Posted on 07/12/2013 8:40:47 PM PDT by Perdogg
The abrupt resignation this week of William Lynch, the 43-year-old Barnes & Noble chief executive, was only the latest in a catalogue of troubles at one of the US's biggest book chains. If this were a business whodunnit, nobody could fail to spot the culprit: Amazon.
Still, with bookshops everywhere in retreat as the internet takes an ever greater slice of their trade, it seemed to many that a chain with its own dedicated e-reader – the Nook – could have the answer. But with Barnes & Noble's device struggling to make any headway against Amazon's Kindle, that strategy, and the US bookseller's very survival, are now in question.
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Barnes & Noble = Kodak
(before there were e-readers, there was the handwriting on the wall....)
Neither Kodak nor B&N appear to be literate.
Just bought a nook this week- for 80 bucks off the normal price! I’ve been wanting one for some time- but not as a reader. I make small wooden items that require quite a bit of time for finishing- my wife objects to the smell of the finish, so I have to go off somewhere else to do it, and I like to watch tv during this process (about the only time I enjoy tv). So, the nook, with a speaker attached will be perfect for this.
Also, I have a feeling that in a year or so (if it hasn’t already happened), some bright individual will come out with a way to jailbreak nooks, enabling them to used in whatever manner one wishes.
We have a 10 inch Galaxy something, great for watching vids, as a hotspot, but oddly enough, it won’t format one of my books, says not formatted for this screen size! Weird, huh?
I have a Kindle. I hate it. I use it to download free samples, then if I want the whole book, I usually buy a hardcover. And now I know why.
Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books: http://mic.com/articles/99408/science-has-great-news-for-people-who-read-actual-books
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