Barnes & Noble

Riggio Has 99 Problems, But Saving B&N Ain’t One

14 August, 2018 // 9 Comments

B&N moved out of this building in 2012, and Amazon moved in in 2017. That says it all, I think. Remember last Friday when I described B&N's road map as "throw ideas up against the wall and [Read More ...]

Publishers Tired of Revolving Door in B&N C-Suite – Who Isn’t?

11 August, 2018 // 11 Comments

Barnes & Noble's clown-car operation is immensely entertaining to some in the industry but publishers aren't amused. The WSJ reports that publisher met with Len Riggio's tailor to express their [Read More ...]

Nook Press Opens Its Doors to Authors in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

26 July, 2018 // 0 Comments

Barnes & Noble's publisher portal sent an email yesterday to authors announcing that it wasn't dead - in fact, it even started accepting authors from outside the US. From KBoards: Dear Publisher, [Read More ...]

Investment Group Buys 5.7% Stake in B&N, Demands Replacement of Len Riggio’s Taxidermist

24 July, 2018 // 2 Comments

A serial Barnes & Noble investor has just re-invested in the company. Their presence will add strife and make it harder to turn the company around. From PW: An investment group led by Richard [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Just Sacked CEO Demos Parneros

3 July, 2018 // 8 Comments

B&N just fired its latest CEO, Demos Parneros , who had been with the company for less than two year/years and had held the position of CEO for about 14 [Read More ...]

How to Tell if You Need to Install a Security Update On Your Older Barnes & Noble Nook

22 June, 2018 // 1 Comment

Here is a quick PSA to ensure that Nook owners make sure their devices get the latest security update. Barnes & Noble has announced that it is updating its server at the end of this month to [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Division Generated $111 Million Last Year, and Employs 57 People

21 June, 2018 // 8 Comments

B&N's once mighty ebook division has fallen on hard times. What at one point was a billion dollar a year business has now shrunk to the point that there are digital publishing startups that have [Read More ...]

David Leonhardt Wants to Save Barnes & Noble, But Has to Make Up Stuff About Amazon to Justify It

7 May, 2018 // 53 Comments

The NY Times has published some stinker editorials lately (Ross Douthat's piece springs to mind), including an editorial by David Leonhardt that was published on the NYTimes site yesterday. Leonhardt [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Adds a 30-Day Sales Graph, Scheduled Price Changes

28 April, 2018 // 2 Comments

Judging by the continued decline in revenue, Barnes & Noble's ebook project is a a failure, but someone apparently forgot to tell the tech team at B&N Press. B&N announced new features [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble to Add a Kids Graphic Novel Section

20 April, 2018 // 6 Comments

The Beat reports that B&N is adding a YA graphics novel section. I’ve heard separately from several people in the book world that Barnes & Noble has confirmed that they will be adding a [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Browsery App Now Live

27 March, 2018 // 5 Comments

B&N's two month old book marketing app, Browsery, was officially released on Tuesday. From the press release: Browsery is available for Android and iOS users. It blends technology with the Barnes [Read More ...]

Beyond the Big Box, or, A Plan to Save Barnes & Noble

4 March, 2018 // 16 Comments

With both Barnes & Noble and Amazon building smaller bookstores, one might think the day of the big box bookstore is over. Matt Blind, formerly a bookseller with B&N, has a different opinion. [Read More ...]

Parneros: B&N Will Go Bankrupt Before It Can Be Turned Around

4 March, 2018 // 7 Comments

Barnes & Noble CEO Demos Parneros revealed in the quarterly investor conference call on Thursday that he saw B&N's new strategic plan as a "a multiyear process", which means that it won't be [Read More ...]

B&N Reports Revenues Down 5.3% in 3rd Fiscal Quarter

1 March, 2018 // 7 Comments

Back in the beginning of January Barnes & Noble revealed that its holiday revenues - the period where a lot of retailers end up in the black for the year - were down 6.4%. Today they made it [Read More ...]

19 Months, and Counting

13 February, 2018 // 23 Comments

After Circuit City cut its most expensive sales people in March 2007, the company lasted a mere 19 months and 13 days before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidating its remaining assets. [Read More ...]

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