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Barnes & Noble drops Nook prices, eyes Mother's Day sales boost
Barnes & Noble knows it's not winning the tablet race by any margin, but the book retailer is hoping for a big boost for Mother's Day. The company is discounting its 9-inch screen Nook HD+ tablet by $90, down from $269 to $179. Barnes & Noble is also...
Tags: Google Play, Google Inc., Saturday Night Live (tv program), Mother's Day
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Barnes & Noble hopes Mother's Day is kind to Nook
Barnes & Noble has dropped the price of its Nook tablet just in time for Mother's Day. The Nook HD tablet is now $149, a $50 discount; the larger-screened HD-Plus is $90 off, dropping from $269 to $179. "Amazing price for Mother's Day, in-store and online...
Tags: Google Play, Google+, Mother's Day, Media Industry, Amazon.com Inc.
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Barnes & Noble's Nook in video licensing deals with more studios
In a bid to spur sales of its struggling Nook tablet, Barnes & Noble Inc. struck deals with major Hollywood studios that will make more movies and television shows available on the device. Barnes & Noble's Nook Media subsidiary reached licensing deals...Tags: Google Inc., Television Industry, Mad Men (tv program), Movies, Entertainment
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Barnes & Noble posts weak earnings; Nook division's sales off 26%
Barnes & Noble said sales at its Nook e-reader and digital-book unit, often touted as the company’s best hope for the future, tanked 26% during the crucial holiday quarter as the bookstore giant experienced weakness across all its categories. A...
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Barnes & Noble Chairman Riggio plans retail bookstore buyout
Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is hoping to buy out the struggling retail side of the bookstore business he bought some 40 years ago as digital advances and online competition threaten the chain’s growth. In a Securities and...
Tags: Borders Group Incorporated (MI), The Wall Street Journal, Richard Schulze, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Dell Inc.
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Barnes & Noble says holiday sales disappointing, Nook has new investor
Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble said Friday its holiday sales look disappointing and that publisher Pearson Plc took a 5% stake in its Nook e-reader business. In a regulatory filing, the New York company said early reports indicate its holiday sales fell...
Tags: Borders Group Incorporated (MI), Bankruptcy, Amazon Kindle, Book, Books and Magazines
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As Barnes & Noble shrinks, small bookstores are born
Yesterday, I reported here on a number of literary voices lamenting the store closures announced by the bookstore chain Barnes & Noble. But perhaps this is a case of: “The bookstore is dead! Long live the bookstore!” The idea of selling...
Tags: Books and Magazines, Books
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Should we be crying for Barnes & Noble?
Barnes & Noble isn’t near dead, but a lot of writers are lining up to lament its passing. They say the chain’s demise would be a blow to books, especially in suburban America. Last week, Barnes & Noble announced that it would close about...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Urban Outfitters Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Literature
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A third of Barnes & Noble stores may close in next decade, report says
Barnes & Noble will shut up to a third of its brick-and-mortar bookstores over the next decade as reading habits change and digital publications evolve, according to a new report. The chain will end up with 450 to 500 stores in 10 years, down from the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Borders Group Incorporated (MI), Bankruptcy, Real Estate Sellers, The Wall Street Journal
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The incredible shrinking Barnes & Noble
Big box bookstores such as Barnes & Noble were once considered a major threat to the health of the book-selling industry, offering discounts, massive selections and lattes that independent bookstores could not. Now things have changed: Barnes & Noble is...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Google+, Jane Austen, Book, The Wall Street Journal
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DC selling digital comics through Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
In a move that could provide a boost to the small but growing digital comic book business, DC Comics has signed deals to sell comics through online stores owned by Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Previously, comic book readers could only buy digital...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Batman (fictional character), Ben Fritz, Literature, The Walt Disney Co.
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