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Barnes & Noble may sell off Nook unit

Barnes & Noble may sell of its Nook business unit amid significant losses and low sales.

Amazon's Price Check app comes under attack by small retailers

Amazon.com Inc. and nation's bricks-and-mortar retailers are at loggerheads over online retailing giant's Price Check application that lets shoppers compare prices.

iPad vs. Kindle Fire: which should you buy?

Amazon's Kindle Fire is all set to hot up competition in the tablet market, as consumers now have a powerful new choice in this category.

Pre-orders pour in for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet

Data leaked by some Amazon insider reveals that the company has received more than 250,000 pre-orders for its Kindle Fire tablet.

Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus: Samsung's Honeycomb-based tablet unveiled

Adding to its impressive line of tablets, Samsung Mobile has announced Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

Amazon to buy Palm OS?

According to some sources, Amazon is in talks with Hewlett-Packard to snap up Palm and the associated webOS.

Will Amazon's tablet outflank iPad?

Amazon is set to release a new tablet which experts say can give Apple's iPad tough competition.

Amazon working on setting up online library -- report

Amozon.com is in talks with several publishers for launching an online library service, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Calif. bill requiring online retailers to collect sales tax passed

In a move that will boost the government exchequer by close to $1 billion a year, the California state assembly passed a bill requiring online retailers to collect sales tax on internet purchases by state residents.

Kindle e-books' sales surpass paper books' at Amazon

Amazon.com is selling more e-books than the printed books since April 1, the company announced Thursday.

Barnes & Noble finds white knight in Liberty Media

Beleaguered by intense competition from electronic readers such as Amazon’s Kindle, the bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) had put itself up for sale last summer.