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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The Nook didn't crater in Q4 because it's a closed platform. B&N's app is available on tablets and smartphones. iBooks are more locked down than Nook books. Amazon has both DRM and a proprietary format, and no native ePub support, and didn't support Overdrive until about a year ago. B&N won't suddenly make billions by adding a few apps or putting out an Android tablet.
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I haven't seen anyone saying the book part being closed was a problem. It's that their tablet hardware is more locked down than any of their tablet competitors and B&N doesn't have enough of an ecosystem (not just books, but movies, music & apps) for that to work well.