What a difference a E Ink touchscreen makes. Not only are page turn speeds better, but the entire navigation and simplicity of use is a boon. I think Barnes and Noble did the right thing with the implementation of the touchscreen and they sure needed it. They are presenting a very slick device that weighs next to nothing and is one of the best e-readers we have reviewed all year. The build quality is not as high on this device as the Kobo Touch, but fundamentally it is a superior e-reader.
Its frame is gray in color, with an angled lower corner intended to evoke a turned page. The textured back is designed to make holding the device comfortable.
One of the advantages this device had over the iPad and the Kindle Fire was the inclusion of a microSD card, and you can rock up to an additional 32GB of storage. When Barnes and Noble released this tablet they were facing an increasing amount of competition from every major company.
Still, this tablet managed to sell quite well due to the prime real estate placement in all of their bookstores. At one point during the holiday season they were manufacturing close to 13, a day just to keep up with demand. The prime selling point behind this model was the front-lit technology.
Sony was the first company that first developed it back in but Nook refined it by packing 8 LED lights at the top of the screen and eliminated the need for a reading light when reading in the dark. The resolution of x is comparable with most other e-readers on the market, like the Kindle Touch and the Nook Simple Touch released last year.
Underneath the hood is a Mhz processor with 2GB of internal memory. When this e-reader came out the sales of all Nook hardware begun to stabilize. This prompted the bookseller to court Microsoft to be able to distribute content through their Windows OS. It is the only device on the market that allows you to read comfortably in low-light conditions. Personally I do most of my reading at night when I am going to sleep. In the past, I needed the lamp to be on and be positioned in such as way that the e-reader was facing the light source so I can read without any shadows.
When you have a family or are sleeping with a significant other this could cause drama with them wanting the light off. You could obviously bypass this by purchasing a book light or a case with a built in light.
I was never a fan of these because it took away from the essence of an e-reader, in that they are supposed very light and portable. Barnes and Noble started to notice Amazon eroding their tablet sales. As a result, payments through your Microsoft account no longer supported.
Barnes and Noble has been working on a massive upgrade to their website for the last two years. The new design gives us a sense on what the bookseller is hoping to sell more of, which are lifestyle products, print and e-books.
It went live in the summer of and unfortunately there are a number of bugs with e-books and Nook that are preventing people from reading and this is resulting in a fair amount of apathy. When the site first launched customers could no longer read books using the built in reading software.
There were many 3rd party resellers who also used the eCommerce aspect of their site and many were unable to get paid properly or list their products. There continues to be broken links and customers are unable to purchase Nook books correctly, months later. Barnes and Noble is a fine example of how one minute you could be the toast of the town with revenue steady rising every quarter and making hundreds of millions of dollars per year to generating a fraction of it.
There is no quick fix to save Nook, years of poor leadership on the executive level and no multi-year plan has destroyed all of their credibility. The only way Nook can survive is if they get out of making tablets completely and focus on innovating their e-reading apps for Android and iOS. Barnes and Noble could make e-books work on iOS, but it would warrant pushing people to buy their VIP memberships in the store and getting discounts using the app. I also encourage them to release a new e-reader every year.
In the end, the lack of ambition to expand selling e-books, e-readers and tablets outside of the United States and United Kingdom will likely be the end. The bookseller steadfastly refuses to expand into international markets, even though there are plenty of superstar publishing executives in New York that would jump ship to Barnes and Noble with the right offer and help them with an expansion effort.
Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. The Nook Tablet Debacle The first major disconnect between Barnes and Noble and their growing user base was December 21st when the company disabled the ability to sideload in apps from other Android markets.
The Windows 8 reading App alienates international users Barnes and Noble has been operating a Windows 8 e-reading app since that allows users to buy e-books and magazines. Barnes and Noble Redesigns their Website Barnes and Noble has been working on a massive upgrade to their website for the last two years. Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief. PDF format. Show details about this statistic. Exclusive Premium functionality. Register in seconds and access exclusive features.
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