Barnes & Noble has announced that it’s going to leave manufacturing of its Color tablet line up to third party manufacturers.
In a press release, B&N explained that it will create a “partnership model for manufacturing in the competitive color tablet market.” The move is clearly driven by poor financial performance, and the company explains that it will reduce “risks associated with manufacturing.”
Interestingly, B&N will continue to develop its Simple Touch and Glowlight e-readers in-house, while its tablet line will be co-branded with a “yet to be announced third party manufacturers of consumer electronics products”.
Read the full article @ Gizmodo.com.
Published by Michael Sauers
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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