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[Nook Color General] Rydsmith:
If this is the logic behind it...then I would LOVE to know why a 1325 page, image intensive, Accounting and Taxation Book looks great on my Nook COlor when I use the Kindle App.
[Nook Color General] kingu:
More clear is that these are NookStudy rental books that require a special B&N PC program to read, and I found three working solutions by googling Nookstudy DRM. These rental books won't open in Adobe Editions.
[Nook Color General] mattcosta7:
I can't tell you why, it's bn's disclaimer, copied from their site. It's a large disclaimer, not fine print.

My point is they say openly it isn't going to work, yet you bought them, and are mad that, like noted, they don't work.

It seems silly that they don't integrate their apps/devices better, but they warned you

Sent from nookcolor
[Nook Color General] Rydsmith:
That would be the case, if I wasn't you know...in their store and asked them this straight to their face and was told that it would not be a problem and that the look "great" on them.

That is why I am pissed and that is something that is unacceptable. I should not have to go to an external source outside of the establishment (aka...the store) in order to have to be warned about something. That is like saying, "Well you should have gone to Sony's website to see if the PS3 was backwards compatible"...but the main difference being that it says it on the box, while the Nook Color did not.
[Nook Color General] notinterested:
Link the textbook in question or i call BS on a lame troll thread.

OP didnt read and screwed himself over and wants someone to blame IMO.
[Nook Color General] kingu:
They are easy to find on the B&N website, and the assumption that NOOKStudy books would work on the Nook seems to be a very common interpretation, and any disclaimers that it wouldn't work on the Nook could easily be dismissed as the NookColor is a new device and it seems like a natural function that would work, especially with employee assurance that it would work.

Being ticked that it doesn't is also valid, as well as warning others about the issue. All that said, there are solutions to put them on the NookColor, which I hope the OP is exploring right now.
[Nook Color General] notinterested:
The assumption? The first page you see when searching for them makes it 100% CRYSTAL CLEAR they are not for the NC. Right on the page you search for the etextbooks.

On top of that the OP claims that he bought the book by "clicking on the Nook eBook button" which i dont buy for a second. If he bought a book like he claims and it dont work on the nook why didnt the fool just get a refund? Simple, because he is full of **** and wants to rage because he screwed up.

I dont doubt someone at the store told him he could use textbooks on the nook. BECAUSE YOU CAN. There are places to buy textbooks in formats compatible with the NC.

Its pretty obvious the OP screwed up he just wants to rage like a child instead of admitting fault and moving on like a man... There is absolutely NOTHING that would give any indication that those books can be used with the NC.
[Nook Color General] magicalsleeper:
Everybody just needs to cut the OP some slack. It doesn't matter if they're telling the truth or not, which we have to reason to believe they are not. They were misinformed at the store by an employee? Oh no call the police! It's the first time this has happened! If you're calling troll, do not feed and carry onto another thread.

As far as this issue is concerned, I'm interested in getting their eTextbooks working on it too, if they (bn) want us to or not. We have several suggestions so far, thank you for those who suggested them. Confirmed or shot down, that should be the main goal. And if there is already a confirmed method, that's great, problem solved...

Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
[Nook Color General] fatfingered:
I can see the misunderstanding. BN shouldn't have marketed something as NOOKStudy for eTextbooks and then put a fine print that it doesn't work on the Nook. Also, nowhere does it say that it does not work on the "Nook Color". So I can see that being interpreted as something that's graphic intensive and not being compatible on the Nook (e-ink reader).

I'm sure there are ways to remove the DRM. At the same time, you still have text books that you can read on a laptop, which still beats hauling around heavy dead tree text books.
[Nook Color General] teknikk7:
Why is anybody helping this guy?

