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Barnes & Noble Says Nook Reader Is Not Ideal for E-Textbooks
By admin | November 25, 2009
Barnes & Noble Says Nook Reader Is Not Ideal for E-Textbooks
Barnes & Noble says its Nook e-book device, to be released by the end of the month, was not built with college students in mind.
“Nook is not designed to be a textbook reader,” said Jade Roth, the company’s vice president of books. “Nook is really designed to be an e-reader for pleasure, for relaxation on the go — not really for the educational space.”
Amazon said the same thing about its first-generation Kindle, but a few months ago it unveiled a larger model that it
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