Voices » Barnes & Noble http://voices.allthingsd.com from other Web sites Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Sony Says Some E-Reader Orders May Miss Christmas http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091118/sony-says-some-e-reader-orders-may-miss-christmas/ http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091118/sony-says-some-e-reader-orders-may-miss-christmas/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:40:33 +0000 Don Clark http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=18053 By Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Two high-profile electronic-book readers seeking to challenge Amazon.com Inc.’s (AMZN) Kindle could be scarce under the Christmas tree.

Sony Corp. (SNE) Wednesday said orders for its new Daily Edition Reader–which the company said in August would arrive in time for the holidays–are now expected to ship Dec. 18 through Jan. 8. It added that the actual delivery date can’t be guaranteed.

Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS), which is racing to enter the market with an e-reader called Nook, last week said the latest orders for the product will ship Dec. 18, though it stated it expects those products to arrive by Christmas.

The projections, which both companies linked to strong demand, underscore the difficulties of forecasting orders and coordinating a supply chain that includes component makers, manufacturing services and others.

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]]> http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091118/sony-says-some-e-reader-orders-may-miss-christmas/feed/ 0 Why Is Nook Toast? Third to Market, First to the Grave. http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091022/why-is-nook-toast-third-to-market-first-to-the-grave/ http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091022/why-is-nook-toast-third-to-market-first-to-the-grave/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:02:20 +0000 Amol Sarva http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=16906 By Amol Sarva, CEO, Peek

Barnes & Noble’s (BKS) nook seems really cool. But when you’re third to market, life is harder.

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]]> http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091022/why-is-nook-toast-third-to-market-first-to-the-grave/feed/ 0 Barnes & Noble Reader Out Tuesday http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091020/barnes-noble-reader-out-tuesday/ http://voices.allthingsd.com/20091020/barnes-noble-reader-out-tuesday/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:42 +0000 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Geoffrey A. Fowler http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=16782 By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal

A new electronic book reader is expected Tuesday from book seller Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) that will challenge readers from Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Sony Corp. (SNE) with a color touch-screen and $259 price, according to a planned ad for the device.

The price for the reader, called the Nook, matches that of Amazon’s Kindle. The Kindle controls about 60 percent of the burgeoning e-book market, according to Forrester Research.

Details of the reader appear in a full-page advertisement viewed by The Wall Street Journal in the New York Times Book Review section dated Sunday, Oct. 25. The advertisement says the Nook will enable its owners to “Lend eBooks to friends.”

A spokeswoman for Barnes & Noble declined to comment.

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Barnes & Noble Inc. (B) plans to announce its own brand of e-book reader and could begin selling the device as soon as next month, according to people briefed on the matter. The device is expected to feature a six-inch screen from digital-paper maker E-Ink Corp. with touch input and a virtual keyboard, like the one used on Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone. The Barnes & Noble device is expected to also use a wireless connection to download books from the online e-book store that the books retailer unveiled in July, those people said. It’s unclear how much Barnes & Noble would charge for the device. Products with similar features sold by Sony Corp. (SNE) and Irex Technologies BV retail for $399.

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Borders Group (BGP) late yesterday said it is “no longer contemplating” the sale of the company. (You have to think that’s because they can’t find anyone to buy it.) That news, combined with some fairly ugly results for the fiscal third quarter ended Nov. 1, has the stock reeling. Combined with the recently punk numbers from Barnes & Noble (BKS), the latest results suggest all is not well in the book-selling business, providing one more reason to worry about current sales at online book selling king, Amazon.com (AMZN).

Borders reported Q3 sales of $682.1 million, well short of the Street consensus of $726.5 million. The company lost $172.2 million in the quarter, including $133.2 million in various noncash charges.

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