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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
The Nook and College
I will be going back to college in the spring to get my MBA. Does anyone know if you can download textbooks on the Nook Color? Or any other ereader? I thought the Nook Color would be best if there are any graphs and charts in color in the textbooks.
Re: The Nook and College
I am under the impression that there are more textbooks available for the Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Textbooks/b/ref=amb_link_85650291_45?ie=UTF8&node=2223210011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=0A3V8P1YTJSJYA3X61CC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1284178722&pf_rd_i=1286228011
That being said, as a PhD candidate and course instructor, this is not mainstream practice. I think you'd run into problems assuming you could use an ereader for the majority (or even a fraction) of your required reading. I would check with a current student at your potential institution and see what they think.
I have a nook and I am OBSESSED and the main reason I went with the Nook over the Kindle is its ability to read library books. If your state has an eLibrary (I use both NY and MD since I have library cards in both states) you can download books for free. I've read countless books for free because of this.
That being said, when I bought it I inquired about textbooks and the guy at Barnes and Noble said they have some, but most publishers aren't releasing e-versions because they don't make as much money that way. I don't think it really matters about Kindle vs. Nook, because if the publisher released it to one I don't see why they wouldn't release it to the other.
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