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Old 07-09-2015, 05:43 PM   #1
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What if B&N and Kobo got married?
This may well have been discussed in the past for all I know. But reading the news about B&N getting a new CEO, their Nook business flailing and they are pulling back from everywhere and Rakuten's history of treating Kobo like a red-headed step child made me wonder:

What if B&N and Kobo joined forces? Either through a joint venture or an acquisition?

Kobo would gain a chain of brick and mortar stores to display their hardware. B&N could cut their Nook line.

Win, win?
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Old 07-09-2015, 06:13 PM   #2
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I can see B&N sending their ecustomers to Kobo, but I don't see Kobo acquiring anything physical.
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Great. That could turn out as well as Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's phone business!
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This may well have been discussed in the past for all I know. But reading the news about B&N getting a new CEO, their Nook business flailing and they are pulling back from everywhere and Rakuten's history of treating Kobo like a red-headed step child made me wonder:

What if B&N and Kobo joined forces? Either through a joint venture or an acquisition?

Kobo would gain a chain of brick and mortar stores to display their hardware. B&N could cut their Nook line.

Win, win?
It would go badly.

"Blind leading the blind" would be a good way to look at it.

Does anyone remember PennCentral? That's what Barnes & Kobo would become, only without the vast financial resources at the start.
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Great. That could turn out as well as Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's phone business!
Microsoft is kind of like rabies.
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