10-04-2012, 02:17 PM | #1 | ||
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B&N and Microsoft Unveil Nook Media
Barnes & Noble, Microsoft Close Deal, Unveil Nook Media
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10-04-2012, 03:52 PM | #2 |
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and somebody else apparently owns the websites and twitter accounts.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...twitter-names/ |
10-04-2012, 04:13 PM | #3 | |
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10-04-2012, 04:30 PM | #4 |
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What are ramifications internationally?
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10-04-2012, 04:40 PM | #5 |
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Of what?
The launch? Or of somebody else owning the web and twitter addresses they didn't bother to research before adopting? The launch? Not much. It's just a PR release. The address issue? They'll have to throw a few millions of Microsoft money around to buy the addresses. Or pick and announce a new name that isn't already owned. The former, more likely. |
10-04-2012, 05:10 PM | #6 |
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Unless B&N and Microsoft can prove he is a squatter.
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Microsoft own 17.6% of the newly formed Nook Media company, not of Barnes and Noble. |
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10-04-2012, 05:34 PM | #9 |
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According to the Digital reader blog, the owner has a business designing Gambling websites. So, proving squatting is going to be hard and he is hardly penniless. He can drag it out enough that a buyout is pretty much guaranteed. (This isn't Apple vs Cisco but the "kid" will still get a good payoff.)
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I wonder if Microsoft will help take them into international waters with their digital business.
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10-08-2012, 10:52 AM | #11 |
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It's a very interesting business partnership. I'm not sure if I understand it. What does Microsoft have to offer and what does it get out of it? What does BN get out of it?
If I had to guess I would say that they want to transform the online Nook store into a full digital competitor to iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Where they would offer books, movies, TV and music to windows devices. |
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They get the Nook business switching to use Microsoft backend systems, they get development of reader software for Windows/Windows phone, and Nook Media expanding to new geographies. Quote:
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If Windows RT takes off and becomes a viable competitor to Android and iOS, there is a possibility of Microsoft convincing Barnes & Noble to switch platforms.
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10-08-2012, 10:12 PM | #14 |
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Too expensive for an e-reader ($80-$150). Even Windows Phone 8 may be too expensive. Maybe the tablets.
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10-08-2012, 11:23 PM | #15 |
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Exactly! MS wants to combine their own app store with someone else already established with books and videos. Apple sure as crud wouldn't join forces with MS and Amazon is the biggest (what do they need MS for?). So, why not join up with struggling B&N? Between the two of them, they could come up with a pretty nice app store for Microsoft's new tablets.
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