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Barnes & Noble abandons Nook; Indigo welcomes the iPad

After months of speculation, Barnes & Noble announced yesterday it will no longer manufacture or sell its Nook tablets, instead focusing on a "partnership model" to produce content for other e-reading devices. Like B&N, Indigo ... Read More »

June 26, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

Barnes & Noble launches self-publishing service

By Sue Carter

Barnes & Noble has launched Nook Press, a self-publishing service positioned to compete against Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. Based on technology from e-publishing company FastPencil, Nook Press features live-chat support, online composition and ePub formatting ... Read More »

April 9, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: U.S. government to buy $16.5 million worth of Kindles, Fifty Shades of Grey film rumours, and more

By Katie Gowrie

U.S. State Department to buy 2,500 Kindles* Will Fifty Shades of Grey get the Hollywood treatment? Barnes & Noble and superstar lawyer send blunt letter of complaint to the DoJ Diane Keaton to write new ... Read More »

June 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Barnes & Noble spins off Nook, Byliner removes Bissinger’s ebook from Amazon, and more

By Sue Carter

Barnes & Noble spins off Nook subsidiary with $300 million investment by Microsoft Byliner takes ebook by Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger off Amazon The Millions' step-by-step guide to introducing an author Comparing foreign ... Read More »

April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Canadian poet portraits, top sibling stories, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Photographer Jandak captures Canadian poets Shirley Jackson and Jane Austen make The Guardian's top 10 sibling stories Sh*t Book Reviewers ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

E-book apps for Apple lose e-bookstore links

By Natalie Samson

Big changes are underway in the e-book app world. Since Saturday, iOS (Apple's operating system for mobile devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad) apps for Kobo, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and Amazon's Kindle ... Read More »

July 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

By Sue Carter

Anna Porter on the shaky state of Canadian book publishing Just in time for Lent: James Frey's self-published The Final Testament of the Holy Bible Books you must read, compiled into a neat consensus cloud ... Read More »

March 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kim Echlin wins Barnes & Noble Discover Award

By Natalie Samson

Toronto writer Kim Echlin took home the big prize yesterday at the Barnes & Noble 2010 Discover Awards. The U.S. chain named Echlin winner of the fiction category for her third novel, The Disappeared (first ... Read More »

March 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book biz round-up: Ian McEwen gets political and more

By Sue Carter

Book news from around the Web: Ian McEwen gets political during award acceptance speech at Jerusalem's international book fair Barnes & Noble reports positive third quarter led by a rise in e-book sales, but still ... Read More »

February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

ï»¿Daily book biz round-up: Oprah likes Dickens; Atwood likes Wilkie Collins; and more

By Alina Seagal

Today's book news: Oprah chooses two Dickens classics for her book club PW names the notable newsmakers of 2010 Borders may take over Barnes & Noble Margaret Atwood likes Wilkie Collins A new web hub ... Read More »

December 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble abandons Nook; Indigo welcomes the iPad

Barnes & Noble launches self-publishing service

Book links roundup: U.S. government to buy $16.5 million worth of Kindles, Fifty Shades of Grey film rumours, and more

Book links roundup: Barnes & Noble spins off Nook, Byliner removes Bissinger’s ebook from Amazon, and more

Book links roundup: Canadian poet portraits, top sibling stories, and more

E-book apps for Apple lose e-bookstore links

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

Kim Echlin wins Barnes & Noble Discover Award

Book biz round-up: Ian McEwen gets political and more

ï»¿Daily book biz round-up: Oprah likes Dickens; Atwood likes Wilkie Collins; and more

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