For the most part, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has found the mobile industry willing to bow to its patent-licensing strategy. Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) decided to dig in and fight and it could be poised to score a point.
Books-A-Million Won’t Carry Amazon Titles, Either
Books-A-Million—the nation’s second largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—announced today that, like B&N, it will not carry Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing titles in its stores.
Daily Must Reads, Feb. 1, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.
1. Report: Facebook's IPO to start at $5 billion (paidContent)
2. Barnes & Noble faces setback in Microsoft antitrust complaint (ars technica)
3. Hulu: We pay...
Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Reading Rupert’s Tweets, and B.&N. Wears a White Hat
Also, Showtime gains on H.B.O., political advertising across the dial and who are those people buying newspapers?
Barnes & Noble: We Want A Nook For Every Member Of The Family
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) hopes to get a Nook device in the hands of every person in your family, except maybe your baby. Babies, it turns out, are a notoriously poor e-book audience.
One Publisher’s E-Book Revenues Up 795% In 2011
Book publishers don’t often share much information about their digital revenues, but Naperville, Ill.-based independent publisher Sourcebooks reports some good news, including nearly 800 percent growth in e-book revenues in 2011.
Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles
Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications—and digital platforms offer access to the info without lugging around the ones that are left. Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.‘s solution at CES this year?
E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Jan. 12, 2012
The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self publishing
1. Amazon: Time to start programming your e-books (CNET News)
2. Soon, e-books to let you flip pages like print magazines (Deccan Herald)
3. UK's first literary prize exclusively for e-books and digital publishing (Book Trade)
Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers?
Some reports today suggest that Kindle Fire sales will cut into sales of Amazon’s other Kindles. For a variety of reasons, though, it’s too early to say that lower-priced color tablets are affecting black and white e-reader sales.
Buy A 1-Year Nook NYT Subscription, Get The Nook Free
In Barnes & Noble’s largest Nook promotion yet, the bookstore chain is offering discounted or free Nooks to those who purchase one-year subscriptions to the Nook editions of People or the New York Times. It’s the first time a major retailer has offered an e-reader free with a content subscription.
Media Decoder Blog: Barnes & Noble to Offer Nook Discount to Subscribers of 2 Publications
Customers who buy subscriptions to People magazine and The New York Times will receive discounts on Nooks, as the bookseller looks to increase sales.
