Barnes and Noble first got into the e-reader business in 2009 and the first few years were very profitable, primarily due to the lack of entrenched competition. The only company that mattered at the time was the Amazon Kindle, but it launched only two years prior. Barnes and Noble started to lose money when companies like Apple and Samsung popularized multimedia tablets, that … [Read more...] about Will Barnes and Noble sell the Nook ereader unit?