Free James Patterson Novella, Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, Available Exclusively at Barnes & Noble
New York, New York - November 15, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced an exclusive in-store promotion with bestselling author James Patterson.
This holiday season, customers who purchase Mr. Patterson's Kill Alex Cross (Little, Brown and Company) in hardcover, plus any other James Patterson title for adults or children in any format, will receive a free physical copy or NOOK Book(TM) of Mr. Patterson's novella Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, a title available only at Barnes & Noble. Barnes & Noble's state-of-the art cashiering system will allow retail customers to seamlessly combine a NOOK Book purchase with the purchase of the new hardcover title in-store, and leave with the authorization codes to download their digital purchase, as well as the digital version of the free, exclusive novella on any of their NOOK(TM) devices.
NOOK devices are the perfect choice for anyone who wants access to their favorite reads anywhere they go. NOOK Tablet(TM) is 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 e-mail. NOOK Tablet features Barnes & Noble's award-winning color reading experience, with access to the world's largest digital bookstore via Wi-Fi®.
Customers seeking a simple, easy-to-use, dedicated reading experience will love the NOOK Simple Touch Reader(TM), 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.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Early (fast) shipping for new Kindles!
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers available
Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader with free 3G wireless – no monthly fee or annual contract, never pay for or hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2011-- (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com today announced it is shipping the all-new Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G beginning tomorrow, November 15, several days earlier than the previously announced November 21 shipping date. The $99 Kindle Touch and $149 Kindle Touch 3G are Amazon’s all-new full-featured e-readers. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G wireless. The popular $79, 5.98-ounce latest generation Kindle began shipping in September. To learn more about Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G, visit www.amazon.com/kindletouch and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.
“We’ve seen great excitement over our new line of electronic ink Kindles – in fact, sales of our electronic ink Kindles are more than double any previous Kindle launch,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Kindle. “Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers available with a beautiful latest generation electronic ink display, fast page turns and long battery life. They both also include features you won’t find anywhere else like deep integration of audiobooks from Audible.com, text to speech, our new technologies EasyReach and X-ray, and for Prime Members, free access to over 5,000 books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. We know that customers are excited to get their hands on these new Kindles, which is why we’re excited to able to ship several days earlier than we planned.”
Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch is also lighter, smaller, eliminates battery anxiety with extra-long battery life and holds thousands of books. Kindle Touch 3G is also a new addition to the Kindle family for readers who want the top of the line e-reader. Kindle Touch 3G offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch - small and light, easy-to-use touch screen, storage for thousands of books, and extra-long battery life - with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle's free 3G connection means you never have to hunt for or pay for a Wi-Fi hotspot - you simply download and read books anytime, anywhere in over 100 countries around the world. Amazon pays for the 3G connection so there's no monthly fee or annual contract.
Both Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G include X-ray – a new feature invented by Amazon that lets customers explore the "bones of the book." With a single tap, readers can see all the passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. Amazon built X-Ray using its expertise in language processing and machine learning, access to significant storage and computing resources with Amazon S3 and EC2, and a deep library of book and character information. The vision is to have every important phrase in every book.
Early comments from product reviewers on Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G include:
“In all, Amazon has three new Kindle models. The two cheaper ones (Kindle and Kindle Touch) will surely get lost in the smoke from the Fire, but that’s a pity; they’re rather spectacular.” – New York Times
“[X-ray] is a godsend when you have put a book down for a while and forget who the players are — even if the book includes a section for cast of characters, pop-up trumps look-up every time.” – Wired
“The Best Part: How easy it is to do anything that has to do with a book: shopping, borrowing, research, reference, skimming, note taking. You don't have to supplement the Kindle Touch for anything book-related.” – Gizmodo
“It’s (Kindle Touch) beautifully done.” – New York Times
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G orders are fulfilled on a first-come first-served basis. Customers can purchase now at www.amazon.com/kindletouch and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.
For high-resolution images, visit www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
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. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
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Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader with free 3G wireless – no monthly fee or annual contract, never pay for or hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2011-- (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com today announced it is shipping the all-new Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G beginning tomorrow, November 15, several days earlier than the previously announced November 21 shipping date. The $99 Kindle Touch and $149 Kindle Touch 3G are Amazon’s all-new full-featured e-readers. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G wireless. The popular $79, 5.98-ounce latest generation Kindle began shipping in September. To learn more about Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G, visit www.amazon.com/kindletouch and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.
“We’ve seen great excitement over our new line of electronic ink Kindles – in fact, sales of our electronic ink Kindles are more than double any previous Kindle launch,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Kindle. “Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers available with a beautiful latest generation electronic ink display, fast page turns and long battery life. They both also include features you won’t find anywhere else like deep integration of audiobooks from Audible.com, text to speech, our new technologies EasyReach and X-ray, and for Prime Members, free access to over 5,000 books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. We know that customers are excited to get their hands on these new Kindles, which is why we’re excited to able to ship several days earlier than we planned.”
Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch is also lighter, smaller, eliminates battery anxiety with extra-long battery life and holds thousands of books. Kindle Touch 3G is also a new addition to the Kindle family for readers who want the top of the line e-reader. Kindle Touch 3G offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch - small and light, easy-to-use touch screen, storage for thousands of books, and extra-long battery life - with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle's free 3G connection means you never have to hunt for or pay for a Wi-Fi hotspot - you simply download and read books anytime, anywhere in over 100 countries around the world. Amazon pays for the 3G connection so there's no monthly fee or annual contract.
Both Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G include X-ray – a new feature invented by Amazon that lets customers explore the "bones of the book." With a single tap, readers can see all the passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. Amazon built X-Ray using its expertise in language processing and machine learning, access to significant storage and computing resources with Amazon S3 and EC2, and a deep library of book and character information. The vision is to have every important phrase in every book.
Early comments from product reviewers on Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G include:
“In all, Amazon has three new Kindle models. The two cheaper ones (Kindle and Kindle Touch) will surely get lost in the smoke from the Fire, but that’s a pity; they’re rather spectacular.” – New York Times
“[X-ray] is a godsend when you have put a book down for a while and forget who the players are — even if the book includes a section for cast of characters, pop-up trumps look-up every time.” – Wired
“The Best Part: How easy it is to do anything that has to do with a book: shopping, borrowing, research, reference, skimming, note taking. You don't have to supplement the Kindle Touch for anything book-related.” – Gizmodo
“It’s (Kindle Touch) beautifully done.” – New York Times
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G orders are fulfilled on a first-come first-served basis. Customers can purchase now at www.amazon.com/kindletouch and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.
For high-resolution images, visit www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
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. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
www.amazon.com/pr
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Kindle Fire Ships!
Kindle Fire, already the bestselling item on Amazon.com, will start arriving on customers’ doorsteps one day early
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2011-- (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com today announced it is shipping Kindle Fire, already the bestselling item on Amazon.com, one day early. Kindle Fire offers more than 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, magazines, apps and games, as well as free storage of Amazon digital content in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync for books and movies, a 14.6 ounce design that's easy to hold with one hand, a vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and Amazon Silk – Amazon's new revolutionary web browser that accelerates the power of the mobile device by using the computing speed and power of the Amazon Web Services cloud – all for only $199. To learn more about Kindle Fire, visit www.amazon.com/kindlefire.
“We’re thrilled to be able to ship Kindle Fire to our customers earlier than we expected. Kindle Fire quickly became the bestselling item across all of Amazon.com, and based on customer response we’re building millions more than we’d planned,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “Customers are excited about Kindle Fire because it is a premium product at the non-premium price of only $199.”
Kindle Fire offers customers a fully-integrated service with instant access to over 18 million movies, TV shows, magazines, newspapers, books, songs, apps and games, including:
Over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video
Over 17,000,000 songs from Amazon MP3
Millions of books
Over 400 full-color magazines and newspapers
100 exclusive graphic novels from DC Comics, including Watchmen, the bestselling graphic novel of all time
Several thousand apps and games, including Netflix, Pandora, Hulu Plus, Rhapsody, and games from Electronic Arts, Zynga and Rovio
A free month of Amazon Prime, which offers two-day shipping and access to nearly 13,000 movies and TV shows available to stream at no additional cost and exclusive access to over 5,000 popular books from the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library to read on any Kindle device at no additional cost and with no due dates
Early comments from product reviewers on Kindle Fire include:
“The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon's impressive collection of digital music, video, magazine, and book services in one easy-to-use package. It boasts a great Web browser, and its curated Android app store includes most of the big must-have apps (such as Netflix, Pandora, and Hulu). The Fire has an ultra-affordable price tag, and the screen quality is exceptional for the price.” – CNET
“The Fire is a marvelous device.” – Chicago Sun-Times
“It sounds horribly corny, but you'll feel a little powerful using the Fire, in a consumer couch potato kind of way. The volume of stuff that's available for your brain to munch on is so immense and easy to grab that the Fire feels massive beyond its small-ish frame—which, by the way, is sturdy and satisfying to hold, like a good paperback. A paperback filled with internet magic and delectable liquid crystal. The Kindle Fire is a spigot, and Prime tastes delicious.” – Gizmodo
“It bakes in books, music, movies, apps/games, magazines, multi-tasking, universal search, easy access to anything you have in Amazon’s cloud, and a sense that this device and Amazon know you.” – Mashable
“The Kindle Fire's killer feature may be its access to the free streaming movies and TV shows that are among the benefits of subscribing to Amazon Prime, the company's $79-a-year premium program. (A free 30-day subscription to the service is included with the Kindle Fire.)” – The world’s leading consumer magazine
“The culmination of 17 years of work, the Kindle Fire is the missing piece of the company's vast corporate puzzle, bringing into harmony nearly every discordant service the company has built since CEO Jeff Bezos first set up shop in his garage in 1994.” – Fortune
Kindle Fire orders are fulfilled on a first-come first-served basis. Customers can purchase now at www.amazon.com/kindlefire.
For high-resolution images of Kindle Fire, visit www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
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. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
www.amazon.com/pr
- Be of Good Cheer!
