Comments on: B&N adds more movies and TV shows to Nook Video, but who’s going to watch?

By: Kazuya Mishima

Kazuya Mishima — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:35:48 +0000

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By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:28:39 +0000

As much as I think it’s a good question to ask, I think it has been beaten to death as well. The competition now is beyond just content, how much you have and how cheap you can make it affordable…we are at a point where “branding” is huge and B&N just don’t get it!

Who wants great apps? Apple’s iPad has it all cover. Who wants cheap ebooks, free streaming and free shipping? Amazon. Who wants cheap and unlocked Android tablets? Google Nexus.

When you talk to anyone about tablets and content…B&N’s Nook simply does not come up on top of anyone’s list. They rely on established loyal users. A cheap Android tablet can be purchase from any of the better known PC brands and there is no need to deal with wall-garden content. Nook is losing on every front and now they are just starting to see the truth. Nook may not be dead but it will NEVER grow beyond their existing users if they don’t work on branding awareness and improve their awful site. Being on the news so often with bad financial numbers isn’t really helping with their brand.

By: Matt Eagar

Matt Eagar — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:15:18 +0000

The Nook came on strong a couple of years ago, but unfortunately I don’t think the program is well-managed. Personal anecdote: we make remote control systems controlled by mobile devices (iOS, Android, PC). When other companies have launched their app stores, they have called us up looking to bring in a variety of different apps to appeal to customers. For example, Cisco did this with their (ill-fated) Cius app store, we had talks with Dell, are on the Amazon app store, etc. Anyway, we downloaded the Nook SDK and tweaked our Android app to meet their guidelines, but they never approved our developer application – after repeated follow up on our end, we got only silence. In the meantime, I get regular emails from them inviting me to be a Nook developer. If they are so keen to have me as a developer, than why not approve my application (or at least reject it and tell me why)?

Anyway, not surprised to see them struggle, but sadly I think it could have gone otherwise if they knew how to keep on top of the operation.