Barnes & Noble Bets on Big Holiday Ad Campaign to Push Nook
Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) has unveiled a new ad campaign starring 30 Rock actor Jack McBrayer to push the book chain as a holiday shopping destination with something for everyone, and promote the...
View ArticlePCs Are Out and Tablets Are In, Study Shows
According to new research from Canalys, tablets will make up half of all the computers shipped in 2014, overtaking PCs for the first time as consumers continue to prefer the cheaper, more mobile...
View ArticleApple Won’t Cooperate With Antitrust Monitor
In a document filed on Monday, the antitrust monitor in charge of overseeing Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) operations after the company’s e-book price-fixing scandal claimed that the tech giant has been...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble’s Bad Christmas: Nobody Wants a Nook
Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) unveiled predictably lackluster holiday sales results, as the struggling bookstore chain still can’t seem to get consumers interested in its Nook e-reader. Retail sales...
View ArticleOutlook: Amazon Prime Faces Headwinds After Net Neutrality Ruling
Q4:13 revenue missed from lower-than-expected electronics and other general merchandise sales and foreign exchange headwinds. Revenue was $25.6 billion, compared with our estimate of $26.0 billion and...
View ArticleNokia to Release Android-Powered Phone Soon
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/janitors/ Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is set to release its own phone running on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android software by the end of the month, according to sources...
View ArticleThe Amazon Prime Price Hike Is Here
It’s official: After weeks of rumors, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has increased the yearly fee for an Amazon Prime membership from $79 to $99. “For the first time since it was introduced nine years ago, the...
View ArticleAmericans Still Prefer Traditional Books, Despite Growth in E-Books
“Back in my day, we read books printed on paper!” While this may be the knowledge the youngest among us may one day tell our great-grandchildren, the printed book has yet to go the way of the dodo...
View ArticleThe Best Kindle Books and Accessories You Can Buy This Summer
It’s summer, the season to carve out some free time to kick back, relax, and read a book. But instead of lugging a bunch of hardcovers around with you, it’s time to embrace the e-reader. Amazon’s...
View ArticleHow to Read Books Online
Source: Thinkstock Just like other forms of entertainment, reading is transitioning to be mostly based online via computers and mobile devices. While the options for accessing movies and music online...
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