Book retailer Barnes & Noble this morning revealed that 63 of its stores have been victims of PIN pad tampering, following an internal investigation of "every PIN pad in every store" (just under 700 locations). B&N calls the tampering, "a sophisticated criminal effort to steal credit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Lewis has been named as the first retailer to sell Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has finally scheduled the long-awaited international debut of its Nook e-reader. The company said Monday that it will begin selling its Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight in the U.K. in mid-October. The devices will be sold online through a new digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft's $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader and digital book subsidiary makes perfect sense, according to experts at Wharton and elsewhere. Continue reading >> [ Source: Knowledge@Wharton | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft is jumping into the fast-growing ebooks market by investing US$300 million in Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader and university business, as it looks to unlock Amazon.com and Apple's grip on the exploding tablet computer market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook e-reader, gaining a foothold in the fast-growing ebooks market as the bookseller gets more firepower to compete against Amazon.com's Kindle and Apple Inc's iPad. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are announcing a new partnership to develop and sell educational ebooks on the Nook e-reader. Microsoft is investing $300 million in the subsidiary, while B&N will own the remaining 82 percent of it. (The new operation is being provisionally called "Newco,"... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book users will now be able to read in complete darkness - thanks to the first-ever e-ink reader that glows in the dark. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Health and fitness publisher Rodale is bringing in a new executive to oversee the digital division it created as part of October's shakeup. Former Barnes & Noble GM Anthony Astarita will become Rodale's general manager of digital and new brand development, one of three divisions CEO Maria... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 22/06/2011 - 10:10 Publishers will play a bigger and more complicated role, but only if the link between the author and reader is "reconfigured", was among the conclusions from a panel of chief executives at Publishers Launch London. John... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Liberty Media Corp. executives laid out their rationale for their surprise bid for Barnes & Noble Inc., touting the potential of the bookseller's Nook e-reader and the vast network of retail stores it can use to promote it. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]