Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

Barnes & Noble Shops Publisher

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on January 5 at 12:00 am PT

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 books.

E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on December 15, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock on Christmas morning: The price gap between the print and e-versions of some top sellers has now narrowed to within a few dollars — and in some cases, e-books are more expensive than their printed equivalents.

Mark Cuban Takes Shot at Writing an E-Book

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 20, 2011 at 1:53 pm PT

Mark Cuban has 335,000 friends on Facebook and 760,000 followers on Twitter. Monday, the Internet billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team will test just how friendly those fans really are.

Amazon, Now a Book Lender

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Stu Woo, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 3, 2011 at 3:40 am PT

As the e-reader and tablet wars heat up, Amazon.com Inc. is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices who are also subscribers to its Amazon Prime program.

Barnes & Noble Boots Some Graphic Novels

Jeffrey A.Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on October 8, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

In a move that underscores the increasing tensions between book publishers and retailers over exclusive content arrangements, Barnes & Noble Inc. is removing from its consumer and college bookstores 100 graphic novels published by Time Warner Inc.’s DC Entertainment unit.

E-Book Prices Prop Up Print Siblings

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on September 12, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Even as readers grow more comfortable with digital books, some continue to question why so many of the most popular new e-books are priced so high.

Barnes & Noble Focuses on E-Books

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 20, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Meet Barnes & Noble Inc., software company. As reading moves ever faster from hardcovers and paperbacks to electronic gadgets, the retailer is attempting to reinvent itself as a seller of book downloads, reading devices and apps.

Borders in Last-Ditch Talks

Mike Spector and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Commerce on July 18, 2011 at 11:52 am PT

Borders Group Inc. inched closer to liquidation Sunday after a bidding deadline passed without offers that would keep the U.S.’s second-largest bookstore chain in business, said people familiar with the matter.