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Speaking at the Liberty Media Investor Conference in New York City, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch noted few interesting things about the new NOOK tablets.
For one thing, NOOK seems to be selling like hot cupcakes – pre-orders for the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are up over 240% from previous NOOK introductions. That’s cool though we don’t have the exact figures to compare with other tablet sales.
In addition, NOOK Media wowed to expand into international markets, following the British debut this fall. Lynch said that the NOOK Bookstore will be available in 10 international markets by June 2013, bringing along its massive collection of digital books, magazines, periodicals and more.
Finally, B&N’s CEO shared a bits of the company’s retail strategy for the holiday season, adding that in addition to nearly 700 Barnes & Noble stores, NOOK products will be available in Walmart and Target, both of which are no longer selling Kindle products to their customers.
Sounds pretty promising to me, what do you think?
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