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2011-- (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com today announced it is shipping Kindle Fire, already the bestselling item on Amazon.com, one day early. Kindle Fire offers more than 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, magazines, apps and games, as well as free storage of Amazon digital content in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync for books and movies, a 14.6 ounce design that's easy to hold with one hand, a vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and Amazon Silk – Amazon's new revolutionary web browser that accelerates the power of the mobile device by using the computing speed and power of the Amazon Web Services cloud – all for only $199. To learn more about Kindle Fire, visit www.amazon.com/kindlefire.
“We’re thrilled to be able to ship Kindle Fire to our customers earlier than we expected. Kindle Fire quickly became the bestselling item across all of Amazon.com, and based on customer response we’re building millions more than we’d planned,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “Customers are excited about Kindle Fire because it is a premium product at the non-premium price of only $199.”
Kindle Fire offers customers a fully-integrated service with instant access to over 18 million movies, TV shows, magazines, newspapers, books, songs, apps and games, including:
Over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video
Over 17,000,000 songs from Amazon MP3
Millions of books
Over 400 full-color magazines and newspapers
100 exclusive graphic novels from DC Comics, including Watchmen, the bestselling graphic novel of all time
Several thousand apps and games, including Netflix, Pandora, Hulu Plus, Rhapsody, and games from Electronic Arts, Zynga and Rovio
A free month of Amazon Prime, which offers two-day shipping and access to nearly 13,000 movies and TV shows available to stream at no additional cost and exclusive access to over 5,000 popular books from the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library to read on any Kindle device at no additional cost and with no due dates
Early comments from product reviewers on Kindle Fire include:
“The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon's impressive collection of digital music, video, magazine, and book services in one easy-to-use package. It boasts a great Web browser, and its curated Android app store includes most of the big must-have apps (such as Netflix, Pandora, and Hulu). The Fire has an ultra-affordable price tag, and the screen quality is exceptional for the price.” – CNET
“The Fire is a marvelous device.” – Chicago Sun-Times
“It sounds horribly corny, but you'll feel a little powerful using the Fire, in a consumer couch potato kind of way. The volume of stuff that's available for your brain to munch on is so immense and easy to grab that the Fire feels massive beyond its small-ish frame—which, by the way, is sturdy and satisfying to hold, like a good paperback. A paperback filled with internet magic and delectable liquid crystal. The Kindle Fire is a spigot, and Prime tastes delicious.” – Gizmodo
“It bakes in books, music, movies, apps/games, magazines, multi-tasking, universal search, easy access to anything you have in Amazon’s cloud, and a sense that this device and Amazon know you.” – Mashable
“The Kindle Fire's killer feature may be its access to the free streaming movies and TV shows that are among the benefits of subscribing to Amazon Prime, the company's $79-a-year premium program. (A free 30-day subscription to the service is included with the Kindle Fire.)” – The world’s leading consumer magazine
“The culmination of 17 years of work, the Kindle Fire is the missing piece of the company's vast corporate puzzle, bringing into harmony nearly every discordant service the company has built since CEO Jeff Bezos first set up shop in his garage in 1994.” – Fortune
Kindle Fire orders are fulfilled on a first-come first-served basis. Customers can purchase now at www.amazon.com/kindlefire.
For high-resolution images of Kindle Fire, visit www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
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. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, and www.amazon.es. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Media Hotline, 206-266-7180
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Kindle Fire News
Kindle Fire Newsstand to Offer Over 400 Full-Color Magazines and Newspapers
Condé Nast will give all Kindle Fire owners an exclusive free three-month trial of 17 top magazines including Vanity Fair, GQ and Glamour
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2011-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that the Kindle Fire Newsstand will offer over 400 full-color magazines and newspapers. Kindle Fire customers who subscribe before March 1, 2012 will also receive an exclusive free three-month trial of 17 Condé Nast magazines, including Vanity Fair, GQ, WIRED and Glamour. Kindle Fire, which ships next week, is a new class of Kindle that brings the same ease-of-use and deep integration of content that helped Kindle re-invent reading to magazines, movies, TV shows, music, apps, games, books and more. Magazines and newspapers look beautiful on Kindle Fire’s 7” vibrant multi-touch color touch-screen that delivers 1024 X 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi and 16 million colors in high resolution. Kindle Fire Newsstand customers will be able to enjoy their favorite magazines in rich, glossy, full-color from publishers such as Condé Nast, Meredith, and Hearst. Interactive editions with built-in video and audio are also available for many magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens, Allure and Self. To learn more about the Kindle Fire Newsstand, visit http://www.amazon.com/kindlefirenewsstand.
“We think Kindle Fire customers will love the beautiful, intuitive reading experience we’ve built for their favorite magazines such as Us Weekly, The New Yorker, and Reader’s Digest,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. “The response from publishers has been overwhelmingly positive and they are excited to make their magazines and newspapers available on Kindle Fire, and we’re adding new titles all the time.”
“We’re excited to work with Amazon to give Kindle Fire owners access to our magazines digitally,” said John Loughlin, EVP/GM, Hearst Magazines. “Kindle Fire’s beautiful touch-screen creates a great experience for readers, who will be able to enjoy magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire in a full-color, glossy format.”
“We are very pleased to be working with Amazon and getting our content to an even wider audience,” said Monica Ray, Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Condé Nast. “Their Newsstand will provide the kind of access and ease-of-use consumers value and demand.”
