Book Stock Watch: Barnes & Noble Sells Out Nook for Holidays

By Jason Boog 

barnes-noble-logo.jpgToday the NY Times reported a digital reading milestone for one bookseller’s upcoming device: “Barnes & Noble says customers ordering a Nook will receive their devices the week of Jan. 4. So that stockings are not left completely empty, the bookseller will furnish buyers with a special holiday certificate.”

GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that influence the bookselling business. We created this chart with eight publicly-traded publishing stocks hand-picked by our readers–including company name, symbol, current stock price, and price increase or decrease at week’s close.

-Name- -Symbol- -Last price- -Change-
The McGraw-Hill Co.. MHP 30.99 -0.74
Books-A-Million, Inc. BAMM 7.41 -0.14
Borders Group, Inc. BGP 1.94 0.02
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 129.66 0.67
Barnes & Noble, Inc. BKS 22.3 -0.01
Wiley John & Sons Inc. JW.A 37.26 -0.06
Scholastic Corporation SCHL 26.4 -0.17
News Corporation NWS 14.13 -0.59
Google Inc. GOOG 569.94 -3.05
Apple Inc. AAPL 199.92 -0.59
Sony Corporation SNE 26.8 -0.18