Technology | Nook Barnes & Noble Axes Nook Engineers But denies report that it fired all of them By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 10, 2014 1:54 PM CST Copied In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 file photo, Barnes & Noble's e-reader, Nook GlowLight, is demonstrated in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) Barnes & Noble's Nook was already on death's door, and things look even more grim today after news broke that the company had laid off the tablet's hardware engineers. Initially, Business Insider reported that the company had fired its entire engineering staff for the product. The company later told Ars Technica that wasn't true, and that it hadn't laid off all the engineers, but it didn't provide specific numbers, and confirmed that there had been bloodletting. "As we've aligned Nook's cost structure with business realities, staffing levels in certain areas of our organization have changed, leading to some job eliminations," a spokesperson said, adding that the company was still committed to the tablet. But Kwame Opam at The Verge thinks "the writing is on the wall" for the Nook, given that sales dropped 66.7% year-over-year this holiday season. Read These Next President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Federal judge rips into Trump himself in deportation ruling. Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. Report an error