“Meredith has worked with Amazon to create Kindle Fire optimized interactive apps, so readers can enjoy videos, how-to diagrams and more while reading magazines like Better Homes & Gardens and Parents,” said Liz Schimel, Chief Digital Officer, Meredith. “We think readers will love the experience of discovering our magazines in this new way on Kindle Fire’s beautiful full-color touch-screen.”
Kindle Fire offers more than 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, magazines, apps and games, as well as free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync for books and movies, a 14.6 ounce design that’s easy to hold with one hand, vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and Amazon Silk – Amazon's new revolutionary web browser that accelerates the power of the mobile device by using the computing speed and power of the Amazon Web Services Cloud – all for only $199. Customers also enjoy a free month of Amazon Prime giving them access to Prime Instant Video with 13,000 movies and TV shows available for unlimited streaming and the new Kindle Owners’ Lending Library where Kindle owners can now choose from thousands of books to borrow for free including more than 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers – as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.
Customers in the U.S. can pre-order Kindle Fire at http://www.amazon.com/kindlefire and it ships November 15. For high resolution images and video of the all-new Kindle Fire, visit http://www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Condé Nast will give all Kindle Fire owners an exclusive free three-month trial of 17 top magazines including Vanity Fair, GQ and Glamour
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2011-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that the Kindle Fire Newsstand will offer over 400 full-color magazines and newspapers. Kindle Fire customers who subscribe before March 1, 2012 will also receive an exclusive free three-month trial of 17 Condé Nast magazines, including Vanity Fair, GQ, WIRED and Glamour. Kindle Fire, which ships next week, is a new class of Kindle that brings the same ease-of-use and deep integration of content that helped Kindle re-invent reading to magazines, movies, TV shows, music, apps, games, books and more. Magazines and newspapers look beautiful on Kindle Fire’s 7” vibrant multi-touch color touch-screen that delivers 1024 X 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi and 16 million colors in high resolution. Kindle Fire Newsstand customers will be able to enjoy their favorite magazines in rich, glossy, full-color from publishers such as Condé Nast, Meredith, and Hearst. Interactive editions with built-in video and audio are also available for many magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens, Allure and Self. To learn more about the Kindle Fire Newsstand, visit http://www.amazon.com/kindlefirenewsstand.
“We think Kindle Fire customers will love the beautiful, intuitive reading experience we’ve built for their favorite magazines such as Us Weekly, The New Yorker, and Reader’s Digest,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. “The response from publishers has been overwhelmingly positive and they are excited to make their magazines and newspapers available on Kindle Fire, and we’re adding new titles all the time.”
“We’re excited to work with Amazon to give Kindle Fire owners access to our magazines digitally,” said John Loughlin, EVP/GM, Hearst Magazines. “Kindle Fire’s beautiful touch-screen creates a great experience for readers, who will be able to enjoy magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire in a full-color, glossy format.”
“We are very pleased to be working with Amazon and getting our content to an even wider audience,” said Monica Ray, Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Condé Nast. “Their Newsstand will provide the kind of access and ease-of-use consumers value and demand.”
“Meredith has worked with Amazon to create Kindle Fire optimized interactive apps, so readers can enjoy videos, how-to diagrams and more while reading magazines like Better Homes & Gardens and Parents,” said Liz Schimel, Chief Digital Officer, Meredith. “We think readers will love the experience of discovering our magazines in this new way on Kindle Fire’s beautiful full-color touch-screen.”
Kindle Fire offers more than 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, magazines, apps and games, as well as free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync for books and movies, a 14.6 ounce design that’s easy to hold with one hand, vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and Amazon Silk – Amazon's new revolutionary web browser that accelerates the power of the mobile device by using the computing speed and power of the Amazon Web Services Cloud – all for only $199. Customers also enjoy a free month of Amazon Prime giving them access to Prime Instant Video with 13,000 movies and TV shows available for unlimited streaming and the new Kindle Owners’ Lending Library where Kindle owners can now choose from thousands of books to borrow for free including more than 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers – as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.
Customers in the U.S. can pre-order Kindle Fire at http://www.amazon.com/kindlefire and it ships November 15. For high resolution images and video of the all-new Kindle Fire, visit http://www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Another Nook Seller!
hhgregg to Offer NOOK Tablet(TM), NOOK Simple Touch Reader(TM) and NOOK Color(TM) by Barnes & Noble
New York, New York - November 10, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, and hhgregg (NYSE: HGG), one of the nation's leading and fastest growing retailers of home appliances and consumer electronics, announced today they will be bringing the company's award-winning line of NOOK® eReading devices and related accessories to hhgregg's 204 stores nationwide and online at hhgregg.com this November. hhgregg customers will now have access to a wide array of popular and innovative NOOK devices designed for readers of all ages with NOOK Tablet priced at $249, NOOK Color at $199, and NOOK Simple Touch at just $99.
"Just like Barnes & Noble, hhgregg understands that consumer electronics are always evolving and that understanding allows hhgregg stores to provide excellent customer service. That's why we're excited to bring our critically acclaimed and award-winning NOOK eReading products and accessories to hhgregg 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 movies, TV shows, books, interactive magazines, newspapers, children's books, apps and more."
