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Originally Posted by kennyc

Best Headline I've seen:

"Barnes & Noble's Nook Business Sees Fifty Shades of Red"

http://www.businessweek.com/articles...-shades-of-red

The intro is pretty good, too:

Barnes & Noble (BKS)‘s products with power buttons and virtual pages have turned into horror stories.

This part caught my eye:

In terms of selling digital content, B&N executives said on a conference call this morning, those simple e-readers move a lot more product than flashier tablets.

Like, duh!
Who buys eink readers? Heavy readers.
It took them this long to figure out that eink readers will bring in more revenue per customer?

And then there is this:

But as Kindle extends its gains, Barnes & Noble may also be losing market share to newcomer Kobo, a Toronto unit of Tokyo-based Rakuten. While Amazon, Apple, and Samsung duke it out for the sophisticated tablet market, Kobo’s sleek, simple e-readers have won rave reviews and a tide of business.

Of course, Kobo has its own nearly-invisible tablet, too, but they don't seem to have committed as much effort (and ca$h) to them.