Bargains aren’t just for Walmart shoppers anymore. Starting in April, Time Inc.’s All You, the magazine for budget-conscious women, will be sold at stores outside the retail giant—the title’s sole newsstand distributor since launching 10 years ago. The exclusive deal with the world’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
An email to Brazilian publishers suggested that Barnes & Noble plans to start selling ebooks in Brazil soon, but B&N has yet to confirm. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The PC business isn’t the only one Sony will abandon. The electronics giant is also closing the books on its North American ebook efforts.“Wait,” you’re probably saying after reading that sentence: “Sony was making an ebook effort in North America?”And you know, that’s pretty hurtful.Still, you... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of law firms have filed class action lawsuits against Barnes & Noble that charge the company misled investors between February 25, 2013 and December 5, 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Holiday sales for the nine-week period ended December 28 fell 6.6% at Barnes & Noble’s retail segment and tumbled 60.5% in its Nook division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has appointed a new chief executive officer in the form of Michael Huseby, its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A customer representing the Poarch Band of Creek Indians walked into Barnes & Noble in Spanish Fort, Ala., and bought an entire display in the children's section. As a result, nearly 500 children in the tribe will receive at least one new book this holiday season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many were sounding the death knell for independent bookstores as first Barnes & Noble and then Amazon rose to prominence. But indie stores have surprised the naysayers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even when Barnes & Noble entered the reading device market with the launch of the Nook back in the fall of 2009, executives said the company’s long-term future continued to rest in selling content in both print and digital formats. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble Inc.'s latest quarterly earnings show an erosion in sales for both print books and ebooks, casting a cloud over its long-term prospects. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble returned to a profit in the fiscal second quarter as it invested less in its Nook ebook reader and cost cuts offset lower sales.Its sales missed expectations, however, and its shares dropped more than 3% in premarket trading. The report comes as the crucial holiday season... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue fell in all three of Barnes & Noble’s operating groups for the second quarter ended October 26, 2013, but the retailer managed to post a 13.7% increase in EBITDA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has turned a profit in its second quarter of trading, but sales in its Nook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The creator of lesbian detective Kate Daniels was downcast when publishers rejected her work. Now, she's won the Polari first book prize for The Murder WallSomething extraordinary happened to me last week. I was outed to the whole wide world, having won the Polari first book prize 2013 for my... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing, which launched a general-interest book publishing operation in New York two and a half years ago, is losing its top executive here.Seattle-based Amazon announced Friday that the head of its general-interest publishing division, Larry Kirshbaum, would leave the company Jan. 17... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo removed self-published pornographic titles from their sites and Kobo stopped sales of self-published titles altogether. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The content on Scribd, the San–Francisco based startup that aims to create the digital library of the future, is available on a range of devices, from laptops to smartphones to tablets. But CEO Trip Adler tells Fast Company we won't be reading e–books in our hands in the future––they'll be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookworms in the UK tired of smuggling flashlights to bed might want to take another look at the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. After all, you can get one for £49 now that Barnes & Noble has slashed £20 off its retail price -- that's far, far lower than the amount people had to pay at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In each issue of Distro, Executive Editor Marc Perton publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. There's a very good chance you're reading this on a tablet. Distro is, after all, first and foremost, a tablet magazine. There's also a reasonable chance you're reading this on a computer. Distro... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]