Nice! I just tried out Bluefire, and it does indeed open my first Nook book! Even though it's third party software. Even though it's not connected to the internet. (Heck, I suppose someone ELSE could theoretically make an eReader intended to be used with B&N's store! Sounds like Sony's readers OUGHT to work for it, but have artificially disabled it...)
*sigh* I have yet another annoying question...is there a limit to the number of Nooks you can have on your account?
I feel a LOT better about buying Nook stuff versus all the competitors that use activation!
Thanks for all the info guys!
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Originally Posted by Doug Pardee
Without activation, a NOOK is pretty much the same as most other EPUB readers. The big value-add of NOOK is that you can access the B&N e-book store wirelessly: searching, browsing, buying, and downloading. Also wireless updates of newspapers and magazines, if you're into that kind of thing.
Activation isn't a big deal. You're basically telling your NOOK what your B&N account ID and password are so that it can log in to your account and synchronize. B&N does keep a list of NOOKs that are activated on each account, but that's about it.
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Yeah, but I mean theoretically the software on a Nook COULD let you use it without the device being activated with B&N by just prompting you for the username/password when you open a book...which SEEMED to be what happened with the Nook 1s that I saw at Best Buy (Maybe that's changed for the Nook 2?)