Upgrade to nook and get 2g card with 30 free books!

peitsao · 07-01-2011, 08:49 AM

Details:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/upgr...nook/379002931

Offer applies to any other eReader brand. eReaders do not include mobile phones, laptops, or general purpose tablet computers. Limited time offer. While supplies last. In-store only.

The offer is good with purchase of All-New NOOK, NOOK Color or NOOK 1st Edition. NOOK Books are provided via SD Card and are only accessible on a NOOK device.

anamardoll · 07-01-2011, 12:44 PM

List of Books:

Little Women
Bedside Baccalaureate: The Second Semester
AARP® Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love
21st Century Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, The
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
Creating Your Best Life
Flawless
Checkout Girl
Susie's Sun Signs
Soccer: The Player's Handbook
Clean Start
It's a Jungle in There
Glory in the Fall
Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, Book 1)
Classic Starts™: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Love Virtually
My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me
Cristina Ferrare's Big Bowl of Love
Other Rembrandt
King Whisperers
Summer in a Glass
Jessica Lost
Secret Garden
Aesop's Fables
Don Quixote (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Robinson Crusoe
Good Housekeeping Cookbook, The
Country Living The Mom's Guide to Running a Business
Empowerment
Know Your Rights

The bolded ones come free with N2/NC already.
The italics are PD in the US, I think.

koland · 07-01-2011, 02:01 PM

Just an FYI, the NC comes with a free SAMPLE of the Good Housekeeping Cookbook - a full 6 (yes, count them, SIX) pages with one video. The free edition is not the A/V version (which sells for more), but the text edition that sells for about $10.

Little Women may or may not come with it (without this deal) -- it was not on the demo unit, nor did I see it on the home page of the one I picked up.

My next question is - since the books are "on" the SD card and work with any nook, does anyone know if they are DRM'd (and is it traditional B&N DRM'd EPUBs)? I'll look later, but am not where I can do that now and only have iPad as a "computer."

issybird · 07-01-2011, 02:04 PM

According to the fine print, yes, they're B&N DRM'd.

koland · 07-01-2011, 02:08 PM

Thanks. not a big deal, but I have read here that the hidden partition books are often not drm'd on the NC.

I wonder if I'll be able to back them up (in case something happens to the SD card)?

anamardoll · 07-01-2011, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

According to the fine print, yes, they're B&N DRM'd.

If that's so, the cards surely can't be "pre-loaded". The B&N DRM is currently based on customer name and the last digits of the CC#.

koland · 07-01-2011, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anamardoll

If that's so, the cards surely can't be "pre-loaded". The B&N DRM is currently based on customer name and the last digits of the CC#.

That was my thought, as well. Unless they use the SD card to add the titles to your library and then lock in the DRM once accessed (or use an open type of adobe DRM that is not the standard). I think they are hidden on the SD card (which means someone will figure out how to access them to do a backup) and have no DRM at all.

anamardoll · 07-01-2011, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

That was my thought, as well. Unless they use the SD card to add the titles to your library and then lock in the DRM once accessed (or use an open type of adobe DRM that is not the standard). I think they are hidden on the SD card (which means someone will figure out how to access them to do a backup) and have no DRM at all.

Yes, this seems most likely.

Jack Tingle · 07-01-2011, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

Just an FYI, the NC comes with a free SAMPLE of the Good Housekeeping Cookbook - a full 6 (yes, count them, SIX) pages with one video.

And it was one of the very minor annoyances that lead me to return the NC after 13 days. You can't delete the stupid thing. I had some bigger complaints about the NC, although for the right person, it's probably an excellent machine. I loved the 7" screen, I just didn't love the B&N way of doing things. It was sort of Apple-ish.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

koland · 07-01-2011, 09:46 PM

No "back" button - so, if you accidentally click a link while reading a cookbook, you have to hunt to get back to where you where (guess how many times I did this just today?). Not quite as annoying as the live LCD when reading on an original nook, I will admit, but close.

07-01-2011, 08:49 AM	#1
peitsao Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 32760 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Allegheny Mountains Device: Kobo mini, PW3,NookST	Upgrade to nook and get 2g card with 30 free books! Details: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/upgr...nook/379002931 Offer applies to any other eReader brand. eReaders do not include mobile phones, laptops, or general purpose tablet computers. Limited time offer. While supplies last. In-store only. The offer is good with purchase of All-New NOOK, NOOK Color or NOOK 1st Edition. NOOK Books are provided via SD Card and are only accessible on a NOOK device.

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07-01-2011, 12:44 PM	#2
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	List of Books: Little Women Bedside Baccalaureate: The Second Semester AARP® Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love 21st Century Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, The Walden; Or, Life in the Woods Creating Your Best Life Flawless Checkout Girl Susie's Sun Signs Soccer: The Player's Handbook Clean Start It's a Jungle in There Glory in the Fall Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, Book 1) Classic Starts™: The Adventures of Robin Hood Love Virtually My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me Cristina Ferrare's Big Bowl of Love Other Rembrandt King Whisperers Summer in a Glass Jessica Lost Secret Garden Aesop's Fables Don Quixote (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Robinson Crusoe Good Housekeeping Cookbook, The Country Living The Mom's Guide to Running a Business Empowerment Know Your Rights The bolded ones come free with N2/NC already. The italics are PD in the US, I think.

07-01-2011, 02:01 PM	#3
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Just an FYI, the NC comes with a free SAMPLE of the Good Housekeeping Cookbook - a full 6 (yes, count them, SIX) pages with one video. The free edition is not the A/V version (which sells for more), but the text edition that sells for about $10. Little Women may or may not come with it (without this deal) -- it was not on the demo unit, nor did I see it on the home page of the one I picked up. My next question is - since the books are "on" the SD card and work with any nook, does anyone know if they are DRM'd (and is it traditional B&N DRM'd EPUBs)? I'll look later, but am not where I can do that now and only have iPad as a "computer."

07-01-2011, 02:04 PM	#4
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,192 Karma: 234567891 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	According to the fine print, yes, they're B&N DRM'd.

07-01-2011, 02:08 PM	#5
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Thanks. not a big deal, but I have read here that the hidden partition books are often not drm'd on the NC. I wonder if I'll be able to back them up (in case something happens to the SD card)?

07-01-2011, 09:46 PM	#10
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	No "back" button - so, if you accidentally click a link while reading a cookbook, you have to hunt to get back to where you where (guess how many times I did this just today?). Not quite as annoying as the live LCD when reading on an original nook, I will admit, but close.