So, when is B&N going to pull all the Harry Potter books from their shelves, since Rowling will be distibuting the ebooks exclusively on her new website and therefore not offering the digital distribution to B&N? Oh, yeah, they're NOT pulling those. Which means this is not a matter of principle, it's just anti-Amazon, and I hope it bites B&N in the butt.
Barnes & Noble Yanks DC Comics From Stores
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This looks pretty clear cut to me. B&N has been a retailer for DC for years, and here DC comes along and very publicly urinates all over that agreement by giving another retailer exclusive digital rights, even if it's for a limited time.
Unfortunately for B&N, they're not in the best of all bargaining positions, and it's likely that DC knows that. So B&N is fighting back against the Amazon behemoth in the only way it can, even if it's quite likely that by removing DC comics from their shelves they will be giving Amazon even more business.
Unfortunately for B&N, they're not in the best of all bargaining positions, and it's likely that DC knows that. So B&N is fighting back against the Amazon behemoth in the only way it can, even if it's quite likely that by removing DC comics from their shelves they will be giving Amazon even more business.
This is pretty much all meaningless to me besides that fact that another large book seller is hurting it's own flagging sales and finding a actual book seller is a pain in the ass.
I don't give a shit about their spat.
What's annoying me is that we're going to have to start dealing with this exclusivity crap with books now? It's bad enough with video games and all the different formats for that, now we have to worry about that for books?
I'm really not looking forward to the day when you can only watch Sony Pictures dvds on Sony dvd players.
What's annoying me is that we're going to have to start dealing with this exclusivity crap with books now? It's bad enough with video games and all the different formats for that, now we have to worry about that for books?
I'm really not looking forward to the day when you can only watch Sony Pictures dvds on Sony dvd players.
Exclusivity isn't really new to electronic books. Whether this will spill out into anything other than one spat over comics is yet to be seen, though.GonzoGamer said:
Could you imagine BnN really refusing to stock the next Da Vinci Code or similar blockbuster if Amazon got an exclusive? It's dumb enough with comics; I can't imagine it translating here.
Damn it. I don't have (nor am I likely to get) an e-book reader, and Barnes & Noble is the only bookstore with comic books/graphic novels in my college town.
Okay, I can understand being upset by an exclusive digital deal.
What I don't understand is why you would pull the physical copies, seeing as the customers who would buy those wouldn't care about the digital distribution.
So, they weren't going to get digital sales revenue, and now they won't get physical sales revenue, aside from online.
I'm not entirely sure how that improved their situation, or made any sort of point with DC since customers will just go to other stores or order it online anyway. If the customers do go online, would they be more or less inclined to buy from Amazon?
What I don't understand is why you would pull the physical copies, seeing as the customers who would buy those wouldn't care about the digital distribution.
So, they weren't going to get digital sales revenue, and now they won't get physical sales revenue, aside from online.
I'm not entirely sure how that improved their situation, or made any sort of point with DC since customers will just go to other stores or order it online anyway. If the customers do go online, would they be more or less inclined to buy from Amazon?
Lemme get this straight--they have a policy of refusing to make money on things unless they're ALSO allowed to make money on them in a completely different way?
Isn't this like a barber refusing to cut your hair if you won't let him also cut your dog's hair? It's only a 4 month exclusivity deal. B&N should say "this policy could bite us in the ass! How about if we declare that being able to sell the comics for the Nook in 4 months is dandy and we'll rake in every penny we can in the meanwhile!"
I mean, it's one thing for corporations to attempt to strongarm each other, but B&N is strongarming ITSELF. How daft do you have to be?
Isn't this like a barber refusing to cut your hair if you won't let him also cut your dog's hair? It's only a 4 month exclusivity deal. B&N should say "this policy could bite us in the ass! How about if we declare that being able to sell the comics for the Nook in 4 months is dandy and we'll rake in every penny we can in the meanwhile!"
I mean, it's one thing for corporations to attempt to strongarm each other, but B&N is strongarming ITSELF. How daft do you have to be?
