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Great idea on how to get customers into their store... who will never buy a physical book.]]>Jun 9th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 10th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
They'll probably allow you to switch it for tea.

@F86 Pilot

lol? What a stupid statement, not even worth the time to show why.]]>Jun 9th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
What if you hate coffee AND tea? Can I get some chocolate milk?]]>Jun 9th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
Did they send you the $50 store credit when you registered? I haven't used mine, yet....]]>Jun 9th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
Seriously, I spend a whole lot more on books with the Nook then I did when I depended solely on online purchasing and brick and mortar stores. Coupled with the fact that BN won't let us use our PAID BN memberships when purchasing ebooks, or Nook accessories, the least they can do is to throw Nook owners some free coffee. Exclusively.]]>Jun 9th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
They just sent me the coupon, and I've had my Nook for about 2 months. My understanding was they extended the offer to all Nook owners.]]>Jun 9th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
I would feel like a heel calling up BN and asking for a coupon ...]]>Jun 9th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
I walked in to a B&N with mine the other day, connected to their WiFi, and an offer for some free brownie thing came up on my store page. I walk over to the counter, show the lady working there, and she hands me a free brownie.

Whatever else the Kindle does, it doesn't give you free brownies. ]]>Jun 9th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
First I registered my Nook, to get updates. Then, when I set up a B&N online account, they sent it to me in an email. You can print a physical coupon, or an entry code for use online.]]>Jun 9th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
Oh, I wonder if that's the difference then. Are you just now setting up your BN account for the first time with your Nook? I bought my Nook almost two months, but I registered it the next day because I had a lot of books on my account that I wanted available on the Nook asap.

I doubt they will give me the $50 coupon if I've already had the device registered for 2 months. *sigh*]]>Jun 9th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
Ebooks will always be fail as long as they have their own proprietary walled-garden ecosystems, and nasty digital restrictions management(DRM). The music industry learned the hard way, it's about time the book industry learned as well.]]>Jun 9th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
And while BN is closed, it mostly sucks for everyone else, but NOT Nook owners, as I can purchase my books from BN, Kobo, Fictionwise, Sony, and tons of other online bookstores and put them ALL on my Nook.
And even better, FREE library books from Overdrive can also be loaded and read on my Nook. Free coffee, free books ... this particular brand of fail is packaged full of win.]]>Jun 9th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
I buy a song from Apple iTunes, I can play it on a Microsoft Zune or a Sony Walkman just fine. Why should it be any different when it comes to ebooks?]]>Jun 9th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
B&N the biggest brick and mortar selling of books in the country, if they decided to NOT invest in the BN Nook, or the BN app (unlikely, but since you want to be irrational, I'll indulge you), do you really think they're going to piss off tens of thousands of consumers who purchased their books by NOT removing the DRM and allowing them to take their purchased books to be read on other devices?

And I like that you crow about how "open" iTunes is now, considering they weren't like that WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED OUT. And since we're comparing eReader apps, iBooks is even MORE closed than BN. At least the BN app can be read on multiple devices and other eReaders. You buy a book from iBooks, you can only read it on an Apple device.

eReaders aren't going anywhere, and they will evolve and become more user friendly, just as music media did. But to declare it as a "fail" is just blatantly false and reactionary. ]]>Jun 9th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
Actually, B&N supports the ePub format which works with Sony e-readers and any other open e-readers. They also offer free ebook apps to Windows, Mac and iPhone/iPad (maybe even BB, but I might be wrong on this one). The only villains are Amazon and Apple who have their own walled gardens. Apple is by far the worst, jacking up the prices for everyone else thanks to their market approach.

I still don't have a nook, though, I might wait until Christmas or even next summer for one.]]>Jun 9th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
use Calibre to convert. I downloaded 2 free William Gibson books online. Calibre even lets you pick the device you are converting to, from a dropbox.]]>Jun 9th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/
*ADF pod deployed*

*Firing*

pew....BOOM!!!]]>Jun 9th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/barnes-and-noble-looks-to-encourage-ebook-reading-with-free-coffee/Jun 9th 2010 2:13PM