Most Active Articles 2009-11-24T08:34:43.791-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:barnes--noble-inc Maki Yamasaki myamasaki237 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1342293835026333370-fcdc26d0dcaa475e4f7401f442801737 2009-10-30T13:19:42.675-04:00

Mayday! Northwest's Buzz Score Crashes Oct 30, 2009 The domestic airline sector had been the subject of low-flying buzz. But consumer perception took a turn for the worse when Northwest Airlines Flight 188 missed its destination due to pilots who...

Mayday! Northwest's Buzz Score Crashes Oct 30, 2009 The domestic airline sector had been the subject of low-flying buzz. But consumer perception took a turn for the worse when Northwest Airlines Flight 188 missed its destination due to pilots who... http://www.drewkerrpress.com/2009/10/brandindexs-weekly-brandweek-buzz_30.html Drew Kerr dkerr475 2 2 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13307848307794749692-601bb45ba2c785d9a71065a0477f7bbb 2009-10-14T21:24:38.758-04:00

Barnes and Noble's late to e-books. But the company's new gadget—first seen here—should address the weaknesses of all other readers with screens evoking a Kindle and an iPhone. A source from within reveals the first photos and details.

Barnes and Noble's late to e-books. But the company's new gadget—first seen here—should address the weaknesses of all other readers with screens evoking a Kindle and an iPhone. A source from within reveals the first photos and details. http://gizmodo.com/5380942/barnes-and-nobles-e+reader-like-a-kindleiphone-chimera-first-photos-and-details Thomas Huynh thuynh381 4 3 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10016681069238501750-a5df821bcf3d841e0e70ab53a685c248 2009-10-22T09:21:36.691-04:00

Sellers and owners of electronic reading devices are making the case that people are reading more because of e-books...

Sellers and owners of electronic reading devices are making the case that people are reading more because of e-books... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/technology/21books.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15169387494081897237-ca1249a17dcf01bcc3c2c44b6e3391c6 2009-10-29T07:17:32.914-04:00

Qualcomm, Sony, Apple, Google, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon are geared to shake-up the application and media delivery ecosystem. What will this mean to marketers? Moderator, Paul Sweeting an Analyst with GigaOM opens the floor to publishers looking...

Qualcomm, Sony, Apple, Google, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon are geared to shake-up the application and media delivery ecosystem. What will this mean to marketers? Moderator, Paul Sweeting an Analyst with GigaOM opens the floor to publishers looking... http://www.digidaydaily.com/stories/dpac_4_looks_at_the_next_generation_of_digital_platforms Andrea Muller amuller078 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10196530014418395165-71923fb0e2db7b6cf80782f749cd9bdf 2009-10-19T17:52:23.571-04:00

Wal-Mart and Amazon are in a price war over sales of hardcover editions of some of the coming holiday season’s biggest potential best sellers. Publishers, booksellers, agents and authors, meanwhile, fretted that the battle was taking prices for certain hardcover titles so low that it could fundamentally damage the industry and the ability of future authors to write or publish new works. The beleaguered industry is already worried about the effect of $9.99 e-books and a slowdown in book sales over all. Publishing industry veterans were worried about the potential long-term effect on the consumer mindset. The immediate impact of the low prices was likely to be felt by other bookstores, including chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders. Borders said that it relies on offering a true bookstore experience — the opportunity to explore a vast array of titles within a comfortable environment where shoppers can go where their interests take them. Independent booksellers have long struggled to compete with discounts and tend to rely on the loyalty of customers who value staff recommendations and author events as much as prices. Putting independent stores out of business could ultimately affect what would get published...

Wal-Mart and Amazon are in a price war over sales of hardcover editions of some of the coming holiday season’s biggest potential best sellers. Publishers, booksellers, agents and authors, meanwhile, fretted that the battle was taking prices for certain hardcover titles so low that it could fundamentally damage the industry and the ability of future authors to write or publish new works. The beleaguered industry is already worried about the effect of $9.99 e-books and a slowdown in book sales over all. Publishing industry veterans were worried about the potential long-term effect on the consumer mindset. The immediate impact of the low prices was likely to be felt by other bookstores, including chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders. Borders said that it relies on offering a true bookstore experience — the opportunity to explore a vast array of titles within a comfortable environment where shoppers can go where their interests take them. Independent booksellers have long struggled to compete with discounts and tend to rely on the loyalty of customers who value staff recommendations and author events as much as prices. Putting independent stores out of business could ultimately affect what would get published... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/books/17price.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9535465833819334837-760d3b80503d30ada4ebcbb631a3ffff 2009-10-15T09:37:24.967-04:00

Barnes & Noble Taps Kindle Designer For Its Athena e-Book Reader Posted by: Peter Burrows on October 14 Yes, it’s true. The much-anticipated device from Barnes & Noble, which has been eliciting oohs and ahs since leaked photos appeared on Gizmodo ,...

