Bookseller Barnes & Noble has a new tablet or two on the way. Right now the company is selling a handful of tablets including several Samsung models and a 7 inch NOOK tablet that first launched in 2016. This week a new 10 inch model showed up a the FCC website. And according to Tablet […]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet 7 coming soon (leaks)
It looks like Barnes & Noble plans to get back into the tablet space. The company stopped selling its own NOOK-branded tablets a few years ago, instead partnering with Samsung to release NOOK editions of some of the company’s tablets. But now a new device called the NOOK Tablet 7″ BNTV450 has passed through the […]
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B&N’s NOOK GlowLight is a waterproof eReader for $130
Barnes & Noble is updating its eReader lineup with a new NOOK GlowLight Plus. It’s a revamped version of the original NOOK GlowLight, which hasn’t been updated since 2013. The new model features a 300 dpi E Ink touchscreen display and built-in ambient light. Oh and it’s also waterproof. So, reading your favorite vampire book while soaking in […]
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Hands-On: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook
When Samsung and Nook finally unveiled the tablet they were launching together, the only real mystery about the $179 Galaxy Tab 4 Nook was to what extent the Nook software would run the show. I don’t think many people expected to see Samsung hardware and the same Nook version of Android used on older tablets like […]
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Next-gen B&N NOOK tablet on the way
Barnes & Noble is preparing to launch its first new tablet since 2012. In its latest financial report, company officials say B&N is in discussions with hardware partners to develop a new color NOOK device that’ll launch in early fiscal 2015. That doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until next year to see a next-gen […]
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People aren’t buying NOOKs like they used to
Barnes & Noble has released some holiday sales figures for the 9-week period leading up to Christmas, and the news isn’t particularly good for the maker of NOOK tablets and eReaders. B&N brought in about $125 million in revenue through its NOOK division during that period. That’s almost 61-percent less than the company made from […]
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Barnes and Noble extend Nook HD and HD+ discount indefinitely – is this the end?
Good news, bad news time. The good news is that if you missed out on the big Nook HD and Nook HD+ sale for Father’s Day that had Barnes & Noble’s tablets discounted to $129 and $149, respectively, there is still hope. Today B&N announced that they are extending that sale and did not give […]
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NOOK revenue falls, B&N is “making adjustments but “remains committed” to eReaders, tablets
1 Comment on NOOK revenue falls, B&N is “making adjustments but “remains committed” to eReaders, tabletsAs expected, Barnes & Noble’s latest financial results show a dip in revenue from the NOOK division. The company brought in $316 million in the last quarter from NOOK eReader, tablet, and digital content sales — but that’s a 26-percent dip from the same period a year earlier. But while the company says it’s “calibrating its business […]
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NYT: Barnes & Noble could scale back NOOK hardware, focus on digital content
Barnes & Noble recently reported that revenue from its NOOK hardware and eBook division would be well short of earlier expectations — and now The New York Times reports that B&N is reconsidering its approach to the digital book space. While the bookseller isn’t ready to stop making NOOK eReaders and tablets, according to the […]
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B&N NOOK sales were down this holiday season
Barnes & Noble says it sold fewer NOOK devices and fewer titles through its digital content stores over the 2012 holiday season than it did over the 2011 holidays. Overall NOOK revenues were down 12.6 percent from the previous year. That’s despite B&N’s work to expand its NOOK product lineup. There are now 4 different […]