He's an idiot...
[Nook Color General] Nooter:
OP, you mention that you tried Aldiko; can you confirm that you are using version 2.0?
[Nook Color General] jlmwrite:
This post intrigued me since my missus is going back to school (after 25 years) to get a second bachelor's degree, and my oldest son is starting college soon but is taking AP classes now -- and both are complaining about carrying around 30 pounds of dead tree books.

So... I went to the NOOKstudy page (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy/index.asp) and the page header reads:

NOOK study - The FREE etextbook application for PC & Mac​

Now why they would call this Nook study is beyond me, because my first association is, well, with the Nook and Nook Color! But it's pretty clear this is computer based.

Oh, and the second question on the B&N FAQ is

What devices can I read an eTextbook on?

eTextbooks purchased from Barnes & Noble are meant to be read on your computer via our NOOKstudy application. You cannot use your NOOK or mobile device to read textbooks as the screens are too small to properly view the contents.​

I certainly understand the OP's anger over being told he could read textbooks on his Nook when it just isn't so. I clearly remember being a poor college student and being upset when the Coke machine gave me a root beer (which I despised) rather than my Coke cuz I couldn't fork over another .45 cents. But -- the folks here are trying to help. Don't be angry with all the poster; go back to the store and give the hapless clerk making somewhere close to minimum wage a piece of your mind. BTW, there are some texts offered by B&N in epub (I believe a ton of the Kaplan books were free recently).
[Nook Color General] speedy1979:
Someone should make a sticky that says e-reader does not equal e-textbook reader.

It turns out a lot of people (my-self included) mistakenly believe or have been willfully mislead to think that e-readers e.g. the nook/color, ipad, galaxy tab etc. can double as e-textbook readers.:(

Incidentally the so-called nookstudy isn't available for the ipad either despite the fact that it has both a larger screen a more powerful processor.
[Nook Color General] texanman:
The main reason I got my nook color was for college...Im using the online version's of my books from coursesmart and they all format quite nicely using dolphin HD
[Nook Color General] testulous:
How about fixing the problem, not the blame? There's a blog by Apprentice Alf which makes the solution quite plain.

Adobe has a history of screwing up DRM, thereby rendering these "rentals" unreadable. It doesn't matter if you've got a PC or a kindle or whatever; it pays to be proactive and keep your paid-for content in a readable form. Don't be like this guy.

From the blog:

So if you'd like to save these DRM'd files for future use it's best to fix them ASAP. As a bonus you can read the fixed, working files on your NC too.

A question for OP, since I don't run Windows/OSX: does the Nook textbook program for your computer support dictionary lookups, like the iPad (or NC)? Reason I ask is, that's a killer feature for sure. Might be worth having digital textbooks for that feature alone.
[Nook Color General] Rydsmith:
You guys can claim that I am lying and nerd raging as much as you want, but this is exactly what happened. And another poster said it best, the FAQ only mentions the NOOK and nothing about the Nook Color, which leads one to believe that the Nook Color is compatible, especially when told in the store it's possible. B&N works hard to seperate the Nook and Nook Color and thus it a slap in the face when they lump them as one...which confuses the customer on the difference between the NOOK, Nook Color, and Nook Study.

After spending almost 5 hours on it, I finally got the DRM removed, but the PDF (as a textbook) is horrible on the eyes. I still find this oversight to be unacceptable and those that defend it have obviously not had to spend their own money and thus can shrug it off. I recently repurchased one of the books via Amazon Kindle, and like the others, it came out perfectly and great to read, thus (again) the reasoning B&N gives is painful to swallow.

Lastly, saying that it is an e-book reader and not a e-textbook reader is drawing straws...shorts ones at that. If that is the case, the Kindle is not an e-book reader but instead an e-textbook reader since it is able to show ALL purchased content with ease.

And on a side note, if you're going to call someone a baby/child and say they are just raging, please have some form of sentence structure, grammar, and corrections.
[Nook Color General] nookierookie:
Still, isn't the title of this thread a bit misleading, since a properly rooted nook color using the kindle app (or Aldiko or whichever drm stripping program one chooses) is perfect for the reading of college textbooks?

