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Microsoft plugging $300 million into Nook

Microsoft Corp will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble Inc's digital and college businesses in a deal that values the businesses at $1.7 billion.

Should Barnes and Noble Break Up? Float Off the Nook To Compete With Amazon and Apple?

Here's an interesting idea: that Barnes and should consider splitting the company. Separate the physical bookstores from the virtual business of the Nook and allow that digital business the room and capital to compete with Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle?

Barnes & Noble Unveils Glowing Nook E-Reader

Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) (BKS), the largest U.S. bookstore chain, introduced a Nook e-reader with a screen that glows in the dark, challenging Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) (AMZN) at a time when prices for digital books may start falling.

Barnes & Noble profit down, cuts Nook prices

Barnes & Noble Inc posted a lower holiday-quarter profit as investments to keep its Nook e-reader competitive with Amazon.com Inc's Kindle continued to hurt its results.

Barnes & Noble, Taking On Amazon in the Fight of Its Life

Barnes & Noble, the giant that put so many independent booksellers out of business, now finds itself locked in the fight of its life, with Amazon.com lurking in the background.

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Barnes and Noble Nook spin-off talk proves off-key

Shares of Barnes and Noble plummeted Thursday following the company’s announcement that it will explore options to spin-off its Nook digital unit. Company stock had fallen over 20 percent in morning trading, a response to a company release that also disclosed that Barnes and Noble has lowered its yearly revenue guidance.

Barnes & Noble's new Nook e-reader is a 'tablet

Barnes & Noble is upgrading its Nook e-reader line with a device that's less like an e-reader and more like a full-blown tablet, taking up the fight with Amazon as it is set to launch its Kindle Fire tablet....

Senh: It's Android tablet vs. Android tablet. I'll put money on Amazon's.

Barnes & Noble's Finance Chief Quits

Barnes & Noble's CFO resigned amid the bookseller's shift to digital technologies, naming Controller Allen Lindstrom as interim CFO.

Senh: E-books are the wave of the future. Their e-reader, the Nook, has been successful. It is convenient when you can get a book to read within minutes. Physical books aren't dead yet, and I suspect that they'll still be a major source of their revenue for a few more years.