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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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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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...
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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Barnes & Noble Toys With Idea of Copying Indie Bookstores
Indie booksellers figured out 5 years, 8 years, or even a decade ago that the best way to compete with Amazon is do what it cannot: host events, and...
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The Barnes & Noble Board is Up to Something Hinky With the B&N Stock Price
The same board that has been paying dividends despite falling revenues has come up with a plan to do - well, I'm not sure what. At first glance it...
Continue readingBarnes & Noble Revenues Down 6.9% in 1Q2019
Barnes & Noble just released their financial report for the first full quarter following the wholesale sacking of its more experienced (and expensive employees), and the news is not good....
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Demos Parneros Files Wrongful Termination Suit Against B&N
The publishing industry had more questions than answers when Barnes & Noble abruptly fired its CEO last month. Demos Parneros was terminated with no notice or severance package, leaving...
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Barnes & Noble is Removing Nook Kiosks From Stores
A couple sources have told me, and I have confirmed first hand, that B&N has removed the Nook kiosks that used to occupy prime square footage in most Barnes...
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