View Single Post
Old 07-03-2015, 02:59 PM   #1095
ZodWallop
Gentleman and scholar
ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ZodWallop ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
ZodWallop's Avatar
 
Posts: 11,487
Karma: 111164374
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Space City, Texas
Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Leaving aside the fact that only knowledgeable people know to hunt down links for the desktop applications...
How many non-knowledgeable people (I just made that phrase up) are worried about downloading those books, you think?

Quote:
Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
I mean, I get it that Windows users are computer illiterate and just install anything shiny (okay not really -- just most of them )
No need to be condescending. I found the built in cup holder ten minutes after I bought my first PC!

Quote:
Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Seriously, though, there are plenty of valid reasons to want to download from their website.
I'm sure there are. I'm just saying there are easy enough workarounds for now. Even I, as a troglodytic Windoze user was able to scrounge up a copy of Nook Study just recently and Alfitize my purchases.

Quote:
Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Including the fact that it is nevertheless highly embarrassing for B&N to have their site Just Not Work. And people love to criticize them here.
Okay, their history of dumb decisions certainly does call for a bit of drubbing.
ZodWallop is offline   Reply With Quote