According to Nielsen, book sales have risen again in 2015, after dropping in 2012. But the real question is why? Several articles published in the last week include charts showing that book... View Article
Barnes & Noble reported a loss of $39.2 million in the third quarter this year, as it continues its struggle to stay in the book business, rather than the toys... View Article
Barnes & Noble, according to an article by goodereader.com, appears to be discouraging their Read-in-Store program, which allowed Nook owners to settle in for an hour and read a book for... View Article
Microsoft is getting out of the Nook business—Barnes & Noble has bought out their share. This clears the path for B&N to spin off the Nook side of the business,... View Article
After offering amazing prices for the week before Father’s Day, Barnes & Noble has continued their sale, offering their eReaders and tablets at astoundingly low prices—it seems they must be... View Article
There have been a number of articles about Adweek’s article which claimed that “the e-reader business is shrinking,” and I was going to post a link mocking it, but then... View Article
An interesting story about how mindless, automated eBook conversion can seriously screw up a book. In this case, every time the word ‘kindle’ appeared in the book, it was replaced,... View Article
Microsoft has dropped one of the five claims it made against Barnes & Noble in its patent-infringement lawsuit. In March of last year, Microsoft filed suit, alleging various infringements. The... View Article
Amazon has acquired Marshall Cavendish’s 450 children’s book titles to compete with Barnes & Noble’s Nook Kids collection. The introduction of the Kindle Fire allows Amazon to compete effectively in... View Article
Microsoft has filed suit against Barnes & Noble, Foxconn International Holdings, and Inventec Corp., claiming infringement of the following: The use of tabs for navigation in a control window Showing... View Article