e-reader

Deal duel on for Barnes & Nobles

The battle at the Wall Street is on again. This time around Yucaipa Cos, owned by billionaire investor Ron Burkle, and John Malone's Liberty Media are vying for a larger pie of Barnes & Nobles Inc.

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.

Kindle 3 becomes Amazon's top selling product ever

Amazon has a reason to celebrate this holiday season. Despite raging competition from players like Barnes & Noble and Sony, Amazon's e-reader Kindle seems to have outflanked rivals and maintained its commanding lead in the e-reader market.

Sony to re-enter Japanese e-reader market

Sony is all set to re-enter the Japanese market with its e-readers after it moved away from the electronic book market, citing lack of content in Japanese. The company will be offering two models initially and hope they do well this festival season.

Amazon’s Kindle takes competition head on

When a company launches the 3rd iteration of a product which is one-third the price of the original product, it hopes that the target market would expect the new bells-and-whistles in the product would have been kept to a minimum.

Asus unveils e-reader, tablet computer to challenge rivals

After successfully venturing in the netbook market, Asus, the Tiawan-based computer maker, is now gearing up to launch tablet devices to take Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad head on.

Amazon's upcoming Kindle to take iPad, rivals head on

In a move to blunt the momentum of Apple Inc., and its recently launched tablet computer, iPad, Amazon is gearing up to unveil new Kindle electronic book reader later this year, according to the latest report by Bloomberg.

iPad: an efficient e-reader

Putting an end to all apprehensions regarding the efficiency of the iPad as an e-reader, Apple has spilled some really interesting details regarding the device that has forced readers to revisit their earlier comments.

Apple tablet announcement eagerly awaited

New York, January 27 -- Apple Inc. may finally take the wraps off its much anticipated tablet computer.

Amazon streamlining Kindle lineup to outdo rivals

New York, October 23 -- Amid raging competition in the e-reader market, Amazon is gearing up to outflank rivals.