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B&N to close Nook offices
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Note that the performance they are referring to is their cost structure, not the quality of the hardware, software, or user support. Nate's verdict: Quote:
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An "oldie but goodie" reminder of why B&N is squeezing Nook:
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014...nooks-decline/ Somehow they have managed the feat of never making a profit off Nook, even when they owned a quarter of the market and took in $400M in revenues. |
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CNBC is saying B&N will save $13 million/yr and lay off 80 people in Santa Clara and 19 in Taiwan. Bahwan CyberTek has an office on the same street as B&N.
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Wow. Nothing says "We are giving up on this product" like outsourcing fundamental aspects of it. B&N are clearly not interested in remaining in the ebook device market.
I just hope I manage to get my UK account transferred to Sainsburys. Amazing - they bought the biggest independent ebook retailer and squandered all its assets and good will. |
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In a wonderful dream world, B&N just makes Nooks and Fictionwise is here to sell me ebooks.
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Is there anyway to get our books off nook? All my fictionwise books went there when they closed.
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It's the way the industry is heading. More and more companies are moving operations to save costs.
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Nook for PC: http://images.barnesandnoble.com/PRe...tup_latest.exe Nook for Mac: http://images.barnesandnoble.com/PRe...forMac.dmg.zip And then I recommend a trip to Apprentice Alf's Blog. |
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Considering all the technical issues B&N and Nook have been having (one of which you are experiencing), perhaps using this new company will be an improvement. B&N doesn't appear to be getting much (or satisfaction) from their 99-person IT team and $13+ million each year. |
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Granted, it was all in the first six months, but it was hardly their fault their senior management changed their business model in a fit of hubris(?) thinking they could undercut Amazon on pricing or that they panicked and ran in circles changing strategic direction four times in18 months in 2013-14. |
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Outsourcing is all the rage now. Everyone is cutting back. |
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So, at this point the only thing Nook does is (maybe) sign up the ebooks for sale and collect the money?
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