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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Unless they can get it for next to nothing I can't see anyone wanting to buy Nook. If Walmart wants to do eBooks they could just add an eBook store as an extension of Vudu (which is already very successful) and build it from scratch without the Nook stigma attached.
There was a time when B&N had Amazon doing the me too game. Problem is Amazon did the me too and did it better (or at least as good).
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I agree no one will likely want to buy nook. The advantage for Walmart, or any other buyer, is the built-in user base. I think Walmart could do it, because as you mention, they have done an outstanding job with Vudu. Also with a physical store they could easily promote and sell devices and the service.
My concern is that nook just goes under, and is not properly handed off or sold to someone else, millions of users lose ebooks they paid for. Of course this would be a good wake up call to the dangers of locked down DRM ebooks and ecosystems. Maybe consumers would realize just how badly we need an "mp3 style" ebook system that lets us take our ebooks with us and use them wherever we like.