NOOKstudy, eTextbook Reader, Textbook Application – Barnes & Noble

July 12th, 2010

via barnesandnoble.com

Barnes and Noble is getting into the Education Game by offering NOOKworks software which works with eTextbooks sold through B&N as well as a wide range of freely available eBooks (in the open ePub format). Students can take notes, tag, open multiple-texbooks, highlight and annotate these e-texts. The software is available for PCs and Macs and you don’t need a Nook e-reader to use the e-texts in NOOKworks despite the software sharing the name with the device. Students and professors can submit a request to be notified when it becomes available sometime in August. Perfect timing for the fall semester!

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy/

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E-readers missing killer feature…and a solution.

May 21st, 2010

Gotta love e-Readers and their e-book content. Save some trees and carry a lot of content around in one lightweight device. Nice! However, there is one area of e-books that is sorely lacking and until this area gets sufficiently addressed, I can see students and faculty still giving a lukewarm handshake to the arrival of e-books. This feature is the ability to have more options and features when it comes to annotating text. But, there is a workaround of sorts…

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