![]() ![]() Presumably Microsoft's unannounced reading app will be released for that OS as well. The really bad news is that this amendment says Barnes and Noble may not release a Nook app for the Windows Phone platform. A few weeks ago, a job listing was spotted for someone to work at the company to help develop a "groundbreaking interactive reading app on Windows, which incorporates books, magazines, and comics." The SEC filing hints that when this "Microsoft Consumer Reader" app is released, it could have some Nook co-branding. This would strongly suggest that the rumors about Microsoft working on its own reading app are true. The Amendment also provided that subject to certain conditions NOOK Media would be permitted to discontinue distributing the NOOK Windows app and will cooperate in good faith with Microsoft to transition users to the Microsoft Consumer Reader. ![]() The exact words of the 8-K filing stated: Securities and Exchange Commission shows that it will likely discontinue the Nook Windows 8.1 app that launched in November 2012. A new filing by Barnes and Noble with the U.S. ![]() A planned Windows Phone Nook app may be dead. Microsoft may have invested $300 million in a joint venture with Barnes and Noble in an attempt to spin off its Nook business, but now it looks like the two companies are drifting apart. A new filing with the SEC shows that Barnes and Noble could discontinue its Nook app for Windows 8.1 in favor of a 'Microsoft Consumer Reader' app.
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