Thread: Konrath and friends take on Turow
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Old 03-15-2012, 08:55 AM   #89
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
I think that BN realized that they could safely open up their device to all EPub DRMs and that they would be fine because most people would buy books from BN.
A safe assumption in the world of the Price Fix Six because if you have a Nook you'll *know* nobody is allowed to sell the ebooks any cheaper.

At that point it becomes a matter of catalog size which is why B&N actively pursues exclusive content for the Nooks and throws hysterical tantrums whenever somebody else gets *any* exclusive content.

So their walled garden is technically open but in practice it remains closed to any significant competition without the help of the guy from Melmac.
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