Comments on: A brief history of Microsoft’s e-reader efforts http://gigaom.com/2012/04/30/a-brief-history-of-microsofts-e-reader-efforts/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ZATZAi http://gigaom.com/2012/04/30/a-brief-history-of-microsofts-e-reader-efforts/#comment-837388 Tue, 01 May 2012 04:33:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=515737#comment-837388 Glad someone remembers their tech history. Don’t forget that Microsoft’s eReader push arguably died long before e-ink devices like the Kindle came to market and that Barnes & Noble (Among others) made a big investment into Microsoft’s ebooks with their own storefront which has long since closed. They weren’t they only ebook seller for .lit books, but they were one of the bigger ones and this was well before Amazon got involved.

So Barnes & Noble has had a relationship with Microsoft in regards to ebooks one way or another for quite some time.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/2012/04/30/a-brief-history-of-microsofts-e-reader-efforts/#comment-837188 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:26:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=515737#comment-837188 No, just one dozen. ;) Part of the issue was timing but Microsoft had implementation problems as well: limited deals with booksellers, activation frustration and Microsoft-only platform support.

]]> By: Todd Adams http://gigaom.com/2012/04/30/a-brief-history-of-microsofts-e-reader-efforts/#comment-837158 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:20:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=515737#comment-837158 dozens of years of screwing it up you mean!

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