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Originally Posted by artifact
I absolutely agree with that for myself personally. Way back when Kobo-Kindle-Nook were just starting this is why I ruled out the Nook. The Kindle has more limited format support which is why I went Kobo, but to the average consumer... they don't care. I don't think the average consumer really cares all that much about the partitioned memory or formats.
Wasn't the Nook a loss leader? Selling more meant fewer profits so they had to lock down non-book buying purchases. I propose it was a lack of understanding of the market: BPH price collusion, B&M bookstore mentality, not understanding about the appeal of side-loading apps, etc. These all combined and crippled the Nook's ability to make enough volume in book (or add-on) sales and thus reap the profits the execs dreamed of. The pets.com mentality of the .com boom years: we'll make up for it in volume.
Amazon got it and still gets it -- their own app store, advertising apps, etc. Kobo got it enough to still be around today -- IMO International support is what saved them.
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I agree Kobo is a good example of turning things around after Boarders closed, with International sales. They are still popular devices here in the U.S.
I also agree B&N didn't see the popularity of apps. They were a book store and thought only about books. But somehow they didn't notice how many of their customers who were rooting the Nook Color , and talking about it on B&N brds. I don't know if anyone from B&N hierarchy ever read their device brds. Or they just ignored them ?