As an instructor of college classes I find the rooted device perfect for college.

we are all on xda right? presumably people on this site are looking for information, not making end all statements about product usability...

Sent from my 1.1 Ghz Nook Color
[Nook Color General] abougie:
Something to try...

Hi, so sorry for your dilemma. Have you tried downloading the epubs using the PC nook software, then copying them to your nook? I really don't think that will work unless you can get them unless you can get the titles into the internal database that the nook looks at to determine its books, on which it applies the decryption. I would think it applies the decryption only to its own books, not other books, but it's worth a try. It might try to decrypt books it can't read. If that doesn't work, you can de-drm them. There is software that will do this for you, or if you are comfortable with running Python scripts, there is a free script that will decrypt them. The software costs $30, and it works.

I would provide you links if I could, but this site will not allow me to post links since I've never posted here before. Remove all the spaces and pluses to figure what url I'm trying to post.

Software package if you're not technical : ebook-converter +com + / + nook + - + drm + - + removal +.htm

Python script for DIY: i + -u2665 + -cabbages + .blogspot + .com + / + 2009 + / + 12 + / + circumventing + - barnes + - noble + - drm + - + for + -epub + .html

For the script, you have to install Python and PyCrypto. Also, I was only able to get the key generation script to work. The script for getting the key from the hard drive didn't work for me.

Good luck, and don't give up hope. I really think that once we can get around the stupid copywrong mentality, the NookColor is really a great value.
[Nook Color General] BugsBunny891:
OP: Did you make sure the books were purchased on the Barnes & Noble website?

I had alot of problem with that too but when i bought mine from Barnes and Noble i just rooted my nook and they opened and everything.
[Nook Color General] speedy1979:
Sent from my rooted nook color.

The OP purchased their books from B&N.
[Nook Color General] ManiacMac:
I mostly just use Either the Amazon Kindle Store or view PDFs on my Rooted Nook. Never seen anything I cant put on the device yet ;)
[Nook Color General] Finland_2_Cupertino:
Jus print all your text books and rescan them in to your computer and save as whatever file u want.
[Nook Color General] teknikk7:
Nook is a brand not a product. (e.g. Nook, Nook Color, Nook Study and one day Nook Color 2, Nook Color 3 etc.)

To avoid issues like this in the future do your homework and research what you are buying. I would never trust a B&N employee no more than I trust a Best Buy employee for product knowledge or tech support.

Your thread title points to your impulse nature which probably carries over into your buying habits. This is the root of your problem, not B&N or the Nook brand.

Do your homework.
[Nook Color General] gallahad2000:
Another solution is to print to PDF (if the DRM allows you to print). I use my rooted NC to read my PDF textbooks and they look beautifully (one of my main reasons to get the NC is that Pathology is very picture oriented and I have a ton of PDF text books).
[Nook Color General] Rydsmith:
Teknikk7, you are flip-flopping. If we are to take the NOOK as an entire brand in that instance, then the Nook Study would not be able to use the eBooks as it is part of the brand and not mentioned as compatible or incompatible.

Also, I did do my research and did not run into a SINGLE thing that says that the Nook Color can not read textbooks, quit defending B&N so blindly. You keep trying to throw out ways I need to do my research or that I am wring because the NOOK, Nook Color, and Nook Study are diffferent but turn around and say that they are the same. I'm sorry when am I suppose to know they are talking about the NOOK or the NOOK brand, or should I gain corporate telepathy?
[Nook Color General] vvelvenvv:
Just to throw my dollar into the mix (who needs two cents these days?) The OP seems to rely on others knowledge to make decisions and forgets that the choice to rely on that was his own. Ereader, Tablet and PC are all very different devices. I can see B&N saying that the textbooks would not look good on an Ereader due to small screens, which I'm pretty sure they mean the resolution on EInk. That and ereaders up until the last few years were NOT good for textbook reading, just text. If the OP was in college, he/she should take this opportunity to LEARN from this process, not point the finger around and blame others for his/her lack of investigation. While being sold as an "Ereader" I would NOT put the NookColor in that category, just as I would certainly NOT put the Ipad in one. It may be purposed for that by B&N, but by running on Android it's far more a micro pc/tablet than an Ereader.
[Nook Color General] peiziyu:
Rydsmith, there have been a number of constructive suggestions in this thread for things to try. Have you tried any of them? And have you been successful?

