L.A. Times – 2011-11-25
The bookstore cannot afford the new lease payments, the company says. Other shops in the chain remain open.It isn't the cozy Shop Around the Corner the indie bookstore of "You've Got Mail" movie fame but it is the multilevel behemoth on the corner of Westwood and Pico boulevards that shoppers have browsed since 1995. And, now that Barnes & Noble has confirmed the unprofitable store's closing at year-end, lovers of things literary are bemoaning the demise of yet another Westside book...
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In March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2012-02-04
Barnes & Noble is attempting to irk its publishing rival Amazon.com Inc. by not stocking Amazon published titles in its stores. | Boston.com – 2012-02-02
As Barnes & Noble fights for its future, the publishing industry is holding its breath. | The New York Times – 2012-01-29
Number of the day 25% That's Barnes & Noble 's share of the U.S. electronic-book industry. While the company is a distant second to Amazon.com in the market, Barnes & Noble is generating $1.5 billion... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2012-01-20
When Barnes & Noble said Jan. 5 that it may spin off its Nook e-book unit into a separate business, investors didn't take the news well: Shares of the largest U.S. bookstore chain tumbled 17 percent,... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2012-01-20
Barnes & Noble said Monday it will offer its e-reader devices at a discount if buyers purchase a digital subscription to People magazine or The New York Times. | Boston.com – 2012-01-10
The book retailer's shares plunge 17% after the company says it may spin off its Nook e-reader and tablet business despite record sales over the holiday season.Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. plunged... | L.A. Times – 2012-01-06
Barnes & Noble is considering options for its quickly growing but expensive Nook e-book reading business, its latest attempt to regain profitability as the publishing industry adapts to the rising... | Boston.com – 2012-01-06
Barnes & Noble is exploring whether to spin off or sell its Nook e-book and e-reader business line, according to paidContent and others. What would that mean? It would separate the fast-growing Nook... | Poynter. – 2012-01-06
(01-05) 06:56 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- Barnes & Noble said Thursday it is reviewing its options for its Nook e-book and e-book catalog business and might separate it from its core bookstore business.... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2012-01-05
Barnes & Noble shares under pressure as company explores Nook e-book business options | MarketWatch.com – 2012-01-05
Barnes & Noble Inc. has put its Sterling Publishing business up for sale, say people familiar with the situation, signaling a likely end to its decades-long involvement in the publishing of its own... | AllThingsD – 2012-01-05
BOOKS Barnes & Noble's stock plunges Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, fell the most in four months after forecasting a wider annual loss than analysts projected and saying it may... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2012-01-05
National bookstore chain Barnes and Noble announced on Thursday that is considering a spin-off of its digital content business surrounding the Nook e-book software platform and its related hardware.... | Betanews – 2012-01-05
Barnes & Noble said Thursday it plans to invest more heavily in its Nook e-book reader and digital media, even as it reported a third-quarter loss as sales of physical books continued to decline. | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-12-01
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday unveiled its new $249 Nook Tablet, an e-book reader that includes more features of a full-blown tablet than its prior offerings as the tablet wars heat up ahead of the... | Boston.com – 2011-11-08
Written By: Gayle Feldman Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 17:18 Barnes & Noble is to expand its e-book service internationally next year, the company's chief executive has revealed. The... | The Bookseller – 2011-11-07
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 25/10/2011 - 15:51 Terry Pratchett's Snuff (Doubleday) was narrowly the bestselling book in the UK last week, outselling Martina Cole's 18th novel,... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-25
(Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc is adding new categories including home products and consumer electronics to its online marketplace, the latest move by the retailer to rely less on book sales and... | Reuters – 2011-10-20
British author Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious prizes for English literature, for his book The Sense of an Ending. | CBC – 2011-10-19
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 09:34 The thrice-denied Julian Barnes has been lauded in the press for finally winning the Man Booker prize with his The Sense of an... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-19
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 15:02 Random House is now reprinting 125,000 copies of Jonathan Cape's Booker-winning The Sense of An Ending, signing off a... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-19
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 20:00 Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending (Cape). The author beat a shortlist comprising... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-18
