Liberty Media Wants Barnes & Noble For The Nook

Last week Liberty Media made a $1 billion offer to buy Barnes & Noble. Why? The Nook Store, of course. It turns out that Liberty’s chairman John Malone thinks that Android will dominate the eBook market in terms of units.

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Mr. Malone and Liberty Chief Executive Greg Maffei signaled that the potential for the Nook platform to become the e-book application of choice for consumers on all Android-based tablet devices is a key reason for the company’s bid for the ailing bookstore chain, which values Barnes & Noble at $1.02

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