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Microsoft has invested $300m (£185m) in a digital venture with US bookseller Barnes and Noble.
The deal could make Barnes and Noble's Nook e-book reader available to millions of new customers, integrating it with the Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system.
The as-yet unnamed new company will be 82.4% owned by Barnes and Noble, with Microsoft getting a 17.6% stake.
It will house the bookseller's digital and college education book businesses.
Bricks and mortar
But some industry commentators believe publishers will be "terrified" at the implications of the deal.
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