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Japanese Company Buys Kobo
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, Inc., has reached an agreement with Indigo Books & Music to purchase all outstanding shares of international ebook retailer Kobo Inc., for $315 million.
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B&N Debuts $249 Nook Tablet, Upgrades NookColor, Now $199
As expected, Barnes & Noble will release the Nook Tablet, a new 7-inch multimedia reading and media device, priced at $249, on November 17. In addition, B&N is upgrading the NookColor and the Nook Simple Touch, and lowering their prices to $199 and $99, respectively.
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B&N Sets November 7 for 'Special Announcement'
For those in the industry wondering how Barnes & Noble will respond to Amazon's release of a new generation of Kindles, the company has sent out media invitations to a "special announcement," set for November 7 at its Union Square headquarters in New York.
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Kobo Unveils Kobo Vox, $200 Color Tablet e-Reader
Responding quickly to Amazon’s Kindle Fire e-reading tablet, e-book retailer Kobo is releasing Kobo Vox, a seven inch, full-color, multimedia digital reading device for $200.
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iPad Sales Top 40 Million
Apple has sold over 40 million iPads since the device was first introduced about 18 months ago, and sold 11.1 million devices in its most recent quarter, the company said yesterday. In the comparable quarter in 2010, Apple sold 4.2 million iPads.
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AmazonLocal Gives Deals to Kindle Users
Amazon announced that Kindle and Kindle 3G with Special Offers customers will soon start receiving special offers from AmazonLocal on their Kindle screensavers when they aren’t reading.
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Sony to Release New e-Ink Reader in October
Sony announced plans to release the Reader Wi-Fi, a wireless enabled 6-inch dedicated touchscreen eReader, in October. The Reader Wi-Fi will be priced at $149 and is designed to allow users to borrow books wirelessly from libraries.
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Sony Tablets Coming in September
Sony isn’t giving up. Although sales of its dedicated e-readers have lagged, today the company announced the launch of its first two Sony Tablet devices. The Android-powered Sony Tablet S is expected to be in stores by mid-September with prices starting at $499 and the Sony Tablet P will be out later this year.
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Nook To Be Carried in P.C. Richard & Son
Beginning September 4, appliance and electronics retailer P.C. Richard & Son will begin carrying Barnes and Noble's NOOK and related accessories in their 65 stores throughout the northeast.
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E-readers Add Retailers
The Barnes & Noble All-New Nook and Nook Color will be carried in Fred Meyer stores beginning July 30, while Toys 'R Us will begin carrying Amazon's Kindle on July 31.
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OfficeMax to Carry Nook
The office supply store will begin carrying the all-new Nook and the Nook Color beginning July 30.
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CourseSmart Launches New E-textbook Reader
New reader will offer access to more than 20,000 e-textbooks and will utilize HTML5.
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CleanSlate2011: iPads, Tablets and the App'lification of Consumer Tech
The ever-growing public interest in, and popularity of, the iPad has spawned a new conference platform, in this case one narrowly focused on the tablet: CleanSlate 2011.
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Kobo Stands for Reading
Over the last three months, e-book retailer Kobo has launched a new $140 touchscreen e-reader, seen its user base grow to more than four million and debuted Read On, a reading support campaign that donates funds to community organizations.
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ABA Exploring App, E-Reader Options
The ABA, which is selling Google eBooks through its IndieCommerce platform, is pursuing a variety of app and digital device options for its members to sell, but the iRiver digital reader is unlikely to be one of them, the organization’s COO Len Vlahos told PW.
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Google eBooks to Offer Story HD, Its Own e-Reading Device
Google eBooks is partnering with Korean electronics manufacturer iriver to release the Story HD, an e-book reading device integrated with the Google eBooks platform. The Story HD is an e-ink device with wi-fi connectivity and beginning July 17 it will be priced at $140 and sold exclusively through Target stores.
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Lighter, Cheaper, Sort of Faster, Cooler: Kobo’s New E-ink Touch Edition
Canadian e-book retailer Kobo’s new $130 touch screen reader is lighter, cheaper and is said to be faster and more powerful. It’s definitely way cooler than the old Kobo reader, offering a new, sophisticated graphic home screen interface and it gives consumers the ability to easily synch their reading across desktop, phone and tablet devices. While none of this is unusual among the leading e-reading devices, Kobo continues to serve notice that it plans to compete in the international e-book market.
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Books, E-books, And Technology At BEA 2011
After a week that featured the release of two new low-cost digital e-readers, a book blogging invasion of the Javits Center, and endless debate about future business models for electronic publishing, it's appropriate that BookExpo America week kicked off with IDPF's annual Digital Book 2011 conference.
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Barnes & Noble Unveils the Nook Simple Touch Reader
Hot on the heels of Kobo’s launch of a $130 e-ink touchscreen device, Barnes & Noble unveiled the Nook Simple Touch Reader, a $139 black & white e-ink touchscreen device with an upgraded 6” screen, faster page-turns and a battery B&N says will hold a charge for two months. The device will go on sale June 10.
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Wattpad Teams with Amanda Havard to Promote 'The Survivors'
In what looks like a breakout marketing campaign for the site, Wattpad, an online writing and reading community focused on delivering content to mobile devices, is teaming up with emerging YA author Amanda Havard to launch a transmedia promotional campaign around her new novel The Survivors. The campaign will feature appearances by Havard at BEA next week as well as syndication and placement of excerpts from her book on Wattpad.com and through its mobile applications, original music and video releases, social media events and even a fashion campaign with on and offline components.
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