Barnes & Noble

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 ...]

B&N Hires Ex Target, GNC Exec as CMO While It Cuts Staff

12 February, 2018 // 1 Comment

B&N's latest ex-manager comes to the company GNC and Target: Barnes & Noble today announced that Timothy Mantel has been named Chief Merchandising Officer. Mr. Mantel, whose appointment is [Read More ...]

Browsery by Barnes & Noble Now in Beta

2 February, 2018 // 9 Comments

Barnes & Noble just invited me into that beta-testing group I told you about earlier this week, and guess what I found? B&N has a new mobile app with a new browsing experience. It is [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Marks 20th Anniversary with Harry Potter Book Night in Select Stores

1 February, 2018 // 0 Comments

Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the US publication of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, and B&N is celebrating the milestone by holding events in select stores. No B&N stores [Read More ...]

B&N Press Features Updated Sales Reporting

31 January, 2018 // 2 Comments

B&N just announced new sales reporting feature in its publisher portal, B&N Press: Starting today, you will notice a new dashboard with a selection of reports that can be downloaded or [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble is Beta-Testing a New eBook App

31 January, 2018 // 2 Comments

Every so often (about twice a year, from what I can tell) B&N issues an invite for the beta-testing group for its mobile apps. They posted another such invite on Facebook late yesterday. Join the [Read More ...]

B&N Press Pays a 65% Royalty on All eBooks Priced Over $2.99

24 January, 2018 // 15 Comments

As I reported yesterday, B&N has rebranded its publishing portal and is now calling it Barnes & Noble Press (because apparently Titanic was already taken). This is really more of a relaunch [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble to Rebrand Nook Press as B&N Press

23 January, 2018 // 9 Comments

You can't see any sign of it online yet, but B&N is in the middle of slapping a new coat of paint on its publishing portal. Several authors over at KBoards have reported receiving the following [Read More ...]

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