Nook Study is a new application that Barnes & Noble is launching next month. Despite what the name implies, a Barnes & Noble Nook device is not needed to run Nook Study. Nook Study is a free program that will run on Mac and Windows operating systems. The feature of Nook Study that grabbed my attention is the access to more than 500,000 free ebooks which students can highlight, annotate, and bookmark within Nook Study.

Update: the previous broken link to Nook Study is now fixed.

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