Windows buys 17.8% of Barnes & Nobles and releases Windows 8 for Nook.

Originally published on Kapuno in the Technology community

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From the article:

As part of the two companies’ pact, Microsoft agreed to invest $300 million for a 17.6 percent stake in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that would focus on B&N’s Nook digital and college businesses. In exchange, Barnes & Noble agreed to load its Nook digital bookstore with Windows 8, the software giant’s next-generation operating system that launched at the end of October.