Yesterday Barnes and Noble released their 2014 first quarter financial results, and the news was pretty bad. Revenues are continually going down, and the Nook division is still sinking faster than B&N’s retail division. The retail segment had revenues of 1 billion dollars, which is down nearly 10% from the prior year. The Nook segment, […]
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B&N Cuts Price of Nook Glow to $99; Nook Touch on Sale for $49
Yesterday Barnes and Noble announced a new lower price on the Nook Glow ebook reader. When it was first released the Nook Glow sold for $139. Then when Amazon unleashed the Kindle Paperwhite on the world for $119, B&N matched the price. Now Barnes and Noble is cutting another $20 off the price to make […]
Amazon Didn’t Kill the Nook, Barnes and Noble’s Inept Leadership Did
This past week Barnes and Noble announced that their CEO, William Lynch, has resigned. It’s no secret that B&N has been struggling financially for some time now, and this is just one of many dominos to fall over the past few months. An interesting detail to note, B&N didn’t replace their CEO. Instead they basically […]
B&N is Leaving the Nook Tablet Business, But Will Continue to Make Nook eReaders
Barnes and Noble announced some changes moving forward with the Nook brand today with the release of their fourth-quarter and full-year earnings report. Losses were greater than expected, so B&N is making some changes. Barnes and Noble has decided to stop making new Nook tablets, and instead will focus on partnering with other manufactures to […]
Nook for PC and Nook for Mac Have Returned to B&N’s Website
As first reported here a couple of weeks ago, Barnes and Noble mysteriously removed the Nook for PC and Nook for Mac applications from their website. The story has been making the rounds on just about every tech blog and website. Lots of people are jumping to the conclusion that the Nook brand is finished, […]
Nook Father’s Day Sale: Nook HD+ $149, Nook HD $129
Barnes and Noble is running yet another sale on the Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets, and it’s the best deal yet, especially now that they come with access to Google Play. The Nook HD starts at only $129 for the 8GB model and the Nook HD+ is $149 for the 16GB model. Those are […]
B&N Mysteriously Removes Nook for PC and Nook for Mac for Download
Yesterday a reader tipped me about some strange goings-on at Barnes and Noble that is leaving people wondering what direction B&N is headed with their reading apps. For some reason unknown Barnes and Noble has taken down the Nook for PC and Nook for Mac ereading programs from their website. The only program that remains […]
Review: Nook HD+ with Official Google Play (Video)
First and foremost, it should be noted that this article is more of an addendum to my initial review of the Nook HD+ that was posted back in November when the device first came out rather than a completely new review. I’m not going to cover any of the hardware details or any specific Nook […]