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fjtorres · 01-06-2012, 08:05 AM

Just ran into this, more detailed, look:

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/...ate-nook/all/1

Seems B&N is looking at, potentially, losses of up to $100 million.
That's about a million STR's worth.
(Probably not all the losses come from the "shortfall" but...)
I'm getting flashbacks to the Atari ET for 2600 debacle.

Hopefully tey won't landfill the STRs.
h
Also, worth considering: if they really have that many STRs to move, it'll poison the well for *everybody* in the epub ecosystem ad even Kindle is going to see slow sales of the eink readers.

2012 not off to a good start.

01-06-2012, 08:05 AM	#45
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Just ran into this, more detailed, look: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/...ate-nook/all/1 Seems B&N is looking at, potentially, losses of up to $100 million. That's about a million STR's worth. (Probably not all the losses come from the "shortfall" but...) I'm getting flashbacks to the Atari ET for 2600 debacle. Hopefully tey won't landfill the STRs. h Also, worth considering: if they really have that many STRs to move, it'll poison the well for everybody in the epub ecosystem ad even Kindle is going to see slow sales of the eink readers. 2012 not off to a good start.