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:30 Julian Barnes is the bookies' favourite to win the Man Booker prize tomorrow night (18th October), as Amazon has revealed his... | The Bookseller – 2011-10-17
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 26/09/2011 - 15:00 Author Julian Barnes, shortlisted for this year's Man Booker prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending, has said it is... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-26
Leymah Gbowee, author of Mighty Be Our Powers, about her work in Liberia. | The New York Times – 2011-09-17
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 16:00 Bookmaker William Hill has Julian Barnes as the favourite to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction after the shortlist was... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-06
Written By: Charlotte Williams, Lisa Campbell and Philip Stone Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 14:00 William Hill has now named Julian Barnes as favourite to win the Man Booker prize, with the... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-05
Bookseller and newsstand provider Barnes and Noble had a strong first quarter with its digital content, sales in that channel quadrupled. Though digital sales have had some tenacious growth, sales at... | Folio Magazine – 2011-08-31
Nook e-book readersales boost bottomline in 1st quarter,the company says | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-08-31
(08-30) 09:42 PDT , (AP) -- Barnes & Noble Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed as sales of its Nook e-book reader and e-books helped offset lower physical book sales. Here's how... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-08-30
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:39 Barnes & Noble has said it expects its Nook e-book business to earn it $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by the end of its latest financial year.... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-30
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:39 Barnes & Noble has said it expects its Nook e-book business to earn it $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by the end of its latest financial year.... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-30
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc forecast sales of its Nook e-reader and e-books would more than double this fiscal year to $1.8 billion and said book sales would get a lift from the demise of... | Reuters – 2011-08-30
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Thu, 25/08/2011 - 07:56 Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending (Cape) is comfortably the bestselling longlistee of one of the most popular Man Booker... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-25
In the latest development in Apples contentious relationship with booksellers, the countrys two biggest e-book retailersAmazon and Barnes & Noblehave stopped selling their wares directly to... | AdWeek – 2011-07-26
As reading moves ever faster from hardcovers and paperbacks to electronic gadgets, Barnes & Noble is attempting to reinvent itself as a seller of book downloads, reading devices and apps. | The Wall Street Journal – 2011-07-20
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc will eventually feel a modest boost from the liquidation of its largest rival, Borders Group Inc, but still faces stiff competition and an... | Reuters – 2011-07-19
Barnes & Noble's loss widened on higher expenses, though the bookseller posted higher revenue thanks to surging online sales. | The Wall Street Journal – 2011-06-21
NEW YORK -- Barnes & Noble reported a larger fourth-quarter loss than analysts expected Tuesday as the bookseller continues to invest in its e-book reader Nook and as liquidation sales by rival... | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-06-21
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc reported a deeper-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as the largest U.S. bookstore chain came under pressure from the going-out-of-business sales of... | Reuters – 2011-06-21
Barnes & Noble Inc. investors are betting they can extract the biggest price increase in America after billionaire John Malone offered to buy the bookstore chain at an 81 percent discount to sales. | BusinessWeek – 2011-06-01
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch announced the new Nook, aimed at "those turned off by buttons." | Editor & Publisher – 2011-05-26
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble unveiled a new Nook e-reader on Tuesday that weighs less than a paperback book and has a battery life of two months -- features designed to help it compete with... | Reuters – 2011-05-25
The lighter, cheaper new version of Barnes & Nobles e-reader has a black-and-white touchscreen and aims squarely at the grandma demographic or at least those craving a simpler e-book... | Boston.com – 2011-05-25
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos bought another 603,000 shares in Barnes & Noble Inc just days after John Malone's Liberty Media made a $1.02 billion offer... | Reuters – 2011-05-25
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled a new e-reader on Tuesday that is the size of a paperback book and has a battery life of two months, features designed to help it compete with... | Reuters – 2011-05-24
Why do women hate technology so much? This is the question never posed by the New York Times article today on the upswing in sales from the new Barnes & Noble Nook Color. Which, by the way, is... | Salon.com – 2011-05-24
