN.com, as well as at Best Buy, Walmart, Staples and Books-A-Million.
In addition to NOOK devices, Barnes & Noble makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its free line of NOOK software, available at www.bn.com/freenookapps. Customers can use Barnes & Noble's free eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes & Noble digital library on devices including iPad(TM), iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android(TM) smartphones and tablets BlackBerry®, PC and Mac®. Lifetime Library(TM) helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on NOOK products and software-enabled devices and BN.com. Barnes & Noble also offers NOOK Study(TM) (www.nookstudy.com), an innovative study platform and software solution for higher education, NOOK Kids(TM) (www.nookkids.com), a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK Books en español(TM) (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol), the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.
For more information on NOOK devices and eReading software, updates, new NOOK Book releases, Free Friday(TM) NOOK Books and more, follow us on www.twitter.com/ebooksbn and www.facebook.com/nookbn.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Angry Birds on Nook Color
Barnes & Noble Brings First-Ever Angry Birds "Magic Places" Enhanced Play to NOOK Color(TM) Customers In-Store
Exclusively Unlock Free Mighty Eagle Character for In-Store Game Play
Only on Angry Birds for NOOK Color Reader's Tablet(TM)
More than 700 Barnes & Noble Stores are First Official Real-World Locations Adding New Elements to World's Bestselling Angry Birds Game
Experience the Bestselling Angry Birds NOOK App(TM) and Shop for New Themed Toys and Games at Barnes & Noble Stores
New York, New York - June 28, 2011 - The Angry Birds' Mighty Eagle has landed at Barnes & Noble stores today, exclusively for NOOK Color customers. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced that its more than 700 bookstores across the country are the first official Angry Birds "Magic Places," offering NOOK Color customers the ability to add a new fun, physical element to their Angry Birds gameplay in-store this summer. Beginning today, NOOK Color customers with the bestselling Angry Birds NOOK App can, for the first time ever, exclusively add the Mighty Eagle character to their arsenal at no cost when playing the game in a Barnes & Noble bookstore. Store visitors will also find an array of Angry Bird-themed games, toys and merchandise, and in the coming days, free Angry Birds stickers and temporary tattoos, while supplies last.
Barnes & Noble worked closely with Rovio, the creator of the global blockbuster, Angry Birds, to offer the first-ever exclusive "Magic Place" experience to NOOK Color customers and make Barnes & Noble stores the first real-world locations where Angry Birds fans can magically receive in-game rewards and unlockables. In-store NOOK Color devices with the Angry Birds NOOK App ($2.99) connect automatically to the fast and free Wi-Fi® to unlock the Mighty Eagle character at no cost. While playing Angry Birds on NOOK Color in a Barnes & Noble store, customers can use the Mighty Eagle to overcome challenging levels and earn Eagle Score points. Game play on a NOOK Color is fun and immersive as players dish out revenge to the green pigs who threaten the survival of the Angry Birds, all using NOOK Color's stunning 7-inch color touchscreen.
"We are thrilled to partner with Rovio to bring NOOK Color customers in Barnes & Noble stores an exciting, seamless experience featuring the number one game in the world," said Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble. "We’ve already experienced great success with NOOK Apps and Angry Birds as our bestseller, and believe NOOK Color customers will enjoy being the first in the world to access Angry Birds 'Magic Places.' We invite all Angry Birds fans to visit our in-store NOOK Boutiques to try this fun experience on one of our many NOOK Color demonstration units."
"We're very glad to make Angry Birds available for NOOK Color and bring the game to another successful platform," said Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle and Chief Marketing Officer at Rovio. "Most importantly, we're super excited to take the first step towards taking Angry Birds to physical locations around the world. We're proud to partner with Barnes & Noble in introducing the first Angry Birds 'Magic Places' in the world: by visiting Barnes & Noble stores, Angry Birds fans with NOOK Color will be able to unlock new fun experiences - for free!"
Angry Birds, along with many other high-quality, popular NOOK Apps, are available to NOOK Color customers to enjoy on the highly acclaimed, bestselling Reader's Tablet. NOOK Color customers can also read everything - books, magazines, children's books and more - in rich, beautiful color on the device, from Barnes & Noble's expansive digital bookstore of more than 2 million titles. NOOK Color also features built-in e-mail, an enhanced Web browsing experience and more. Learn more about NOOK Color at www.nookcolor.com.