"As the fastest growing Appliance and CE retailer in the country, we are aware that consumers are looking for a better shopping experience. hhgregg continues to expand our product offerings and we are pleased to announce our partnership with the world's largest bookseller, Barnes & Noble," said Trevor May, Vice President of Computers, Digital Center & AV Accessories at hhgregg.
NOOK devices are the perfect choice for anyone who wants access to their favorite reads anywhere they go. NOOK Tablet is 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 e-mail. NOOK Tablet features Barnes & Noble's award-winning color reading experience, with access to the world's largest digital bookstore via Wi-Fi®.
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.
- Be of Good Cheer!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Colbert Super PAC press release
Video of Colbert Nation Ad (I like the Unicorn)
Dear Colbert Super PAC Members (and semi-sentient spam-bots),
It's a bright day on the shadowy edge of American politics.
Yesterday, I was paid a visit by Trevor Potter, Esq. As you know, if you have been collecting the Official Colbert Super PAC Trading Cards know, Trevor was not only the former head of the F.E.C. and chief counsel to the McCain 2008 campaign, but he's also my personal lawyer*. Not to mention, someone I am proud to pay for the honor of calling my friend.
Together, we drafted an official Public Comment in support of American Crossroads' Advisory Opinion Request to the Federal Election Commission.
I'll let that sink in. It may take a bit, because you have no idea what I'm talking about. The full fiduciary details were laid bare in last night's show, but for those of you lacking the energy to click here for part one and here for part two, here's the gist:
As free as Super PACs are to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, they are still unfairly shackled by regulation. Notice I used the singular. That's because there is really only one rule that binds Super PACs: that they may not coordinate with candidates' campaigns. But what fun is buying somebody an election if you have no elected official to share the moment with?
America Crossroads' Karl Rove saw through this sham of a charade – or "shamrade™" – and petitioned the F.E.C. to clarify exactly what the law is, so he can carefully obey only the letter of it. We at Colbert Super PAC submitted the attached Public Comment to the Federal Election Commission in a show of non-coordinated, non-consensual support.
Incidentally, you might be interested in knowing that any person, be they corporate or biological, can submit their Public Comment on Karl Rove's Opinion Request (which is AOR 2011-23) by writing to Office of the Commission Secretary's email address (which isSecretary@FEC.gov).
We hope you'll join us at Colbert Super PAC in letting Karl Rove know: We've got your back. Because we're looking over your shoulder.
Excelsior!
Stephen Colbert
President and Junior Legal Counsel
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow
* If you are playing the Colbert Super PAC Trading Card Fantasy/Strategy Card Game, remember that Trevor gains a +4 defense against all frost-based creatures (including the dreaded Ice Dragon!)
Enclosure:
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Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow
November 6, 2011
Shawn Woodhead Werth
Secretary and Clerk
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20463
Re: Comment on American Crossroads Advisory Opinion Request
Dear Secretary Werth:
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow submits this letter as a formal comment on the Advisory Opinion Request submitted to the Federal Election Commission on October 12, 2011, and again in a revised version on October 28, 2011 by American Crossroads, an organization led by Republican political consultant and "Mr. November" in the 2012 "Hunks of the Bush Administration" calendar, Karl Rove.
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has much in common with American Crossroads. Both are registered "independent-expenditure-only" PACs (a.k.a. "Super PACs") that may accept unlimited contributions from corporations, unions, individuals, and doomsday cults we one day hope to found. Both groups are separately affiliated with prominent 501©(4) organizations, Colbert Super PAC SHH and Crossroads GPS, and are strongly committed to doing what is legally possible in America. Both have top strategic thinkers at their core: American Crossroads has Karl Rove, and Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has a ham loaf wearing wire rimmed glasses.
Because of this shared bond and heritage, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has an interest in the Request by American Crossroads.
As we understand the American Crossroads Advisory opinion Request, the organization has plans to sponsor advertisements featuring Members of Congress up for re-election. As they wrote in their original Request,
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow could not concur more concurrently. These ads would simply improve public perception of candidates in advance of the campaign. The message is not, "Vote for this great guy," it's merely, "Hey voters! Look at this great guy!"
Clearly, these ads featuring candidates on behalf of candidates would not be candidate ads. As American Crossroads put it, in their original Request,
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow agrees that "fully coordinated" ads shouldn't be counted as "coordinated communications." The candidate would merely be appearing as a paid spokesperson, who, coincidentally, is closely aligned with the candidate that he or she also is.
For example, an ad in which the Kool Aid man decries our nation-wide childhood thirst problem would not necessarily be an ad for Kool Aid brand juice drink. That being said, would a tall glass of Kool-Aid solve that thirst problem? To quote one expert: "Oh, yeaaahhhh!"
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow wholly endorses American Crossroads' Request. We hope the Commission is able to begin with the Supreme Court's definition of Non-Coordinated as "expenditures … made totally independently of the candidate and his campaign" in Buckley v. Valeo, and end up with a ruling that allows outside groups to produce ads with the candidate's cooperation, themes, and message. That will prove to our nation's critics that America is a country that still makes something: strained rationalizations.
