Barnes & Noble May Spin Off Nook Business. Barnes & Noble could be a very different company one year from now. Following a report in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal that B&N is looking to sell Sterling Publishing (a process that a source told PW “is moving along”), the company disclosed Thursday morning that it is considering spinning off its [...]
Customers Begin To Touch the Future of Reading(TM) As Barnes & Noble Starts to Ship NOOKcolor(TM), The Ultimate Reading Experience Initial Devices Shipped and Arriving to Pre-Order Customers Ahead of Schedule Experience NOOKcolor with Demo Units in Most Barnes & Noble Stores Beginning Today NOOKsmart, Book Ready Program In-Stores Offers Free Customized NOOKcolor Set-Up Service [...]
On Friday, Amazon made two big announcements about the Kindle. The first is the coming availability of Kindle newspapers and magazines on Kindle apps and not just on the Kindle device itself. This is long overdue–many readers no longer use their Kindles much, but still read most of their e-books through Kindle apps on their [...]
Barnes & Noble will sell its Nook e-book reader in 2,500 Walmart stores and at Walmart.com as early as October 24, in advance of the holiday shopping season, B&N said today. Walmart will prominently feature the Nook as a “premier e-book reader” in stores’ consumer electronics areas, and many stores will feature a Nook-branded e-reading [...]
FoxNews.com – Barnes & Noble Set to Unveil New Nook E-Reader.
Borders has reached an agreement with JiWire, a location-based mobile media company with an advertising platform, to enable companies to run ads across Borders’ Wi Fi network. According to JiWire, any time a user connects to Wi Fi in any Borders’ locations “they will see location-targeted messages and offers from leading national brands.” Under terms [...]
Barnes & Noble expects to be offering live demonstrations of its Nook in its stores within a few weeks, according to industry insiders. The demos will be part of the overall in-store marketing campaign that B&N is planning for its new e-reader. The Nook has been out-of-stock for almost a week and consumers who order [...]