Inherent Vice: Pink Fade

[David Morris]

In addition to the news below, P-listers might want to know that B&N's
chairman is a big Democratic Party contributor.

http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=55281519&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281

Barnes & Noble launches world's largest eBook shop

AFP Global Edition

Jul 21, 2009

Barnes & Noble launched what it bills as the world's largest online
electronic book shop with virtual shelves holding more than 700,000
titles.

The major US bookseller is challenging online retail powerhouse
Amazon.com with electronic works readable on an array of platforms,
including computers, iPod Touch MP3 players, and iPhone and BlackBerry
smart phones.

Barnes & Noble added that it will be the exclusive provider of
"eBooks" for electronic readers to be released by Plastic Logic.

"We want to make eBooks simple, accessible, affordable and convenient
for everyone," said William Lynch, president of the book giant's
website BN.com.

"Today marks the first phase of our digital strategy, which is rooted
in the belief that readers should have access to the books in their
digital library from any device, from anywhere, at any time."

Amazon staked out a place in the electronic book market with the
release of Kindle reader devices in late 2007 and has more than
300,000 titles for sale at its website.

Early this year, Amazon made software available at Apple's App Store
that lets people read Kindle books on iPhones or iPod Touch devices.

The increasingly competitive e-reader market includes offerings from
Japanese electronics giant Sony.


On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Dave Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
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> but, whil i think B&N is the better (stock, service) of the big two, I do take advantage of those Borders coupons as much as possible, esp. for, say, SF or comic book or whatever stuff the indies here don't necessarily stock.  And, yeah, i'll save a few bucks via amazon as well, but I also get a lot of used stuff, and university presses in particular tend to run regular sales.