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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I would be surprised if B&N will rejuvenate, at least as far as ebooks go. They would need to greatly improve both their ebook selection and their ebook store.
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The thing is, it doesn't seem like it would be difficult to do. Mostly they need someone with vision to run their e-book division. Or partner with a company willing to do it. That's why I mentioned Google earlier.
On the business side, they need to focus on making their customers happy rather than the big publishers. They don't seem to know what's best for them anyway. Start offering DRM light, watermark only ePubs, release a nice new reader to go with the relaunch. Advertise.
I admit the DRM might be easier said than done.
I have no faith B&N will do this. They seem to have a bunch of brick and mortar solutions to the digital business and that's not working.