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Originally Posted by charmian
fjtorres: Doesn't your scenario presume that B&N sticks with their current DRM system?.
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Sure.
There is evidence that, as Nook's future has been getting cloudier, they have been losing sales to Adept ebook retailers like Kobo. If Nook readers suddenly became incompatible with Adept, wouldn't it be smarter to negotiate an Amazon-like deal with Overdrive than to spend time and effort updating your software so your hardward buyers can keep defecting? Especially when the blame will fall on Adobe more than them?
Of course, the real (hidden) assumption is that Nook management correctly understands that selling Adept-compatible readers at near cost is a mistake when your ebookstore doesn't sell Adept ebooks. I may be wrong there.
