{"id":1059,"date":"2012-06-19T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T22:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2013-11-15T18:42:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T23:42:16","slug":"ms-bn-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"MS-BN tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft announced a new tablet to arrive sometime this Fall or next year. There seems to be a lot of speculation as to what this will really mean for the eBook world. Will this be a competitor for the iPad? What is the role of Kindle Fire as competition?<\/p>\n

A few months ago, B&N NOOK received a $600-million investment ($300-million now and a commitment of $60-million a year over the next five years). They need the investment to compete with Apple’s and Amazon’s deep pockets.<\/p>\n

B&N announced that the NOOK device sales were down in Q4 2011. But their sales were up 34%. So this leads one to believe the device may not be as important.<\/p>\n

But the eBook world continues to turn and rotate and move along.<\/p>\n

Good stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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