TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » bn.com http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Nook HD as an Android Tablet Contender: Part 2 — Nook HD vs. Nexus 7 http://www.teleread.com/nook/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-2-hd-vs-nexus-7/ http://www.teleread.com/nook/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-2-hd-vs-nexus-7/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:24:33 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=84485 Yesterday, I wrote about the Nook HD mostly from a stock OS perspective. But I know the question you really wanted to have answered was this: “Does it work as an Android tablet?” After three days of using it, my answer is a cautious “yes.” Because I still don’t have a tablet case for it, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/nook/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-2-hd-vs-nexus-7/feed/ 5 B&N Decides to Play Nice With Google Play http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/bn-decides-to-play-nice-with-google-play/ http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/bn-decides-to-play-nice-with-google-play/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 18:10:46 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=84367 All right! Barnes & Noble has finally listened to its customer base, and the tech bloggers. They recently announced that they’ll be rolling out a software update that adds the Google Play Store to the Nook HD and HD+ tablets. This is excellent news. The Nook HD tablets have consistently received great hardware reviews, but [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/barnes-noble-the-conspiracy-theories-mount/feed/ 12 The REAL Reason Barnes & Noble is Failing http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/the-real-reason-barnes-noble-is-failing/ http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/the-real-reason-barnes-noble-is-failing/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:00:13 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=76425 My esteemed editor, Dan, posed a question today, after processing B&N’s recent holiday sales stats: Why IS Barnes & Noble failing so badly? After reading their Christmas-season sales numbers, nobody can deny that their sales are not what they could be? Why? With all due respect to Dan, who I think is a fabulous guy, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/bn-nook-sales-doubled-over-black-friday-weekend/feed/ 0 Barnes & Noble expands sales offerings on website to be more like Amazon http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/barnes-noble-expands-sales-offerings-on-website-to-be-more-like-amazon/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/barnes-noble-expands-sales-offerings-on-website-to-be-more-like-amazon/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/barnes-noble-expands-sales-offerings-on-website-to-be-more-like-amazon/ Whether it will ever be great again or not, Barnes & Noble seems to be trying to survive by imitating Amazon. An article on Time explains that B&N is adding more shopping categories to its bn.com website, including Home and Gift, Consumer Electronics, Arts and Crafts, Toys and Games, and Baby. The items in these [...]

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