About NOOK(TM) from Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices. The award-winning NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet(TM), the best-value on the tablet market ($249), features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen to read all of the content you love, shop popular apps, connect via e-mail, browse the Web and more. The All-New NOOK ($139), the Simple Touch Reader(TM), is the easiest-to-use 6-inch touch reader, with the longest battery life of any eReader. In Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK owners can access free Wi-Fi connectivity, enjoy the Read In Store(TM) feature to read NOOK Books(TM) for free, and the More In Store(TM) program, which offers free, exclusive content and special promotions. Barnes & Noble was the first company to offer digital lending for a wide selection of books through its LendMe® technology, available through NOOK eReading products. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.BN.com, as well as at Best Buy, Walmart, Staples and Books-A-Million.
In addition to NOOK devices, Barnes & Noble makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its free line of NOOK software, available at www.bn.com/freenookapps. Customers can use Barnes & Noble's free eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes & Noble digital library on devices including iPad(TM), iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android(TM) smartphones and tablets BlackBerry®, PC and Mac®. Lifetime Library(TM) helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on NOOK products and software-enabled devices and BN.com. Barnes & Noble also offers NOOK Study(TM) (www.nookstudy.com), an innovative study platform and software solution for higher education, NOOK Kids(TM) (www.nookkids.com), a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK Books en español(TM) (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol), the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.
For more information on NOOK devices and eReading software, updates, new NOOK Book releases, Free Friday(TM) NOOK Books and more, follow us on www.twitter.com/ebooksbn and www.facebook.com/nookbn.
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Exclusively Unlock Free Mighty Eagle Character for In-Store Game Play
Only on Angry Birds for NOOK Color Reader's Tablet(TM)
More than 700 Barnes & Noble Stores are First Official Real-World Locations Adding New Elements to World's Bestselling Angry Birds Game
Experience the Bestselling Angry Birds NOOK App(TM) and Shop for New Themed Toys and Games at Barnes & Noble Stores
New York, New York - June 28, 2011 - The Angry Birds' Mighty Eagle has landed at Barnes & Noble stores today, exclusively for NOOK Color customers. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced that its more than 700 bookstores across the country are the first official Angry Birds "Magic Places," offering NOOK Color customers the ability to add a new fun, physical element to their Angry Birds gameplay in-store this summer. Beginning today, NOOK Color customers with the bestselling Angry Birds NOOK App can, for the first time ever, exclusively add the Mighty Eagle character to their arsenal at no cost when playing the game in a Barnes & Noble bookstore. Store visitors will also find an array of Angry Bird-themed games, toys and merchandise, and in the coming days, free Angry Birds stickers and temporary tattoos, while supplies last.
Barnes & Noble worked closely with Rovio, the creator of the global blockbuster, Angry Birds, to offer the first-ever exclusive "Magic Place" experience to NOOK Color customers and make Barnes & Noble stores the first real-world locations where Angry Birds fans can magically receive in-game rewards and unlockables. In-store NOOK Color devices with the Angry Birds NOOK App ($2.99) connect automatically to the fast and free Wi-Fi® to unlock the Mighty Eagle character at no cost. While playing Angry Birds on NOOK Color in a Barnes & Noble store, customers can use the Mighty Eagle to overcome challenging levels and earn Eagle Score points. Game play on a NOOK Color is fun and immersive as players dish out revenge to the green pigs who threaten the survival of the Angry Birds, all using NOOK Color's stunning 7-inch color touchscreen.
"We are thrilled to partner with Rovio to bring NOOK Color customers in Barnes & Noble stores an exciting, seamless experience featuring the number one game in the world," said Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble. "We’ve already experienced great success with NOOK Apps and Angry Birds as our bestseller, and believe NOOK Color customers will enjoy being the first in the world to access Angry Birds 'Magic Places.' We invite all Angry Birds fans to visit our in-store NOOK Boutiques to try this fun experience on one of our many NOOK Color demonstration units."
