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Barnes & Noble Partners with UK Publishers to Encourage Literacy

Juli Monroe — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:32:21 +0000

Since the middle of 2011, the London Evening Standard has been focused on increasing literacy in the UK with their “Get London Reading” initiative. To date, they’ve raised £1 million (about $1.5 million) and helped more than 2,000 children. Now Barnes & Noble and Nook Media have joined the campaign, along with several large UK [...]

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Rumor: Microsoft Considering Buying Nook Media

Juli Monroe — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:15:17 +0000

TechCruch had a story on this yesterday. They have obtained some internal documents discussing the proposed deal, with Microsoft reportedly offering $1 billion for Nook Media. I agree with Nate over at The Digital Reader that this sounds plausible. Microsoft has been working with Barnes & Noble since April of last year on Nook devices [...]

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Barnes & Noble Puts the Nook HD Line on Sale for Mother’s Day

Juli Monroe — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:36:02 +0000

Of course they put them on sale two days after I bought one. But my griping aside, this is a great deal. For B&N’s Mother’s Day sale, the Nook HD is priced at $149 while the Nook HD+ is only $179. Those prices are for the lower memory versions, but the higher memory versions are [...]

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B&N Decides to Play Nice With Google Play

Juli Monroe — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:10:46 +0000

All right! Barnes & Noble has finally listened to its customer base, and the tech bloggers. They recently announced that they’ll be rolling out a software update that adds the Google Play Store to the Nook HD and HD+ tablets. This is excellent news. The Nook HD tablets have consistently received great hardware reviews, but [...]

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First impressions of Nook Press, the rebranded PubIt!

Juli Monroe — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:15 +0000

As a PubIt! author, I received a lovely invitation email today to check out Nook Press, Nook’s new publishing platform. So what was the first thing I did when I had a moment to look at the email? I clicked on the link to check it out. And got a “Page Not Found” error. Not [...]

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B&N March Madness Tournament of Books: Good idea; slightly awkward implementation

Juli Monroe — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:30:39 +0000

Contrary to a comment on a previous post, I do not have an axe to grind with Barnes & Noble. As I’ve said before, I want them to succeed because competition is good in the book space, especially the e-book space. Therefore, I want to point out a good Barnes & Noble idea. Apparently every [...]

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Looking for a Simon & Schuster title? Barnes & Noble might not be your best bet.

Aggregated Content — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:49:04 +0000

Book retailer Barnes & Noble has reportedly reduced the amount of titles it stocks by Simon & Schuster authors and lowered the number of S&S books on display as it continues to be embroiled in a debate with the publisher. Neither the chain nor Simon & Schuster would specify exactly what is being negotiated, but [...]

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Barnes & Noble giving away Simple Touch e-reader with purchase of Nook HD+ tablet

Juli Monroe — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:38:31 +0000

You’re probably wondering why I didn’t trumpet “Deal Alert” in my headline on this “great” deal, which by the way, runs from March 24 to the end of the month. Because it’s a terrible idea and the wrong approach to their problem. Yes, B&N: We know you purchased too much inventory over the holidays. Your [...]

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Morning Links: Should Walmart buy B&N?

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:30:56 +0000

Walmart Passed on Barnes & Noble Before, Maybe it Should Look Again (Yahoo Finance) Hydra is Appropriately Named (Digital Book World) Disney’s Hyperion Will Reportedly Sell Off Most Titles, Focus on TV-Related Books (Paid Content) How Much Time and Effort Should Publishers be Spending on Startups? (Mike Shatzkin) Kindle Daily Deals: Illuminations by Mart Sharratt [...]

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What would become of an independent Nook?

Brian Howard — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:35:38 +0000

*This article originally appeared on the website of Book Business, a TeleRead sister publication. While predicting doom for Nook, as Book Business columnist Michael Weinstein put it, has become the favored pastime of the book and tech press of late, it’s hard not to read the news of B&N Chairman Leonard S. Riggio’s bid to purchase the chain’s [...]

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Barnes & Noble to sell Bluetooth Nook speaker

Juli Monroe — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:28:49 +0000

Engadget recently reported on a Nook Bluetooth speaker making its way through the FCC. Considering all the rumors and other news about Barnes & Noble lately, it’s nice to see that the Nook line isn’t being ignored. However, we’ll have to see about pricing. Bluetooth speakers are common. For B&N to sell these in any quantity, there’d better be [...]

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Morning Links — Layoffs coming soon to Nook Media?

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:07:11 +0000

Nook: Cost Cutting Coming (Digital Book World) New Service Offers Watermark DRM to Indie eBookstores (The Digital Reader) The Publishing Industry Has a Problem; ePub is not the Solution (TOC) ‘Trusted Friend’ is Top Book Discovery Tool (Galley Cat) Kindle Daily Deals: The Collected by Brett Battles (and 3 others)

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Barnes & Noble Posts Losses, Still Committed to Nook

Juli Monroe — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:11:23 +0000

We’ve known the numbers were coming, and Barnes & Noble released its third quarter earnings today. A few items of interest: Third quarter consolidated revenues were $2.2 billion, a decrease of 8.8% as compared to the prior year. Third quarter consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $55 million, as compared to $150 [...]

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Is Barnes & Noble splitting from Nook Media?

Juli Monroe — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:26:24 +0000

Lots of rumors were flying last night about a split of Barnes & Noble. It’s now been confirmed through an SEC filing that Len Riggio, current CEO of B&N, wants to buy the retail stores and BN.com. Nook Media and the college bookstores will remain a separate entity under current corporate leadership; Riggio doesn’t want [...]

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Barnes & Noble Introduces Nook for Windows 8 App

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:00:27 +0000

Barnes & Noble yesterday announced that it just released a new Nook for Windows 8 app, which “enables customers to sign in and shop using their Microsoft account, dramatically simplifying the reading and shopping experience,” according to a release. Jamie Iannone, president of digital products at Nook Media LLC, says that “Nook is already the [...]

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