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fjtorres · 10-30-2012, 05:50 PM

I'm far from B&N's biggest fan, though I try to keep an open mind about their hardware.
US market share of Amazon 60%--Nook 25% isn't quite wiping the floor.
Rather, B&N came in "fashionably late" to the US market, grabbed a *lot* of market share real fast and then stalled.
Since then they haven't lost much market share but they haven't made any gains either.

Not sure about those listed prices, they are on the face of it absurd. (Is that spread universal or just anecdotal?)
Sounds like a math error somewhere; the Nook US price is $8.99 (Kindle is, surprisingly, $16.99).

10-30-2012, 05:50 PM	#3
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	I'm far from B&N's biggest fan, though I try to keep an open mind about their hardware. US market share of Amazon 60%--Nook 25% isn't quite wiping the floor. Rather, B&N came in "fashionably late" to the US market, grabbed a lot of market share real fast and then stalled. Since then they haven't lost much market share but they haven't made any gains either. Not sure about those listed prices, they are on the face of it absurd. (Is that spread universal or just anecdotal?) Sounds like a math error somewhere; the Nook US price is $8.99 (Kindle is, surprisingly, $16.99).