Another Chain Says It Won’t Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter?
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Canadian bookselling chain Indigo Books & Music is joining Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Books-A-Million in their refusal to carry any Amaz… Read more »
Books-A-Million Won’t Carry Amazon Titles, Either
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Books-A-Million — the nation’s second largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) — announced today that, like B&N, it will n… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: We Will Not Carry Amazon Publishing Titles In Our Stores
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About half an hour before Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) announced Q4 earnings this afternoon, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) released a new statement sayi… Read more »
Reports: Barnes & Noble Partnership With Waterstones; New Nook
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Two separate reports published this weekend suggest that Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is close to a partnership with UK bookstore chain Waters… Read more »
Pew Internet: U.S. Tablet, E-Reader Ownership Doubled Over Holiday Season
‘Twas the season for tablets and e-readers, according to a new survey released Monday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The num… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: We Want A Nook For Every Member Of The Family
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) hopes to get a Nook device in the hands of every person in your family, except maybe your baby. Babies, it turns… Read more »
One Publisher's E-Book Revenues Up 795% In 2011
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Book publishers don’t often share much information about their digital revenues, but Naperville, Ill.-based independent publisher Sourcebook… Read more »
Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles
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Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications — a… Read more »
Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers?
Some reports today suggest that Kindle Fire sales will cut into sales of Amazon’s other Kindles. For a variety of reasons, though, it’s too… Read more »
Buy A 1-Year Nook NYT Subscription, Get The Nook Free
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In Barnes & Noble’s largest Nook promotion yet, the bookstore chain is offering discounted or free Nooks to those who purchase one-year subs… Read more »
B&N CEO: 'The Nook Will Continue To Be Barnes & Noble's E-Reader'
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In a *CNBC* interview today, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch told David Faber, “Whatever we do, we will continue to have a tigh… Read more »
Barnes & Noble May Spin Off Its Nook Business
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Buried in the middle of a holiday sales report, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced that it will “pursue strategic exploratory work to sepa… Read more »
Report: Barnes & Noble Selling Off Sterling Publishing
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Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is selling Sterling Publishing, the nonfiction book publisher it acquired in 2003, according to the Wall Street J… Read more »
Report: Apple To Hold Event In NYC. Publishing, Advertising In The Mix?
A new year, and a crisp, new Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) rumor to kick things off: the company is reportedly planning an event for the end of the mon… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Book Publishing
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This is the second in a series of posts over the next week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sect… Read more »
Barnes & Noble's Nook Will Likely Launch In UK In 2012
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Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader will hit the UK “in the not too distant future,” a company VP said yesterday. The Kindle and Kobo are already… Read more »
Does Anybody Care About Tablet Stats That Don't Include The Kindle Fire?
Let’s find out! Research firm IDC released its Q3 2011 report on media tablet shipments today. You’ll recall that the Kindle Fire and Nook T… Read more »
With Netflix For Nook Color, Barnes & Noble Fights Against Kindle Fire
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Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is blurring the lines between the $199 Nook Color and $249 Nook Tablet with a major update for the Color, adding… Read more »
The E-book Investigations: Are Publishers And Apple Breaking The Law?
It’s been a week to forget for publishers after both the Justice Department and the European Commission announced investigations into e-book… Read more »
The Truth About Amazon Publishing, Part II
In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says it will double the number of original titles it publishes next year, to 400… Read more »
Update 2: The Next Chapter For Apple vs. Android: HTC At The ITC Next Week
Update: After this story was posted, the ITC announced it would delay the date of the hearing by eight days, to December 14, to give it more… Read more »
Byliner Kicks Off Original Fiction With 'Joy Luck Club's Amy Tan
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Longform journalism site Byliner kicked off its narrative nonfiction “Byliner Originals” publishing program this past spring, with Jon Kraka… Read more »
Barnes & Noble Misses Expectations, Though Digital Sales Increase
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As it enters the holiday season with the new Nook Tablet for sale and hopes to seize on the “$2 billion up for grabs” as a result of Borders… Read more »
Hearst's Carey: We Will Have One Million Paying Digital Subscribers In 2012
On the heels of the Economist claiming one million monthly mobile readers of its magazine across Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android devices, ano… Read more »
Black Friday Roundup: Strong Start, But Will Sales Hold?
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Despite warnings from groups like the OECD that Europe and the U.S. are heading into recession, the flurry of online and mobile activity tha… Read more »
An E-Book Gifting Campaign, Starting On Cyber Monday
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In a holiday season when e-readers are more popular than ever, many consumers still don’t know how to give them to others as gifts. So today… Read more »
New Stats Show Tablet Gender Gap Shrinking
More women are using tablets as the devices become more popular, according to new stats from eMarketer, but men aren’t making it up on the e… Read more »
Corrected: Nook, Zinio Tie iPad For Magazine Publisher Take-Up
The tablet magazine opportunity is not all about iPad apps.
Although nearly half of U.S. magazine publishers have launched iPad apps, about… Read more »
11% Of Magazine Exposures Are Digital-Only, Survey Shows
Eleven percent of U.S. adults’ exposures to magazines are exclusively via digital platforms, new data from GfK MRI says. But with newsstands… Read more »
Barnes & Noble Bullish, Even On Drastically Shrinking Print Market
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Speaking at Liberty Media’s annual investor meeting this afternoon, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said the company expects th… Read more »
Why Barnes & Noble's James Patterson Exclusive Is Important
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Barnes & Noble’s new holiday promotion–buy two James Patterson books, get a novella free–is good news for Patterson fans. More significant… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Decides To Ship Kindle Fire And Kindle Touch Early
In a move that surely has nothing to do with the impending launch of the Nook Tablet, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is shipping the Kindle Fire today… Read more »
Condé Nast Will Add All Its Magazines To Nook Newsstand
The battle of the tablet newsstands continues: Condé Nast is making all 18 of its magazines available for Nook Tablet and Nook Color. Read more »
Comparing E-Readers And E-Reader/Tablets: Kindles, Nooks, Sony, Kobo
Just last month, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) rolled out its Kindle Fire, the first Kindle designed as a full media device — not an e-reader with so… Read more »
Kindle Fire: 'Also, Barnes & Noble, We Will Have A Newsstand'
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) have sent out so many press releases about their respective upcoming tablets this week th… Read more »
Kindle Fire Will Have Hulu Plus App, Too
When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced the new Nook Tablet on Monday, it appeared to have an app-vantage over the Kindle Fire: Hulu Plus.… Read more »
Who Is The Target Audience Of Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet?
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When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch introduced the Simple Touch Reader this past May, he described it as an e-reader easy enou… Read more »
More Proof Of A New Nook Tablet–And It's Priced $50 Above The Kindle Fire
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has been widely expected to reveal a new tablet at an event to be held in New York next Monday, and now we are st… Read more »
Five Ways Barnes & Noble’s New Nook Could Compete With The Kindle Fire
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There’s this little tablet called the Kindle Fire that has been getting some press recently, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is forging ahead… Read more »
The Bestsellers: Steve Jobs And The Importance Of Pre-Orders
On the official morning of its release, Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs is #1 on the Kindle bestseller list, #1 in Apple’s iBookstore and #2 on… Read more »
