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If Microsoft Takes Over Nook, What Next?

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Microsoft is said to have offered Barnes & Noble $1 billion to buyout the Nook Media business. Where would that leave the retailer going forward?

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Ether for Authors: AWP’s Boston Foray, B&N’s Travails, McEwan’s Doubts

Near Boston, Revolutionary War battle re-enactors engage with latter-day Minute Men. iStockphoto/Sphraner

Porter Anderson’s weekly round-up of writerly buzz from around the web previews this week’s AWP conference in Boston, B&N’s bad news, Ian McEwan’s doubts about fiction and more.

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Has The Time for Ereaders Come and Gone?

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Several newspapers suggest that disappointing sales of ereaders over the holidays in deference to booming tablet sales marks the end of the ereader boom.

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My Favorite Literary Feud of 2012: Tolstoy Gets Nook’ed

Leo Tolstoy had no idea what a Nook was, and yet...

Superior Formatting Publishing offered a version of War and Peace, through B&N’s Nook store, but a find/replace error changed the word Kindle to Nook throughout.

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Don’t Shout Too Loud, Amazon Might Hear

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Dallas-based startup Bookshout is looking to disrupt the current e-book ecosystem with its new offering of Apple and Android mobile apps.

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B&N’s Big News: New Nook Tablets, Int’l Head, UK Retail Partners

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Barnes & Noble announces new Nook Tablets and e-readers in the UK, plus Nook Video service, more retail partners and new International Business Manager.

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Amazon’s Appstore Arrives in Europe; B&N Announces New Nook Retailers

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American bookselling giants have their eyes on foreign markets as they expand their offerings abroad.

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The Web vs. Apps for E-books, Which Will Win?

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Your answer to the question of whether or not native apps or the open web should become the dominant distribution platform for books largely depends on what you value.

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Partnerships Are Key for NOOK Kids, says B&N’s Kevin O’Connor

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Kevin O’Connor of Barnes & Noble NOOK Kids discusses the importance of partnerships with publishers and authors for retailers in the digital age.

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PublishNews Brazil: 11,000 Total E-books; Is NOOK Coming to Brazil?

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The latest news from PublishNews Brazil looks at the growth in e-books, Saraiva’s digital dominance, ONIX, and whether B&N is bringing the NOOK to Brazil.

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