So is the Nook dying as well? (I have no experience with 'em):
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/05/tech...nook/index.htm
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/.../?iid=HP_River
Barnes & Noble is now in full retreat. In announcing that it might unload its Nook e-reader business, the company is admitting that it can't finance the future of the book business while it's still lashed to the past of the book business.
Or, more precisely, it could finance the future of the book business if only investors would look the other way for a few years and let the company lose lots of money while it did so. But of course investors won't do that. Yesterday's announcement that it is exploring "strategic options" for the Nook business was meant to appease those investors. In the short term, at least, that isn't enough: B&N (BKS) shares were down about 20 percent in afternoon trading