Microsoft is pumping $ 300 million into Nook e-reader

Microsoft has $ 300 million ge lwa country in the Nook, the e-reader from Us bookshop Barnes and Noble. As part of the deal is the sale and development of the Nook housed in a separate subsidiary.

Microsoft will get with the investment of a share of 17.6 percent in the subsidiary, which is the temporary name of Newco. The companies indicate that the possibility is being explored to Newco as a separate company, but that would still not be the case. Barnes and Noble also brings his studieboekentak in Newco.

Recently Barnes and Noble and Microsoft are still in a legal battle because the book chain with its e-readers in patents, Microsoft would be violating. Microsoft has a lot of manufacturers of Android devices already patentdeals closed. As a result of the indictment requested by Barnes and Noble, the U.s. department of justice to start an investigation into the ‘licentiejacht” from Microsoft. That legal hatchet with the formation of Newco buried, so let both companies know.

Barnes and Noble spent the last years several versions of its e-reader, including a copy with color display. All Nook models run on Googles Android operating system. Windows 8 will, as part of the deal, by default, a Nook application included get for reading e-books. The existing applications for Apple’s iPhone will simply continue to be supported.