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Barnes and Noble should ideally end the entire Nook business as well. Every month I spend around $50 buying books at a physical B&N. I am just happy to buy thei
by tn13 12y ago
Barnes and Noble should ideally end the entire Nook business as well. Every month I spend around $50 buying books at a physical B&N. I am just happy to buy their books on a standard Android App. Not sure what purpose the e-reader serves.
- CrazedGeek 12y agoThere's a good amount of people that prefer reading on E Ink screens over normal screens.
- checker 12y agoI'm not sure why you're writing off e-readers. I love my Nook. It's not as heavy as a book and its battery life is awesome. Also, The E-paper screen really is easier on my eyes and I can get "any" book I want instantly. It's somewhat analogous to the transition from CD player to iPod.
- lerchmo 12y agoWhy not Kindle?
- qzcx 12y agoWhy Kindle? Competition is good in any industry.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoNook isn't competition for Kindle. It's an also-ran.
- checker 12y agoAt the time Nook had the glow-light and Kindle didn't.
- brandonmenc 12y ago> Not sure what purpose the e-reader serves. Carrying around hundreds of books is the obvious killer feature.
- rbanffy 12y ago> Carrying around hundreds of books is the obvious killer feature. Better indexing and search would be the killer killer feature. I carry about a hundred books and about that many magazines (in PDF). Being able to search through that stack would increase my perceived IQ by a hundred points.
- tn13 12y agoBut an iPad, or Android Phone would do that just easily.
- dminor 12y agoThey are in the process of spinning it out, so it will either live or die on its own.
- BobMarz 12y agobaseless speculation: Yahoo buys Nook division from BN to get into hardware
- rbanffy 12y agoI too enjoy buying paper books, but I do not enjoy carrying too many of them.