Thread: Barnes & Noble Fired Its Nook Engineering Staff
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Old 02-11-2014, 02:58 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by 6charlong View Post
Kobo began selling eBooks under the name Shortcovers before B&N started talking about eBooks at all, and Shortcovers/Kobo went international almost from the start. They have always been friendly, reliable and have had good CS, especially for a new place working out the problems of selling on-line. I've always thought of them as the real competition to Barnes and Noble, always a step ahead until B&N released the Simple Touch and then the Glowlight. After it's initial success with front-lighted screens B&N seems to have quit trying.

The OP report seems to indicate that something is changing at B&N. I guess we'll have to wait to see just what.
My point was that BN made many missteps and that cost them and that BN were not on the cutting edge.

Kobo might have been selling e-books but I do not believe they were selling an e-reader in the US before the Nook.
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