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Originally Posted by taming
Or it could be that they bought it so a competitor could not (for example, Microsoft, which could bring out an ereader device if Nook actually becomes part of them).
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Uh, Amazon's pockets aren't deep enough to outbid Microsoft on anything they really want.
Plus the rumor dujour has an unnamed Microsoftie denying any interest in taking over Nook.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...edia-purchase/
My, I was somewhat skeptical of the original rumor (mostly over the quoted price) and I'm skeptical about the debunking, but both reports are out there.