Nook failure, lack of foot traffic could spell doom for Barnes & Noble

tripleevenfall writes: The last nationwide book retailer may be writing its final chapter. Barnes & Noble's latest quarterly results show a 7.4% drop in revenues and a $122 million loss for the fourth-quarter of its fiscal year.

B&N's disastrous focus on making Nook e-Readers is weighing heavily on the chain's operations. A 17% drop in Nook revenues and stunning $475 million loss for the device division in 2013 are hobbling the company's ability to keep its stores afloat. B&N appears to be cannibalizing itself with branded tablets and cross-platform e-reader applications, which render the stores increasingly irrelevant.

This would be a shame

[kannibal_klown]

I buy a decent amount of my books at B&D, I like to feel them in my hands, browse through them, etc. It's a more personal experience.

For a while I really liked Borders... the company was apparently run horribly but the stores near my home were organized better and had a more casual environment than B&N.

If B&N closes, then that's pretty much the last of the BIG book chains. There aren't any small places near where I live so it's not like I'm avoiding mom-and-pop shops; I'd use them if they were

It's Like They Wanted Nook to Fail

[Lurching]

No real advertising for them in the press or on-line except on their own site. I found the various models to be very capable. Their HD+ is a very nice, affordable Android tablet, epecially since the last update adds The Google Play Store and allows general Android apps to run.