Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are announcing a new partnership to develop and sell educational ebooks on the Nook e-reader. Microsoft is investing $300 million in the subsidiary, while B&N will own the remaining 82 percent of it. (The new operation is being provisionally called "Newco," though the official release clarifies that B&N has "not yet decided on the name.") Educational ebooks and digital materials, an area Apple waded into with enthusiasm earlier this year, will be a key focus of the partnership, extending B&N's interest in education through its existing B&N College and B&N Study materials. A Nook app for Windows 8 is also in the works. To read news items as they develop watch for more Fast Feed stories during the day, by clicking here. Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Apple's approach to magazine and newspaper subscriptions and third-party ebook sales stink of the kind of practices that got Microsoft into trouble with trustbusters on two continents during the late 1990s and early 2000s. A year ago, publishers embraced iPad as the... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While publishers and Apple haggle over the pending launch of a digital newsstand, Barnes & Noble took the opportunity to remind everyone that it not only has a functional newsstand, but it's chugging right along. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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