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Barnes & Noble expects deeper loss in Nook business

Barnes & Noble, struggling to gain traction against Amazon’s Kindle, expects its Nook business to go deeper into the red.… Read More

Barnes & Noble to shut 200+ stores in the next 10 years as Amazon.com threat looms

Let’s just call it the Amazon.com impact. An executive for Barnes & Noble tells The Wall Street Journal that it… Read More

Rough holiday for Barnes & Noble: Nook sales fall 12.6%

Sales in Barnes & Noble’s Nook device and e-book business were $311 million for the nine weeks of the 2012… Read More

Barnes & Noble’s Nook adds Pearson as investor, warns of weak holiday sales

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media e-reading and tablet subsidiary this morning announced a new investor, the Pearson education and publishing company, and… Read More

Microsoft, Barnes & Noble seal deal with formation of ‘Nook Media LLC’

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble finalized their partnership today and gave it a name, Nook Media LLC. The partnership, originally announced… Read More

Barnes & Noble drops ‘GlowLight’ Nook to $119, takes a few jabs at Amazon

Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight e-reader to $119 this morning, matching the… Read More

Barnes & Noble plans Nook integration with Microsoft Windows, Office and Bing

A newly surfaced job posting gives new details about Barnes & Noble’s plans for its fledgling partnership with Microsoft, citing… Read More

Barnes & Noble launching Nook Video service, but where’s Microsoft?

Barnes & Noble will launch its own digital video store for its Nook devices, attempting to compete more effectively against… Read More

Discount time: Nook, iPhone join Kindle in price cuts

Summer must be ending soon. Not only are the daylight hours shrinking, but so are the prices on many soon-to-be-out-of-date… Read More

B&N unveils Nook for Web; 7-inch Nook rumored for fall

Today, Barnes & Noble announced the Nook for Web, giving users access to B&N’s Nook store via any PC or… Read More

Barnes & Noble not part of Microsoft’s mystery event

Barnes & Noble is not participating in Microsoft’s big announcement this afternoon in Los Angeles, we’ve been able to confirm… Read More

Barnes & Noble swipes at Amazon, raises objections to DOJ e-book settlement

Barnes & Noble today jumped into the complex legal battle over the future of electronic book publishing, raising objections to a… Read More

Report: Target to dump Kindle

This could get very interesting, especially in light of the new alliance between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft. The Verge reports… Read More

Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact

Issues of competition and cooperation are never simple in the technology industry, but Microsoft’s surprise $300 million investment in Barnes… Read More

Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit, settles patent litigation

[Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system… Read More

Barnes & Noble’s 8GB Nook Tablet matches Amazon’s Kindle Fire at $199, 512 MB of RAM

Barnes & Noble just confirmed that it’s releasing an 8GB Nook Tablet, and the price may sound familiar: $199, the… Read More

Report: Barnes & Noble plans 8GB Nook Tablet, trying to douse Amazon’s Kindle Fire

Barnes & Noble’s CEO previously criticized the 8GB of storage available on Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire as “deficient for a media… Read More

Judge: Microsoft’s Android tactics were ‘hard bargaining,’ not patent misuse

We learned a couple weeks ago that Barnes & Noble lost a key preliminary decision to Microsoft in their patent dispute. A… Read More

If Amazon.com opens physical retail stores, this would be a great place to start

Could this be the year that Amazon.com opens brick-and-mortar retail stores? Well, if the Seattle online retailer were to buck… Read More

Microsoft vs. Barnes & Noble: Here are the 3 patents they’ll be fighting over this week

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble will go to trial this week at the International Trade Commission in a closely watched… Read More

Barnes & Noble won’t sell Amazon books in stores, says rival undermines industry

The rivalry between Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com escalated sharply this afternoon as B&N lashed out against Amazon’s push for… Read More

From e-book to bookstore: Amazon and Houghton Mifflin strike new distribution deal

Amazon.com is increasingly expanding into the business of book publishing, and it has some formidable distribution mechanisms in the form… Read More

Say, what? Seattle M&A expert says Microsoft should buy Barnes & Noble

We’ve heard a lot of wild M&A chatter to start off the new year, including Amazon.com’s reported interest in RIM. But… Read More

Free Nook? B&N cuts prices with purchase of NYT or People subscription

Posting from Las Vegas: Barnes & Noble this morning rolled out a new promotion that brings the price of its… Read More

Barnes & Noble ponders spinning off Nook e-reader business

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Barnes & Noble was looking to sell its book publishing arm. Today, the company… Read More

As Amazon accelerates into book publishing, rival Barnes & Noble plans exit

This certainly is interesting timing. As Amazon.com accelerates its push into the book publishing business, Barnes & Noble appears to… Read More

Rematch: David Boies vs. Microsoft in Android case

Well, this should be interesting. David Boies, the lawyer who represented the U.S. Justice Department in its landmark antitrust case… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad, and Microsoft’s tablet strategy

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we explore the rising competition between Barnes & Noble and Amazon… Read More

Barnes & Noble’s 29-page slide deck calls B.S. on Microsoft’s Android patent campaign

Is this PowerPoint’s Revenge? A 29-page slide deck — made public this week in Microsoft’s patent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble… Read More

Take that, B&N? Amazon lines up retail titans for Kindle Fire

Amazon.com says its new Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle e-readers will be available in more than 16,000 stores across the… Read More