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Barnes & Noble via eBay offers the Barnes & Noble NOOK 7" 8GB Android Tablet, for $149 with free shipping. That's tied with an expired mention from earlier this week as the lowest total price we've ever seen for a new unit. (It's also a current low by $20.) Features include a 7" 1024x600 touchscreen display, 1GHz TI OMAP4 dual-core processor, 802.11n wireless (with free access in Barnes & Noble stores), microSD card slot, Netflix, Hulu Plus...  

Microsoft Corp. is investing $300 million in Barnes and Noble's Nook division, giving the Redmond computer giant a 17.6 percent share of the yet-unnamed unit. The deal also ends the patent fight between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Last year, Barnes & Noble claimed Microsoft was trying to "monopolize" the portable reader market by demanding royalties on devices that use Google Inc.’s Android operating system. Microsoft...  

Barnes & Noble via eBay offers the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color eBook Reader, model no. BNRV200, for $149 with free shipping. That's $25 below our mention from a week ago (which included a $40 Target gift card) and the lowest total price we've ever seen for a new unit. (It's also a current low by $20.) It features a 7" 1024x600 LED-backlit color touchscreen LCD display with extra-wide viewing angles for reading books, magazines, and newspapers in...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that four of its exclusive NOOK Kids eBooks have been nominated to receive a Cynopsis Kids !magination Award. Only available on NOOK Tablet™ and NOOK Color™, all four nominated titles are enhanced NOOK Books that include special features like Read and Play™ and Read to Me™. The four Enhanced NOOK...  

From the GPO: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has signed an agreement with Barnes & Noble to sell Federal eBooks. Titles are available in eBook format for Barnes & Noble’s Nook eReader. GPO works with Federal agencies to produce their publications, books, and reports in print and digital formats, including eBook formats. Approximately 30 [...]  

Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8.  

NEW YORK, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pimsleur® Language Programs is happy to announce that it has partnered with Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, to make the Pimsleur Unlimited NOOK App™ available...  

Thus, for anyone seeking maximum versatility in a 7-inch tablet, I'd say choose the Nook. For another take, check out CNET's review of the Nook Tablet, which includes many comparisons to the Kindle Fire. I'm liking this deal a lot for dads and ...  

(Reuters) - Shares of bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYS:BKS - News) fell as much as 12 percent on Thursday after its second-largest shareholder, billionaire investor Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos, said two of its funds were distributing some shares ...  

Book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc debuted an e-reader on Thursday with a screen that can glow in the dark, a move aimed at improving its position against Amazon.com. The 6-inch (15-cm) touch-screen device, which will hit stores in early May for $ ...  

(Reuters) - Hedge fund Jana Partners LLC sold 1 million of its shares in Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS) on Monday, the day the top U.S. bookstore chain announced a deal with Microsoft Corp (MSFT) that sent its shares up 51.7 percent. Jana, which on ...  

Sydney Morning HeraldBarnes & Noble Says Angry Birds Space Now Available For NOOK Tablet, NOOK ColorNASDAQ(RTTNews.com) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) said Angry Birds Space, the most highly anticipated game from Rovio Entertainment, is now available for the critically acclaimed NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color. NOOK customers can now float through space exploring ...New Angry Birds Space is Out of This World on NOOK®MarketWatch (press release)Wal...  

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Apple and Barnes ...Sacramento BeeStocks recently featured in the blog include Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS). Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) has announced that it will ...and more »  

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Discover Financial Services, Excel ...Zacks.comIn addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) and Target Corp. (TGT). Discover Financial Services' (DFS) first quarter earnings was substantially ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate on ...and more »  

Bricks, Mortar, FailurePakistanToday.com.pk... destroyed the financial underpinnings of independent stores, and the rise of online bookselling, led by Amazon, cut the legs off the chains, with Borders Group Inc. closing all of its doors last year and Barnes & Noble Inc. struggling to survive.and more »