Do you have any Barnes and Nobles gift cards that you don't want? I've logged a TON of hours on my Nook - having something to read on a small tablet that doesn't add weight to my backpack has been a large part of keeping myself sane, to the point where it IS a necessity. So if you can spare anything I can put toward eBooks, or a replacement for when it dies (it's the cheapest one, and my second of this model, so I know it doesn't have a hugely long shelf life), that would help a lot.