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Barnes & Noble Cuts Nook Tablet Prices As New Kindle Rumors SurfaceTechCrunch • Tue, Aug 14, 2012
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Barnes & Noble F2Q10 (Qtr End 10/31/09) Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Nov 24, 2009
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Barnes & Noble F2Q09 (Qtr End 8/1/09) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Aug 20, 2009
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Mar 19, 2009
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Barnes & Noble Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Nov 20, 2008
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, May 22, 2008
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Barnes & Noble F4Q07 (Qtr End 2/2/08) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Mar 20, 2008 • 1 Comment
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Barnes & Noble F3Q07 (Qtr End 11/3/07) Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Nov 20, 2007
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Barnes & Noble F2Q07 (Qtr End 8/4/07) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Aug 23, 2007
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Barnes & Noble F1Q07 (Qtr End 5/5/07) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, May 24, 2007
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Barnes & Noble F4Q06 (Qtr End 02/03/07) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Mar 22, 2007
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Barnes & Noble F3Q06 (Qtr End 10/28/06) Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Nov 16, 2006
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Barnes & Noble Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (BKS)Thu, Aug 17, 2006
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (BKS)Fri, May 19, 2006
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Barnes & Noble Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (BKS)Fri, Mar 17, 2006
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (Barnes & Noble or the Company), the nation’s largest bookseller1, as of January 31, 2009 operated 778 bookstores and a website. Of the 778 bookstores, 726 operate primarily under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name (35 of which were opened during the 52 weeks ended... More
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- Thursday, May 9, 9:30 AM Investors are racing ahead of analysts over a potential deal by Microsoft to buy Barnes & Noble's (BKS) Nook Media digital assets outright. Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Schick warns it's not clear if B&N's board has even seen the offer and what the full impact will be for the remaining trimmed-down company. No bother, BKS +27.7% premarket anyway. Comment! [Consumer, Tech, On the Move, M&A]
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Thursday, May 9, 9:10 AM
Premarket gainers: BKS +29%. TSLA +24%. CTRP +17%. GMCR +15%. GRPN +15%. XOMA +12%. TC +12%. OWW +7%. AFFY +7%. WAC +7%.
Losers: LPSN -22%. RAX -21%. PZZI -17%. GV -11%. MNST -10%. SSNC -7%. HEK -7%. 2 Comments [On the Move] - Thursday, May 9, 7:29 AM Investors of Barnes & Noble (BKS) caught the break they were looking for when Microsoft reportedly offered $1B to buy Nook Media's e-reader, tablet, and e-book operations. Shares of B&N are up 25.2% premarket to $22.25. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
- Wednesday, May 8, 10:52 PM Microsoft (MSFT) is offering $1B for Nook Media's (BKS) e-reader, tablet, and e-book ops (but not its college bookstore arm), TechCrunch reports. If true, the valuation assigned to NM is well below the $1.7B given when Microsoft bought a 17.6% stake (diluted to 16.8% by Pearson's investment) in April '12. Documents indicate NM (exc. the college ops) is expected to post FY13 (ended in April) revenue of $1.09B (-10% Y/Y) and an EBITDA loss of $360M, plans to discontinue its tablet line (makes sense, given market share trends), and will focus on content sales. Is such a business worth $1B? Regardless, Barnes & Noble ($1.06B market cap) should see a pop on the report. (FY13 warning) (FQ3 results) 4 Comments [Tech, M&A, Consumer]
- Friday, May 3, 8:49 AM Barnes & Noble (BKS) gains 1.2% in premarket trading after it opens up Nook products to Google Play and in the process exponentially increases the number of apps available to users. The company is already pushing the development hard on its website as a selling feature. The combination of a friendly relationship with Google on top of the $300M Microsoft plowed into Nook Media gives B&N some nice friends to have as it looks to potentially re-invent itself in the future. 3 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
- Friday, May 3, 7:22 AM Barnes & Noble (BKS) announces Google Play is available for Nook HD products. Though the move is a further capitulation by B&N from offering up a closed eco-system, it also increases the number of apps available to consumers to 750K from 10K to make the Nook more attractive. Barnes & Noble is also cozying up to Google on the browser front with Chrome set to replace the existing default browser. 7 Comments [Consumer, Tech]
- Friday, April 12, 1:21 PM E-books sales are still growing, but not at the manic rate they once did, reports trade association AAP. After growing to account for 17% of U.S. book publisher sales in 2011 from a mere 3% in 2009, e-books made up 22.6% of 2012 sales. Altogether, U.S. trade book sales are believed to have grown 6.2% in 2012 to $7.1B, evidence the e-book transition has done more good than harm for the publishing industry (PSO, MHP, SCHL). Amazon (AMZN), with its huge share of e-book sales, can't complain, but Barnes & Noble (BKS) is arguably in a tougher spot. Comment! [Tech, Consumer]
