Amazon gets an exclusive digital deal with DC Comics, Barnes & Noble yanks DC from their shelves

[thewayne]

"In response to DC Entertainment's agreement to exclusively offer digital versions of certain titles in Amazon Kindle format, Nook maker Barnes & Noble has begun pulling DC Entertainment's graphic novels off its shelves. Confirming the decision, B&N said in a statement, 'To sell and promote the physical book in our store showrooms, and not have the eBook available for sale would undermine our promise to Barnes & Noble customers to make available any book, anywhere, anytime.' Nice to see the pair is still able to keep their feud fresh on the 11th anniversary of the 1-Click patent infringement lawsuit."

I can understand B&N's viewpoint, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out long-term.

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/09/0139200/bn-yanks-dc-titles-after-exclusive-amazon-deal


In other news, B&N bought what was left of Borders and has been sending out emails to Borders book club members telling them that unless they opt-out, their information will be integrated into the B&N datamart. On one hand I don't have a problem with this as B&N and Borders were my main brick & mortar book sources. On the other hand, it sets a bad precedent for acquisitions and data privacy.

Comments

[silveradept]

Hrm. Is this the beginning of the Googlezon wars, perhaps? Are our publishers going to stary requiring us to choos platforms, like our video game publishers are?