Barnes & Noble reveal glow-in-dark e-reader

[Derrick]

Barnes & Noble unveil glow-in-dark e-reader

Book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc debuted an e-reader on Thursday with a screen that can glow in the dark, a move aimed at improving its position against Amazon.com...

 

[grok]

Pix? Link?

 

[Avenue]

the Department of Justice reached a settlement with three major book publishers that it says colluded with Apple to push up e-book prices.

bastards. Always wondered why ebooks were so expensive

 

[Terencek]

Here's the link for the article about the Kindle equivalent: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/06/next-generation-of-e-ink-kindle-to-sport-new-front-lit-screen/

 

[Bona Botse]

Awesome, will probably be getting this to replace my Kindle. I do quite a lot of low-light and no-light reading.
It's called the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight.

 

[TheMightyP]

B&N page for the device: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-simple-touch-with-glowlight-barnes-noble/1108046469?ean=9781400501717

Lol... it's "amazing in bed"... :wtf:

 

[RisseN]

bastards. Always wondered why ebooks were so expensive

Yup, it's Apple's fault that ebooks are not cheaper. Here's more info if you're interested:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/12/ebook-lawsuit-pricing-probes.html?cmp=rss

Amazon actually use to have insanely cheap ebooks, but because of Apple they were forced to increase the price. However thanks to this lawsuit cheaper ebooks should soon be on the way.

 

[Avenue]

Yup, it's Apple's fault that ebooks are not cheaper. Here's more info if you're interested:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/12/ebook-lawsuit-pricing-probes.html?cmp=rss

Amazon actually use to have insanely cheap ebooks, but because of Apple they were forced to increase the price. However thanks to this lawsuit cheaper ebooks should soon be on the way.

interesting..... well with the option to self publish nowdays these publishers need to catch a wake up. I read that an author only gets marginally more royalties on an ebook than a paperback.