• Barnes & Noble’s New Nook: A step back or forward?

    Barnes & Noble announced a new version of their e-reader. The tagline for it is “Nook, The Simple Touch Reader”. The price is set at $139, Wi-Fi-only and as the name states it will feature a 6 inch touch-enabled e-ink colorless display. You can get it starting June 10 in stores and pre-order right now.…

  • New York Times adds e-books to its best seller list

    The New York Times is finally ready to add e-books to its best seller list. In addition to the print best seller list, the Times will have a dedicated e-book list, as well as a third list that combines both print and digital sales. The lists will show up on NYTimes.com this Friday, February 11th, and in…

  • Kindle overtakes books

    Last July we reported that Amazon’s Kindle eReader books had surpassed hardcover books sales, selling 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books. Now the same is true of paperbacks as well with 115 Kindle books being sold for every hundred paperbacks. The hardcover stats for books have doubled, with three times as many Kindle books as sold…