Barnes & Noble, whose Nook e-reader once seemed to be the company's best shot at survival, said today that it will break Nook into a separate public company. The move comes after disappointing Nook sales, especially compared to Amazon's Kindle. [The New York Times]
Remember how Barnes and Noble said it was going to give up on its Nook tablets? Well they are back! As branded Samsung Galaxy Tabs. Samsung and B&N just signed an agreement to bring the Nook software and name to a flavor of the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 4. Hooray? Read more

Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have agreed to scale back their digital-reading partnership, which means that the…
Business Insider reports that Barnes and Noble has laid off its Nook hardware engineering team in a drastic effort to return the product and the company to some semblance of a competitive position in the ereader/tablet market. B&N confirmed layoffs but declined to comment on their nature.

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Two months after announcing that it would cut back, Barnes and Noble now says that it will continue to manufacture the entire line of Nook devices. You can also expect a new Nook for the holidays. [CNET] Read more

Barnes & Noble has announced that it's going to leave manufacturing of its Color tablet line up to third party…
On the run up to Father's Day, you can snag a Nook HD for $130 or a Nook HD+ for $150. Not too shabby, especially now they place nice with Google.
A leaked memo suggests that Nook Simple Touch e-readers will be getting a software update next week that equips them with a web browser and email client.

TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft, which has already made an interesting $300 million investment in Nook, wants…

Following last week's decision to make its tablet actually useful with the addition of Google Apps, Barnes & Noble…
Barnes & Noble just made Nook Video partnerships with a whole slew of major studios. At least it's going down fighting. Read more

According to the New York Times, struggling bookmonger Barnes & Noble might be about to shelve its Nook. The problem…
The Nook app is now available for Windows 8 users. Anyone interested should probably download it now—clock's ticking.