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Famous last words... why don't you come back here and try saying the same thing with a straight face this time next year when millions of people would have bought the new Tablet. You'd be laughed right out of Gizmodo.
You sure do show a real lack of foresight.
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Do americans like to read. #barnesnoblenook
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Only being able to lend certain books, and only being able to lend each book once, on the other hand... that's inexcusable. #nooklending
10/23/09
-That's why they called the feature 'lend'. That's what 'lend' means. If I lend a shovel, I don't have access to it while it's lent. That concept shouldn't change just because something is digital. It would be nice if I could buy a book and give it to all my friends, and still have access to it, but it shouldn't be called 'lending'.
The limitations of the nook are not the fault of Barnes and Noble. Limitations are imposed by the publishers and content owners. When the iTunes Store was first launched, Apple didn't have the clout with the record labels to say "no DRM". Now they do, and the DRM is all but gone. You could share your music across 3 computers in the beginning, 5 computers now. Things improve. That's progress. After the ebook market becomes established, the publishers will have to change from the old way of doing things, just as the record labels are slowly beginning to, or authors will publish directly, with less arbitrary restrictions. B&N is the first to implement this and other features in an ebook marketplace. Instead of whining that they didn't get it perfect, let's appreciate that they've taken the steps at all. #nooklending
10/23/09
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However, it might be in the process of working, who knows. It may also be in the process of completely collapsing the music distribution industry. Either way is fine with me. #nooklending
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I wonder if a self published person can undo those limits. #nooklending
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I'm not sure 14 days is long enough, but yeah when you lend a book only one machine should have access. #nooklending
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Now you're so jaded you'll never let anyone touch another one of your books. #nooklending
10/23/09
If the lending feature was unrestricted, that would hugely cut into sales. They're a company, and like any other, they're doing it for the money - and I'm not saying that in an evil way, that's just the reality of it. #nooklending
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Perhaps this will be refined if it is the latter. I can certainly understand if it's to prevent lending to one person repeatedly, and they should curb that, however, they shouldn't flag a book as "lent" and make it unlendable to anyone else. #nooklending
10/23/09
Does their greed and stupidity know no limits? #nooklending
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I said the same thing about film cameras in 97. #nooklending
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