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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
If they can salvage the Nook brand, then more power to them. Personally, I don't care if the rest of the store goes under.
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Hmm...
Selling/spinning off Nook doesn't necessarily mean getting out of the ebook business. B&N could still tie to an independent Nook the way Borders tied to Kobo.
B&N could also theoretically spin-off Nook and *still* stay in the ebook business on their own; They do own Fictionwise, after all. If Agency Pricing goes away or if the publishers/authors let go of their DRM security blanket, B&N could start playing up Fictionwise instead of minimizing it as they have, so far.
Or, for that matter, they might just spin-off/sell the Nook hardware business and keep the ebook side. Especially if DRM goes away.