Barnes & Noble has defied conventional wisdom, and is launching its new Android tablet two weeks into the holiday season rather than weeks before. They've just announced a new...
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Drunk Take: Amazon Should Buy B&N
About five or six years ago there was a popular drunk take that Walmart should buy Barnes & Noble as a bulwark against Amazon. I call it a drunk...
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You Can Read and Return a Book to an Airport Bookstore
A reader has asked me to find out more about the airport bookstore "read and return' program mentioned in today's link post, and I am happy to oblige. The...
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Barnes & Noble’s Revenue Fell 2.5% in Fiscal Q2 2019
Barnes & Noble just released their last quarterly report before entering the holiday season, and the news was not good. Revenues fell 2.5%. Total sales for the second quarter were $771...
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Barnes & Noble’s First Prototype Store in NJ: Less Books, More Toys
The second of B&N's latest string of "concept stores" opened on Tuesday in New Jersey. It looks quite similar to the one that opened outside Chicago last month. The...
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Barnes & Noble to Open 8,630 Square Foot Store in Fairfax, Virginia
Barnes & Noble's next half-hearted attempt to revive its fortunes involves opening the type of store it was closing only a decade ago. Washington Business Journal reports that B&N...
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Barnes & Noble was Almost Bought by WHSmith – Wait, What?
When ex-CEO Demos Parneros filed suit against Barnes & Noble in August, he mentioned that another bookseller nearly bought B&N earlier this year. Now the WSJ is reporting that...
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B&N Nook Tablet 10.1″ Costs $129, Will Ship Next Week
Remember that ten-inch Chinese Android tablet that showed up on the FCC website bearing the Nook brand? Barnes & Noble just launched it as the Nook Tablet 10.1". It...
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B&N Counter-Sues Former CEO Parneros
The latest chapter in the three-month-old soap opera which began with B&N firing CEO Demos Parneros arrived today in the form of a counter-suit. From Reuters: Barnes & Noble...
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Walmart is Actually Selling eBooks in Stores, But Still Doesn’t Give a Crap About Selling eBooks
Earlier today I had the good fun of exhibiting at a local writer's workshop (Back on Track, held in downtown Manassas, VA). On my way there I stopped at...
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B&N Hires Pricy Consultants to “Advise” on “Selling the Company”
Barnes & Noble continued its scheme to convince everyone that it had serious buyers today. This morning they announced they had hired expensive consultants. Barnes & Noble today announced that...
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Walmart Doesn’t Care About Selling eBooks
When Walmart and Rakuten Kobo first announced their partnership in January, a few hopeful souls thought that Amazon finally have a real competitor in the ebook market. I am...
Continue readingB&N Press Now Offers Print Pre-Orders, ARC Sales
Whatever subcontractor is now running B&N Press on behalf of Barnes & Noble sure is doing a bang up job. They just announced a bevy of new features, including: Print...
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ABA Partners With Hummingbird to Support eBook Sales via IndieCommerce Platform
The national trade group for museum gift shops and airport news stands has partnered with ebook startup Hummingbird to add ebook sales to the ABA's IndieCommerce platform. ABA members, about...
Continue readingThalia Buys 50% Stake in Skoobe
The German bookstore chain Thalia is about to become a 50% shareholder in subscription ebook service, Skoobe. Launched in 2012 as a partnership between Bertelsmann and Holtzbrinck, Skoobe is a...
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