Barnes & Noble abandons Nook hardwar

Barnes & Noble Nook HardwareBarnes & Noble on Tuesday morning reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed Wall Streets consensus. Revenue was down 7.4% to $1.3 billion while the company doubled its net loss to -$118.6 million. Where business is concerned, revenue fell 34% on-year to $108 million, resulting in a net loss of $177 million. As was seemingly just a matter of time, the struggling book seller confirmed that it is abandoning its Nook hardware business and will instead rely on apartnership model for manufacturing in the competitive color tablet market that will seek third-partymanufacturersto build eReaders that run Nook software.

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The company plans to significantly reduce losses in the NOOK segment by limiting risks associated with manufacturing, Barnes & Noble said in a press release. Going forward, the company intends to continue to design eReading devices and reading platforms, while creating a partnership model for manufacturing in the competitive color tablet market. Thus, the widely popular lines of Simple Touch and Glowlight products will continue to be developed in house, and the companys tablet line will be co-branded with yet to be announced third party manufacturers of consumer electronics products. At the same time, the company intends to continue to build its digital catalog, adding thousands of eBooks every week, and launching new NOOK Apps.

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Shares of Barnes & Noble stock were trading down more than 8.5% during Tuesdays pre-market session.

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