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Borders will not build e-reader

article published on 25 December, 2009

Large book retailer Borders has confirmed this week that the chain does not intend to build and sell their own e-reader, despite rivals Amazon and Barnes & Nobles seeing strong demand for their e-reader devices, the Kindle and the Nook. CEO Ron Marshall added: "I don't anticipate us doing our own e-reader for a whole variety of reasons, not least of which is that we're not a technology ... [ read the full article ]

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_ 		26. December 2009 @ 11:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
who wants some drm'ed thing that you cannot pass the books on to a library once finished with.

i think i'll stick with a paper thing that i can sell or give away or swap at my convenience.
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_ 		29. December 2009 @ 00:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by av_verbal:
 who wants some drm'ed thing that you cannot pass the books on to a library once finished with.

i think i'll stick with a paper thing that i can sell or give away or swap at my convenience.
I guess you have not looked very closely at the nook, or the DRM crack for the Kindle?

I guess this means that Borders will be going out of business soon...if their management thinks that they are going to remain booksellers without becoming a technology company, then they will drive the company into the ground hard.
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