The lighter, slimmer, cheaper new version of Barnes & Noble's e-reader has a black-and-white touch screen and aims squarely at the "grandma" demographic -- or at least those craving a simpler e-book... | Boston.com – 2011-05-24
John Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, explained why his company made a buyout bid for Barnes & Noble valuing it at $1 billion. The decision came down to Liberty's bid for Sirius and his outlook... | AdWeek – 2011-05-24
Just hours before news broke that Britain's last major bookseller was changing hands, it emerged that similar moves were taking place the other side of the Atlantic, although on a much grander scale. | The Independent – 2011-05-21
John Malones bid for Barnes & Noble Inc. may have little to do with integrating the bookseller into his other businesses. Instead, he may simply see an opportunity to profit by lending support to... | BusinessWeek – 2011-05-21
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Malone, the billionaire pioneer of cable television, likes a bargain, and his $17 a share bid for Barnes & Noble Inc, is already being slammed for undervaluing the largest... | Reuters – 2011-05-21
(05-20) 13:35 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- Why buy a bookstore? John Malone, who made a fortune in cable television, is offering $1 billion for Barnes & Noble _ trying to jump into a business so sick that... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-05-21
Why buy a bookstore? John Malone, who made a fortune in cable television, is offering $1 billion for Barnes & Noble, trying to jump into a business so sick that its number two competitor, Borders... | Boston.com – 2011-05-21
Liberty Media's proposal values the bookseller at about $1 billion. It offers $17 a share in cash for Barnes & Noble, a 20% premium over the closing stock price Thursday.Barnes & Noble Inc. announced... | L.A. Times – 2011-05-20
Being part of a bigger conglomerate could boost Barnes & Noble's ability to invest in remaking itself for the age of electronic books, analysts say. | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-05-20
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp's offer for Barnes & Noble Inc undervalues the largest U.S. bookstore chain, analysts said, citing its success in the growing digital book... | Reuters – 2011-05-20
Barnes & Noble Inc. said that Liberty Media Corp. has offered to buy the bookseller in a deal valuing it at about $1 billion. Barnes & Noble shares were up 20 percent in after-hours trading Thursday... | AllThingsD – 2011-05-20
Barnes & Noble Inc. said that Liberty Media Corp. has offered to buy the bookseller in a deal valuing it at about $1 billion. Barnes & Noble shares were up 20 percent in after-hours trading Thursday... | AllThingsD – 2011-05-20
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Fri, 20/05/2011 - 10:11 US bookseller Barnes & Noble has received an offer for the company from Liberty Media, a private investment group. The deal values... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-20
Number of the day 30% That's how much Barnes & Noble stock jumped Friday after Liberty Media offered to buy a controlling stake for about $1 billion. The bookseller, facing stiff competition from... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-05-20
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said John Malone's Liberty Media Corp has proposed buying the largest U.S. bookstore chain for $1.02 billion. | Reuters – 2011-05-20
Barnes & Noble Inc., the bookstore chain that began exploring a possible sale last year, received an offer from John Malones Liberty Media Corp. to buy the company for about $1 billion in cash. | BusinessWeek – 2011-05-20
Barnes & Noble is giving publishers another option to distribute digital periodicals, announcing Friday that its 140 newsstand brands will be available to Android-powered tablet devices. | Folio Magazine – 2011-05-17
Barnes & Noble Inc. will unveil a new electronic book reader later this month, the bookseller told analysts and investors on Wednesday, according to a federal filing released after the close of... | AllThingsD – 2011-05-05
May 4 (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc plans to make an announcement on the launch of a new electronic book reader on May 24th, according to a regulatory filing released after the close of... | Reuters – 2011-05-05
Updated Nook Color to feature Android 2.2, apps store. | Editor & Publisher – 2011-04-26
A free update is bringing the ability to install various paid and free Android apps, though only those that Barnes & Noble approves. The new software also offers improved browsing, the Froyo version... | AllThingsD – 2011-04-25
The bookseller is proceeding with plans to open its own Android app store for the Nook Color, announcing new tools for developers and promising they will get a 70 percent cut of revenue. The first... | AllThingsD – 2011-04-08
The bookselling giant's operation -- and eventual expansion -- of the campus shop will be the closest thing to a mainstream bookstore that downtown San Jose has had in years. | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-04-08
Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest U.S. bookstore chain, is likely to end its months-long search for a buyer without a sale of the company, said five people with knowledge of the bidding process. | BusinessWeek – 2011-03-23
Microsoft is suing Barnes & Noble and two electronics manufacturers, saying the Nook e-book reader infringes on patents. | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-03-22
