Monday, April 26, 2010

Barnes and Nobel Sweeten the Nook Pot

Barnes and Nobel has introduced some new services for the Nook e-reader in the hope of attracting more interest. A software upgrade adds the ability to play chess or sudoku. You can now read entire books when you are inside the store, and there are now many more wi-fi hotspots that the Nook can connect to.

Nothing really revolutionary here. As a matter of fact you can only read "entire" books in the store with a limit of only one hour access per day for a limited selection of books.

It is a good indication, though, that the e-book market is in rapid flux. If Apple doesn't lock down the 'luxury' market of best-sellers for itself we may see a future where its a buyers (e)market.

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