03-14-2013, 10:06 AM | #46 |
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I dumped the Nook's I had over the whole Fictionwise transfer fiasco. B&N's customer service drove me to a Google Nexus and I haven't even logged on to their site in months. Hate to see all of Amazon's book competition die off though. That is why I tried to support B&N for several years.
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03-14-2013, 04:42 PM | #47 |
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I think they would have been selling a lot more Nook tablets if they hadn't went with the proprietary store. You could push Nook as your ebook store without trying to dodge the entire Google marketplace altogether. It's resulted in a very poorly-populated store.
I'd think that pre-loading Nook app on it and using the Google market would have been a better buy. If nothing else, the money spent on the proprietary B&N app store could have been spent giving people B&N GCs to get them to start making purchases via the Nook app. It's chasing that Apple iTunes money that always gets companies. They all want that all-rolled-into-one marketplace. |
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On the same subject, I wish I didn't have to involve my PC in the transfer when buying Adobe DRM'd EPUBs at BooksOnBoard or other non-Kobo sites. I mean, my device will read the protected book (I use the same Adobe ID for just that reason), so why can't I download it directly instead of having to use my PC to handle the .acsm passthrough? |
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But yes, Kobo tablets now have access to GP. So BN might do well to do so too. |
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03-14-2013, 11:10 PM | #51 |
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