Barnes & Noble buys back Microsoft’s share of Nook Media
Barnes & Noble (B&N) has bought back Microsoft’s share of Nook Media for US$125 million (A$150 million) with a combination of cash and stock, reports Publishers Weekly. Microsoft originally invested US$300...
Barnes & Noble partners with Google for same-day delivery in three US cities
In the US, Barnes & Noble has partnered with Google Shopping Express for same-day delivery in three cities, reports Publishers Weekly. The announcement comes the day after Amazon announced it would...
B&N to separate Retail, Nook Media businesses
In the US, Barnes & Noble has announced plans to separate its Retail business and its Nook Media business, which includes its college bookstores, into two public companies, reports Publishers...
Barnes & Noble, Samsung to release co-branded tablets with Nook software
In the US, Barnes & Noble has signed an agreement with Samsung to release co-branded tablets with Nook software, reports Publishers Weekly. The first of the 7-inch co-branded tablets, called...
Nook Press expands to multiple European countries
Barnes & Noble has announced that its self-publishing platform Nook Press is now available outside the US for use by authors and publishers in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands...
Another executive leaves Barnes & Noble
In the US, Barnes & Noble’s managing director of global ebook sales Jim Hilt will leave the company in February, reports the Bookseller. Hilt is the third executive to leave B&N in...
Local push for Barnes & Noble ebookstore
US bookseller Barnes & Noble has begun raising the profile of its Australian Nook ebookstore, offering new customers free local ebooks and magazines for a limited time. The Australian Nook...
US law firms file class action suits against Barnes & Noble
Several US law firms have filed class action lawsuits against Barnes & Noble, claiming that the bookselling chain misled investors between February and December 2013, reports Publishers Weekly. The suits...
Huseby appointed Barnes & Noble CEO
In the US, Barnes & Noble president Michael Huseby has been appointed as the company’s CEO, filling the role left vacant by the departure of William Lynch in 2013, reports...
Barnes & Noble launches Australian ebookstore app
US bookseller Barnes & Noble has launched Australian and other international Nook ebookstores, which are accessible via an app for devices with Windows 8.1. The move gives users in 32 countries and...
Barnes & Noble CEO resigns
In the US, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch has resigned, effective immediately, and will no longer sit on the board of directors, reports DigitalBookWorld. During Lynch’s three years as CEO the company’s Nook ebook and ereader...
B&N to relaunch self-publishing platform as Nook Press
Barnes & Noble is relaunching its self-publishing platform as Nook Press, reports Publishers Weekly. Nook Press will replace B&N’s current self-publishing service PubIt!, with the retailer reportedly planning to phase...
Barnes & Noble chairman proposes to buy bookstore chain
In the US, Barnes & Noble’s chairman and largest shareholder Leonard Riggio has proposed a buy-out of B&N’s bookstore chain, reports Publishers Weekly. Riggio, who holds 30% of the company’s...
Barnes & Noble could close one third of stores in 10 years
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble could close one third of its stores in the next 10 years, reports the Wall Street Journal. Barnes & Noble chief executive Mitchell Klipper...
New technology to allow Bookshout users to import ebooks from any platform
Social reading platform and retailer BookShout has announced it will introduce new technology that will ‘allow its users to legally import their previous and future ebook purchases into their BookShout...
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OverDrive releases app for Nook OverDrive has released a free app for Barnes & Noble’s Nook ereading devices in the US which will allow Nook users to borrow ebook and MP3...
B&N, Microsoft complete Nook Media strategic partnership
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble and software giant Microsoft have announced the completion of a strategic partnership and the creation of the new subsidiary Nook Media LLC....
B&N announces additional UK retail partners
Following the announcement that it will partner with department store chain John Lewis to sell Nook devices in the UK from October, Barnes & Noble has announced that UK retailers...
B&N Nook business loses millions in first quarter ahead of UK expansion
Barnes & Noble’s Nook business lost US$57 million (approximately A$55 million) in the first quarter of the 2013 fiscal year on revenues of US$192 million (A$185 million), reports Digital Book World....
Nook to launch in the UK in October
Barnes & Noble’s Nook digital reading devices and content will be available in the UK by mid-October, the company has announced. This is the first time that B&N has ventured into...