Comments on: E-book reader coming from Barnes & Noble?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:56:33 +0000

Barnes & Noble is going to have to make some big changes to ereader.com for it to survive. Kindle on the iPhone means much better pricing on e-books. I’ve compared some prices and found as much as a 50% savings on some titles at Amazon. I do like the ereader iPhone app; though I’m sure the Kindle app will improve.

By: dbReader

dbReader — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:40:12 +0000

Amazon was not a technology company, too. So it’s not a big obstacle for B&N. But it is hard to compete with Kindle on local market now – advanced features, large content database, etc. Newcomer has to be really innovative, for example introduce international e-books sales network to attract European and other buyers…

By: Jasen

Jasen — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:04:49 +0000

It’s funny, I actually had a conversation about this subject a few months ago. I felt like Barnes and Noble (and for that matter, Borders) were on their way out due to their inability to compete with Amazon and their selection. Their B&M stores serve to little more than impulse purchases or for those who can’t wait the shipping times. Borders especially suffers as their prices always seem higher for some reason. This is Barnes and Nobles chance to see where the Kindle made mistakes and capitalize on it. But to be honest, they aren’t a technology company, and will probably make worse mistakes than those Amazon has made.

By: borax99 (Alain C.)

borax99 (Alain C.) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:32:09 +0000

Whispernet – it’s just a conspiracy designed to prevent Canadian ebook readers from accessing content !!!!!

By: Pam T.

Pam T. — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:52:55 +0000

Is it me – but the presence of the keypad on the Kindle ruins the aesthetics of the reader. Since you need an input mechanism for ordering up those books over-the-air, maybe touch screen?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:35:32 +0000

This has me thinking back to the talk of Foxit porting eReader support to the eSlick device. B&N now owns the eReader format, but the eSlick has no wireless capability in its current iteration. Hmmm….