Barnes & Noble Taps Kindle Designer For Its Athena e-Book Reader Posted by: Peter Burrows on October 14 Yes, it’s true. The much-anticipated device from Barnes & Noble, which has been eliciting oohs and ahs since leaked photos appeared on Gizmodo ,... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/10/barnes_noble_ta.html Tom Giles tgiles603 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10725269458030789584-5d51d2bae545d55a4add8295528c7b63 2009-10-12T14:39:44.698-04:00

Barnes & Noble hopes to make e-book lending a centerpiece of its device. Readers can not lend digital books on the Kindle, although books can be read on up to six separate devices linked to the same Amazon account. With B&N's model, users are granted a license to “lend” an e-book to a friend. This could help the bookseller market the device to members of its book clubs program. However, publishers are pushing back on this feature and the two sides are currently engaged in discussions about how many loans a year publishers will allow. Barnes & Noble also wants to make it easy for customers to walk into any of its more than 700 stores and try out the device on the store’s Wi-Fi network. Having a device with Wi-Fi access built in will also distinguish it from the Kindle, which only accesses 3G cellphone networks.

Barnes & Noble hopes to make e-book lending a centerpiece of its device. Readers can not lend digital books on the Kindle, although books can be read on up to six separate devices linked to the same Amazon account. With B&N's model, users are granted a license to “lend” an e-book to a friend. This could help the bookseller market the device to members of its book clubs program. However, publishers are pushing back on this feature and the two sides are currently engaged in discussions about how many loans a year publishers will allow. Barnes & Noble also wants to make it easy for customers to walk into any of its more than 700 stores and try out the device on the store’s Wi-Fi network. Having a device with Wi-Fi access built in will also distinguish it from the Kindle, which only accesses 3G cellphone networks. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/barnes-noble-e-reader-could-come-october-20th-will-feature-lending-options/ Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8374431787122329666-a7510fee90774533eb50da3773d894a0 2009-10-09T11:36:58.841-04:00

Amazon's Kindle might have a new e-reader enemy from a familiar source: Barnes & Noble. Barnes & Noble is reportedly preparing to unveil an e-reader device to compete with Amazon's Kindle and the rapidly expanding field of e-readers.

Amazon's Kindle might have a new e-reader enemy from a familiar source: Barnes & Noble. Barnes & Noble is reportedly preparing to unveil an e-reader device to compete with Amazon's Kindle and the rapidly expanding field of e-readers. http://www.crn.com/retail/220600085;jsessionid=WW3P0MV4IBVMHQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN Thomas Huynh thuynh381 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3612698594897503379-43ddef7466cc96a298a8506c76838fcf 2009-09-25T17:27:09.359-04:00

If we accept that social interaction is paramount for success in publishing, then it's important to ask "what is the place for interaction regarding books?"

If we accept that social interaction is paramount for success in publishing, then it's important to ask "what is the place for interaction regarding books?" http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/archives/2009/09/a_clean_well-lighted_place_for.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 4 2 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15868840867230175608-1a7c1904a0d8a9cb7ebefeed4cefcca4 2009-10-20T11:55:36.857-04:00

NEW YORK--Barnes & Noble's forthcoming electronic book reader will be called the Nook and sell for $259, according a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Journal, citing a forthcoming ad for the product, also says the device will feature the...

NEW YORK--Barnes & Noble's forthcoming electronic book reader will be called the Nook and sell for $259, according a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Journal, citing a forthcoming ad for the product, also says the device will feature the... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10378525-56.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Olga Kharif okharif277 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:18213231914147076549-88d91452fec2ef75242717492fc8117b 2009-10-07T18:46:52.499-04:00

Forrester's eReader Holiday Outlook 2009 updates projections for eReader sales in 2009 and 2010 and ups previous projections by 50% to 3 million for 2009, with 30% of 2009 sales occuring in the holiday season of November and December. Ebook player sales are growing faster than expected due to falling device prices, more content availability, better retail distribution, and lots and lots of media buzz. Sales could exceed 6 million in 2010, bringing cumulative US sales to 10 million by year-end 2010. Other expected developments include new generation tablet PCs from Apple, Microsoft, and others, as well as dual-screen devices that make use of both E Ink and LCD screens from companies like Asus and Samsung; flexible displays, new screen sizes, more touch, color, and video...

