If you’re using a Windows 8 tablet to view a college textbook via a free app, why do you need to buy any Nook hardware at all? Well, Amazon provides a Kindle a

If you’re using a Windows 8 tablet to view a college textbook via a free app, why do you need to buy any Nook hardware at all? Well, Amazon provides a Kindle app, but they still sell boatloads of Kindles. You might not need a Nook if you've got a Windows 8 tablet, unless you want a device more suited for reading text, but chances are that you don't actually have a Windows 8 tablet.