This week, Barnes and Noble cut prices for US Mother's Day by one third in a special promotion.
There is still scope for Waterstone's to go further down the Barnes and Noble road.
So far, Amazon has polished off Tower Records, Borders, CompUSA and now apparently Barnes and Noble.
Microsoft already owns 17% of Nook Media, with around three quarters owned by Barnes and Noble and 5% by Pearson.
Barnes and Noble may well be forced into a steep price cut of its ebooks in coming weeks.
Either way, Barnes and Noble has found itself in the self-help section, trying to avoid the clearance bin.
It is no surprise that Amazon's price is matched by its biggest rival, Barnes and Noble .
I'd bet those same people now spend a lot of time cruising the self-help aisle at Barnes and Noble.
Although Amazon.com has yet to turn a profit, its stock prices are outselling brick-and-mortar bookstores like Barnes and Noble.
Shares in the bookstore chain Barnes and Noble have shot up after reports Microsoft was planning to buy its Nook e-reader division.
Barnes and Noble has signed a deal with rival booksellers Foyles and Blackwell's as well as Argos and John Lewis.
You can now find Ticket to Ride in Target and Barnes and Noble, snugly piled between Risk and Monopoly.
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Nook Media's assets also include a college bookstore chain, which the main Barnes and Noble business may take back if any deal is signed.
It comes preloaded with a selection of top-rated interactive children's books, as well as NOOK for Android from Barnes and Noble.
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Market research by IDC suggests that Barnes and Noble is not among the top five e-book sellers and has less 2% of the global market.
Can Barnes and Noble or Sony really take a bite out of the e-book reader market by dethroning the iPad or the Kindle?
Barnes and Noble downtown, setting up a closed wireless network on her laptop to pass messages to her handler in a minivan parked outside.
But its important to remember Amazon has a large number of brands that could benefit from floor space in a re-branded Barnes and Noble store.
For this 1-Click patent is valid in the US, Amazon have sued under it (Barnes and Noble) and they are also licencing it (to Apple).
You may have heard of them: Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.
You can also buy my book in print at Amazon.com or as an ebook for the Kindle, or the Nook from Barnes and Noble.
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Here in the U.S., he landed a part-time job in the stockroom of a Barnes and Noble, but lost it because the government was slow with his paperwork.
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Not surprisingly, the iPad dominated tablet traffic at 88.3% followed by the Barnes and Noble Nook at 3.1%, Amazon Kindle at 2.4% and the Samsung Galaxy at 1.8%.
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I'd bet those same people now spend a lot of time cruising the self-help aisle at Barnes and Noble (nyse: BKS - news - people ).
With the gap between e-readers and tablet computers narrowing Barnes and Noble recently released a color version of its Nook reader the products must also be considered competition for each other.
You can also buy my book in print at Amazon.com or as an ebook for the Kindle, the Nook from Barnes and Noble or through Hyperink.
Indeed, Barnes and Noble is often referred to as the perfect partner for Waterstone's, and has been expected to make a bid for the group in the past few years.
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