"We're very glad to make Angry Birds available for NOOK Color and bring the game to another successful platform," said Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle and Chief Marketing Officer at Rovio. "Most importantly, we're super excited to take the first step towards taking Angry Birds to physical locations around the world. We're proud to partner with Barnes & Noble in introducing the first Angry Birds 'Magic Places' in the world: by visiting Barnes & Noble stores, Angry Birds fans with NOOK Color will be able to unlock new fun experiences - for free!"
Angry Birds, along with many other high-quality, popular NOOK Apps, are available to NOOK Color customers to enjoy on the highly acclaimed, bestselling Reader's Tablet. NOOK Color customers can also read everything - books, magazines, children's books and more - in rich, beautiful color on the device, from Barnes & Noble's expansive digital bookstore of more than 2 million titles. NOOK Color also features built-in e-mail, an enhanced Web browsing experience and more. Learn more about NOOK Color at www.nookcolor.com.
About NOOK(TM) from Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like(TM) with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to Barnes & Noble's expansive NOOK Bookstore(TM) of more than two million digital titles, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices. The award-winning NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet(TM), the best-value on the tablet market ($249), features a stunning 7-inch VividView(TM) Color Touchscreen to read all of the content you love, shop popular apps, connect via e-mail, browse the Web and more. The All-New NOOK ($139), the Simple Touch Reader(TM), is the easiest-to-use 6-inch touch reader, with the longest battery life of any eReader. In Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK owners can access free Wi-Fi connectivity, enjoy the Read In Store(TM) feature to read NOOK Books(TM) for free, and the More In Store(TM) program, which offers free, exclusive content and special promotions. Barnes & Noble was the first company to offer digital lending for a wide selection of books through its LendMe® technology, available through NOOK eReading products. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.BN.com, as well as at Best Buy, Walmart, Staples and Books-A-Million.
In addition to NOOK devices, Barnes & Noble makes it easy for customers to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its free line of NOOK software, available at www.bn.com/freenookapps. Customers can use Barnes & Noble's free eReading software to access and read books from their personal Barnes & Noble digital library on devices including iPad(TM), iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android(TM) smartphones and tablets BlackBerry®, PC and Mac®. Lifetime Library(TM) helps ensure that Barnes & Noble customers will always be able to access their digital libraries on NOOK products and software-enabled devices and BN.com. Barnes & Noble also offers NOOK Study(TM) (www.nookstudy.com), an innovative study platform and software solution for higher education, NOOK Kids(TM) (www.nookkids.com), a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK Books en español(TM) (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol), the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.
For more information on NOOK devices and eReading software, updates, new NOOK Book releases, Free Friday(TM) NOOK Books and more, follow us on www.twitter.com/ebooksbn and www.facebook.com/nookbn.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Essentials in Young Adult Books
(NASDAQ: AMZN)-- Amazon.com today announced Essentials in Young Adult Books, a new feature designed to offer teens and parents a selection of timeless fiction outside the classroom that young adult readers will enjoy. Essentials in Young Adult Books (www.amazon.com/youngadultessentials) will comprise two separate lists of ten books each: Editorial Essentials and Customer Selected Essentials.
"We're not sure which statement is truer: that teens can be insatiable readers or that they're hard to shop for," said Jessica Schein, Amazon.com Young Adult Books Specialist. "Our goal with Essentials in Young Adult Books is to help adults choose the best editorially curated must-have books for young adult readers. We also know that young adult readers rely on peer recommendations, and so we hope that the Customer Selected Essentials sparks a dialogue with our customers about the best books for that age group."
The Editorial Essentials list was compiled by Amazon Books Editors and will be revised regularly to remain relevant. Today, the Editorial Essential list is available for young adults or their parents and includes:
"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson: Shunned by her peers, Melinda Sordino keeps quiet about the night in which everything changed. Will she ever rediscover her voice and tell the truth? "Speak" is an honestly-told, powerful look at the ways in which we cope with personal tragedy.
"Monster" by Walter Dean Myers: Steve Harmon is on trial for murder, but is he the menace the prosecutor paints him out to be or was he merely in the wrong place at the wrong time? At the heart of this riveting novel is a teenager caught up in an adult world - a situation to which many young adults can relate.
