Barnes and Noble News

Barnes & Noble Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!bks /quotes/nls/bks said Tuesday that its second-quarter net loss widened to $24 million, or 43 cents a share, from a loss of $18 million, or 34 cents a share, in the year-ago period.

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Hundreds of Sarah Palin fans are already lined up outside the Borders bookstore in Henrietta, getting ready for Sarah Palin's visit on Saturday.

Barnes & Noble Inc. said Nook, its device for reading digital versions of books, sold out its initial production run and won't ship new purchases until the week of Jan.

City National Bank is partnering with Barnes & Noble this holiday season for a multi-state book drive that will celebrate the joy of reading and benefit our area schools.

She may not be president, but she's no Stalin, either. Here's what you do if you want an immediate demonstration of media bias in political coverage and to see trap doors open on the heads of leftists throughout the land as little birds step out singing, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo." You speak the name of Sarah Palin and let it be known she's traveling ...

Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.

As Sony Corp. a s e-book devices vie with the Kindle to win over readers, the real showdown may come later: when a shift to electronic textbooks at schools threatens to eclipse the current market for the products.

The Nook e-reader will debut on November 30 at Barnes & Noble Inc. stores, joining several new electronic reading devices hitting the market soon.

The Borders bookstore in Henrietta is getting ready for Sarah Palin's visit on Saturday.

The story of the seduction of a lesbian by an ageing stage actor, which includes an eye-watering scene with a green dildo, has won Philip Roth the dubious honour of a place on the shortlist for the Literary Review's bad sex in fiction award.

Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity taped a show that will air tonight on FOX News Channel.

College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight just to make sure they get an orange wristband that would let them meet Sarah Palin.

Barnes & Noble Inc. said its board adopted a shareholder rights plan in response to the recent rapid accumulation of its stock.

With Amazon 's Kindle , readers can squeeze hundreds of books into a device that is smaller than most hardcovers.

The Nook, a $259 e-reader from Barnes & Noble Inc., will hit the booksellers' stores on Nov.

When Amazon introduced the second-gen Kindle earlier this year, it had no competition in the wireless e-reader category.

If the hype is to be believed, this holiday season promises to be the year of the e-reader, with Amazon , Sony and Barnes and Noble all hawking versions to gadget-happy consumers willing to shell out upwards of $200 a pop for the technology.

Author and CNN's 'Moneyline' anchor Lou Dobbs speaks during a book signing for his new book 'Space: The Next Business Frontier' December 12, 2001 at a Barnes & Noble book store in New York City.

The Mattel Building at 675 Sixth Avenue, at 22nd Street, where Trader Joe's has recently signed a lease.