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This is a sneaky way for Microsoft to seed its new software platform into the consumer market. And I would not be surprised to see the next piece of Kindle hardware running Windows instead of Android. New features and media formats will move slowly to other platforms. Microsoft didn't invest $300 million in the Nook just to kill it.īut the Windows 8 version should always be on the bleeding edge. You'd only end up chasing consumers away from the Nook altogether, either to Apple's iBooks or the ( NAS: AMZN) Kindle family.

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Shutting iPad and Android support down altogether would not be a good idea, given their large market shares in the wild. After all, Redmond actually owns a good-sized slice of it. But would that be a big enough deal to have both companies shouting from the rooftops?Įxpect the Nook platform to gravitate closer to Microsoft from now on. I'm sure the Windows 8 app will leverage the new Metro-style interface, making the Nook app look and feel like something from the newfangled Windows Phone world.

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There are also Nook apps for Android smartphones and tablets, Apple Mac computers, the Apple iPhone, and - count 'em - two tailor-made iPad apps. That sounds reasonable at first blush, but I think there's more to that new app than meets the eye.Ĭonsider this: Barnes & Noble already provides a Nook reader package for today's Windows 7 machines. The first fruit of this relationship will be a Nook application for the Windows 8 platform. Either way, that's far less than the implied value of the new digital operation.Įither the bookstores are worth less than zero, the markets have horribly mispriced Barnes & Noble, or Microsoft made a huge mistake here. With almost 10 times as much debt as cash on the books, Barnes & Noble's enterprise value is a bit larger at roughly $1.6 billion. Even so, the entire company now holds a $1.2 billion market cap. The bookstore's shares jumped as much as 105% on the news before retreating a bit. This investment puts a $1.7 billion valuation on the Nook-centric section of Barnes & Noble. But let's call a spade a spade: This move is all about the Nook e-book reader. Softy a 17.6% ownership stake in Barnes & Noble's college bookstores and digital publishing operations. Yesterday, software giant Microsoft ( NAS: MSFT) announced a $300 million investment in Newco, a subsidiary created under the banner of bookstore operator Barnes & Noble ( NYS: BKS).