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry: This gripping dystopian novel published well before the current trend emerged centers on Jonas, a model member of the Community. As the next Receiver of Memory he is suddenly aware of his society's sacrifices for peace and predictability and begins to wonder what it's all worth.
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie: Disappointed with the schooling on his Indian Reservation and tired of being tormented for his physical problems, Arnold Spirit decides to attend an all-white high school and is immediately out of place. "Diary" is the humorous and honest story about one teenager's quest to do his best in the face of serious obstacles.
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak: Set against the backdrop of the impending WWII, "The Book Thief" is about Liesel Meminger, a curious girl who begins stealing books in her new town and along the way touches many - including Death - the unique narrator of this captivating novel.
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan: Two different teenage boys; one same name. Such is the premise of "Will Grayson, Will Grayson",a funny, smart novel where the characters literally take to the stage to find out who they really are.
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky: Charlie prefers observing over being observed in this must-read coming-of-age novel about the realizations that come with the firsts of high school - love, experimentation with drugs, losing friends, and generally trying out independence.
"Crank" by Ellen Hopkins: A gritty novel-in-verse about one girl's descent into a dangerous drug addiction and the consequences of seeking out another high.
"Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher: Clay Jenson is one of 13 people who receive a series of tapes by a classmate that reveal what led to her suicide. Brilliant, beautiful, and devastating, "Thirteen Reasons Why" explores the cost of how people treat one another.
"The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman: Lyra Belacqua is suddenly in the middle of a world of intrigue that involves kidnappings, something called intercision, and a plan to undo the very foundations of her realm. After arriving in the Arctic Circle, she finds that she is the key to saving not just her parallel universe but our own as well in this exhilarating and spellbinding fantasy novel.
Starting today, Amazon.com customers can submit their votes for Customer Selected Essentials in the Amazon.com Customer Selected Essential Books for Young Adults Sweepstakes. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/customeressentialsya to submit suggestions and enter the sweepstakes, and the books with the most votes will be announced on 8/15/2011. Eligible customers who submit a nomination will be entered for a chance to win a set of the Editorial Essentials collection. There is no purchase necessary, and the sweepstakes ends 7/31/2011. See official rules at www.amazon.com/customeressentialsya for more information.
For more information on Essentials in Young Adult Books, please visit www.amazon.com/youngadultessentials.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle with Special Offers, Kindle 3G with Special Offers and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G, Kindle 3G with Special Offers and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
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"We're not sure which statement is truer: that teens can be insatiable readers or that they're hard to shop for," said Jessica Schein, Amazon.com Young Adult Books Specialist. "Our goal with Essentials in Young Adult Books is to help adults choose the best editorially curated must-have books for young adult readers. We also know that young adult readers rely on peer recommendations, and so we hope that the Customer Selected Essentials sparks a dialogue with our customers about the best books for that age group."
The Editorial Essentials list was compiled by Amazon Books Editors and will be revised regularly to remain relevant. Today, the Editorial Essential list is available for young adults or their parents and includes:
"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson: Shunned by her peers, Melinda Sordino keeps quiet about the night in which everything changed. Will she ever rediscover her voice and tell the truth? "Speak" is an honestly-told, powerful look at the ways in which we cope with personal tragedy.
"Monster" by Walter Dean Myers: Steve Harmon is on trial for murder, but is he the menace the prosecutor paints him out to be or was he merely in the wrong place at the wrong time? At the heart of this riveting novel is a teenager caught up in an adult world - a situation to which many young adults can relate.
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry: This gripping dystopian novel published well before the current trend emerged centers on Jonas, a model member of the Community. As the next Receiver of Memory he is suddenly aware of his society's sacrifices for peace and predictability and begins to wonder what it's all worth.
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie: Disappointed with the schooling on his Indian Reservation and tired of being tormented for his physical problems, Arnold Spirit decides to attend an all-white high school and is immediately out of place. "Diary" is the humorous and honest story about one teenager's quest to do his best in the face of serious obstacles.
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak: Set against the backdrop of the impending WWII, "The Book Thief" is about Liesel Meminger, a curious girl who begins stealing books in her new town and along the way touches many - including Death - the unique narrator of this captivating novel.
"Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan: Two different teenage boys; one same name. Such is the premise of "Will Grayson, Will Grayson",a funny, smart novel where the characters literally take to the stage to find out who they really are.
