Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-reader will soon look more and more like a full-fledged Android tablet when a software update is released this spr… Read more »
At some point, you’d think Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will just have to sue Google (NSDQ: GOOG) directly. But its proxy campaign against Android… Read more »
Spring Design, which manufactures the Alex Reader, sued Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) back in 2009, saying the book seller had taken many of th… Read more »
You won’t be able to get any real sense of the economics from this but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) just released some stats about subscriptio… Read more »
Just before Christmas, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) quietly released its Nook Kids childrens e-books app for Apple’s iPad. The new app came a… Read more »
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) officially upped its e-reader challenge this afternoon during a press conference at its Union Square store. The c… Read more »
Today, amid the kind of rumor and speculation that is more typical of a Silicon Valley announcement, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) unveiled its… Read more »
Target won’t be the only bricks-and-mortar retail outlet for Kindles much longer. Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is adding the Staples office supplies… Read more »
Digital gave Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) a big sales boost from the previous quarter, but not enough to reverse revenue declines or prevent i… Read more »
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) says the company will start evaluating “strategic alternatives,” including a possible sale of the company, in an… Read more »
Today’s launch of an Android e-reader app marks Barnes & Noble’s first foray onto that platform — and a shift in strategy. Instead of “BN e… Read more »
You read that right. Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) said its online sales rose 24 percent to $573 million for the fiscal year that just ended an… Read more »
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is shaking up its Nook e-reader line, lowering the price of its 3G edition by 23 percent and adding a lower-end W… Read more »
Running well behind aggressive rival Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) on the digital front, Borders is now in the midst of a big catch-up push. Th… Read more »
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad users have had no shortage of e-reader apps to choose from but one big name has been noticeably missing: Barnes & No… Read more »
Newspapers have another outlet for e-editions, with the addition of Barnes & Noble’s Nook to NewstandDirect devices. We reported yesterday t… Read more »
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is the latest e-reader vendor to try TV as a way to reach the broad base of consumers needed to succeed in the hi… Read more »
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) couldn’t supply its own stores with the Nook at launch; now it has enough supply to sell the $259 e-reader at bes… Read more »
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is adding another seasoned digital exec to its team, this time to head digital education efforts. Tracey Weber jo… Read more »
After the hardware holiday battles, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and book-selling rival Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) are eager to remind users, potenti… Read more »
A surprising move from Barnes & Noble CEO Steve Riggio is stepping down from that role for William Lynch, who joined in early 2009 as presid… Read more »
We’ve been hearing about it for months; now Spring Design is taking orders for the Alex e-reader, the one that’s the basis of its lawsuit ag… Read more »
The Nook is only part of Barnes & Noble’s digital strategy. Now that the e-reader is launched and its production problems appear to be resol… Read more »
When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced its Nook e-reader in October, the ability to pursue a dual in-store and online sales strategy appe… Read more »
Faced with a wave of very well-funded textbook rental competitors, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is firing back with a textbook rental service… Read more »
Late last week, we reported that the IRex wireless digital reader is MIA until further notice but Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE:… Read more »
I finally had the chance to try out the Nook this weekend, not the in-depth look needed for a full review but 30 minutes or so hands on as a… Read more »
It’s not that rare for Walt Mossberg and David Pogue to share some common views on new gadgets but when both of them wave you off a product,… Read more »
E-book sharing offers one of the more intriguing differences between the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle and the Nook from Barnes & Noble (NYSE:… Read more »
While Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and *Sony* struggle to meet the demand for their new e-Readers, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is riding high on what… Read more »
Planning a trip to your local Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) this week for a look at the Nook? Save the gas. In the weeks since B&N announced it… Read more »
Updated: *Sony* and Barnes & *Noble* may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challeng… Read more »
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) introduced the second-gen Kindle earlier this year, it had no competition in the wireless e-reader category. By the… Read more »
Finally got the actual lawsuit Spring Design filed in federal court against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) over their dueling e-readers and a li… Read more »
Somehow a lawsuit had to be lurking … Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which took a spin on the floor with just about everyone before announcin… Read more »
Barnes & Noble will sell Plastic Logic’s Que in stores and online when the “proReader” launches in early 2010. The Que, a notebook-paper siz… Read more »
Updated: My local Barnes & Noble store says “The Nook” — the new e-reader being unveiled in New York today — won’t hit stores until Novemb… Read more »
Barnes & Noble is on a roll with digital media announcements. The latest: AT&T (NYSE: T) will provide unlimited, free WiFi access the chain’… Read more »
The news is here. Below are notes from the conference call announcing the deal. William Lynch, president of BN.com, was the exec on the call… Read more »
Barnes & Noble, in the midst of severe cost cutting and reorg, is getting serious about the e-book market again, following Amazon’s lead: it… Read more »
