NEW YORK — Barnes &Noble posted a decline in retail sales in the holiday season as the largest U.S. bookstore chain’s efforts to take on Apple’s iPad with tablet-style Nooks fell flat with shoppers.

The holiday shopping season wasn’t merry for Barnes & Noble’s Nook division, which experienced plummeting sales of the Nook e-reader as well as content and accessories for the device. Total sales in ...

Barnes and Noble’s Nook tablet was meant to directly compete with Amazon’s equally sized Fire tablet for your Ulysses S. Grant. Unfortunately for the brick-and-mortar bookstore, things have not turned ...

Barnes & Noble Inc said the quarterly loss in its Nook division increased as the bookseller increased spending on its e-readers and tablets to keep pace with larger rivals Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc ...

Even before Cyber Monday, Amazon’s Kindle hit a sales record in November, topping all previous months in the e-reader’s two-year history. Amazon doesn’t disclose specific sales numbers for the Kindle.

Boosted by the acquisition of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers andsales of the Nook, total revenue at the retailer rose 33%, to $2.17 billion,for the third quarter ended January 30. Net income ...

Barnes & Noble Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales, hurt by discounts as its Nook e-reader business competes with Amazon.com's Kindle franchise. The company said it expects sales at ...