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Conde Nast to track iPad readership

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 16th, 2012)

It's been two long years for advertisers working with Conde Nast and their digital magazines. Until now, the publication has provided advertisers with only minimal details on its digital readership. An AdAge report suggests this is all about the change. Because of the newness of the medium, ...

Sorry Google Books, I'm sticking with iBooks

by Erica Sadun (Dec 6th, 2010)

Apple's iBooks e-reading app is a flawed, early generation application with GUI and organization issues that fail to match the way that I read books. It has no folders (yet), no way of marking "I've finished reading this book so put it away" (a la the Kindle with its archive feature). Its store is ...

Barnes & Noble's NOOKstudy coming to students in August

by David Winograd (Jul 22nd, 2010)

Barnes & Noble is diving deeper into the education market with an expected August release of NOOKstudy which will run on Macs and PCs and not require a NOOK or any other mobile device. NOOKstudy will act as a hub for eTextbook, class notes, syllabi, scanned handouts, and even non-educational ...

Barnes and Noble eReader app updated

by Mike Schramm (Jul 9th, 2010)

I've been watching the e-reader competition with great interest lately -- after the iPad entered the market with such a splash, Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been trying to position their own devices in a place where they'll at least be profitable. But at the same time, those apparent iPad ...

Barnes & Noble releases eReader app for iPad

by Dave Caolo (May 27th, 2010)

Barnes & Noble released its eReader for iPad (free) this week. This latest incarnation adds some features that the iPhone version lacks, like text highlighting and room for annotations (something I wish Apple's iBooks app did). But more than that, eReader for iPad is about sharing. A unique ...

Borders Books announces e-reader with apps for iPhone, OS X and the iPad

by Mel Martin (May 8th, 2010)

Borders has announced a very low cost e-reader that will ship in June. The device, made by Canadian company Kobo, will sell for U.S. $149.99 and come preloaded with 100 classic books. At a much lower cost than the iPad, the Barnes and Noble Nook, and the Amazon Kindle, the book reader may get ...

Estimates: Nook demand beats Kindle, iPad outsells both

by Dave Caolo (Apr 26th, 2010)

According to DigiTimes, the demand for Nooks exceeded that of the Kindle in March. Meanwhile, the iPad has probably outsold them both. Mingchi Kuo, a senior analyst at Digitimes, noted that e-book reader manufacturers shipped more units of the Nook to Barnes & Noble than Kindles to Amazon ...

Sony cuts price of Reader Pocket Edition, tries to duck iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 24th, 2010)

Even amateur prognosticators could have seen this one coming on the day that the iPad was announced. With Apple's hardware being so pretty and so full of excellent features, the only way any e-reader competitors could ever hope to beat them was with price. That's exactly what Sony is doing with ...

Barnes & Noble eReader for iPad coming soon

by Mel Martin (Mar 11th, 2010)

That's the word from the giant U.S. bookseller. There is already a version for the iPhone and iPod touch, and Barnes & Noble says customers can expect the free software around the time of the iPad launch. The reader will give B&N customers access to more than a million eBooks, as well as ...

iPad ad reveals book pricing and NYT button

by Dave Caolo (Mar 8th, 2010)

The iPad television ad that appeared during Sunday night's Oscars ceremony showed off more than the iPad's functionality. It revealed some book pricing, too. Several of the books had prices clearly displayed (you'll get a better look here), ranging from US$8 to $15. For example, Sen. Edward ...

ChangeWave: 27% of e-reader buyers wish they'd waited for the iPad

by Mel Martin (Mar 6th, 2010)

Some positive news for the iPad: ChangeWave Research says when they surveyed people who already have an e-reader, 27% wish they had waited for an iPad. Now, if someone can work out a Kindle/iPad trade-in program, there's bound to be some money in it. The survey included 3,171 consumers; it also ...

'iGuide' another rumored tablet/service name from Apple

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2009)

"iSlate" isn't the only less-than-exciting name that Apple may be considering for their rumored upcoming tablet release. MacRumors has uncovered another possible trademarked name for the new device: iGuide. They found what appears to be a shell company created by Apple a while back (December 2007, ...

Kindle software coming to Mac OS X

by Mel Martin (Oct 24th, 2009)

Fast Company is reporting that there is a Kindle reader application coming for the Mac. At the Windows 7 launch this week, Microsoft said there is a Windows version of the e-reader on the way, prompting a promise from Amazon that a Mac version was coming as well. Amazon hasn't released sales ...