Is the Nook over?

February 26 Comments Off on Is the Nook over? Category: Feed, Tumblr

Is the Nook over?: The problem was not so much the extent of the losses, but what the losses might signal: that the digital approach that Barnes & Noble has been heavily investing in as its future for the last several years has essentially run its course.

Brick-and-mortar bookstores have a future. It’s mobile.

February 16 Comments Off on Brick-and-mortar bookstores have a future. It’s mobile. Category: Feed, HackText

Borders’ bankruptcy is being seen as a victory for e-books and the beginning of the end for brick-and-mortar booksellers, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to build a better bookstore.

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