TechCrunch is reporting that they’ve obtained internal documents containing an offer from Microsoft to buy Barnes & Noble’s Nook business.
Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion [TechCrunch]
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As Amazon and Barnes & Noble Slash Prices, the Cheap Tablet Wars Are Getting Interesting Again
Mother’s Day deals from Amazon and Barnes & Noble do look enticing, but they don’t represent your last chance to score a decent tablet for cheap. Hang tight; the next few months should be a lot of fun to watch.
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Barnes & Noble Puts Google’s Play Store and Apps on the Nook
The walled garden around the venerable bookseller’s reading-centric tablets is coming down.
Barnes & Noble May Back Away from Tablets
Barnes & Noble is reportedly rethinking its Nook tablet business, and may focus more on licensing content to other hardware makers.
Don’t Call the E-Reader Doomed
Now that 2012 is over, the “Wall Street Journal” is pondering whether the e-reader era is coming to an end. Is it time to write e-readers’ obituary?
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Barnes & Noble’s New Nooks: The Cheap Tablet Wars Continue
In the short history of post-iPad tablets, the holiday 2012 season is shaping up as an important moment — the first time that there will be a bunch of decent low-priced models to choose from. You’ve got your Google Nexus 7. Your …
War and Peace E-Book Readers Find a Surprise in Their Nooks
A “search and replace” by Barnes & Noble switched every mention of “kindled” to “nookd” in Tolstoy’s classic.
via War and Peace E-Book Readers Find a Surprise in Their Nooks | Entertainment | TIME.com.
Nook for Windows 8? Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Settle, Buddy Up
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are joining hands to form a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that’ll be dubbed “Newco” (get it?) until someone comes up with a better name. The “strategic” venture, into which Microsoft says it will pour …
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Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Review: An E-Reader That’s Not Afraid of the Dark
If ever a technology was defined by its highs and lows, it’s E Ink, the monochrome screen system used in e-book readers from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and other companies.
Its virtues are downright amazing. E Ink uses power …
Nook Tablet Gets New $200 Starting Price, Locks Horns with Kindle Fire
Until now, the general sentiment has been that Barnes & Noble’s 7-inch Nook Tablet is a great option for a low-price Android tablet… if only it didn’t cost $50 more than Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet.
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New Nook Rumored for Springtime
Well here’s an interesting tidbit from the New York Times‘ latest feature on Barnes & Noble: A new Nook is in development, and should be released this spring.
The Times‘ story, which cites unnamed executives, elaborated no …
Barnes and Noble Unveils New ‘Nook’ Tablet for $249
Bookseller Barnes and Noble has revamped its popular 7-inch color e-book reader today. Simply called the Nook Tablet, the new version will sell for $249 starting next week, and features a 1GHz dual-core processor to power playback of HD movies, videos and TV shows. There will be a host of apps and games available at launch as well. Angry …
