After investing 300 million$ in the subsidiary Nook Media (17.6% stake), the Redmond giant could get their hands on this company.
1 billion. This is the amount that Microsoft could offer Barnes & Noble to offer Nook Media. As a reminder, Nook Media is a subsidiary which sells Nook tablets and has a huge database of digital books. According to TechCrunch, an internal document "verified" indicates that the negotiations started for several months. Today, Microsoft has 17.6% of Nook Media, a company valued at 1.7 billion$. However, the company posted a loss of 262 million $ in 2012.
Nook prepare its next new Nook tablet, still based on Android. In addition, the Nook tablets can now host the Google Play. If Microsoft puts his hand on Nook Media, it seems clear that the Nook tablets could be the ideal environment to launch tablets "reading lights" Windows 8 or Windows RT.
Before the arrival of the Nexus 7, Nook was one of the only alternatives to the Kindle tablet in the United States.
1 billion. This is the amount that Microsoft could offer Barnes & Noble to offer Nook Media. As a reminder, Nook Media is a subsidiary which sells Nook tablets and has a huge database of digital books. According to TechCrunch, an internal document "verified" indicates that the negotiations started for several months. Today, Microsoft has 17.6% of Nook Media, a company valued at 1.7 billion$. However, the company posted a loss of 262 million $ in 2012.
Nook prepare its next new Nook tablet, still based on Android. In addition, the Nook tablets can now host the Google Play. If Microsoft puts his hand on Nook Media, it seems clear that the Nook tablets could be the ideal environment to launch tablets "reading lights" Windows 8 or Windows RT.
Before the arrival of the Nexus 7, Nook was one of the only alternatives to the Kindle tablet in the United States.
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