Barnes and Noble is officially not prioritizing the Nook anymore. The company has announced that in the past three months hardware digital sales fell 8.6%, to $25.3 million. One of the big reasons of the decline is that some stores were moving the Nook section to the back of the bookstore. Apparently this is going to occur in every store going forward. Tim Matel the Chief … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble is throwing in the towel on the Nook e-reader
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Kobo at Walmart will be the deathblow for the B&N Nook
When Kobo first incorporated and started to sell e-readers and ebooks they famously said the US market was too hypercompetitive and they would rather focus on international expansion. Barnes and Noble in their glory days was generating over a billion dollars a year on their Nook unit and Amazon was selling Kindle 4-5 million Kindles every year. Sony was making high quality … [Read more...] about Kobo at Walmart will be the deathblow for the B&N Nook
Barnes and Noble staff disclose why the bookstore is so dysfunctional
Barnes and Noble had a horrendous holiday season and the entire bookstore chain experienced declining sales of 6.4% as compared to the prior year. Over the course of the entire year of 2017 sales fell 6% to $3.7 billion and Barnes and Noble recorded a net loss of $125.5 million compared to a profit of $22 million the year before. Why is Barnes and Noble continuing to lose … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble staff disclose why the bookstore is so dysfunctional
What are the driving factors for upgrading an e-reader?
E-Readers do not have the same upgrade cycle that smartphones and tablets enjoy. Every year Qualcomm releases a series of new Snapdragon processors that flagship phones employ and Apple continues to develop their own for iPads and iPhones. RAM and internal storage continues to increase and battery life continues to improve. The vast majority of e-readers are using the i.MX6 … [Read more...] about What are the driving factors for upgrading an e-reader?
Barnes and Noble Nook 1st gen is discontinued today
The Barnes and Noble Nook first generation e-reader is officially discontinued today. Customers are now unable to purchase new content, register with a BN.com account, or sign in using a NOOK account. Users will still have access to their purchased content and are able to continue sideloading ebooks. If you log out of your B&N account or perform a factory reset, you will … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook 1st gen is discontinued today
This is how Barnes and Noble made the Nook Profitable
In the past twelve months Barnes and Noble did the impossible and made the Nook unit profitable. The bookseller generated $3.5 million dollars on e-readers, tablets and accessories. One of the main reasons why Nook is starting to well is because there are fewer people working in the division. The Nook unit had 92 people working there on April 2017 and one year later only 57 … [Read more...] about This is how Barnes and Noble made the Nook Profitable
Nook e-Readers are not going to work anymore, unless you do this
Barnes and Noble has announced that the vast majority of their e-readers are not going to work after June 29th, 2018. You will not be able to make any purchases, or download and manage your NOOK Content from your NOOK Device unless you download a mandatory security update. Barnes and Noble is upgrading the security system for all of their websites and servers that handle … [Read more...] about Nook e-Readers are not going to work anymore, unless you do this
NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit
Barnes and Noble released their 4th quarter and full year results on the same day and they proclaimed that NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit, generating $3.5 million dollars. In the 4th quarter Nook had an operating loss of $1.5 million, compared to an operating loss of $7.9 million during the previous-year period. Although the company did not provide any long term … [Read more...] about NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit
Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight 3 has a OpenDyslexic font
Barnes and Noble issued a small firmware update for the Nook Glowlight 3 and OpenDyslexic is now available as an additional font option and they have also added various improvements to wishlist and search. The 49.2.36 firmware is being pushed to all Nook users via WIFi and it will automatically install the next time your e-reader is in sleep mode. This is just a small little … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight 3 has a OpenDyslexic font