- Monday, March 25, 8:51 AM Barnes & Noble (BKS) announces in-app purchasing will soon be a feature for Nook customers. The development has the potential to raise revenue for Nook Media if apps can reach a critical mass with consumers and gamers at which point they will pay for premium content and virtual goods. (Previous: B&N pulling out all the stops) Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
- Sunday, March 24, 10:44 AM Desperate times call for desperate measures. Barnes & Noble (BKS) will make a bold attempt to gain market share by giving away a free e-reader with the purchase of a Nook HD+ tablet. The special limited time offer will be available online and in bookstores from March 24 to March 30. The end game: Though digital content sales rose 13% in Q4 to partially offset falling device sales, Microsoft-backed Nook Media needs explosive growth in the Nook ecosystem to stay relevant. 6 Comments [Consumer, Tech]
- Friday, March 22, 1:57 PM Barnes & Noble (BKS -1.1%) is reducing the number of Simon & Schuster (CBS +0.2%) books it carries and promotes, according to the WSJ. The two companies are embroiled in a dispute over financial issues. What to watch: It's a bit of risk for B&N if disgruntled book buyers move online for titles they can't find in stores. Comment! [Consumer]
- Wednesday, March 13, 12:58 PM Barnes & Noble (BKS -0.4%) seeks in a federal court in New York a ruling to uphold a previous decision that the company didn't infringe on Alcatel-Lucent patents with its website and e-reader. The company says its use of Microsoft software on its websites and hardware brings a MSFT-ALU licensing agreement into play. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
- Monday, March 11, 10:41 AM Barnes & Noble (BKS +1.3%) breaks higher, fueled by chatter that a M&A adviser has been hired by the company to help it explore strategic options. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
- Thursday, March 7, 9:10 AM Barnes & Noble (BKS) announces it will expand content options for its Nook devices with new licensing partnerships with studios and providers. Movies from Lions Gate and Paramount Pictures will be included in the new viewing options for users. Comment! [Consumer]
- Tuesday, March 5, 8:55 AM Retail expert Hitha Prabhakar thinks Barnes & Noble (BKS) should jump on any Leonard Riggio offer for the retail side of the business before the deal flies away to never return. The trick for B&N is that to argue that it's retail business side is very valuable diminishes the investment Microsoft and Pearson made into Nook Media. BKS +1.8% premarket to $16.75. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
- Monday, March 4, 9:49 AM Will Microsoft buy Barnes & Noble (BKS +5.8%)? The bookstore chain shoots higher in early trading after a Barron's article pitches the case that the retail business is worth $19 a share alone. The crux of the argument is that Microsoft (MSFT -0.2%) would be smart to buy the company to jumpstart its retail business and set up a store-within-a-store concept to boost sales of its tablets. 8 Comments [Consumer, Tech, On the Move]
- Sunday, March 3, 9:07 AM Don't let Leonard Riggio steal Barnes & Noble's (BKS) retail business, writes Andrew Bary, arguing the operations are worth $19/share. Microsoft's and Pearson's investments suggest BKS' Nook stake is also worth $19/share - surely a fanciful figure, but Nook is clearly worth more than zero, he says. The board has alternatives: a large dividend, a spinoff of Nook, or sale of the entire company. 3 Comments [Quick Ideas]
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David Jackson
David Pogue says the best tablets are Kindle PaperWhite, Nook HD and iPad Mini. Implications for $AMZN $BKS $AAPL? - View all 8 replies
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FortSumter
Anybody looking at BKS as an earnings surprise? Seems to be under the radar lately after the one day 100% gain. - View all 0 replies
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EXPstocktrader
If you hv been following me on Twitter @EXPstocktrader you will see that I re-entered $LNG at $9 ish n $BKS last week as well...stay tuned - View all 1 replies
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FortSumter: What's your expectations for this to top out at? Charts suggest fully valued per RSI, money flow, bollenger. Lot of people playing it.
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MoneyWalksStocksTalk: I picked up APKT yesterday when down -20% making a comeback the stock is still way undervalued imo -
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screamin187
Sold my BKS puts last week for a small gain, little did I know I would miss my biggest trade of the trade possibly. Hindsight. - View all 3 replies
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BadCop_NoDonuts: Did the same thing, sold some puts to free up cash........... oh well.
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0ZJ
NFLX to be pre-installed on the new BKS Nook which launches alongside the AMZN Kindle Fire on the 17th. http://bit.ly/szeY1N - View all 1 replies
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Todd Johnson
$BKS, $AMZN I've spent 2 weeks unable to download new books onto my $BKS #nook. I've asked for a refund, $BKS refuse. Old nooks out of luck - View all 10 replies
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Todd Johnson: Ocean Man - no problem. If I were the SEC or Fed Budget Director, then I would be sending early "thank you" holiday cards early to MO, et al
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Todd Johnson: OZ - your tech abilities are likely 3-levels higher than me. I'll let others determine what 1-level equals. ;)