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ITC Said To Favor Barnes & Noble In Patent Dispute With Microsoft

by Tom Krazit on Feb 6, 2012 • No Comments

For the most part, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has found the mobile industry willing to bow to its patent-licensing strategy. Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) decided to dig in and fight and it could be poised to score a point.

MediaShift - NPR / Publishers

E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Feb. 2, 2012

by MediaShift on Feb 2, 2012 • No Comments

The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing

1. Apple's iBooks push raises 6 questions about future of self-publishing (Fast Company)

2. Is Nook Simple Touch the best e-reader? (Gizmodo)

3. Franzen on e-books and the end of...

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Barnes & Noble: We Want A Nook For Every Member Of The Family

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 23, 2012 • No Comments

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) hopes to get a Nook device in the hands of every person in your family, except maybe your baby. Babies, it turns out, are a notoriously poor e-book audience.

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One Publisher’s E-Book Revenues Up 795% In 2011

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 18, 2012 • No Comments

Book publishers don’t often share much information about their digital revenues, but Naperville, Ill.-based independent publisher Sourcebooks reports some good news, including nearly 800 percent growth in e-book revenues in 2011.

Nieman Journalism Lab / Publishers

A GarageBand for ebooks: Simplifying publishing could mean a flood of new content

by Joshua Benton on Jan 17, 2012 • No Comments

It's not just the platform — it's the tools. That's the line that kept coming to mind this morning as I read this Ars Technica scoop on what Apple has in store for its press event in New York Thursday.

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Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles

by Staci D. Kramer on Jan 14, 2012 • No Comments

Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications—and digital platforms offer access to the info without lugging around the ones that are left. Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.‘s solution at CES this year?

MediaShift - NPR / Publishers

E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Jan. 12, 2012

by MediaShift on Jan 12, 2012 • No Comments

The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self publishing

1. Amazon: Time to start programming your e-books (CNET News)

2. Soon, e-books to let you flip pages like print magazines (Deccan Herald)

3. UK's first literary prize exclusively for e-books and digital publishing (Book Trade)

4. Amazon scoots past Apple's rules with HTML5...

MediaShift - NPR / Publishers

Daily Must Reads, Jan. 10, 2012

by MediaShift on Jan 10, 2012 • No Comments

he best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Nathan Gibbs

1. Myspace plans new Web TV service (AllThingsD)

2. How France's Free will reinvent mobile (GigaOM)

3. NBC to deliver 2012 Olympics in 3D with Panasonic (Multichannel News)

4. Ladies' Home Journal crowdsources articles from its readers (Advertising Age)

5. Google fuses Google+ into search (TechCrunch)

6. Some...

PaidContent.org / Publishers

Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers?

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 9, 2012 • No Comments

Some reports today suggest that Kindle Fire sales will cut into sales of Amazon’s other Kindles. For a variety of reasons, though, it’s too early to say that lower-priced color tablets are affecting black and white e-reader sales.

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Buy A 1-Year Nook NYT Subscription, Get The Nook Free

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 9, 2012 • No Comments

In Barnes & Noble’s largest Nook promotion yet, the bookstore chain is offering discounted or free Nooks to those who purchase one-year subscriptions to the Nook editions of People or the New York Times. It’s the first time a major retailer has offered an e-reader free with a content subscription.

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Media Decoder Blog: Barnes & Noble to Offer Nook Discount to Subscribers of 2 Publications

by By JULIE BOSMAN on Jan 8, 2012 • No Comments

Customers who buy subscriptions to People magazine and The New York Times will receive discounts on Nooks, as the bookseller looks to increase sales.

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B&N CEO: ‘The Nook Will Continue To Be Barnes & Noble’s E-Reader’

by Laura Hazard Owen on Jan 6, 2012 • No Comments

In a CNBC interview today, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch told David Faber, “Whatever we do, we will continue to have a tight relationship between the Nook and [our] stores.” The interview follows yesterday’s news that Barnes & Noble may split off the Nook business from the rest...

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ITC Said To Favor Barnes & Noble In Patent Dispute With Microsoft

E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Feb. 2, 2012

Barnes & Noble: We Want A Nook For Every Member Of The Family

One Publisher’s E-Book Revenues Up 795% In 2011

A GarageBand for ebooks: Simplifying publishing could mean a flood of new content

Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles

E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Jan. 12, 2012

Daily Must Reads, Jan. 10, 2012

Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers?

Buy A 1-Year Nook NYT Subscription, Get The Nook Free

Media Decoder Blog: Barnes & Noble to Offer Nook Discount to Subscribers of 2 Publications

B&N CEO: ‘The Nook Will Continue To Be Barnes & Noble’s E-Reader’

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