The e-books cost $9.99 and are compatible with iPhone, iTouch, BlackBerry smartphones, and other devices. Barnes & Noble offer free download of the eReader for these devices and for PC and Mac.
The company estimates to make more than 1 million titles available by the end of this year. In addition, Barnes & Noble announced that it will be the exclusive e-book provider on the forthcoming Plastic Logic eReader device, an ultra thin 8.5 x 11 inch wireless eReader, which is expected in early 2010.
The B&N Bookstore ap for iPhone and iTouch is the #1 downloaded book app in Apple’s App Store. Its features include enabling customer to place orders for books, movies and CDs; it also lets users snap a photo of book’s front cover and get product detail, reviews and customer ratings.
