 B&N Surrenders in Tablet Wars: RIP Nook HD
After a series of disastrous quarters trying to sell its Nook HD tablets, Barnes & Noble has decided to call it quits when it comes to selling the devices. The company will sell off its remaining inventory of Nook HD and HD+ tablets through the holidays and will not another generation of tablets.
Barnes & Noble will, however, come out with a new set of dedicated e-reading devices. Like, Kobo, which invested heavily in e-readers when the rest of the industry was going tablet-crazy, B&N is planning to zig while everyone else zags - everyone but Kobo, that is.
But before we look to the future, questions about the past have yet to be answered. How did this happen? What could Barnes & Noble have done differently?
At an extremely high risk of editorializing, this is perhaps what B&N should have done: Copy Amazon's world class user and customer experiences. Supporting EPUB3, adding apps dedicated to kids and other niches - all a waste of time if the core experience is woefully inferior to the competition's.
And what should the ailing bookseller do now? This. |
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| Pew: 'Digital Natives' Love Print and Libraries (DBW)
Know how the kids are supposed to be 100% digital, fully hooked in and a glimpse into the exciting (or scary, depending on where you're sitting) future? Well, the kids like print and they like libraries even more than the rest of us, new data from Pew show.
Next Gen Library Platform (DBW)
Just in time for the big American Library Association conference in Chicago, 3M has released the next generation of its library platform. Expect many library-technology related announcements in the coming days.
Creating Great Digital Books (DBW)
Digital publishing continues to evolve. After several cycles of development and innovation, we've learned a lot. Now it's time to start making fantastic digital book experiences. Register for a free DBW webcast on the topic today.
HarperCollins Moves Operations Jobs to New Jersey (Pub Lunch)
A money-saving move that takes advantage of the new News Corp corporate structure.
Borders: Still in the News (AnnArbor.com)
You probably didn't see this already even though it was out Monday (apologies for not keeping it exclusively fresh here at the DBW Daily; we think it's worth it in this case). But a small milestone has been reached in the Borders saga: The final space in the former Borders flagship store has been leased. The University of Michigan School of Information will move 12 to 15 staffers in there in the fall. The school's motto? "Connecting people, information, and technology in more valuable ways." Irony! |
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