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Amazing to see how something that seems so obvious now was missed by Borders. The Nook is in a great position now much like Instagram-Facebook in that it is on

• alanfalcon 14y ago
  It's pretty radical for a brick and mortal bookseller to go after the eBook market so aggressively, to the point where even now I find it hard to call it "obvious." There are some really nice touches, too, like the ability to spend an hour a day reading any eBook on your Nook while physically inside a Barnes and Noble location. Not only does that feel less than obvious to me, it feels really well designed and thought out. I admit that before walking into a B&N and playing with one of the recent model Nooks I thought that the device was a case of too little too late, but I left kind of wanting one.
  • losvedir 14y ago
    > * like the ability to spend an hour a day reading any eBook on your Nook while physically inside a Barnes and Noble location.* Oh, that's really cool. I didn't know that! I bet they could set up some pretty great partnerships with, e.g., Starbucks, too. If they did that, and I could go hang out at a coffee shop, sip a drink, and read anything I want for an hour... I'd buy it in a heartbeat.