In a short
notice Barnes & Noble, once an aggressive competitor in the electronic market, announced that it no longer sells eBooks.
"We did not see sales take off as we and many others had anticipated," said Daniel Blackman, vice president and general manager of Barnes & Noble.com.
According to the Open eBook Forum, a trade organization, e-book sales totaled about $5 million in the first half of 2003, compared with $3.8 million in the first half of 2002.