James Daunt will be chief of both chains after deal hailed as boost for real-world bookshops
May 2018
Barnes & Noble: why it could soon be the bookshop's final chapter
America’s biggest bookstore chain has seen its sales slide for 11 years. With its stock price falling 8%, is the writing on the wall?
June 2016
Free credits in your Amazon account? Apple pays up after price-fixing suit
Company begins paying out more than $400m to customers who were overcharged for ebooks
March 2016
Shortcuts
Goodnight and good Nook: farewell to a beloved e-reader
Barnes & Noble has shut down its ebook store. It may have been overshadowed and outsold by the Kindle, but for some readers, it was briefly a revelation
September 2014
US money blog
Amazon's tantrum over books cost me $212 at a real bookstore
I paid $99 for an Amazon Prime membership, but the company’s standoff with Hachette over ebooks forced me to spend more at bookstores to get the selection I needed, writes Suzanne McGee
October 2013
First thoughts
Depraved ebooks don't belong on the digital high street
Ally Fogg
WH Smith shuts down its website over hardcore pornographic ebooks
August 2013
Barnes & Noble brought to book for e-reader campaign
Book retailer criticised by advertising watchdog for running out of stock straight after nationwide campaign for Nook e-reader. By Mark Sweney
July 2013
Ebooks: the new reading
A more affordable way to get kids e-reading
Making e-readers more accessible is a great way of improving child literacy, writes James Bridle
Kindle rival the Nook stumbles, but what is the next chapter for e-readers?
Barnes & Noble boss William Lynch has resigned and Nook sales falter, but does Amazon's Kindle have a long-term future?
Barnes and Noble CEO William Lynch resigns
Troubled book giant shuffles management team after posting sharp decline in sales at bookshops and for Nook devices
February 2013
Heidi Moore column
Barnes & Noble chairman offers to buy struggling bookseller – can it be saved?
Heidi Moore
Ebooks: the new reading
Self-publishing: a revolution for writers, not readers
December 2012
Pearson to take on Amazon by buying stake in e-reader venture Nook
Financial Times owner looks to tap into student market by taking 5% share in digital book venture in a deal worth $89.5m. By Mark Sweney
August 2012
John Lewis to be first UK retailer to sell Nook e-reader
US bookseller Barnes & Noble seeks to loosen Amazon's grip on digital book market in Britain
