Despite Nook, Barnes & Noble Sales Miss Expectations

Barnes & Noble reported a fourth-quarter loss of $57.7 million on Tuesday, falling short of market expectations, even though sales of the popular “The Hunger Games” and “Fifty Shades of Grey” and the liquidation of Borders lifted same-store sales by 4.5 percent in the period.

The company reported sales of $1.38 billion for the three months that ended April 28, which was lower than expected and flat compared with the same quarter last year.