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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
For some reason, none of the other bookstores have made e-book shopping as easy as Amazon has. I have checked out BN, Sony, and Kobo and I don't like any of the interfaces. I don't get why this has been so hard for them to figure out but clearly it is a problem. They are not going to make money on the devices, they have to make money on the books. So why are the bookstores so sucky?
I have long said I will give up my Kindle if there is a better experience to be had but I have yet to find one. That baffles me.
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Me too. The last few times I tried to buy an ebook from B&N's website, it just plain didn't work. The buttons just didn't do anything. I had to buy the book on my Nook and then download it to my PC. I have no idea how it happened, but B&N's infrastructure isn't nearly as reliable as Amazon's, and site navigation isn't easy either.
I really, really want B&N to succeed because I think having spaces for reading and books is very important culturally and educationally, but they're not impressing me as a competent retailer.