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Sales Erode at Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble Inc.’s latest quarterly earnings show an erosion in sales for both print books and e-books, casting a cloud over its long-term prospects.

Barnes & Noble Founder Bails on Bailout Plan

Meanwhile, the Nook unit that B&N says isn’t dead was down 20 percent last quarter.
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Barnes & Noble Insists Nook Isn’t Dead, Releases Video Apps to Prove It

“What’s wrong with it?”
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JoyBits Says Bucking iOS-Android Game Duopoly Helped Doodle God Series

Tens of millions of players? Cool. But finding them on more than 10 platforms at the same time? OMDG.

Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch Resigns Amid Strategic Review

An uncertain future for the one-time book giant.

Barnes & Noble Gets the Nook Ready for Its Dirt Nap

The bookseller hasn’t completely ditched its device business. Just most of it.

GoBank, the Pay-What-You-Want Mobile Bank Account, Launches Out of Beta (Video)

A checking account. For the mobile set.

Online Entertainment That’s for the Taking

Deals on books, movies, music and more are available on most days, you just need to know where to look.

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Barnes & Noble’s Nook Stumbles

Barnes & Noble Inc. reported to a surprise fiscal third-quarter loss, hurt by across-the-board weakness. Most notably, sales in the Nook digital business slumped sharply.

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Barnes & Noble Founder Riggio Bids for Stores but Not Nook

Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio, who still owns 30 percent of the company, has offered to buy the bookseller’s retail operations, but not its Nook e-reader business. The Wall Street Journal forecast Riggio’s offer last night.

Walmart Fires the Kindle

Barnes & Noble Loves Mommy Porn!