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Originally Posted by witeowl
It seems to me that BAM realizes that every ebook they sell is to be read on a non-BAM device (seeing as how BAM doesn't have their own device). Why not be an affiliate for another device... particularly for the only (to my knowledge) ereader (tablets aside) which can load BAM's own reader app with built-in bookstore?
ETA that I realize(d) that other Nooks are also being sold, to which I just point back to my first point.
Edited (again) to add that I just checked and it turns out that BAM doesn't have an Android app, so... um, yea, let's just ignore the stuff in purple, ok?
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Yes, I have the BAM iOS app, which is a white-label version of Bluefire Reader that points to the BAM bookstore (I have used Bluefire quite a lot). Bluefire is supposed to be working on an Android version but has gone dark since their informal announcement a couple of months ago that they were 'almost done'. (off topic: I am waiting to see what happens to Bluefire at the end of the month, when Apple is rumored to be cleaning house on all subscription/reading apps that don't conform to the latest interpretation of their App Store guidelines).
Maybe B&N has a way to track ebook sales made on the Nooks that BAM sells, and gives BAM a commission. That's all I can come up with. The BAM site doesn't disclose these details, you would think they would at least say on the page where they sell the Nooks that you can read BAM ebooks on it by using ADE to side-load, etc. The eBook FAQ does discuss this but only in a general way, listing Nook as one of many devices you can use.