Production of other Nook eBook readers to continue
Barnes & Noble says it’s now going to work with third-party manufacturers to produce its Nook tablets.
Its monochrome Simple Touch and Glowlight eBook readers will continue to be developed in-house.
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Apple says that educational content from its iTunes U store has been downloaded more than a billion times.
iTunes U was launched in May 2007, offering downloadable multimedia lectures and demonstrations from a variety of schools, colleges, museums and universities.
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Brits spent almost £1000 each on tech
This year adults in the UK spent the equivalent of £933.72 each on technology, according to a new survey from price comparison site uSwitch.com. The research looked at all tech-related spending, from equipment to apps.
The most popular tech choice in the UK was a smartphone (chosen by 48% of respondents), with 28% of adults buying a tablet, 22% buying a ‘non-smart’ mobile phone and 18% choosing an ebook reader.
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Amazon.com has announced financial results for the third quarter of its financial year.
Net sales were up 27% year-on-year to $13.81 billion (£8.57 billion), although the company made a $274 million net quarterly loss. Most of the loss was due to the company’s investment in the LivingSocial local discount business.
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In April we reported that US-based bookseller Barnes & Noble was forming a partnership with Microsoft to combine Barnes & Noble’s digital eBook and College education businesses. The as-then unnamed company would be a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble but with Microsoft owning a 17.6% share.
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have now completed the partnership deal, naming the new company NOOK Media LLC.
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