![]() Under the terms of the amended agreement between B&N and Microsoft, there will be Nook branding featured within Microsoft Consumer Reader, and Nook has agreed to "cooperate in good faith with Microsoft to transition users" to the new app. From the sound of it, this will be a Microsoft-developed app that's compatible with Nook books and the Nook store but can also be used to read other types of content. ![]() In its place will apparently be something called the "Microsoft Consumer Reader," which we can only assume will have a different name by the time it actually ships. More surprisingly, however, Nook will also stop distributing its existing e-reader app for Windows 8, which is on version 1.8 and enjoys a 3.6-star rating in the Windows Store. The still-in-development Windows Phone app will be scrapped. A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that was made public on Thursday reveals that B&N and Microsoft have agreed to amend their original deal to allow Nook to give up on its Windows efforts. In exchange, Nook agreed to develop a branded reader app for Windows 8 – which it did – and another for Windows Phone, although the latter has yet to appear. Redmond pumped $300m into Nook back in 2012, in a deal that gave it a 17.5 per cent stake in B&N's underperforming e-book subsidiary. Barnes & Noble's struggling Nook e-book division can breathe a little easier, now that Microsoft has let the bookseller off the hook on its promise to offer e-reader apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. ![]()
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