Agreed on shipped vs. sold (Though I DID have a conversation 2 months ago with a B&N employee - says they went out of stock a couple times).
Agree also about the recipe for success: Find a niche and optimize for it.
If even Apple doesn't yet know what their tablet is for, how are we supposed to know what their inferior knock-offs are for? But it sure is obvious what a Color Nook is for. It does have an app store but the apps are for the most part related to reading, as you'd expect.
The fact that the Color Nook can be converted into the least expensive half-decent Android tablet is just an interesting aside.
Agree also about the recipe for success: Find a niche and optimize for it.
If even Apple doesn't yet know what their tablet is for, how are we supposed to know what their inferior knock-offs are for? But it sure is obvious what a Color Nook is for. It does have an app store but the apps are for the most part related to reading, as you'd expect.
The fact that the Color Nook can be converted into the least expensive half-decent Android tablet is just an interesting aside.
EDIT: typo