Lenovo is teaming up with Barnes & Noble for its next tablet, the Chinese tech company revealed Friday. The Nook 10-inch HD Tablet is scheduled to come out in early April with a starting price of $130. The Android tablet has an 85% screen-to-body ratio and lets you access the Nook eBook store to track …
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Barnes & Noble debuts new larger Nook GlowLight Plus e
While Amazon may dominate the world of dedicated e-readers with its various Kindle models, lest anyone forget, Barnes & Noble still has a digital book business and now a new e-reader — the GlowLight Plus ($200) — ahead of the summer reading season. The distinguishing feature on this new Nook is its 7.8-inch high-resolution (300 pixels per inch) touch-screen display. …
Read More »Huge Cyber Monday 2018 Amazon e
Amazon has been offering big e-book discounts since at least Black Friday, but today’s Cyber Monday deals are better and bigger than ever. Amazon now has hundreds of e-books on sale. I’ve updated my list of notable titles below, but you can cut to the chase by going straight to Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals section: See 300+ e-book deals at …
Read More »Barnes & Noble Nook 10.1″ is a new reading tablet (really) for $130
Barnes & Noble is offering a new Nook tablet. The bookseller said Monday the Nook 10.1″ has a bigger display than any of its previous models and can be used for reading, taking photos and sending emails. The tablet — with a 10.1-inch display — is available for preorder now for $130 and will come out Nov. 14. Another view of …
Read More »2 big innovations that made Amazon’s Kindle a success
In early 2005, Charlie Tritschler, an Apple veteran, walked into an old law library in Palo Alto, California, where a small group of Amazon employees was working on a secret project and looking to bring him onboard. The space included floor-to-ceiling book stacks and the team worked at boxy carrel desks. But, incongruous to the setting, a table nearby held …
Read More »Barnes & Noble tablets ship with stealthy data
If you bought one of Barnes & Noble’s $50 Nook 7 tablets, you might want to upgrade its software ASAP. The low-priced gadgets, launched in time for the holidays this year, came preinstalled with a program called ADUPS that quietly sends user data back to a third party. In a statement, Barnes & Noble Chief Digital Officer Fred Argir said …
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