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Originally Posted by HarryT
What is the cause of their discontent? I hadn't heard about this boycott. Doesn't seem to be been terribly effective  . |
No, it isn't effective.
And it is self-defeating. The kind of "high minded" stunt B&N devotes time and effort to instead of fixing their online store. The whine is that Amazon gets *more* exclusive title deals. (As if Apple, Kobo, B&N, etc don't have their own exclusive deals.
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Here's the Guardian take:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...-boycott-grows
Here's a more thoughtful take:
http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/post/...books-million/
(Note the date. The three year old rumors were pretty accurate.)
Generally, when companies worry more about hurting their competitors than improving their business it is a sign they've lost the competition.