Joining Kindle readers, Barnes & Nobile Nook readers can hit up NYTimes.com and get unlimited access to the paper, provided they have a paid-up subscription. The Nook will be switched on at the Grey Lady in the coming weeks, but if you want to take a squizz at the site for free, there are still ways! [ZDNet]
Barnes & Noble’s departing CEO, Steve Riggio, has been selling books for 30 years. His replacement, William Lynch, has been selling them (online) for about two, following 10 years in e-commerce — and four with Palm. [B&N]
In case you missed Giz Explains the other day – which lays out the entire ebook format and DRM landscape – the iPad will support DRM-free ePub books, in case you’ve got some on your Sony Reader or B&N Nook. If you’ve got a Kindle on the other hand, you’re SOL, since it uses its very own ebook format. [Apple]
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I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I’m glad Samsung’s finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $US400 for this thing? Really? More »
You can add the Nook and Nexus One to the roll-call of Colorware patients from today, with the usual assortment of colourful paints being applied. More »
Let’s face it, nobody was too upset by the opaqueness of the Nook’s spec sheet – screens software, not board-level componentry, are what make ereaders great. But with this teardown comes something glorious: The Nook has been hacked. More »
