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Barnes & Noble to Split Retail Stores, Nook Digital Business
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Posted on 06/29/2014 8:47:30 AM PDT by Perdogg
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:47:30 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: Perdogg
Nothing like Kindles. I love mine.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:55:55 AM PDT
by
Hattie
To: Hattie
I thought Barnes & Noble had gone out of business. Maybe I was thinking of another bookstore chain.
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posted on
06/29/2014 8:56:59 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Hattie
Nothing like Kindles. I love mine.
The beauty of the Kindle is the E-Ink
® display which consumes power only when changing. That and being easily readable in full sunlight (try that with a backlit LCD) while holding many hundreds of books makes this a winner.
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:06:02 AM PDT
by
Mycroft Holmes
(The fool is always greater than the proof.)
To: Perdogg
Ebooks are SO over priced.
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:07:45 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Please excuse the potholes in this tagline. Social programs have to take priority in our funding.)
To: Perdogg
Good news!
Every time I try to search "books" on B&N, up comes the stupid "nook".
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:08:19 AM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:11:16 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
To: Perdogg
I tried electronic readers for about a year and a half, then I went back to books.
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:23:22 AM PDT
by
grumpygresh
(Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
To: Perdogg
Barnes & Noble is more of a toy store than anything else these days. Of course, the Union Square store pictured here is OK but those suburban stores! Awful!
To: Hattie
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:30:00 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Why no outrage over IRS targeting? Same reason Pravda didn't make a stink about gulags.FREnterprise)
To: Hardastarboard
Best sellers are and “big” authors, but I have signed up for emails daily for very low cost or free books and have found a lot of very good authors that way.
Some aren’t good, but when they’re free, no big deal, delete them. Others are so good that I will read others by the same author, which is what they want when they put them for free or $0.99.
I used to spend a lot of money on real books, the cost to read has changed drastically since I found the low cost books. I still buy my favorite authors’ works, but it balances out with the cheap ones. Except recently a favorite of mine had a new book come out and the e-book price was $14.44. NO WAY.
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:39:54 AM PDT
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: Perdogg
Not good news for B&N. My oldest son worked for their college division up until a year ago and told me that their business strategy circa 2010 was re-organizing the company around the Nook.
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posted on
06/29/2014 9:45:07 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
To: Perdogg
You’re right....that’s what I was thinking of.
Thanks.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:00:30 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Perdogg
I bet Amazon buys them and rolls them into Kindle.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:21:00 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
I thought Barnes & Noble had gone out of business. Maybe I was thinking of another bookstore chain.
Borders Books is gone.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:36:17 AM PDT
by
nhwingut
(This tagline is for lease)
To: Perdogg
Amazing the head starts that BN and Borders had over Amazon. Yet, geniuosly Bezos knew that books were the one product consumers did not need to feel and test out.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:38:18 AM PDT
by
nhwingut
(This tagline is for lease)
To: Hardastarboard
It depends. If you looking to purchase current best sellers, it can be expensive buying in the e-book format. However, there are thousands of older titles that can be picked up for a few dollars. There is also a vast library of "free" books you can download, including a lot of classics that are no longer copyright protected. For example, I just downloaded pretty much the entire works of Jack London for free.
I still use my local library to sample books before buying them online. You can also borrow most of the best sellers at the library and determine for yourself if it is worth buying an e-book version. I don't mind paying full price for an e-book if I know I will like it.
I used to think there would always be a market for hardbound books but the e-book format is so convenient that I can't imagine every buying a traditional book again.
To: grumpygresh
I never left books for electronic readers. Having a book or magazine to read is a whole different experience from technology.
What I miss is book stores. There is not one less than 45 minutes of here. Going through choices online is just not the same as going through a bookstore and finding something unexpected.
Perhaps a B&N devoted to real inventory will begin identifying areas underserved by bookstores...we can only hope.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:46:35 AM PDT
by
grania
To: Arm_Bears
I have two nook hd+9s and they are great.
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:51:06 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Hardastarboard
Ebooks are SO over priced. But no monthly fees like my overpriced iphone, landline, cable tv, etc etc
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posted on
06/29/2014 10:52:30 AM PDT
by
Hattie
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