SunitaEbooksereader device / Nook46 Comments

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 ... more >

April 30, 2012

Monday Midday News: BN & Microsoft’s Nook Deal. Is this the end of B&N?

JanePublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Microsoft / Nook36 Comments

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 ... more >

JaneBook Deals / Publishing NewsAgency pricing / Deals / lawsuits / Nook55 Comments

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 ... more >

March 29, 2012

Thursday: Refurbed Kindle and Nooks; Random House Revenue Down; Book Sales Up

JaneBook Deals / Publishing Newsbook-sales / Deals / Kindle / Nook / Random-House33 Comments

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 ... more >

March 21, 2012

Wednesday News: Ways to Contribute to DA

JanePublishing NewsAbout-Us / Barnes & Noble / Intellectual Property Issues / Nook / piracy21 Comments

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 ... more >

February 21, 2012

Tuesday News: New Nook Pricing, Kindle Rumors, Reader Data, and Paypal Clarification

JanePublishing NewsKindle / Nook / Paypal / Siren-Bookstrand Inc148 Comments

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 ... more >