Updated 5:26 pm ET, Thursday, January 5
Barnes & Noble has managed to avoid some of the pitfalls of rival physical book retailer Borders (which declared bankruptcy almost a year ago in February 2011), in part thanks to its savvy decision to surprise everyone and launch an e-reader running a heavily modified version of Android, the Nook, in late 2009.
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