A couple days ago, I posted about my reasons why I wanted a Nook and why I think philosophers should be interested in it. However, something has come to my attention that makes this is device slightly less attractive.
Based on the discussion forum here, it looks like annotation is only available on items that are purchased from Barnes and Noble’s eBookstore. That’s not good.
If I build my awesome library of philosophy journal articles by dumping the PDFs on this, I can’t annotate them.
This is not a deal breaker for me. I read a lot of philosophy electronically on my laptop without annotating in the document I’m reading. So I already have a system in place for annotation when I read things electronically. I’ll just have to keep doing that if I get a Nook. So, this isn’t a deal breaker, but it’s still a bit of a bummer.
Ahh, thanks for high-lighting this.
Because, that’s a deal-breaker for me. I read a lot of dry technical documentation which is difficult to absorb, and having the ability to annotate seems to be the “touch” I need to make with a document in order for me to imprint it in my brain. I guess I’ll stick to using pdfs on my laptop for now, and annotating with via mouse/keyboard.