Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook Reader (WiFi only) [ Black & White ]

Well, I just wanted to make an account w/ B & N, online, so that I can buy the PC ebooks, but I wanted to be able to take them to my laptop. However, with my laptop, the internet is not working. I was wondering if when i buy the ebook, will i download

A: I just googled it and yes you need to have an internet connection in order for this thing to work.

Pew study: E-readers have caught on quickly

Those figures may not surprise anyone who has ridden a train or been on a plane recently, visited a campus, or hung out in a public space. But Pew, whose focus on e-reading is part of a broader look at how technology is tearing away at and reweaving so much of the modern social and intellectual fabric, is documenting trends that may herald profound change - and large challenges - for society, according to Lee Rainie, director of the Internet project.

"The book has been the fundamental unit of transmitting knowledge for half a millennium," Rainie said.

Some of Pew's more remarkable statistics:

â ¢ The fraction of people who owned an e-reader, and the fraction who owned a tablet, both nearly doubled over the recent holiday season, from 10 percent in December to 19 percent in January.

â ¢?E-book readers say they are reading more - an average of 24 books during the last 12 months, compared with 15 books for non-electronic readers.

â ¢ Specialized devices aren't the only place people read e-books or other long-form writing, such as magazine articles. Using its broadest definition of electronic content, Pew says about 43 percent of Americans read digital content during the last year on an e-reader, tablet, cell phone, or computer.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Barnes & Noble Nook Color e-Reader - Geek News Central

2 version of Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color Android, they also give access to email and currently about 170 or so apps that can be purchased from the Barnes & Noble app store. Barnes & Noble ships the Nook Color with a specialized, tightly locked-down version of Android that promotes access to the Barnes & Noble store content. Over this past weekend I ended up purchasing a $250 dollar Barnes &......

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