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow believes that Super PACs can and should coordinate with candidates in every sense of that word—except in the legal or biblical sense. In fact, pending the outcome of American Crossroads' Request, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow plans to coordinate a non-"coordinated" ad with presidential novelty candidate Buddy Roemer. A rough example of which can be found here:www.colbertsuperpac.com/
It should be clear that there was no collusion with Governor Roemer, as he vehemently opposes and passionately questions the legality of the ad that he agreed to appear in.
If the Commission sees fit to grant these reasonable requests, Americans for a Better Tomorrow will continue to fulfill our promise to never give you up, or let you down, as detailed in our mission statement here:
http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Accordingly, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow respectfully requests the Commission's timely consideration of American Crossroads' Advisory Opinion Request.
Super Sincerely Yours,
Stephen Colbert
President & Maître D'
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Inc.
Ham Rove
Chief Strategist & Lunchmeat
Americans for A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Inc.
PS – If the commission does not see fit to grant this request fully, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow would like to offer a compromise. To avoid the appearance of collusion, the F.E.C. could rule that candidates can appear in Super PAC ads only against their will. They'd have to be kidnapped, blindfolded, and thrown in a van before being forced to read a statement supporting their goals and then returned to their fundraisers in time for dessert.
Dear Colbert Super PAC Members (and semi-sentient spam-bots),
It's a bright day on the shadowy edge of American politics.
Yesterday, I was paid a visit by Trevor Potter, Esq. As you know, if you have been collecting the Official Colbert Super PAC Trading Cards know, Trevor was not only the former head of the F.E.C. and chief counsel to the McCain 2008 campaign, but he's also my personal lawyer*. Not to mention, someone I am proud to pay for the honor of calling my friend.
Together, we drafted an official Public Comment in support of American Crossroads' Advisory Opinion Request to the Federal Election Commission.
I'll let that sink in. It may take a bit, because you have no idea what I'm talking about. The full fiduciary details were laid bare in last night's show, but for those of you lacking the energy to click here for part one and here for part two, here's the gist:
As free as Super PACs are to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, they are still unfairly shackled by regulation. Notice I used the singular. That's because there is really only one rule that binds Super PACs: that they may not coordinate with candidates' campaigns. But what fun is buying somebody an election if you have no elected official to share the moment with?
America Crossroads' Karl Rove saw through this sham of a charade – or "shamrade™" – and petitioned the F.E.C. to clarify exactly what the law is, so he can carefully obey only the letter of it. We at Colbert Super PAC submitted the attached Public Comment to the Federal Election Commission in a show of non-coordinated, non-consensual support.
Incidentally, you might be interested in knowing that any person, be they corporate or biological, can submit their Public Comment on Karl Rove's Opinion Request (which is AOR 2011-23) by writing to Office of the Commission Secretary's email address (which isSecretary@FEC.gov).
We hope you'll join us at Colbert Super PAC in letting Karl Rove know: We've got your back. Because we're looking over your shoulder.
Excelsior!
Stephen Colbert
President and Junior Legal Counsel
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow
* If you are playing the Colbert Super PAC Trading Card Fantasy/Strategy Card Game, remember that Trevor gains a +4 defense against all frost-based creatures (including the dreaded Ice Dragon!)
Enclosure:
November 6, 2011
Shawn Woodhead Werth
Secretary and Clerk
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20463
Re: Comment on American Crossroads Advisory Opinion Request
Dear Secretary Werth:
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow submits this letter as a formal comment on the Advisory Opinion Request submitted to the Federal Election Commission on October 12, 2011, and again in a revised version on October 28, 2011 by American Crossroads, an organization led by Republican political consultant and "Mr. November" in the 2012 "Hunks of the Bush Administration" calendar, Karl Rove.
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has much in common with American Crossroads. Both are registered "independent-expenditure-only" PACs (a.k.a. "Super PACs") that may accept unlimited contributions from corporations, unions, individuals, and doomsday cults we one day hope to found. Both groups are separately affiliated with prominent 501©(4) organizations, Colbert Super PAC SHH and Crossroads GPS, and are strongly committed to doing what is legally possible in America. Both have top strategic thinkers at their core: American Crossroads has Karl Rove, and Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has a ham loaf wearing wire rimmed glasses.
Because of this shared bond and heritage, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has an interest in the Request by American Crossroads.
As we understand the American Crossroads Advisory opinion Request, the organization has plans to sponsor advertisements featuring Members of Congress up for re-election. As they wrote in their original Request,
| "The purpose of these advertisements, while focused on current legislative and policy issues, would be to improve the public's perception of the featured Member of Congress in advance of the 2012 campaign season." |
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow could not concur more concurrently. These ads would simply improve public perception of candidates in advance of the campaign. The message is not, "Vote for this great guy," it's merely, "Hey voters! Look at this great guy!"
Clearly, these ads featuring candidates on behalf of candidates would not be candidate ads. As American Crossroads put it, in their original Request,
| "While these advertisements would be fully coordinated with incumbent Members of Congress facing re-election in 2012, they would presumably not qualify as 'coordinated communications,'." |
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow agrees that "fully coordinated" ads shouldn't be counted as "coordinated communications." The candidate would merely be appearing as a paid spokesperson, who, coincidentally, is closely aligned with the candidate that he or she also is.
