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Cyber Monday and the Case of the Disappointed Book Buyer

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:46:15 +0000

Did you buy any e-books this Cyber Monday? All the major bookstores had big sales going on, with Amazon offering 1,000 books at huge discounts. I was tempted. But ultimately, I did not buy. Why not? Because I’m tired of how much work reading e-books has become for me. I bought from Fictionwise for years [...]

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On Black Friday, Kindle Fire comes with a free gift card

Dan Eldridge — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:00:57 +0000

Jon Cog of the Me and My Kindle blog gave us a very convenient heads-up yesterday about Amazon’s Black Friday plans for the Kindle Fire. As he reports on his site: Amazon’s retail-store partners, like Best Buy, OfficeMax, Staples, or Office Depot, [are] reportedly not allowed to lower the actual price of the [Kindle Fire], but they’re doing [...]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:43:17 +0000

Amazon, Target Winning Black Friday Wars, Report Says (Los Angeles Times) Kobo Arc vs Kindle Fire {and} Kobo Arc vs Nook HD (Good E-Reader) Buyer Beware: Nintendo Nukes $400 Worth of Downloaded Content in DRM Migration Fail (BoingBoing) Open Access: Why Academic Publishers Still Add Value (The Guardian) Kindle Daily Deal: Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank [...]

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B&N’s Nook Color and Nook Tablet both $20 cheaper, starting tomorrow

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:30:14 +0000

An item posted on ZDNet earlier today alerted us to the fact that come tomorrow, November 4, Barnes & Noble will be slashing USD$20 off the cost of both its Nook Color and Nook Tablet devices. “The tablet PC price wars continue to heat up,” according to ZDNet, “as Barnes & Noble lowers the cost on its [...]

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Best Black Friday ever for Kindle family: Kindle sales increase 4X over last year

Paul Biba — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:58:07 +0000

From the press release: Holiday shoppers made Kindle Fire the bestselling product across all of Amazon.com on Black Friday Kindle Fire now the bestselling product across Amazon for 8 weeks running – ever since its introduction on September 28 SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ: AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that this Black Friday was the best ever for [...]

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Black Friday special: $119.99 refurbished Nook Color

Chris Meadows — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:43:14 +0000

Barnes & Noble is listing a refurbished Nook Color (its first-generation Android tablet/e-reader, which is more hackable than the new Nook Tablet) for $119.99 on eBay, knocking $30 off the normal refurb price. Although it is refurbished, it does come with a one-year warranty, which is better than most non-Apple refurb sales get. A couple [...]

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Black Friday e-reading deals: Nook, Apple

Chris Meadows — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:51:51 +0000

Black Friday is almost upon us, and it bids fair to be an e-reader kind of holiday season. There’s no word yet from Amazon on any discounts on its Kindle products (though it seems to be discounting just about everything else), but Barnes & Noble has announced a special deal on a “Limited Edition” of [...]

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$89 Black Friday Kindles sold out in seconds

Chris Meadows — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:31:30 +0000

Blog Kindle reports on the “aftermath” of the Black Friday $89 Amazon Kindle deal. As might reasonably be expected, the Kindles sold out so fast that some people accused Amazon of not actually having them at all. Not that it’s too surprising, given how popular Amazon is; the blog notes that between Twitter and Facebook, [...]

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Where to find that $89 Kindle 2 on Amazon today

Chris Walters — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:01:53 +0000

By now, you’ve probably read that Amazon is offering its previous generation Kindle for $89 today starting at 12 noon ET. It’s a well-made product even if it doesn’t have the Wi-Fi or higher-contrast Pearl E Ink screen, and I’m sure it will sell out within the first minute or two. So how do you [...]

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Apple announces Black Friday discounts

Chris Meadows — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:00:58 +0000

Apple has posted the discount list for its Black Friday sale. As expected, they include $101 off on iMacs and MacBooks (Pro and Air), $41 off on the iPad, $21 to $41 (essentially, 10% off for each model) on the iPod Touch, and $11 off on the iPod Nano. There are also minor discounts on [...]

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Barnes & Noble lists ‘refurbished’ Nooks for $99.99, $119.99 on eBay for rest of year

Chris Meadows — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:54:38 +0000

Nate the Great at The Digital Reader notes that one of his readers reported that Barnes and Noble listed refurbished Wi-Fi Nooks on eBay for $79.99 today; it sold 3,590 of them at that price before the listing ended, but has relisted them for $99.99 (and the 3G + WiFi Nook for $119.99) for the [...]

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Amazon to offer Kindle 2 for $89 on Black Friday? Yesterday biggest Kindle sales day ever

Paul Biba — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:43:16 +0000

From an email I got from e-reader-info.com: It seems that Amazon will offer the Kindle 2 for only $89 on Black Friday… We couldn’t find official word yet, but that’s the talk on the Kindle fan page on Amazon. The Kindle 2 is still a great e-reader with a 6″ E Ink display, 3G wireless [...]

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Apple teases Black Friday savings on Mac, iPad, iPod products

Chris Meadows — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:08:21 +0000

PC Magazine reports that Apple is having another 1-day Black Friday event. The blurb on Apple’s site is not very specific, but does promise “dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list.” Last year’s sale included discounts on iMacs and MacBook Pros, and $21 to $41 markdowns on the iPod [...]

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TJ Maxx selling 16GB iPad for $100 off

Chris Meadows — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:01:11 +0000

Our sister blog Appletell spotted an Engadget story pointing out that select TJ Maxx stores are carrying the 16 GB wifi iPad for $399—$100 off the list price of $499. That’s not “carrying it on Black Friday,” that’s carrying it now. If you’re interested and want to snag one, probably best get there as soon [...]

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Black Friday e-reader roundup

Chris Meadows — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:24:09 +0000

It appears this is going to be the Christmas (or at least the Black Friday) of the $99 e-reader. Apart from the $99 Nook at Best Buy we mentioned the other day (and other discounts on the Pandigital Novel ($139.99) and Sharper Image Literati ($119.99)), now the leaked Wal*Mart Black Friday circular (PDF; link may [...]

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