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Amazon May Be Going Small With Retail Boutique Experiment February 07, 2012 
Amazon is planning to launch a retail store in Seattle in the coming months, according to reports published by Bloomberg and Good E-Reader. The endeavor is meant to serve as a pilot project for a possible chain of stores that would sell Amazon Exclusive books, as well as its Kindle Fire tablet, line of e-readers, and related accessories.
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Tablets and E-Readers See Hot and Heavy Holiday Sales January 23, 2012 
More than a quarter of U.S. adults now own either a tablet or an e-reader. Sales of these relatively new devices boomed over the holiday season, according to a study from Pew Research Center released on Monday. In mid-December, 10 percent of the U.S. population owned a tablet. By early January, the number had nearly doubled to 19 percent, according to the research.
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Would Lopping Off Nook Biz Mean Lights Out for B&N? January 05, 2012 
The Kindle Fire may have singed Barnes & Noble's Nook this holiday season. On Thursday, B&N lowered its fiscal 2012 forecast for Nook sales from $1.8 billion to $1.5 billion. The company is also mulling a spinoff of its Nook e-reader business.
B&N's share price dropped more than 20 percent on the news.
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Amazon Share Price Nicked by Goldman Advice December 29, 2011 
Amazon shares fell to their lowest point since late March after Goldman Sachs released a research note Thursday citing comScore data suggesting its holiday sales grew roughly 38 percent -- 2 percent off analyst expectations of 40 percent. The numbers imply fourth-quarter revenue of $17.87 billion, below the current consensus of $18.19 billion, the note says.
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Amazon Fans Kindle's Flames December 16, 2011 
Kindles have caught fire this holiday season. The e-readers and tablets are the top-selling products on Amazon, according to numbers released by by the e-commerce giant this week. Consumers have purchased more than a million Kindles in each of the past three weeks, the company said. The new Kindle Fire tablet -- which sells for $199 -- is Amazon's most popular product.
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Why Publishers Are Afraid of Amazon December 01, 2011 
My previous experience with book publishers was over 10 years ago when I wrote a book about buying a business. It wasn't a great experience because first I had to find an agent -- not an easy task. The agent then had to go through the long and arduous task of finding a publisher. The process took a great deal of time and energy.
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Penguin Plays Security Card With E-Book Lending Pullout November 22, 2011 
Penguin Group, one of the largest book publishers in the U.S., has delayed the availability of new e-books in local libraries and will no longer allow OverDrive to loan out digital copies of its titles to Kindles. The publishing group cited security concerns as the reason for the change.
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Nook Goes Full Tablet November 07, 2011 
Bookseller Barnes & Noble expanded on its Nook line of handheld devices and unveiled the Nook Tablet on Monday. The company also announced upgrades to its Nook Color, a device that was previously offered as its entry into the tablet market, and its Nook Simple Touch e-reader. The Nook Tablet, which is available for pre-order online and at the bookseller's stores, is priced at $249.
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Can the Nook Color Find a Niche in the Tablet Market? November 01, 2011 
Barnes & Noble has sent out invitations to a press conference this week in New York City. The specific topic of the event, set for Nov. 7, is unclear -- but it's almost certain the spotlight will be on its Nook. It is widely expected that B&N will unveil its answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire -- that is, a 7-inch Nook Color tablet designed to compete with the Fire in price and functionality.
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Kindle Touch 3G: A Step Up and a Step Down October 03, 2011 
Turns out there is a catch with the Kindle Touch 3G Amazon announced on Wednesday. The Touch 3G offers the addition of 3G wireless connectivity and sells for $149 -- $50 more than the Kindle Touch, which allows Web access over WiFi networks only. However, when you're using the 3G connectivity you can only access Amazon's Kindle Store and Wikipedia.
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Can Amazon Stoke Roaring Fire Profits? September 29, 2011 
Amazon's Kindle Fire debuted Wednesday morning with much fanfare. Many of the tablet's specs were already known, leaked or widely suspected, leaving little to wow the crowds -- except the price point. The device is going to retail at an eyebrow-raising US$199, several hundred dollars less than the cheapest iPad.
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How to Turn a Nook Into a Great Android Tablet September 29, 2011 
Amazon's $199 tablet will be one of the first sub-$300 tablets with a decent specification. However, if you can't wait until November, don't necessarily want a book vendor's skin on your device, and haven't ponied up for an iPad yet, you can get a solid base-Android tablet for around $250 today -- or a lot less, if you already happen to have a Nook Color 7-inch e-reader.
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Will Amazon Book Rentals Challenge the iPad? September 13, 2011 
Amazon.com is planning to launch a Netflix-like paid subscription service for e-books, according to The Wall Street Journal. This could possibly be a move to strengthen the challenge its forthcoming tablet would pose to the iPad family. Amazon's tablet -- or perhaps two tablets -- is widely expected late this summer.
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Nook May Be Barnes & Noble's Salvation August 30, 2011
Barnes & Noble released its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, revealing that sales of its Nook e-reader and e-books have been helping to offset the company's sinking physical book sales. Total revenue was up 2 percent to $1.42 billion. Store revenue was down 3 percent to $1 billion. Online revenue was up a whopping 37 percent to $198 million.
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Kindle Cloud Reader Rains on Apple's In-App Fee Parade August 10, 2011 
Amazon unveiled a new HTML5 Kindle Web app on Wednesday. Kindle Cloud Reader, which is already up and running, provides access to books offline and online via a Web browser with no download or installation needed. Without leaving the app, customers can start shopping in the Kindle store, giving Amazon a way to circumvent Apple's stiff commission policy for in-app purchases.
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Amazon Lightens Textbook Load With E-Book Rentals July 18, 2011 
Amazon.com on Monday announced an e-textbook program for its line of e-reader devices: Kindle Textbook Rentals. This will encompass tens of thousands of textbooks for the 2011 school year from leading publishers like John Wiley & Sons and Elsevier, the online retail giant said. Students can rent books for between 30 and 60 days and will be able to extend rental periods.
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