Forrester's eReader Holiday Outlook 2009 updates projections for eReader sales in 2009 and 2010 and ups previous projections by 50% to 3 million for 2009, with 30% of 2009 sales occuring in the holiday season of November and December. Ebook player sales are growing faster than expected due to falling device prices, more content availability, better retail distribution, and lots and lots of media buzz. Sales could exceed 6 million in 2010, bringing cumulative US sales to 10 million by year-end 2010. Other expected developments include new generation tablet PCs from Apple, Microsoft, and others, as well as dual-screen devices that make use of both E Ink and LCD screens from companies like Asus and Samsung; flexible displays, new screen sizes, more touch, color, and video... http://blogs.forrester.com/consumer_product_strategy/2009/10/ereader-holiday-outlook-forrester-ups-its-projections-by-50.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15620687619949788851-e02ae73f65690bb19ae919ee03c8eba2 2009-09-30T17:21:03.966-04:00

The e-books section of BarnesandNoble.com was visited by more than four times as many people as Amazon.com’s Kindle Store (and over 75x Sony’s eBookstore) in the first week after it launched in July but then dropped to less than 10% of Kindle traffic within a few weeks, perhaps due to the lack of an official dedicated ebook player which they will have in early 2010 when the Plastic Logic Reader hits the market.

The e-books section of BarnesandNoble.com was visited by more than four times as many people as Amazon.com’s Kindle Store (and over 75x Sony’s eBookstore) in the first week after it launched in July but then dropped to less than 10% of Kindle traffic within a few weeks, perhaps due to the lack of an official dedicated ebook player which they will have in early 2010 when the Plastic Logic Reader hits the market. http://blog.compete.com/2009/09/29/e-books-barnes-and-noble-amazon-kindle-sony-e-reader/ Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17385481956912475104-5e2f13f3d5b0ae1d5b48bce6013d84a6 2009-10-09T09:22:06.306-04:00

WSJ.com is available in the following editions and languages:

WSJ.com is available in the following editions and languages: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703746604574461502390635462.html Andrea Muller amuller078 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1270406797834800951-a2637a70e7f12dd6350d49e789166a66 2009-09-23T10:13:54.374-04:00

iRex Technologies will be entering the United States market with a $399 touch-screen ebook player which will allow users to buy digital books and newspapers wirelessly over the 3G network of Verizon. The iRex will be sold at a few hundred Best Buy stores, along with the Sony Reader and similar products...

iRex Technologies will be entering the United States market with a $399 touch-screen ebook player which will allow users to buy digital books and newspapers wirelessly over the 3G network of Verizon. The iRex will be sold at a few hundred Best Buy stores, along with the Sony Reader and similar products... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/technology/internet/23ebooks.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15213037788946461074-58ac6164aa1dee087a170da35e0b01d8 2009-08-31T18:32:55.138-04:00

The book publishing industry will have to consolidate if it is to stand up to Amazon, Google and a few other dominant retailers of electronic books... publishers needed to be big to maintain their pricing power in “brutal” talks with the handful of booksellers that would dominate the digital age...

The book publishing industry will have to consolidate if it is to stand up to Amazon, Google and a few other dominant retailers of electronic books... publishers needed to be big to maintain their pricing power in “brutal” talks with the handful of booksellers that would dominate the digital age... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/79c84068-957c-11de-90e0-00144feabdc0.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 3 2 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7137302489792283035-4e573421177f2c956699d27341cbc628 2009-09-11T12:54:43.563-04:00

Google will host the books online, and retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble will be able to sell access to users on any Internet-connected device.

Google will host the books online, and retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble will be able to sell access to users on any Internet-connected device. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1040263020090910?sp=true Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:886282893466150500-3df137622c04b867ca6ae32efaef3983 2009-03-22T14:14:00.000-04:00

New York, New York – March 6, 2009 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced today...

New York, New York – March 6, 2009 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced today... http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/barnes-noble-larry-sinclair-book-barack-obama-and-larry-sinclair-cocaine-sex-lies-and-murder-negative-reviews-barnes-and-noble-bias-reviews-rigged-obama-thugs-obama-camp-boycott-barn/ 27 27 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:6623198741696949104-e857446f6e5e685df8d33fa9c2ceb6fc 2009-08-20T09:30:00.000-04:00

Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest U.S. bookstore chain, said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 27 percent, but results beat analyst expectations...

Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest U.S. bookstore chain, said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 27 percent, but results beat analyst expectations... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090820/us_earns_barnes_noble.html 6 6 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4606731326342086627-d48d5a7b659de8ceb101e9bab509a547 2009-08-31T12:30:26.168-04:00

The pressure from Google’s digital library project and Amazon’s electronic books is forcing publishers to consider drastic price cuts. Unilateral pricing Amazon and other e-book retailers such as Barnes & Noble could destroy profits and kill the lucrative trade in hardback editions. Google plans to put millions of out-of-copyright books online for free public use in a digital library.

