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Microsoft Calls It Time On The Nook Tablet

Loss-making Nook e-reader device, launched by bookseller Barnes & Noble has suffered from major drop in sales over last year

Barnes & Noble has handed over its hardware business to Samsung, hoping offers in its physical shops will win tablet customers over

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have agreed to scale back their e-reading Nook partnership, after rumours faced that Microsoft would buy the project out

Recent layoffs may signal the end of the Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet division - but the company denies it

Microsoft is reportedly looking to move deeper into the ebook market with a buyout of the Nook joint venture

Groups say Amazon ownership of '.book', .'read' and '.author' would distort competition

Book and Nook seller says it was hoodwinked by a sophisticated criminal operation

New tablets will take on Amazon, Google and Apple this Autumn

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Bookseller Barnes & Noble has said it may sell off its Nook e-reader unit, which is struggling to compete with Amazon's Kindle