abougie posted a quite detailed post complete with links above. Regardless of who is at fault, the best you can do for your studies right now is either find PDF copies of your textbooks or try one of the methods suggested in this thread.
[Nook Color General] notinterested:
I will maintain that you are a liar until you link this magical textbook you bought by "clicking on the Nook eBook button" that was actually an etextbook.

Its not drawing straws its an ebook reader plain and simple thats its official job and how its marketed. It can be used for textbooks if you buy a textbook compatible with it. Unfortunately you lacked the reading skills to buy such a book.

You can poo poo about grammar and sentence structure all day long but the simple fact remains that you are nerd raging about something that is 100% your own fault and are lying to justify your rage on these forums.
[Nook Color General] Rydsmith:
@peiziyu

As stated earlier, I managed to get it to work.

@notinterested

Your name is rather fitting to your posts...I'm not interested in them. I have told you what I know and you can go to the B&N website and see that on almost ANY textbook, that there is a Nook option on them, be it Nook Study or not. And I can't help but find your bashing of me and pretty much saying I can't read when I pointed out that it says only the Nook can't be used with Nook Study.

If you are going to be an asshole and almost state that I can't read and am a liar, I would love to know what your profession is that entitles you to such an elitest attitude without any supporting evidence.
[Nook Color General] nootered:
Not that I want to piss gasoline on the fire, but what difference does it make what his profession is?

I have always found that "turtle" technique about throwing professions out as if to say "See mine is bigger" is so completely childish, and insanely amusing all at the same time.
[Nook Color General] Rydsmith:
I'm asking because he is sitting here and bashing me repeatedly even though I have given him the logic behind it. I am curious what gives him the right to do this, especially when he avoids points over and over because he can not argue them, such as the fact it says only NOOK and nothing else.

I stand by my position and have been issued a refund (this morning) on all the books from B&N due to this (thank you BBB), given an apology, and informed that this is a common issue that they (B&N) are receiving.
[Nook Color General] teknikk7:
Very funny post. I'm going to put this in my signature.
[Nook Color General] gallahad2000:
Glad to hear it, it's easy for some people to forget that rooting isn't for everyone (especially at a site devoted to rooting/hacking like XDA). It probably didn't help that you started out by bashing the NC (even though it's more B&N's fault for not clarifying that NC wouldn't open NStudy and for naming it that). You probably would have be greeted a lot better if you had just presented your problem. Personally I would have tried out the device the first day and made sure I did what I wanted but I tend to not trust things until I see they can do it (and don't trust CSRs because they tend to know nothing when it comes to electronics).
[Nook Color General] notinterested:
How is it being an asshole that i am pointing out that you are obviously full of ****?

You came to this forum bashing the subject matter of this forum all because you screwed up and didnt read and then continued to justify your nerd rage by making up obvious bull****.

You have given no logic behind anything. Every single thing you have complained about boils down to one simple fact, you didnt do your homework before plopping down cash. You have had plenty of people try and help you and you have pretty much been an ass over something that was 100% your own damn fault. Why you needed to compound your asinine behavior with such obvious lies is beyond me but all i can assume at the end of all this is that you are either a mediocre troll or so damned stubborn you would choose to continue to make an ass of yourself instead of just being a man and saying you screwed up and then lied about it.

