Comments on: The new Nook partnership is a strange alliance https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-new-nook-partnership-is-a-strange-alliance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-nook-partnership-is-a-strange-alliance David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 02 May 2012 22:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-new-nook-partnership-is-a-strange-alliance/#comment-14888 Wed, 02 May 2012 22:29:41 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5413#comment-14888 In reply to Doug.

That’s a good thought, Doug. Preserve shareholder value by breaking the business up into viable and nonviable pieces, and if the shareholders choose to continue to invest in the dying piece of the business, then it’s on them.

]]> By: Doug https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-new-nook-partnership-is-a-strange-alliance/#comment-14823 Wed, 02 May 2012 13:39:58 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5413#comment-14823 I think this is more about BN spinning off the viable parts of their business – running college bookstores and the Nook – to give the brick-and-mortar stores a go. (then inevitably fold them in a few years)

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