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08-04-2010, 08:42 PM | #17 |
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Not opening PDBs is a "feature" of the current Nook software for Windows, so I'm not surprised that that's gone too. Adding your own ePubs/PDFs is a nice addition, though.
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08-05-2010, 05:15 PM | #18 |
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I think it is absurd that I have to deactivate my computer's ADE account authorization. If I were Adobe, I would be having a few words with B and N about this.
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08-06-2010, 01:24 AM | #20 |
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No need to be Adobe to make complaints. People who've run into the ADE issue have been unhappy about that, when they've been able to login in the first place, that is.
Apparently it is now a known issue that an update fix is being worked upon, but someone really ought to have done their usability testing before release. |
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08-07-2010, 11:05 AM | #22 |
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i wish it would include a way to change (or at least grey) the color of the page, like the B&N reader app does, so reading all night on my netbook doesnt blind me. but all-in-all, i find it vastly superior to any other pc ereader app i've tried--and i prefer using my netbook to my nook when reading abed. (oh, and if only there was a way to sync one's place between the two...)
btw, i picked my alma mater from 15 years ago. B&N operates nearly all the college bookstores in the u.s. and i'm betting they're working towards a way to access course registrations and populate textbook lists in future as they do in individual college bookstores already. it would be a massive thing, but maybe that's why they want school connections, and/or data mining on hotspots for future rollouts? anyway, you're welcome to pick mine, university of south florida, if you want Last edited by elithea; 08-07-2010 at 11:18 AM. Reason: get that stupid smiley outta there! |
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mine worked just like you say. i already had and adobe ID and it found and confirmed it. of course, i just installed all of this ebook stuff this summer so i don't have to worry much about outdated or not-updated versions of anything yet--i can understand how people who have long-time and therefore more convoluted paths/installations/versions etc. would be put off and that's too bad. but on a spanky newbie, it's working just fine, thanks.
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08-09-2010, 12:24 PM | #25 |
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I went to the site, wasn't impressed by what I saw but the main reason I didn't down load it was they wanted me to set up an account (or otherwise wanted personal information; I don't remember which). Forget that. That's like when I call or email someplace for info on a product and and they try to to gather personal information from me then act surprised when I tell them they do not need it (are people really such sheep they give in to those demands?). If they continue to push me, I inform them they just lost a potential cutomer.
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Not me so much, and I'd include all those gimmicky websites that come promoted on a sticker on the textbook, and 95% of the CDROMs that get stuck in a pocket in the back cover. So many of these "study aids" are come-ons, and an attempt to soften the blow when you look at the textbook's pricetag.
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It really should be an optional thing, and they should let you use the program with only a B&N account (for backing up the notes) and ADE (for authorizing any textbooks). I'm sure there are plenty of home schoolers/self-study people even in the States alone who'd find it useful and would rather not be forced to give false information about their educational institution, or lack thereof. Quote:
Which is how I end up having the same birthday as a number of celebrities and a snail mail address in R'lyeh. Incidentally, it turns out that the 12 extra free B&N Classics (and I will reiterate that these are nice editions with bonus notes and essays done by university professors and the like, since someone always says you should just head straight to Gutenberg, do not pass Go, when the subject comes up) included in the NookStudy Free College Kick-Start Kit are: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned, Beowulf, Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, The Inferno, Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Plato's The Republic, The Scarlet Letter, T.S. Eliot's Waste Land & Other Poems, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence, and The Canterbury Tales. They're supposed to send you the link to pick up the freebies in an email after you install and register NookStudy, but if they don't, it can be found very easily on the B&N NookStudy forum. And they released a new build of NookStudy (for Mac users, at least) which is supposed to fix some of the login issue problems. I couldn't tell you if it worked or not, since that's not a problem I had with it in the first place. |
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10-08-2010, 12:54 PM | #28 |
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I've been having a little trouble with the program and found a youtube video that's half decent on the subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjydx7_1ImU
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10-10-2010, 07:16 PM | #29 |
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I'm using nookStudy for a course this semester and I don't care for it. I used CourseSmart last semester and liked their software better. They both have the same basic functions, but some things, like searching and taking notes, are a little better/easier with CourseSmart. A lot of this is personal preference though, but I think next semester I will go back to CourseSmart.
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