B&N Education may have promised in March that it was replacing Yuzu, its abortion of a digital textbook platform, but from what students are saying that simply has not happened. The...Continue reading
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B&N Ed Retires Its Digital Textbook Platform, Replaces It With VitalSource
Following two years of torturing students with a mostly non-functional platform, B&N Education announced on Tuesday that it was throwing in the towel. The company announced in its quarterly filing...Continue reading
Barron’s Over-Estimates the Prospects of B&N Education
Late last week Barron’s published one financial analyst’s take on B&N Education, the college bookstore division that was spun off of B&N earlier this year. B&N Edu operates about 740 college...Continue reading
Yuzu v2.0 for iPad Adds Many Basic Features the App Should Have Had At Launch
Barnes & Noble’s digital textbook app of last resort got an update this week which may have fixed some of problems plaguing the platform since it launched last spring. According to...Continue reading
B&N to Release Yuzu App for OSX, Windows 10 in July
Barnes & Noble isn’t going to let their train wreck of a digital textbook platform die the death it deserves; instead they’re expanding support. I just got an email today...Continue reading
B&N Posts Updated Prospectus for B&N Education Spin-Off Spin-Off
Some four months have passed since B&N announced plans to spin off its college stores into a separately owned company called B&N Education. There has not been much news to...Continue reading
B&N Invests in Study Material Marketplace Flashnotes
Barnes & Noble has invested in Flashnotes, an online marketplace where students can buy and sell the notes they have taken for their classes. The deal, which was announced Monday morning, was...Continue reading
B&N to Split Off College Stores, Retain Nook and Retail Stores
Barnes & Noble announced today that they were splitting the 700 plus college stores operated by B&N into its own wholly owned company called B&N Education. For the past 3 years Barnes...Continue reading
B&N’s Digital Textbook Platform Yuzu Continues to Frustrate Students
This being January, a new semester is starting at many colleges across the US, and that means that many students are encountering B&N’s textbook platform for the first time. Barnes...Continue reading
B&N Updates Nook, Yuzu Apps for iOS
Barnes & Noble has stepped up its pace and recently released a couple updates for two of its 3 reading apps for iPad and iPhone. The new Nook app adds...Continue reading
Yuzu for iPad Updated, But It’s Still Not Ready for the New School Year
Barnes & Noble’s replacement for the NookStudy digital textbook app has matured somewhat in the 4 months since I reported on its launch in April, but the platform is still...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Launches New e-Textbook App – Yuzu
Barnes & Noble quietly launched the beta version of a new digital textbook app earlier this month. It’s called Yuzu, and it is currently available for the iPad and for...Continue reading