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  Barnes & Noble to release new Nook tablet this year RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 20:51 +0000

#1006 — Barnes & Noble to release new Nook tablet this year

From the "epub for the win" department:
Title: Not dead yet: Barnes & Noble will release new Nook tablet this year
Author: Chris Welch
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:12:36 -0500
Link: http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/26/5449292/barnes-noble-will-release-new-nook-tablet-this-year

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Plummeting revenues be damned, Barnes & Noble still isn't giving up on the
Nook. The books retailer plans to release another color tablet this year,
according to CEO Michael Huseby. But the next Nook won't be built by Barnes &
Noble itself. "The company is actively engaged in discussions with several
world-class hardware partners related to device development as well as
content packaging and distribution," Huseby said in a statement alongside
B&N's quarterly financial report [2]today. Earlier this month, Business
Insider reported significant layoffs within the Nook division, claiming that
most — if not all — employees focused on the tablet and e-reader line had
been let go. In its earnings report, Barnes & Noble confirmed "staffing...

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Links:
[1]: http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/9891339/nook-logo-stock-store_1020_large.jpg (image)
[2]: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/2_26_14_bn_fy2014_3q_results.html (link)
[3]: http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/26/5449292/barnes-noble-will-release-new-nook-tablet-this-year (link)

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