Nook Seeks an Edge With $2 E-Books

It's not easy being Nook. With Amazon Kindle's dominant share of the e-book market -- not to mention all of the exclusives Amazon is landing through its own publishing imprints and self-publishing platform -- the Barnes & Noble-owned subsidiary has struggled to convince e-book readers to shop at its e-bookstore over its rival's. That's why Nook is now investing in original content. On Thursday, the company unveiled Nook Snaps, a collection of short fiction and narrative non-fiction commissioned ...