Barnes & Noble Says Nook Reader Is Not Ideal for E-Textbooks

Barnes & Noble says its Nook e-book device, to be released by the end of the month, was not built with college students in mind.

“Nook is not designed to be a textbook reader,” said Jade Roth, the company’s vice president of books. “Nook is really designed to be an e-reader for pleasure, for relaxation on the go — not really for the educational space.”

Amazon said the same thing about its first-generation Kindle, but a few months ago it unveiled a larger model that it