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Barnes and Noble Drops Ebooks

Posted by michael on from the one-step-forward-two-steps-back dept.

computx writes "I just recieved an email from Barnes and Noble that they will no longer sell ebooks and I have 1 month to download the books I have purchased. Wow!"

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  1. That's a shame... by softspokenrevolution · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First of all the shame is that the first few posts are by a bunch of idiots with nothing even vaguely resembling a life anywhere near them. The second thing is of course that EBooks had a lot of potential, when I say that I'm really just speaking from a textbook stand point, because as was stated previously, you can't really take and e-book reader or your computer into the tub with you.

    On the other hand, when used to replace cumbersome textbooks (disussed here:Little Kids and Laptops) I can see where their utility would come in. What can you do though, sales are low and the demand isn't up there where some people thought it would be.