Thread: Any rumors on a new NOOK E Ink?
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Old 07-28-2015, 11:04 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
B&N should have focused on getting the eBook end of things good and solid instead of trying to be Amazon Jr.

Amazon has an appstore so B&N has one (that sucks & is all but abandoned), Amazon does streaming video, so B&N does a mediocre streaming video store in Nook Video, Amazon has Audible so B&N comes up with Nook Audiobooks which many don't trust yet because it was on the heels of dropping their old Audiobook services, etc.

While it's not bad for them to offer all those services/comtent they should really have gotten the eBook store on a more solid footing before branching out everywhere. They've failed to get a good rep at the thing Amazon excels at most of the time, Customer Service.
B&N ebooks always felt secondary to their brick and mortar stores. At this point I'd like to see them sell off nook to someone serious about ebooks, whose only focus will be ebooks and devices/software. You are right that B&N was too much me-too regarding Amazon.
Walmart would be wise to buy them out, or some other big player. Someone with deep pockets who could invest in the store and make devices available.
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