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Extensive Barnes and Noble news coverage and comprehensive hands on reviews and comparisons with their Nook e-readers and Nook tablets.
Barnes and Noble offers tons of books for 50% off
In order to drive traffic to their 600 bookstores and generate meaningful revenue for the holiday season B&N has just announced that over 100 books, including some of the year’s hottest gift books and new releases, will be 50% off starting today, through Monday, December 24th.
Barnes and Noble releases Nook Tablet 7 2018 Edition
Barnes and Noble released the Nook Tablet 7 last year and it is considered a very budget device. It primarily completed against the Amazon Fire 7 and appealed to people invested in the B&N ecosystem. Today the nation’s largest bookseller announced a second generation NOOK 7 tablet with expanded storage to carry your virtual library, and an updated reading experience just in time for holiday shopping. It is available today in stores and online for $49.99.
The best ebook and e-reader Cyber Monday Deals
Cyber Monday puts a heavy emphasis on digital content to populate your new e-reader. There are dozens of retailers that are offering discounts on ebooks, but there are still a few hardware deals around. During the next 48 hours, this post will be constantly updated once more companies announce their plans for Cyber Monday. If you hear about a new deal we have not published yet, drop a comment below.
Amazon
The Kindle Paperwhite 3 is on sale. The regular price is $139 and the deal price is $79 without Special Offers. The Kindle Paperwhite 3 Essential Bundle comes with a case and a charger. The regular price is $179, and it is on sale for $119. Best Buy is also selling the Kindles at the same price as Amazon, so you can buy one at the store or on their website, available in both black and white.
In Canada, the Paperwhite 3 is retailing for $99, which is $40 off the regular price. The Kindle Oasis 2 is on sale for the first time, only in Canada. The regular price is $389 and the sale price is $329, which is $60 off, this is a good deal.
Amazon is running a series of Kindle book sales in the States. You can get over 350 titles that are 80% off. They are also running a sale on a couple hundred of indie books that range from $1 to $3. There are just over 2,000 books in Kindle Countdown deals. They are offered directly by the authors. The countdown mechanism is that the price of the book goes up gradually. At the beginning it’s usually $0.99, after a couple of days it’s raised to $1.99, and so on.
If Kindle Unlimited is something you want to try, there is no time like the present. You can save 96% on three months of Kindle Unlimited – the deal is active through November 30, 2018. You can get the 3-month subscription for $0.99 instead of $29.97. It means you save as much as 96%. Existing Kindle Unlimited subscribers are not eligible to take part in the promotion,
Book sales decreased by 3% at Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble has disclosed that this summer they saw a decline in book sales by 3%. The bookseller saw an increase in sales from adult hardcovers and saw a modest improvement on trade paper, kids, and young adult categories. Non-books increased 1.9%, led by toys and games growth, cafe and better gift results. Overall, B&N consolidated sales decreased $20 million or 2.5% to $771 million.
Michelle Obama’s Becoming is B&N Fastest Selling Book of the Year
Barnes and Noble has announced that Michelle Obama’s Becoming had the biggest first-week sales of any book this year, surpassing Fear for the most copies sold, as well as having the best first-week start of any adult book in over three years. This comes at the time of the year where the bookseller desperately needs more revenue during the holiday season, last year sales declined by 6.4%.