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In what could end up being a major boost for Apple's iPad, Barnes and Noble confirmed in a recent blog post that it will soon offer an e-reader application for the upcoming tablet.
"Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give our customers access to more than one million eBooks, magazines, and newspapers in the Barnes and Noble eBookstore, as well as the existing content in their Barnes and Noble digital library," B&N wrote.
The bookstore went on to say that the app will be released around the same time as the iPad's "expected availability," which is April 3rd.
What this ultimately means for Apple, B&N, and the tablet space in general remains to be seen, but the implications are potentially huge. The iPad -- and by extension, every other upcoming tablet -- will inevitably go toe-to-toe with the pretty popular e-book reader market, which might not have room for two separate device categories. Not to mention what effect this could have on publisher pricing if the iPad takes off the way Apple hopes it will.
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Keith E. Whisman
March 15, 2010 at 9:55am
I hope it can display pictures really well so the retards that actually purchase an Ipad can "READ" their books. Mostly books with lots of neat pictures.
naxself
March 15, 2010 at 9:42am
Why would anyone buy a Nook if Barnes and Noble put a free (or free-ish) application out for the Ipad? This sounds like their murdering their own product.
Of course, as previously mentioned, Apple could ban the application because that's what they do.
damicatz
March 15, 2010 at 6:10am
Won't Apple just ban the app for duplicating functionality? Like they do all the time on the iPhone?
