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fjtorres · 01-05-2012, 07:42 AM

It should bring a decent price; mid-sized specialty publishers (if well-run) should weather the transition to digital just fine.

Note that B&N is *not* getting out of publishing; their Pub-it venture is still in place and growing.

They're most likely just raising cash to fund the company for a few more months after the Liberty Media loan runs out.

01-05-2012, 07:42 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	It should bring a decent price; mid-sized specialty publishers (if well-run) should weather the transition to digital just fine. Note that B&N is not getting out of publishing; their Pub-it venture is still in place and growing. They're most likely just raising cash to fund the company for a few more months after the Liberty Media loan runs out.