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1The bookstore chain also unveiled an iPad challenger, the 9-inch Nook HD+.
2Borders, another big bookstore chain, went bust in 2011.
3David Friedman, Borders' lawyer, said the new deadline gave the bookstore chain more than enough time.
4While the college bookstore chain has provided B&N with much needed cash, sales have been weak.
5Barnes & Noble, which runs the largest U.S. bookstore chain, could not be immediately reached for comment.
6Last year, when the largest U.S. bookstore chain launched the Nook, it contended with production snafus and shipment delays.
7Borders, the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble by sales, opted not to develop its own e-reader.
8One bright spot was its college bookstore chain, where same-store sales rose 7.5 percent.
9Other possible sales or floats this year include the Hoyts cinema chain and REDGroup bookstore chain, both owned by PEP.
10Barnes & Noble Inc BKS.N, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, already said this week that it expects a level playing field.
11The largest U.S. bookstore chain put itself up for sale in August, as business has suffered in the shift toward digital books.
12Lawyers for the bankrupt bookstore chain are expected to ask for Manhattan U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn's blessing on the liquidation plan.
13Britain's competition watchdog confirmed today it had given the green light for HMV Group to make a fresh bid for bookstore chain Ottakar's.
14The new Nook comes just days after John Malone's Liberty Media Corp offered to buy the bookstore chain for $1 billion.
15Judge Martin Glenn granted Borders' request to extend its exclusive window to file a proposal to bring the bookstore chain out of bankruptcy.
16Last week, the bookstore chain said sales of its Nook devices fell in its most recent quarter, hurt in part by price cuts.
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