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Originally Posted by fjtorres
It is a ray of light at the end of the tunnel.
It *could* be an oncoming freight train but an optimist can at least hope for new policies.
At this point, any change can only be an improvement.
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I think that's right.
As I understand it, B&N isn't getting out of the Nook e-reader business, just the Nook tablet business. Which makes a lot of sense - while I understand why they got into the tablet business: they saw a niche that wasn't being filled - that is no longer the case. The most recent CR tablet review reviewed 90 tablets, for example. It's not clear that B&N can make money in that space by selling tablets, nor is it clear that it really adds much to their books sales. (And, unlike Amazon, they don't have extensive experience selling streaming videos, and I don't think it's really that productive trying to compete in that crowded space against Amazon, Netflix, Apple, and the other smaller providers).
So focusing on books and e-ink readers, plus apps for tablets, seems to be a good approach right now.