Barnes & Noble shares up 18 percent on Nook report
Barnes & Noble Inc.'s shares surged 18 percent Thursday after a blog reported Microsoft is considering buying its Nook e-book and e-book reader business outright. Full story
B&N to add Google Play app store to its Nook HD
Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. Full story
Barnes & Noble giving away poor-selling Simple Touch e-readers
(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it would give away a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader to any customer who buys its high-definition Nook HD+ tablet next week, a sign it may still be grappling with excess inventory of the unpopular e-reader. Full story
Barnes & Noble Nook, e-book slump lead to big loss
(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc reported a net loss for the holiday quarter, hurt by a sharp decline in sales in its Nook device and e-books business, at a time that Chairman Leonard Riggio is trying to buy the company's profitable bookstore unit. Full story
Barnes & Noble chairman wants to take back superstores he founded
(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N> Chairman Leonard Riggio, joining a growing list of executives lining up to buy the fading companies they founded, offered to buy the bookseller's declining retail business, leaving it to focus on its more promising Nook e-reader and college bookstores Full story
Barnes & Nobel Founder Bids For Retail Business
John Tinker, Maxim Group analyst, discusses the founder's buyout bid for the bookstore, and the outlook on the Nook media business.
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A customer examines a Nook e-reader at a Barnes and Noble store in Boston, March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
