Thread: NOOK Color is a Tablet PC not a colored E-Ink Rreader!
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Old 10-29-2010, 12:38 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by mcooke66 View Post
A couple of big IFs

If the device is solid
If they relase on time with good supply

B&N will be ahead of others and focused on reading, for sale at B&N, Wal-Mart and BB. All pushing for folks to buy books from B&N. I am not sure how that is a bad business move. They are the only bookstore taking the change in reading habits and teh technology seriously.

Methinks you just like to hate B&N.
I don't hate B&N. But personally I think NC is a bad business decision.

Here is the data from Gartner on tablet sales predictions:

Media Tablets (Thousands)
2010 - 19,490
2011 - 54,781
2012 - 103,425
2013 - 154,150

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1452614

Assuming every 20 sales of tablets means one lost NC sale, you can draw your own conclusion on where B&N is heading into.
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