Showing posts with label Barnes and Noble. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barnes and Noble. Show all posts
17 August 2010
Barnes & Noble Rattled by the Rise of e-Books
"In the first five months of 2009, e-books made up 2.9 percent of trade book sales. In the same period in 2010, sales of e-books, which generally cost less than hardcover books, grew to 8.5 percent, according to the Association of American Publishers, spurred by sales of the Amazon Kindle and the new Apple iPad. For Barnes & Noble, long the largest and most powerful bookstore chain in the country, the new competition has led to declining profits and store traffic."
26 October 2009
Barnes and Noble's Shiny, Share-Friendly 'Nook'
". . .the launch of the Nook, an impressive-looking $260 device that will go head-to-head with Amazon.com's Kindle, currently the most successful product in a small but growing market for e-book readers."
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