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Both Barnes & Noble and Kobo have introduced nearly identical e-readers that are clearly intended to embarrass the industry leader, the Amazon Kindle.

Barnes & Noble is adding an applications store and an email program to its Nook e-reader. That brings the $249 device closer to working like a tablet computer in the vein of the iPad.

How to convert a Barnes & Noble Nook Color into a fully functioning tablet computer.

Barnes & Noble said its line of Nook e-readers has become the best-selling product in the company's nearly 40-year history.

Will Barnes & Noble fire the latest shot in the escalating e-reader battles with a color version of the Nook?

B&N cut the price of its Nook e-reader to $199 and unveiled a new W-Fi only model that costs $149, as the competition over electronic-book readers turns to a new battle front: price.

A lot more people have ordered the Barnes & Noble Nook, first announced on October 20, than the company expected (despite getting panned by the official reviewers). The company had Foxconn, their ODM, build far fewer of them than they should have.