Well, if Nook is such a great product, why is Barnes and Noble having this problem:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/barnes-noble-cuts-jobs-amid-plunging-nook-sales/
TITLE OF ARTICLES:
Amid plunging Nook sales, Barnes & Noble cuts jobs
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/business/media/layoffs-at-barnes-noble-nook-unit.html
Bookseller Cuts Jobs at Division for Nook
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/10/5397872/barnes-noble-reportedly-lays-off-nook-engineering-division
Barnes & Noble lays off Nook engineering staff
http://www.businessinsider.com/barnes-and-noble-hardware-engineering-staff-2014-2
Barnes & Noble Fired Its Nook Hardware Engineering Staff
Because they were 3rd to market and tied to the least influential company of the 3. They’re really good devices (very flexible and pretty inexpensive) but if you’re in the e-reader market your first thought is either going to be Amazon or Apple and by the time you get around to remembering B&N has an offering too you’ve probably already bought from one of the As.
The best product doesn’t always win. The best market position does.
Nook HD+ is a good product, especially if you don’t need anything with camera. Check its specification, and compare that with other tablets. You wont find anything better with its screen size and resolution. Note I only talk about HD+, not the regular B&W Nook. B&N decided to focus themselves on the book-side of the business rather than on the technological side. They will still have Nook but will have somebody else made it for them. And it’s not the first time a good product becomes victim of bad company policy.