Barnes & Noble NOOK Targeted in Microsoft Patent Suit

By Mark Calley | 3/22/2011

Microsoft is taking aim at Barnes & Noble, and its component makers Foxconn and Inventec, for patent infringements that are supposedly inherent in aspects of the Android operated Barnes & Noble NOOK eReader.

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eBooks on the Rise, Physical Books' Sales Decline

By Mark Calley | 3/21/2011

The Association of American Publishers has released its January sales figures and, not unexpectedly, things look rosy for eBooks and grim for tangible paperbacks and hardcovers.

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NOOK Color Available for $199 in Barnes & Noble eBay Store

By Mark Calley | 3/2/2011

The popular NOOK Color eReader is available for a sizeable discount on eBay. Granted, a lot of products are available at significant discounts on eBay, but in this case it's a new product straight from the manufacturer.

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Kindle 3G Hitting AT&T Stores Nationwide

By Grant Hatchimonji | 2/28/2011

AT&T, which has provided wireless data service for the 3G-enabled Amazon Kindle since its inception, is now planning on bringing the wildly successful eReader to its retail stores all around the nation.

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NOOK Android App Updated with Better Graphics and Grid Views

By Mark Calley | 2/25/2011

Barnes & Noble's NOOK for Android app has recently received a few tweaks to make it more user-friendly.

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B&N Owns Quarter of US eBook Market

By Grant Hatchimonji | 2/24/2011

Maybe the Amazon Kindle hasn't completely blown the competition out of the water just yet: while reporting its earnings for the third quarter, which ended on January 29, Barnes and Noble made the claim that it now owns a 25 percent share of the eBook market in the US.

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B&N Owns Quarter of US eBook Market

By Grant Hatchimonji | 2/24/2011

Maybe the Amazon Kindle hasn't completely blown the competition out of the water just yet: while reporting its earnings for the third quarter, which ended on January 29, Barnes and Noble made the claim that it now owns a 25 percent share of the eBook market in the US.

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RIP, Alex eReader

By Jamison Cush | 2/23/2011

The Spring Design Alex eReader is dead. The Android-powered dual-screen device is no longer in stock and production on new units has ceased. Company officials claim the investor has pulled funding.

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Sound Off: The Book is Dead, Long Live the Kindle App

By Vince Font | 2/12/2011

Amazon touts its Kindle apps under the slogan, "Buy Once, Read Everywhere." It intriguied TabletPCReview contributor and bookworm Vince Font, who decided to give the Kindle apps a try. Is the Kindle ecosystem suitable for an avid reader, and do they offer enough for Vince to swear of paper-based books forever?

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Kindle Software Update Delivers Page Numbers and Public Notes

By Mark Calley | 2/8/2011

The newest Kindle software update has finally put the eReader on pace with books, adding sorely missed page numbers to the device.

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Honeycomb SDK Preview Finds Its Way Onto NOOKcolor

By Grant Hatchimonji | 2/1/2011

Less than a week after its release to the public, developer deeper-blue (aka Rafael Brune) has managed to port the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) SDK preview to his NOOKcolor, and has released the port to the public.

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Amazon Claims eBooks Outselling Paperbacks

By Mark Calley | 1/28/2011

Mystery shrouds the Kindle's sales history since Amazon adamantly refuses to provide any hard sales figures, opting instead for numerical circumlocutions. And the internet retailer taunted curious news outlets again, releasing its Q4 earnings report with allusions to the Kindle's success, but no actual numbers.

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