Microsoft offers to buy Nook Media, according to ‘TechCrunch’ report
In the US, TechCrunch has reported that Microsoft is offering to pay Barnes & Noble US$1 billion (approximately A$1 billion) to purchase the digital assets of its Nook Media division....
Microsoft unveils Surface tablet prices
Microsoft has announced its new tablet computer, to be called Surface, will be priced at US$499 in the US. ‘The least expensive of its Surface tablets matches the entry-level price...
B&N, Microsoft complete Nook Media strategic partnership
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble and software giant Microsoft have announced the completion of a strategic partnership and the creation of the new subsidiary Nook Media LLC....
Parliamentary inquiry into technology prices may look at ebooks
A federal parliamentary inquiry into the prices of software and other electronic products will look at ebook pricing ‘if price differences in that market are raised’, reports the Sydney Morning...
B&N creates ‘Newco’ subsidiary with investment from Microsoft
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has creating a new subsidiary for its digital businesses and college bookstores in partnership with Microsoft, reports Publishers Weekly. The venture is temporarily named...
Microsoft shuts down book search
Microsoft has announced it is ending its book search programs Live Search Books and Live Search Academic and that ‘both sites will be taken down next week.' While the company...
Microsoft adds copyright titles to book search function; Google expands search offering
Microsoft has announced that it has added copyrighted material to its Live Search Books function, which had previously included only public domain and out-of-copyright material.While the search function has not...
Microsoft’s Live Search Books is coming to the Antipodes–eventually
Further to last week's story about the partnership between Global Books in Print (GBiP) and Microsoft's Live Search Books program, Microsoft has provided more details on how Live Search Books...
Global Books in Print named as database for Microsoft book search project
Bowker's Global Books in Print (GBiP) bibliographic database has been selected by Microsoft as the preferred data source for the software giant's Live Search Books service.Live Search Books is Microsoft's...