May 10 2013
BBC News – Downloads for 3D-printed Liberator gun reach 100,000 – So last year I started writing about 3D printing and in October, someone posited that guns would soon be built with a push of a button and how difficult that would be to police. BBC News Some of you thought this was so far(…)
Mar 25 2013
I’m interviewing author Julie James at the Lady Jane’s Salon in Naperville IL, in conjunction with her new release “Love Irresistibly” which I did love. I’m not sure what questions I’ll be asking her (so if you have any ideas, let me know). But we would love to have you attend. It is as Le(…)
Dec 31 2012
The Music They Made –NYTimes is experimenting with video, sound, and visual applications to move into the 21st century. This is a collection of music snippets celebrating artists who died in 2012. NYTimes.com NOOK Media Announces Strategic Investment by Pearson – Pearson is investing $89 million in Nook Media, the digital media arm of Barnes(…)
Nov 11 2012
With the iPad, iPad Mini, Nexus 7 & 10, Kindle Fire HD 7 & 8.9, Nook Tablet and dozens of more generic Android tablets in the market place things are getting very crowded with good tablets. On September 26th Barnes & Noble crowded it further by announcing the 7″ Nook HD and 9″ Nook HD+(…)
Sep 27 2012
B&N announced two new tablets yesterday. One is a 7″ and the other is a 9″ tablet. Their features don’t vary a great deal from the Kindle Fire or Google’s Nexus tablet but there is one stand out feature. The new Nooks have profiles so that the family can share the same device but have(…)
Aug 31 2012
Amazon Publishing Acquires 1,000 Publication Contracts from Dorchester Publishing – Back in June, Amazon bid for the Dorchester publishing contracts and today closed the deal. According to DBW, authors “were offered the opportunity to join Amazon Publishing and receive the full back royalties that Dorchester indicated were owed.” I think that’s a pretty fair offer.(…)
Jun 3 2012
The Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight™ (hereinafter the Nook GL) is the first e-ink reader with a built-in light since the Sony 700. The Sony was a great idea, poorly executed. Since then those of us who read in bed or in other places with low light have had to make do with clip-on lights,(…)
Apr 30 2012
On Saturday, I received this email from a reader. I have her permission to repost it. I find it ironic that I am posting this today when the news in the book world is replete with details about Barnes & Noble’s new deal with Microsoft. Jane, I noted some posts about B&N & its possible(…)
Apr 19 2012
Publishing Industry Is Angry That Pulitzers Snubbed Fiction – NYTimes.com – Traditional publishing is really unhappy that there was no Pulitzer Prize award for fiction. The primary reason is that the prize gives the fiction market a nice financial bump but I don’t think that a Pulitizer should be awarded either to give a boost(…)
Mar 29 2012
Amazon Fire Refurb for $139 BN is still offering its Nook Color for $129. Throw a Nook Touch on for $20 Mark Coker has provided substantive information to the DOJ arguing that agency pricing does not lead to increased prices in books. It’s also fallacy to believe that somehow the wholesale pricing model is the savior(…)
Mar 21 2012
There are a couple of ways that you can contribute to DA. We will also be developing a reader interview questionnaire. I would love some help on developing that interview sheet. (Note that these links will always be in the sidebar) Write a guest review. From time to time, we post guest reviews of books(…)
Feb 21 2012
Sarah Wendell attended Tools of Change and has two round up post. Post 1 Post 2. This post had interesting information about Goodreads. One thing that caught my eye was this: “Angela James asked during the Q&A what the minimum threshold of ratings a book needed to have in order to be added to the(…)
Jan 9 2012
News BN and People are offering a subsidized Nook in exchange for a subscription to People magazine. The Nook edition of People is $9.99 a month; with a one-year subscription, customers will receive a Nook Tablet, a color device with a 7-inch display, for $199, a discount from its regular price of $249. Customers who(…)
Jan 5 2012
I’m not certain what this means, but it is possible that the privately held BN is trying to leverage its different components into another sale. First, it is actively seeking to sell Sterling, it’s print publishing arm. Today’s press release also touts some great Nook numbers and the announcement that it will explore the benefits(…)
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