Another victim of the economy
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Barnes & Noble Booksellers is going the way of Tower Records, Circuit City and other businesses caving into the economy and customer buying habits.
Do you want proof? Just go into the formerly hugely populated Barnes & Noble shop at the Grove Shopping Center in Los Angeles. Two years ago, you coudn't find a place to sit during the day. Now, you can easily have your choice in sitting at tables of one, two, three...even four! Just in case you don't trust us, different websites have reported about their tanking stock.
Barnes & Noble was banking on their Nook device to bring them back to relevancy. Their desperation to sell the device at the store is apparent. Hopefully, if you try and return the device, you won't get four salespeople surrounding you while trying to explain why you should keep the Nook since it is the definitive e-book reader of the present and future (yes, this happened to us).
Barnes & Noble should have made sure the Nook was ready for prime time before unleashing it. Even though the device has the "cool" factor, it still feels like it is in Beta form. Please check back later this week for a full comparison between the Nook and Kindle 2. We had them both for a week and the Kindle 2 is the easy winner.
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Comments
This article is meant to sell ads. Your no better then Barnes and Noble pushing their nook.
You are a moron.
This is a laugh. Their stock may be hurting, but the nook is easily as good, if not better, than the Kindle from a technical and usability aspect. Get your facts straight.
The article may be "poison pen journalism," but it states the truth. The Nook is a failure and it shouldn't have been.
Remember journalism? Ahh, good times. Back when, people got a degree, did massive research and wrote about the news of the day. Not anymore. Now, any hack with a computer can write whatever s**t comes to mind and pass it off as a digestible nugget of information. It's sad. Even sadder, I'm wasting my time writing this comment, which might draw more readers, which brings in more ad dollars, which... Jesus, I'm just part of the same capitalistic shell game money sponge. Let me out. ... One good thing about the nook is that it doesn't have a web browser. One function devices prevent distraction. Who needs a Toyota that can park itself. I just want one that stops. Ditto for an e-book reader. I don't want a Swiss-Army-knife-from-heck iPad. If I'm an avid reader, I want a nook. Not a Kindle. Nook rules. At least until I buy my iPad.
Ha Ha said....
This is a laugh. Their stock may be hurting, but the nook is easily as good, if not better, than the Kindle from a technical and usability aspect. Get your facts straight.
lilypie says......
I couldn't agree more. I own a Nook and love it. And as far as selling them in the stores, good for them, I loved that I was able to go into the store, look at it, play with it, get to feel it in my own hands before I bought it. I got it to read books. I couldn't care less about the iPad, if you just want to read books it's too large, so what's the point not to mention the price. And the Kindle doesn't come close to how amazing the Nook performs and looks. The Kindle is a toad compared to the Nook. I'll gladly push the Nook. Sorry to inform you, but there are a lot of happy Nook owners out there!
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