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky: Charlie prefers observing over being observed in this must-read coming-of-age novel about the realizations that come with the firsts of high school - love, experimentation with drugs, losing friends, and generally trying out independence.
"Crank" by Ellen Hopkins: A gritty novel-in-verse about one girl's descent into a dangerous drug addiction and the consequences of seeking out another high.
"Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher: Clay Jenson is one of 13 people who receive a series of tapes by a classmate that reveal what led to her suicide. Brilliant, beautiful, and devastating, "Thirteen Reasons Why" explores the cost of how people treat one another.
"The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman: Lyra Belacqua is suddenly in the middle of a world of intrigue that involves kidnappings, something called intercision, and a plan to undo the very foundations of her realm. After arriving in the Arctic Circle, she finds that she is the key to saving not just her parallel universe but our own as well in this exhilarating and spellbinding fantasy novel.
Starting today, Amazon.com customers can submit their votes for Customer Selected Essentials in the Amazon.com Customer Selected Essential Books for Young Adults Sweepstakes. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/customeressentialsya to submit suggestions and enter the sweepstakes, and the books with the most votes will be announced on 8/15/2011. Eligible customers who submit a nomination will be entered for a chance to win a set of the Editorial Essentials collection. There is no purchase necessary, and the sweepstakes ends 7/31/2011. See official rules at www.amazon.com/customeressentialsya for more information.
For more information on Essentials in Young Adult Books, please visit www.amazon.com/youngadultessentials.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle with Special Offers, Kindle 3G with Special Offers and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G, Kindle 3G with Special Offers and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Where to Make Money Writing Online
If you follow this blog, you know I write for Suite101, where I am the Feature Writer. I also write for Associated Content. Due to recent Google changes, I've been making money writing about technology for Wikio Experts and I am happy to recommend them for US and UK writers.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Great Deal on a 3G Nook
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Total Charges : $84.98"
BARNES & NOBLE NOOK™ EREADER WITH FREE 3G & WIFI - HOLDS OVER 1,500 BOOKS & CRISP E-INK DISPLAY - GREAT FATHER'S DAY GIFT
QUANTITY:
PRICE: Subtotal : $79.99
Shipping Charges : $4.99
Total Charges : $84.98"
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Photos and Images in eBooks: Understanding E Ink Picture Displays | Suite101.com
Photos and Images in eBooks: Understanding E Ink Picture Displays | Suite101.com: "If you read ebooks with illustrations, you have seen gray scale images. Until color E Ink is on ereaders, tablets are the best route to read art ebooks."
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Nook 2 Ships Early
Barnes & Noble Now Shipping The All-New NOOK(TM),
The Simple Touch Reader(TM)
Pre-Ordered Devices Arriving to Customers Ahead of Schedule
New Orders at www.nook.com Will Ship Immediately,
in Time for Father's Day
Experience the Easy-to-Use Touchscreen eReader for Everyone
in Barnes & Noble Stores Beginning Tomorrow; In-stock This Weekend
New York, New York - June 1, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced that it began shipping its All-New NOOK yesterday, getting pre-ordered devices to customers well ahead of schedule. New online orders for The Simple Touch Reader are now shipping immediately for delivery in time for Father's Day and summer reading. Customers visiting one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 stores will be able to try live NOOK demonstration units beginning Thursday, and will find product in-stock in stores beginning this weekend.
The All-New NOOK, introduced by Barnes & Noble just last week, is the easiest-to-use, most intuitive eReader available, with best-in-class battery performance of up to 2 months on a single charge. The device is ultra-light and portable and features a 6-inch full touchscreen with the most advanced E Ink Pearl display for crisp, clear reading even in bright sunlight. NOOK customers can access the world's largest bookstore of more than 2 million books, magazines and newspapers, available via Wi-Fi(R). The All-New NOOK is $139 in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.nook.com.
"We're excited with pre-order demand for the All-New NOOK to date and are very pleased to deliver this easy-to-use device to our customers earlier than committed," said William Lynch, CEO of Barnes & Noble. "We welcome customers to visit their neighborhood Barnes & Noble store to learn more about NOOK and experience our new light, portable, touch eReader."
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