NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- Barnes & Noble say it will spin off its digital unit that makes the Nook e-reader from its retail book stores, after struggling to compete in both businesses.
The book store will make Nook media a separate company that will deal with the Nook and its e-book business, as well as its line of college stores. While their retail book stores have been struggling as well, largely due to competition form Amazon, they are performing better than the e-reader and e-book businesses.