The company has spent heavily on promoting its e-book reader, the Nook, and e-book sales in its stores.
Sales of Nook devices rose 45% this past fiscal year, and e-book sales for the Nook rose 119%.
Basically, three things: its massive national retail footprint, its brand in the book business, and the Nook ereader.
Those two traditions intersected yesterday as Microsoft invested in a new Nook e-book business designed to compete better against Apple and especially Amazon.com.
Amazon Fire's shows a cludgy carousel of content, and even that's better than the random assortment of book covers found on the Nook's home screen.
Microsoft may also incorporate some features of Nook ecosystem such as book discovery in Windows 8.
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There's a difference between kicking back with a book and kicking back with a Nook.
The list is compiled using sales rankings from five of the largest book-sellers (Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony and Google).
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That business includes the Nook devices, digital-book sales, accessories, magazine and newspaper sales, app sales and sales of warranties.
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Not even a sudden surge in comparisons between Kindle and Nook or the announcement of Kindle book lending and magazine on free-apps, or the announcement of a 39% increase in sales makes a marked difference in late 2010.
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Book apps for tablets like the iPad, Kindle Fire and Nook record how many times readers open the app and how much time they spend reading.
Seamless Shopping and Reading: Elevating the shopping experience to new digital heights, NOOK for Windows 8 customers can browse over 3 million books, magazines, and newspapers through NOOK's expansive digital content catalog, learn more about the book (including details and reviews) right from within the app, and tap to purchase and begin reading in seconds.
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It may not be long before the Nook business begins contributing to the bottom line, thanks to high-margin book downloads.
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You can also buy my book in print at Amazon.com or as an ebook for the Kindle, the Nook from Barnes and Nobleor through Hyperink.
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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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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.
You can also buy cool taxgirl merch - as well as my book in print at Amazon.com or as an ebook for the Kindle, the Nook from Barnes and Noble or through Hyperink.
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To take advantage of large and extra large, high-resolution Android tablet screens, NOOK for Android now offers customers an optimized library grid view and reading experience with enhanced book margins and line spacing, as well as an improved shopping experience and more.
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Some believe Nook is as good as Kindle (or even better if one values an open e-book format), but not enough if one goes by market share.
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