textbook distribution

Barnes & Noble To Expand Online Textbook Sales

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 08/11/2009 - 3:20am

Barnes & Noble is paying nearly $600 million to get back into the college bookstore business. The bookseller once owned the textbook distribution company it's re-buying.

Barnes & Noble last month launched its eBookstore, following the release of Amazon's Kindle DX digital reader.

That larger screen Kindle is aimed at the student market.