<p>So I have been buying the textbooks for my classes. 2 didn't require any special codes, and I got them cheap on Amazon. Math I wanted to get on Amazon too, but she said there's some school specific code and I need to get it from the school bookstore. $120. Art History, only available fast enough at school bookstore, about $180 for softcover (hardcover over $200!). Music, I was very excited when I saw an e-textbook available for $60 less than the hard copy, not only because of price but because I thought I could get the Nook (my college bookstore is affiliated with B&N) and have a convenient, easy way to carry it to class. So I bought it, then went out and got a nook, then came home and found out..... You CAN'T download your B&N textbooks on to Nook! I already have iPad and I wouldn't have got it if I knew that! They said it only works on pc - and Im not lugging my heavy laptop around all day class to class, even if the battery could last that long. So now I need to get a refund on that and order the $60 more hard copy. And I still have one more class that has not announced what textbook they are using yet!</p>
<p>Seems to me it would make a lot more sense if all textbooks were available for e-download and they worked on all devices, so you could conveniently have all your textbooks in one place, easy to carry around from class to class, and save money. Instead I'm paying through the nose for the privilege of lugging many pounds worth of textbooks around. Anybody else share my frustration?</p>
<p>I hope this Nook isn't useless now. I wish I'd bought the Amazon books on there so I'd have 2 fewer hard copies to deal with. Hope there are more books like this over the next few years that aren't textbooks that will work on it.</p>
<p>As far as e-textbooks go, you would be far better off buying e-books from amazon and downloading the kindle app for your iPad or iPhone. This app allows you to access the kindle e-books that you buy on amazon on your electronic devices. So much easier that way.</p>
<p>Not sure about the Nook, but I have the kindle fire and love it.</p>
My kids had this happen a few times and just used the book at the library until it was shipped and looked on with someone else if it was needed in class (rare). Not a big deal.</p>
<p>For the art history book, you could also get it from the bookstore and then return it when your cheaper copy comes. At my school, you could return the book within the first two weeks of the quarter. Perhaps, you could see if your school has a similar policy?</p>
<p>Also, do you need to use your book in class? I never needed to bring any of my books to class, and if you’re going to study on campus, there are always computer labs and computers in the library that you can use for your e-book.</p>
<p>Are you talking about the nook itself or the iPad? Have you tried downloading the nook app for the iPad? I can download my books fine on that - haven’t tried any textbooks, though.</p>
<p>I already had an iPad and tried the Nook app. You can download books on there but not textbooks. My online college bookstore wasn’t clear - when I went to order the book it looked like a Nook device was required, so I figured all my school e-textbooks would need it and I bought one, sine e-textbooks are so much cheaper and it would pay for itself with 2 textbooks. Then I got home and found out they can only be downloaded via some PC only app called Nook Study. I don’t get that at all - the whole point, besides saving money, is to make your textbooks more “mobile” on the go - and besides that I figured they’d want to make money by selling more Nooks.</p>