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Book giant plots challenge to dominant Kindle

The Nook is the second-bestselling digital books device in the US
The Nook is the second-bestselling digital books device in the USAndrea Renault/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest books chain, will take on Amazon and Apple with the launch of its digital book device in Britain.

The American retail giant said yesterday that it will release the Nook e-reader in Britain in mid-October, with 2.5 million titles available to buy.

The library is larger than Amazon’s Kindle store, which has “more than a million” titles for download. The move is likely to create a fierce battle in the market for e-books in this country, which is dominated by Amazon. Devices such as the Sony Reader and WH Smith’s Kobo have failed to take off.

The Nook, which is the second-bestselling digital books device in the US, is likely to provide tougher competition than previous challengers.

Microsoft recently…

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