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Originally Posted by kjk
I don't think so...if B&N had a decent share of the eBook market, maybe. But all those brick and mortar stores? And physical book inventory?
It will be curious to see what they come up with-spin off the eBook business? Make the eBook/Nook business their only business and sell the rest? Go private?
edit: Wow, their market cap jumped from $756 million to almost $960 million AH (and after that news). Amazon's market cap? $55 billion.
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Yeah, that makes sense...my thoughts were if it would be worth it to get the electronic content agreements with publishers via buying B&N compared to negotiating with the publishers individually. It seems often that is not only a cheaper but more expedient method of acquiring rights to copyrighted/patented material. Of course if the B&N license is tied to the device not the format then no, there is little reason. But I still wonder if there is something in there to buying B&N then selling off the stores themselves or even just closing them down for the write off. Eh, it's a level of business I will never need worry about...
Thanks again for posting your POV on it...it was just WAG on my part as Apple is not really that well positioned ebook content wise...yet...