For example, an ad in which the Kool Aid man decries our nation-wide childhood thirst problem would not necessarily be an ad for Kool Aid brand juice drink. That being said, would a tall glass of Kool-Aid solve that thirst problem? To quote one expert: "Oh, yeaaahhhh!"
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow wholly endorses American Crossroads' Request. We hope the Commission is able to begin with the Supreme Court's definition of Non-Coordinated as "expenditures … made totally independently of the candidate and his campaign" in Buckley v. Valeo, and end up with a ruling that allows outside groups to produce ads with the candidate's cooperation, themes, and message. That will prove to our nation's critics that America is a country that still makes something: strained rationalizations.
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow believes that Super PACs can and should coordinate with candidates in every sense of that word—except in the legal or biblical sense. In fact, pending the outcome of American Crossroads' Request, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow plans to coordinate a non-"coordinated" ad with presidential novelty candidate Buddy Roemer. A rough example of which can be found here:www.colbertsuperpac.com/
It should be clear that there was no collusion with Governor Roemer, as he vehemently opposes and passionately questions the legality of the ad that he agreed to appear in.
If the Commission sees fit to grant these reasonable requests, Americans for a Better Tomorrow will continue to fulfill our promise to never give you up, or let you down, as detailed in our mission statement here:
http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Accordingly, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow respectfully requests the Commission's timely consideration of American Crossroads' Advisory Opinion Request.
Super Sincerely Yours,
Stephen Colbert
President & Maître D'
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Inc.
Ham Rove
Chief Strategist & Lunchmeat
Americans for A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Inc.
PS – If the commission does not see fit to grant this request fully, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow would like to offer a compromise. To avoid the appearance of collusion, the F.E.C. could rule that candidates can appear in Super PAC ads only against their will. They'd have to be kidnapped, blindfolded, and thrown in a van before being forced to read a statement supporting their goals and then returned to their fundraisers in time for dessert.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Amazon's Best Books of 2011
Amazon.com announced its picks for Best Books of 2011. This annual feature includes the Editors' Picks for the Top 100 Books of the Year and Top 10 lists in more than two dozen categories, from Literature & Fiction to Children's Picture Books to the new category Kindle Singles. To see all of the Best Books of 2011, or to download any of the picks to your Kindle, visit www.amazon.com/bestbooks2011.
"Well-known authors like Haruki Murakami and Jeffrey Eugenides really delivered this year, but 2011 was also a time for notable debuts," said Chris Schluep, Senior Editor of Books at Amazon.com. "There are three first-time novelists among our top 10 picks, led by our choice of Chad Harbach's 'The Art of Fielding' as Best Book of the Year. We welcome the opportunity to introduce our customers to voices that will entertain and inform for years to come, and with choices from literary masterworks to genre fiction to nonfiction, there's something for everyone."
The Best Books of 2011 Store is live now on Amazon.com. The Best Book of the Year, "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach, was an Amazon spotlight pick for September's Best Book of the Month. In a year of wonderful debuts, our editors singled out Harbach's first novel for its depth and confidence, superior narrative and style, unique publishing story, and ability to transcend that story and just be a great read.
Here's a look at the Top 10 editors' picks for the year:
1. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach: "The Art of Fielding" is the veritable baseball book that's actually about much more than baseball, and it's on par with the work of Bernard Malamud and David James Duncan. It's rare to see a debut so confident, intimate, unpredictable and wholly memorable.
2. "1Q84" by Haruki Murakami: Murakami has created a sensation: a nearly 950-page novel that is ordered and scrupulous, and reads like a meditation. "1Q84" is the story of two people living in parallel, who we know must meet each other eventually, and their twisting arcs drive this magnum opus by one of the world's finest novelists.
3. "What It Is Like to Go to War" by Karl Marlantes: The veteran marine and best-selling author of "Matterhorn" draws on his brutal experiences in foreign jungles to look at the nature of combat with unflinching honesty. Balancing novelistic descriptions of fear, power games and courage with a thoughtful prescription for our soldiers' well being, Marlantes lifts the bar for understanding the experience of war.
4. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larsen:Master storyteller Larsen describes the life of America's first and only ambassador to Nazi Germany, along with the scandalous adventures of the ambassador's carefree daughter. "In the Garden of the Beasts" is an historical portrait that is as entertaining as it is important, and it reads like the best of political thrillers.
5. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides: Eugenides' third novel, and his first after the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Middlesex," describes the lives of three college seniors at Brown in the early 1980s. It is a thoughtful, andat times disarming, novel about life, love and discovery, set during a time when so much of life seemed filled with deep portent.
6. "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" by Laini Taylor: With this young adult novel, National Book Award finalist Taylor has created a magical world that will sweep up even the most jaded of readers. The story of 17-year-old Kalou is an enchanting tale of magic, star-crossed love and difficult choices with heartbreaking repercussions that could make it the next hot YA sensation.