Want to prove you are not a dirty little liar, its quite simple. Link the etextbook that allows you to buy it with the Nook eBook button that wont work on the nook.

Quite simple, unless of course you made it up... :rolleyes:

You should know the specific one since you bought it right?
[Nook Color General] notinterested:
You are the one avoiding things. I made a simple request and you continue to dodge it with silly nonsensical arguments. None of that is relevant. You made a bull**** claim and i asked you to prove it.
[Nook Color General] peiziyu:
Given that the OP has resolved his problem, could a mod perhaps close this thread?
[Nook Color General] markiejones:
^

Agree, I vote to lock this thread at this point.

1. The problem was solved - discovered that OP was trying to do something not supported by B&N (though it's easy to be confused by their naming conventions and misinformed store staff)

2. OP was advised of alternatives.

3. Now it's just a bunch of potshots.
[Nook Color General] brashmadcap:
lolwut

who has time to troll this hard for like three days? go study! hope you get it worked out though it is a tad confusing
[Nook Color General] madfatter:
I agree. maybe even delete it, lol. or at least the
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
I suggest deletion.
[Nook Color General] cbpagent72:
We just found that out when my wife ordered text books for graduate school and they wouldn't download to the nook color. They only work on nook study on your pc, and yes my wife's nook color is rooted and they still won't download.
[Nook Color General] cbpagent72:
Why would you delete the thread this is a real issue because barnes and noble employees are pitching the nook color at students and telling them they can read textbooks on their nook color. One of them told my wife that she could use them on her computer and nook color and she didn't have to carry all of those heavy books around.
[Nook Color General] madfatter:
have you read any of this thread at all....? There are ways around it
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
Ok, then at least the title should be corrected from "The Nook Color is terrible for college" to "The Nook Color is terrible for reading books that specifically say in the product description that they can only be read on PCs and	Macs"
[Nook Color General] ZachSka87:
That's not your Nook's fault, that's YOUR fault for not making sure that your book publisher made your books available as a PROPER eBook and not just an online textbook. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
Are you illiterate or just a g*d-d*mned retard?

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/etextbooks-digital-textbooks/379002516

Please GET OFF our forums, you idiotic, illiterate sack of trash.
[Nook Color General] kar_:
you have a large screen.

:)
[Nook Color General] jlmwrite:
I'm guessing he is as illiterate and entitled as most of the recent college grads that come begging me for a job.
[Nook Color General] magicalsleeper:
Seriously people...way to beat a dead horse. Now that you're done poking fun at someone on the internet like the badasses you are, care to let this thread go?

Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
[Nook Color General] notinterested:
**** that, he came to this forum trashing the nook because he cant read then made up some **** along the way to top it off. This guys either a troll or total dip**** and deserves everything he gets.

How is your captain save a ho post any better than the people bashing him? Feel better sticking up for trolls?
[Nook Color General] theroberts:
*Pops another bag of popcorn*
[Nook Color General] jlmwrite:
Remember the "Whack-A-Mole" game?

Well, this is "Whack-A-Troll"!
[Nook Color General] magicalsleeper:
Nah. I just think its time to move on. For having a strong dislike for this "troll" you sure are a heavy contribution to this thread. What was the saying? "Don't feed the trolls?

Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
[Nook Color General] Tim J:
I saw advertisements for Nook Study in the college bookstore and thought it was for the Nook at first glance. After reading the entire ad I noticed that it was olny for PC and Mac, which was a little discouraging.

I kinda like having a book to flip through the pages, but the search feature was great on the Aplia ebook I used last semester. I used a program that prints to pdf for my books last semester and transfered them to my iPhone for viewing on the go. The only problem with this is that the search feature is rendered useless.

Glad to see the the OP figured out how to put the books on the Nook, maybe next semester I will give the etextbooks a try.

Just one question to the OP or anyone who can answer; can you search for keywords with the drm etextbooks after they have been stripped?