Shares 40 Here's a scenario which I briefly considered using for a 1 April prank before I realized that it was too plausible and too depressing to make for a good joke. I am referring to what is now all but inevitable: the deal where Kobo takes over the Nook platform and either runs it for Barnes & Noble, or simply acquires the Nook customer list so that B&N can shut down its ebook division. Launched in the summer of 2009, the Nook division reached its peak three years later before imploding during the 2012 holiday season. It began a downward spiral which has not stopped to this day, leading us to the point where the Nook Store was for publishers and authors than Kindle Unlimited. The NOOK Book (eBook) of the Keep Forever by Aleksandr Sokolenko ( at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $25 or more! The trouble with ebook lock-in is that if your whole library is on the Kindle. ITunes, Nook, Sony, and others. But keep in mind this will apply to any file. Jun 26, 2017 Moving Your E-Books to a. The Nook mobile app displays the library of previously purchased e. From Barnes & Noble’s online store are lost forever. So why is it still so difficult to borrow an e-book from the public library? Book for free and keep it forever. Digital Trends helps readers keep. (The latter paid out $154.8 million in. ) B&N responded to the decline by and outsourcing everything they could. Nook operations were to an Indian company, the last Nook ereader was, and Nook Android tablets come from Samsung and. B&N's Nook losses, so at this point their only option left is to either one, sell the customer accounts; or two, let another company run the Nook platform on B&N's behalf. When I first I thought the former was a strong possibility, but three years later we also have the example of the Kobo-Tolino deal as a second possible option. Earlier this month Kobo announced that as the tech partner for Tolino, a deal which will ultimately lead to Kobo apps and hardware Tolino's current hardware and reading apps. Kobo and B&N could negotiate a similar deal for the Nook platform. (This, coincidentally, could look a lot like the deal between Kobo and Borders before the latter went bankrupt in mid-2011.) Let's consider the two scenarios separately. In scenario one Kobo gets everyone's email addresses and other details as well as a list of the ebooks we each have in our accounts. Nook users are given the option of merging the data into our existing Kobo accounts, or creating a new Kobo account. Under this scenario, the existing Nook apps will stop working, and readers will have to install Kobo apps to access the ebooks they purchased. The Nook hardware will lose its integration with its bookstore, but it will still work as stand alone devices. And most importantly, former Nook users will lose any ebooks which were in their Nook account but cannot be found in the Kobo store. To be more specific: under this scenario consumers will lose our Fictionwise purchases, and others. (I have 450 titles in my Nook account which had been transferred from Fictionwise, so this will definitely hurt me.) This scenario sucks on many levels, but the upside is that it is a clean death for Nook and a clean break between a user's old Nook account and their new Kobo account. The second scenario, on the other hand, includes a degree of uncertainty which should worry you. In scenario two, Kobo will become the tech partner which runs the Nook platform for Barnes & Noble. Everything will continue to run as it was before, but the Nook platform will slowly be replaced bit by bit with similar functionality in the Kobo platform as B&n stops wanting to pay for stuff. The Nook apps will be replaced when B&N decides to cut back on the maintenance and updates, and at some point the last Nook will either be retired or updated to run Kobo firmware. On the one hand Nook users won't lose their accounts, but on the other hand services and features will break as each bit gets replaced. But on the gripping hand, the most likely outcome in the long run for this scenario will be Kobo merging the Nook platform into its platform. So basically the two scenarios will lead to the same result, with the only difference being the amount of pain suffered by Nook users and how long that pain lasts. Which would you prefer: the sudden, acute death of the Nook platform or the drawn-out death? Nook users won't get to choose how the Nook platform dies, but they will have to go through one or the other. Which one would be the better option, do you think? Nate Hoffelder is the founder and editor of The Digital Reader: “I’ve been into reading ebooks since forever, but I only got my first ereader in July 2007. Everything quickly spiraled out of control from there. Before I started this blog in January 2010 I covered ebooks, ebook readers, and digital publishing for about 2 years as a part of MobileRead Forums. It’s a great community, and being a member is a joy. But I thought I could make something out of how I covered the news for MobileRead, so I started this blog.”. Not sure what Kobo would get out of the deal, other than losing a bunch of capital. They (Rakuten) are moving forward by growing platforms and partnerships. Nook the readers would be a redundancy, basically useless, and Nook the ebook store is pretty much the same. There are zero mentions of Microsoft, but that would be the company that could benefit, and you have reported previously that there is an ebook reader in a newer version of IE. Plus, Microsoft has invested in Nook/B&N already so they are privy to the internal deals. The question on their minds are: is it cheaper/faster/easier/better to acquire or build it yourself. Nook sucks in a lot of ways, including for a publisher, while Kobo is improving their platform continually (albeit slowly). I also have had hopes that Nook would survive but they clearly do not care about their Nook business. Yes, they released a new e-ink reader but how many updates have there been since? It is as if they felt obligated to put a new one out there but have no interest in fine tuning it to make it able to compete with Kindle and Kobo. If BN won’t care enough about their product, why should their customers remain loyal. I had a Sony first then Nook. I have a Nook library of almost 900 books so I truly wanted them to survive. But because of their lack of attention and interest, I have since moved on to Kobo. My hope is that BN will pass on their customers to Kobo and I can read all of my Nook books on the awesome Kobo Aura One. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A VERY OLD TUTORIAL. THIS POST WAS WRITTEN IN DECEMBER 2010. It has not been updated except with some images many years back. (Also, how to return an ebook to Overdrive before the lending period is done. This post has been been moved from an old site of mine, where it was written in December of 2010. I’ve updated it with images of OverDrive’s new look. Additionally, if you have a newer model Nook with app capability, check out. This tutorial is for people using older models or who don’t want to install the app.) [. I now have a Kindle as well as my Nook and find them very easy to use.] One of the biggest reasons I got my Nook was because of its compatibility with Overdrive, the ebook database to which my library subscribed. It’s very easy to borrow a book and put it on your Nook, but it’s not intuitive and there aren’t many good non-video tutorials out there, so I’m making this one. I’ll demonstrate by checking out Club Dead from my library’s Overdrive system, transferring it to my Nook, and returning it. Click on almost any image to see a full-size version pop up (a few were small enough to fit in the post space). Install Adobe Digital Editions To begin, you’ll need to download and install (ADE) on your computer. Overdrive uses Adobe Digital Editions to handle its digital rights management. You should also create a free account, as prompted, so you can authorize your Nook (or other computers) to read the books as well. A commenter adds: When you create the Adobe account, you must do so with the same e-mail address and the same password as on your Nook, which is I think also always the same as your Barnes and Noble account. They report that if you use a different e-mail (and perhaps also password, though I use different passwords for my ADE & B&N accounts), you may have trouble authorizing your books. Check out your book on Overdrive Use whatever process is necessary to sign in on your library’s Overdrive website. Mine simply asks for my library barcode. You can search for ebooks without being signed in, but being signed in makes the process faster after you’ve decided which book you want. Once you’ve found the book you want to check out, click “Borrow.” The amount of time for which you’re borrowing it will be set in your Settings area. