Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Form ?Newco??A new Chapter for Ebooks by Nancy K. Herther Posted On May 10, 2012 Click here for full-size imageClick here for full-size imageOn April 30, 2012, Microsoft (MS) and Barnes & Noble (BN) announced the end of their ongoing litigation and a joint partnership ...
Buzz Bissinger should have been excited when Starbucks selected his Byliner e-single, “After Friday Night Lights,” as its free “pick of the week.” but that promotion meant Amazon also dropped the price of the title in the Kindle Store to $0 — resulting in Byliner pulling the book from Amazon ...
ePublishing News in brief – may 14th to 18th, 2012 In a decision that was largely expected, Judge Denise Cote denied motions by Apple and five publishers seeking to dismiss the class action lawsuit brought against them for what the suit contends is fixing e-book prices when they moved to ...
Qualcomm and Kyobo Book Centre, Korea’s largest seller of books, has started selling the first e-reader that uses Mirasol display technology. Mirasol uses ambient light instead of back lighting. This has a two-fold benefit: first it saves energy and thereby increases battery life, and second it is more visible in ...
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announced Monday that the companies are joining forces to bolster the Nook’s competitive edge against Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iBooks platforms. one of the first benefits of the new agreement will be a Metro-style Nook e-reader app for Windows 8 that will be available to ...
Microsoft teamed up Monday with US bookselling giant Barnes & Noble in a venture aimed at grabbing a bigger share of the rapidly growing market for electronic books. The world's biggest software group will make a $300 million investment in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary focusing on the bookseller's ...
