Finally, the Nook app adds more compatibility with some high resolution displays and graphics cards.

It also has a number of performance and stability improvements, including some specifically for Microsoft's Surface tablet. The release notes state that this new version adds ArticleView for better viewing of magazines. While it was released a few weeks after the Kindle app, the Nook app had an in-app store from the start.īy the way, the Nook Windows 8 app got its own update this week. This puts the Kindle app on the same level as Barnes and Noble's Nook app for Windows 8. The new version finally allows its users to purchase eBooks from within the application itself the app also has number of unnamed 'improvements to the reading and library experiences.' Today, that changed as a new update for the Kindle app was pushed out from the Windows Store.

However, the Kindle app for Microsoft's latest OS lacked a major feature an in-app storefront. Indeed, Amazon got the app to be pre-installed on many new Windows 8 PCs, giving it an edge over other apps. Presumably Microsoft's unannounced reading app will be released for that OS as well.Amazon launched its dedicated Kindle app for Windows 8 and RT around the time of the launch of the new operating system. A NOOK application will provide Windows 8 users with an alternative to these stores, and it’ll provide Microsoft with its own iBooks rival. The really bad news is that this amendment says Barnes and Noble may not release a Nook app for the Windows Phone platform. A few weeks ago, a job listing was spotted for someone to work at the company to help develop a 'groundbreaking interactive reading app on Windows, which incorporates books, magazines, and comics.' The SEC filing hints that when this 'Microsoft Consumer Reader' app is released, it could have some Nook co-branding. This would strongly suggest that the rumors about Microsoft working on its own reading app are true. The Amendment also provided that subject to certain conditions NOOK Media would be permitted to discontinue distributing the NOOK Windows app and will cooperate in good faith with Microsoft to transition users to the Microsoft Consumer Reader. The exact words of the 8-K filing stated: Securities and Exchange Commission shows that it will likely discontinue the Nook Windows 8.1 app that launched in November 2012. The NOOK app for Windows 8 has been relatively short-lived, with B&N agreeing to develop it as part of a partnership with Microsoft back in October 2012.Then, Microsoft pushed 300m into a new. A new filing by Barnes and Noble with the U.S. Microsoft may have invested $300 million in a joint venture with Barnes and Noble in an attempt to spin off its Nook business, but now it looks like the two companies are drifting apart.

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