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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
That was exactly what I took "generic China, Inc" to mean. Can you show me where the 2015 Glowlight Plus, the Glowlight 3 or the current Glowlight Plus is an off the shelf hardware design?
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I don't know how far back you go but in my time here I've seen dozens of companies come and go, hoping to build ebook businesses by that model, rebadging Hanlins and Netronixes and Booxes and what not, without any inhouse tech stuff. Without anything to makes them distinctly *theirs*. Some were quite good for the times, some even boasted features nobody else had. Most weren't.
None endured.
The survivors are the ones who control their own fate with more than checks to China or India. Who create tbeir own IP and are committed to more than making a quick buck.
The rest have never amounted to much because what tbey could buy was available to all.
B&N disbanded their tech staff years ago so until I see Daunt hiring new designers and coders I'll be skeptical Nook can be any more than it is today. He may say he will invest but I doubt anything he can afford will change anything.
We'll see soon enough.