Can the Nook take Notes which can be copied to a PC ? It has a soft keyboard, so I am hoping so.

Also, my Kindle could highlight passages and clip them to a "My Clippings" file. This could then be dragged to a PCs also. Can the Nook do this.

Many thanks for any help.

Hal.

You can place "notes" in a book, but there is no notepad application. They keyboard isn't as nice as the iPhone, but it's pretty good.

I made a suggestion in the B&N forum that they add a simple notepad application so people could keep longer notes, lists or even a journal. I have my fingers crossed, but they have a lot to fix before they add features.

I have problems with mine. I can write a note, but once I enter it, I can never find it again. In addition, note taking and highlighting (which also doesn't seem to work for me) are much more laborious than they are on a Kindle.

I've heard a rumor that another software upgrade is coming soon. I hope it will fix those problems.

Thanks for the replies. Sounds relatively hopefl. Has anyone tried to move the notes a desktop ?

Can clippings of books and articles be taken and copied to your desktop, like the Kindle can in a text format. I know that the PocketBooks can do this, and the Sony 600 (in a fashion - it puts each clipping to a separate file).

Many thanks for your help.

Hal.

Can clippings of books and articles be taken and copied to your desktop, like the Kindle can in a text format. I know that the PocketBooks can do this, and the Sony 600 (in a fashion - it puts each clipping to a separate file).

Many thanks for your help.

Hal.

I haven't seen a way yet to do it. I just installed the new software update (Version 1.2.0) over the weekend. I'm happy to report that now at least I can take notes and highlight, but it's not much good if I still have no way to transfer those notes to my PC as I do on my Kindle. That makes the notes kind of useless, especially if you wish to quote certain portions of a book online or in correspondence. Hopefully B&N will address that in a future update.

SLIGHTLY :offtopic: ALERT! One of the major improvements of the 1.2.0 update is that the Nook no longer loses my place when I switch between books!!!


It's getting there.

Slowly.

Many thanks Tom. That answrs my question perfectly.

If you are a note-taker, often highlighting and scribbling notes in book margins then you will be sorely disappointed with the basic Nook. To use notes and highlighting effectively do the following:

1. have paper and pencil handy
2. add a note or highlighting to your Nook E-book
3. write down book name and page number on the paper
4. don't lose paper

...which sort of defeats the purpose.

This is easily fixed via update. B&N simply chooses not to do it. I would have preferred this fix rather than the faster page update if push came to shove and they could only do one.

For this I will vote with my feet and go to another e-reader but I haven't quite decided which. I looked at the PanDigital Novel but it works with B&N and I'm done with them...would prefer Amazon. I would get a basic Kindle but the physical keyboard subtracts from screen real estate. Don't need 3-4G, just wi-fi.

Any suggestiions? Anyone?

Get a Sony. One of the new models. You can get your epub books from other places besides the Sony store.

Get a Sony. One of the new models. You can get your epub books from other places besides the Sony store.

I don't know about the newer model Sonys, but my PRS-600 truncates text when exporting. I'd recommend a Kindle.

I don't know about the newer model Sonys, but my PRS-600 truncates text when exporting. I'd recommend a Kindle.

True. The only choice is the Kindle. Unfortunately you're stuck with the full-time keyboard.

True. The only choice is the Kindle. Unfortunately you're stuck with the full-time keyboard.

Can you export notes and underlined passages on your NookColor?

Can you export notes and underlined passages on your NookColor?

Nope. A real disappointment for such a device. The ultimate wish that's being requested on the B&N site.

Nope. A real disappointment for such a device. The ultimate wish that's being requested on the B&N site.

That's too bad. It seems like something B&N could fix with a firmware update, were they so inclined.

Perhaps when their app store opens, someone will write an app for that; but if B&N's promise of an app store is anything like Amazon's promise of an app store for the Kindle, I wouldn't hold my breath. I believe Amazon's been promising an app store for about a year now.

That's too bad. It seems like something B&N could fix with a firmware update, were they so inclined.


I think the app store is a cop-out. This is just an e-reader...they aren't becoming facebook. The idea seems trendy at the moment but I doubt it will fly. They also have an obligation to thoroughly test it lest it bring down the device.

I develop software and it's all sounds easier than it is. I'd imagine that they have some big platofrm challenges in presenting a robust plugin interface that is both performant and safe. I hardly want the proverbial "blue screen" on my nook...though it would not be blue...LOL!

I could be wrong but I asked this at a store and I think, to the nest of my recollection, that you can save notes and browse through a summary of them on the color nook but there is no way to dump them off to a file...another big drawback.

I'd like to see it work like the color nook and also have import and export features so that you could see what others thought. Then you could filter the notes....for example turning on Bob and Mary's notes but keeping those from others hidden.

They could really capitalize on the collaborative aspects of notes and build something offline that would facilitate. I can imagine something like a hybrid between GoodReads and this site:

http://www.literature-map.com/subcomandante+marcos.html

which allows you to start with an author then see a tree view of other authros that influenced the author in question. Click on the influencing author and you are presented with that authors tree...

Cool, eh? Notes could be organized by author and book and accessible either through the tree or by contributors that are in you "network". Blogs, discussion etc would be a given.

They should hire me.... They seem to be challenged by out of the box thinking with proof being that they did not rely on that which could have been determined by rudimentary test driving in a "whtie room" situation in which test facilitators could not influence the testers -- a way to get candid, accurate feedback...like double blind experiments.