Publication Date: Fri, 18/03/2011 - 08:20 Three-times Man Booker-shortlisted author Julian Barnes has been awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize for Literature for his lifetimes achievement in... | The Bookseller – 2011-03-18
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc's efforts to find a buyer have slowed to a crawl, erasing recent gains in its stock price, as potential suitors question the bookseller's ability to... | Reuters – 2011-03-07
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc has settled a lawsuit brought against it by Spring Design, which had accused the top U.S. bookseller of illegally copying a screen design for its popular... | Reuters – 2011-03-02
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 15:20 Net income at Barnes & Noble fell by 25% to $60.6m (£37.5m) during its Christmas trading quarter, the US retailer has revealed.... | The Bookseller – 2011-02-22
(02-22) 06:34 PST NEW YORK, (AP) -- Book seller Barnes & Noble's third-quarter revenue rose, but its net income fell 25 despite higher revenue as it continued to invest in its online operations and... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-02-22
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc suspended its dividend to preserve its shrinking cash reserves and reported disappointing holiday quarter results as its e-books strategy continued to... | Reuters – 2011-02-22
NEW YORK Book seller Barnes & Noble's third-quarter revenue rose, but its net income fell 25 despite higher revenue as it continued to invest in its online operations and Nook e-readers, the... | L.A. Times – 2011-02-22
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 15:14 Net income at Barnes & Noble fell by 25% to $60.6m (£37.5m) during its Christmas trading quarter, the US retailer has revealed.... | The Bookseller – 2011-02-22
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc has invited independent Web operators that are affiliates of online retailer Amazon.com to switch to its network. | Reuters – 2011-02-14
In today's edition of the Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), Mediabistro Startups co-editor Devon Glenn discussed her biggest headline of the week: a raging debate about eBook pricing. Glenn (pictured)... | Media Bistro – 2011-02-04
While publishers and Apple haggle over the pending launch of a digital newsstand, Barnes & Noble took the opportunity to remind everyone that it not only has a functional newsstand, but it's chugging... | Folio Magazine – 2011-01-27
Unlike its struggling rival Borders, Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest book chain, said on Thursday that it finished the holiday season with stronger sales than expected, reporting its highest... | The New York Times – 2011-01-07
US bookseller Barnes & Noble could scupper... | The Bookseller – 2011-01-05
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Credit Suisse upgraded Barnes & Noble Inc shares, citing benefits the top U.S. bookstore chain could reap from the woes faced by smaller rival Borders Group Inc , which... | Reuters – 2011-01-05
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said that sales of digital books made through its website now exceed those of traditional books that it sells online. | Reuters – 2010-12-30
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc lost its bid to dismiss Spring Design Inc's lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bookseller of illegally copying a screen design for the popular Nook... | Reuters – 2010-12-29
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc's third-largest shareholder, money manager Aletheia Research and Management Inc, said it has sold off some of its stake in the largest U.S. bookstore... | Reuters – 2010-12-23
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The two largest U.S. bookstore chains have offered up a compelling cliffhanger this holiday season that will seal the fate of brick-and-mortar bookselling. | Reuters – 2010-12-16
NEW YORK - Buying out Barnes & Noble would give its much smaller rival, Borders Group, a bigger and firmer stake in the digital world, but some analysts said combining the two largest companies in... | The Washington Post – 2010-12-07
NEW YORK (Reuters) Barnes & Noble (BKS.N), the world's largest brick and mortar bookseller, said it is looking into selling itself, as its business suffers in the high-stakes battle for a leading... | Reuters – 2010-08-03
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble , the number one U.S. book store chain, is putting itself up for sale as business suffers in the high-stakes battle for a leading role in the digital books... | Reuters – 2010-08-03
Reuters - Billionaire investor Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa American Management fund is pressing top U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc to add three to four new independent directors to the board. | Reuters – 2010-03-31
William Lynch, head of Barnes & Noble.com, has been named CEO of the bookstore chain succeeding... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-03-18
New York-based Barnes & Noble Inc. announced that it has named Jonathan Shar as general manager, Digital Newsstand and Emerging Content, Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com). | DDI Magazine – 2010-03-09
Book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc. said Monday it named Jonathan Shar general manager, digital newsstand and emerging content of its Web site. | AP via Yahoo! News – 2010-03-08
Barnes & Noble will begin testing the sale of bundled print books and e-books in the next 60 to... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-03-04
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