The pressure from Google’s digital library project and Amazon’s electronic books is forcing publishers to consider drastic price cuts. Unilateral pricing Amazon and other e-book retailers such as Barnes & Noble could destroy profits and kill the lucrative trade in hardback editions. Google plans to put millions of out-of-copyright books online for free public use in a digital library. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0df31226-958d-11de-90e0-00144feabdc0.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3258247550326248851-3dd470ca5ec94bbae6ec4f3b59e0b609 2009-08-28T16:28:58.462-04:00

The corporate consolidation of publishing bodes well for the future of a publishing industry that operates on a scale more appropriate to the medium we're all creating and selling. Publishing is a sustainable industry—and a great one at that. The book business, however, was never a good fit for today's corporate behemoths. The corporations service their shareholders by servicing debt more rapidly than they accrue it. In order to continue leveraging debt, they need to demonstrate growth. The problem is that media, especially books, can't offer enough organic growth—people can only read so many books from so many authors...

The corporate consolidation of publishing bodes well for the future of a publishing industry that operates on a scale more appropriate to the medium we're all creating and selling. Publishing is a sustainable industry—and a great one at that. The book business, however, was never a good fit for today's corporate behemoths. The corporations service their shareholders by servicing debt more rapidly than they accrue it. In order to continue leveraging debt, they need to demonstrate growth. The problem is that media, especially books, can't offer enough organic growth—people can only read so many books from so many authors... http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6685324.html?q=scaling+down Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5857875094762265138-035f60836fd548be6f10926417532e23 2009-08-24T14:36:41.011-04:00

Irex Technologies, a Dutch company that plans on selling a Kindle-like reader in the U.S. this fall, has allied itself with Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore. Earlier this summer Plastic Logic made a similar announcement. Neither company has a product that’s actually on the U.S. market.

Irex Technologies, a Dutch company that plans on selling a Kindle-like reader in the U.S. this fall, has allied itself with Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore. Earlier this summer Plastic Logic made a similar announcement. Neither company has a product that’s actually on the U.S. market. http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090824/barnes-noble-lands-irex-another-would-be-kindle-killer/ Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5518246644625944481-0f6bfec4ed8f84dab5570d013afc5398 2009-08-13T14:51:01.426-04:00

It doesn't take a college education to guess that Barnes & Noble's chairman and 32% shareholder, Len Riggio, had good reason to keep his college-bookstore chain when he took B&N public in 1993. So shareholders may be skeptical of his recent decision...

It doesn't take a college education to guess that Barnes & Noble's chairman and 32% shareholder, Len Riggio, had good reason to keep his college-bookstore chain when he took B&N public in 1993. So shareholders may be skeptical of his recent decision... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125010537324526727.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3003091427794796414-520c3beaa7c068b9cbb07599997bfad0 2009-08-05T18:46:11.426-04:00

Amazon is very good at selling things, but, to date, it hasn’t been as good at making the Kindle as good as it can and will be...

Amazon is very good at selling things, but, to date, it hasn’t been as good at making the Kindle as good as it can and will be... http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_baker Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12744099505971534202-aa8ba992cc70047cfc0cc0a26a0a2027 2009-03-27T16:21:51.794-04:00

people ) has launched a free electronic-reader application for BlackBerrys, citing consumer demand for the application. “BlackBerry users can use the device’s built-in browser to download the latest free e-Book reader. They will then have access to...

people ) has launched a free electronic-reader application for BlackBerrys, citing consumer demand for the application. “BlackBerry users can use the device’s built-in browser to download the latest free e-Book reader. They will then have access to... http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/25/barnes-and-noble-blackberry-e-books-technology-paidcontent.html Maki Yamasaki myamasaki237 12 12 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4305075578663330687-bcf0d7f4ba3b2fca896a7a52298b6b2e 2009-08-07T17:37:33.811-04:00

In the search for the perfect e-book player, the Readius was an intriguing contender. But several recent reports say the company developing it has run into financing difficulties and put the device on hold. That would be a shame. It is a pocket-sized gadget with a flexible, flip-out screen. It also included a mobile phone...

In the search for the perfect e-book player, the Readius was an intriguing contender. But several recent reports say the company developing it has run into financing difficulties and put the device on hold. That would be a shame. It is a pocket-sized gadget with a flexible, flip-out screen. It also included a mobile phone... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/08/innovative_e-book_hits_hard_ti.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1