Barnes & Noble to take up 1.5 million Nook Tablets, Nook Colors in 4Q11, say sources

Barnes & Noble to take up 1.5 million Nook Tablets, Nook Colors in 4Q11, say sources: Barnes & Noble has placed more orders for Nook Tablets with downstream suppliers and is expected to take deliveries of up to 1.1 million units of Nook Tablets as well as 400,000 units of Nook Color e-book readers in the four quarter of 2011, according to sources in the supply chain.