7. "Before I Go to Sleep" by S.J. Watson: Suspenseful from start to finish, Watson's "Before I Go to Sleep" -- the story of Christine, who wakes up every day not knowing who she is -- presents profound questions about identity and is one of the best literary thrillers of the past few years. Compelling, immersive and chilling.
8. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson: Few in history have transformed their time like Steve Jobs has. In this timely book, Isaacson paints a vivid, compelling portrait that pulls no punches -- the end result is satisfying, complete, and gives insight into a man who managed to turn his contradictions into potent strengths.
9. "Lost in Shangri-La" by Michael Zuckoff: A riveting story of survival and deliverance from a notorious valley in the New Guinea jungle, Zuckoff's "Lost in Shangri-La"deserves its place among the great survival stories of World War II.
10. "The Tiger's Wife" by Téa Obreht: Croatian native Obreht tells the story of a young doctor seeking answers around her grandfather's death, delving into a land of storytelling, mythology, and conflict in her extraordinary debut.
Kindle Cloud Now Works In Firefox
SEATTLE, Nov 08, 2011 --
(NASDAQ:AMZN) - Today, Amazon announced that Kindle Cloud Reader, the HTML5-based web app that lets customers read their Kindle books in their web browser, is now available for Mozilla Firefox so the hundreds of millions of Firefox users can start reading their Kindle books instantly, simply by opening their web browser. To start reading, go to http://read.amazon.com using Chrome, Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop and now Mozilla Firefox.
"Customer response to Kindle Cloud Reader has been overwhelmingly positive," said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. "Instant access to your books in the browser, combined with a beautifully designed and feature rich HTML5 application experience, has made Kindle Cloud Reader the best launch we've ever had for a Kindle app. We're excited to further extend our 'Buy Once, Read Everywhere' mission and give Mozilla Firefox users access to the largest selection of the most popular books, all without leaving their web browser."
"Kindle Cloud Reader is a great example of an HTML5 application that offers a seamless shopping and reading experience within the browser," said Chris Blizzard, Mozilla Firefox Director of Platform Product Management. "As the creator of Firefox and HTML5 leaders, we are excited to see Amazon deliver this innovative approach to e-books to the more than 450 million Firefox users worldwide."
Kindle Cloud Reader is the latest Kindle reading application and leverages HTML5. With Kindle Cloud Reader, customers can 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. To make it easy and seamless to discover new books, Kindle Cloud Reader includes an integrated, touch optimized store, allowing customers one click access to a vast selection of books.
Kindle Cloud Reader is available for Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop, Chrome and, starting today, Mozilla Firefox 6 and above. 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.
Amazon.com customers can start reading their Kindle books immediately using Kindle Cloud Reader at http://read.amazon.com.
At Last - Kindle Fire!
SEATTLE, Nov 08, 2011 --
(NASDAQ:AMZN) - Amazon.com today announced that over 16,000 stores across the U.S. will be selling the new Kindle family starting November 15. Customers will be able to visit any Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Staples, Sam's Club, RadioShack, Office Depot, as well as several other retailers, to experience and purchase the $79 Kindle, the $99 Kindle Touch, the $149 Kindle 3G and the $199 Kindle Fire. The all-new $79 Kindle has been available in stores around the world since shortly after it was introduced.
"Kindle Fire is a fully integrated, end-to-end service that gives customers access to over 18 million movies, TV shows, books, magazines, apps and games," said Mike McKenna, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. "We're excited to be working with popular retailers across the country to offer their customers Kindle Fire as well as Kindle, Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G this holiday. Customers can order our new Kindles on Amazon.com or simply go to a store in their neighborhood to pick one up starting next Tuesday."
"We are excited to work with Amazon to provide consumers the opportunity to touch, test, try and buy the Kindle Fire in all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores nationwide," said Wendy Fritz, senior vice president of Computing at Best Buy. "The Kindle Fire and other new products in the Kindle family will be some of the hottest gifts this holiday season and we are delighted to offer these devices as part of our ever-expanding tablet and e-reader selection at Best Buy."
"Target is offering the new family of Kindle devices, including the Kindle Fire, to ensure Target is a convenient one-stop-shop for all of the season's must-have gifts," said Nik Nayar, vice president merchandising, Target.
The new $79 Kindle is for readers who want the lightest, most compact Kindle at an incredible price. The latest generation Kindle features a new design that is 30 percent lighter at just 5.98 ounces, 18 percent smaller, and turns pages 10 percent faster, yet it still features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch is just $99. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G, all for just $149.
Kindle Fire is a fully-integrated, end-to-end service that gives customers access to more than 18,000,000 movies, TV shows, songs, books, magazines, apps and games, as well as free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor, and Amazon Silk - Amazon's new revolutionary web browser that accelerates the power of the mobile device by using the computing speed and power of the Amazon Web Services Cloud.
The all-new Kindle (www.amazon.com/kindle) is currently available and ships today at Amazon.com and retail locations across the U.S.; Kindle Fire (www.amazon.com/kindlefire) is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com and will be available from retail locations starting November 15; Kindle Touch (www.amazon.com/kindletouch) and Kindle Touch 3G (www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G) are also currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Images of the new Kindle family are available at www.amazon.com/pr/kindle.
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. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
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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