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Good educational apps for NOOK? Reader Q+A

H i Cool Mom Tech, I just got a NOOK for my five-year-old. Any suggestions for inexpensive learning apps? – reader, via Facebook Ooh, lucky kid you’ve got. Having a fun device like the NOOK is certainly a great way to encourage reading and...

Nancy Drew and the case of the handmade eReader covers that look like books

by Delilah S. Dawson | Laptop + Tablet Cases

Riddle me this, Miss Drew: what looks like a book and feels like a book but is actually thousands of books? Oh… you already solved it by reading the title. Well, you’ll never guess how pretty this handmade e-Reader cover is on the inside. I love real...

5 romantic book download ideas for Nook, Kindle, or your iPad

by Kate Etue | E-Readers

It’s Valentine’s Day, and for a bibliophile like me there’s no better gift to celebrate romance than a great love story. Since these days, love stories are more likely read from a Kindle, Nook or the Kindle app on iPad than a hardcover, it can be a...

Some of our favorite kids’ apps make the leap from iOS to NOOK.

by Jeana | Educational Apps For Kids

It’s always great when great iOS kids’ apps that we feature here make their way over to different platforms. More education and entertainment for everyone! That’s why we were thrilled to hear that Nosy Crow, makers of really terrific kids e-book apps...

The NOOK Tablet goes HD!

by Cool Mom Staff | iPads + Tablets

With all the new Android tablets hitting the market over the new few weeks, I can’t say I was surprised to see that Barnes and Noble released two new HD versions of their popular NOOK Tablet. If you’re wondering how these stack up against the new Kindle...

Father’s day gift dilemma – Kindle Fire or NOOK Tablet?

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

My husband and I have been using our Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablets respectively for the last six months, and over that time, we’ve definitely developed strong opinions about these two new tablets. Let’s just say one of them is getting a lot more use than...

Accio Harry Potter eBooks! Pottermore Bookshop Open for Business

by Christina Refford | E-Readers

Part of the magic of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is that my kids are still as crazy about the stories as they were when they first read them a couple of years ago. And today, they are all aflutter about the lastest news about The Boy Who Lived: J.K....

The most fashionable NOOK cases

by Jeana | Fashion + Accessories

If you read Kristen’s awesome NOOK vs Kindle Fire review last week and decided that the NOOK is more your style, I bet you’re now looking for some advice on fantastic covers. Hey, that’s what we’re here for. It seems like most existing NOOK...

Web Coolness: Roomba Revenge, Twitter Redesign, and Instagram for Android

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a few links we’ve enjoyed reading this week. We hope you like them too! In Roomba Revenge, your beloved iRobot can fight those nasty dust bunnies. On your iPhone. If you’re having trouble picking between a NOOK Tablet and a Kindle Fire,...

NOOK Tablet vs. Kindle Fire – A tablet smackdown

by Cool Mom Staff | iPads + Tablets

I’ve been waiting to get my hands on both a NOOK Tablet and Kindle Fire since the news of their release hit the Internet. I’m definitely smitten with my first generation iPad, but the new tablets have been getting a lot of buzz–not just because they...

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