Barnes & Noble's hopes of entering the UK e-books market may rest on Windows 8 and other apps, after a key retailer opted to sell Amazon's Kindle e-reader instead of Nook.

New York – Barnes & Noble is releasing an updated Nook App for Windows 8 with a new user interface, faster performance and features including highlighting, annotations, dictionary lookup, find ...

Of course it is a limited period offer, enabling those who installs the Nook for Windows 8.1 app on their devices to download up to 5 ebooks and 5 digital magazines from a select list free of cost.

One of the great aspects of using a Microsoft account with the Barnes and Noble Nook app for Windows 8 RT, is the ability to buy ebooks from any market.

Barnes & Nobile has finally made a Nook app available in the Windows Store. The reading app runs on both Windows 8 and Windows RT devices and supports books, newspapers, comics, and magazines ...

In fact that’s just what the relationship will yield up front: a Nook app for Windows 8, which Microsoft says will bring Barnes & Noble’s digital catalogue to Windows customers around the world.

An updated design for the home screen arranges apps nicely by the sounds of it, and speed—which has always been an issue with the Nook—is improved, with faster page turns and a general ...