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Call for Barnes & Noble! Call for Barnes & Noble!

January 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion

I suspect most readers are too young to remember the heady days of tobacco company commercials, especially radio commercials, or even the cigarette brand Philip Morris. It’s print (1940s) and early TV commercials featured a hotel bellhop carrying a tray with a pack of Philip Morris cigarettes on it and bellowing “Call for Philip Morris!” The [...]

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How Barnes & Noble Can Help Kill Itself

December 17th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

Yesterday: Today: I think so highly of the Barnes & Noble NookColor hardware that I’ve recommended it right after the iPad, to people who can root it and make it a full Android tablet. Barnes & Noble really has a winner there in that hardware. But they can kill that winner if they deliberately stop [...]

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Kobo Beats Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Sony To eBook Gifting

November 17th, 2010 · 16 Comments · ebookstore news

One of the ongoing major complaints people have about all eBookstores is the inability to buy someone an eBook as a gift. How hard can it be? Anyone should be able to buy a book and click a button that says This Is A Gift and then fill out the details of who gets it [...]

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Barnes & Noble More in Store (July)

July 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · More in Store

Barnes & Noble’s More in Store program is now entering its fifth month. I’m sure everyone already knows the details of this promotion, but just in case you don’t: All of the titles in this list will be available for download in B&N stores for 4 weeks from the date listed.To download them, visit your [...]

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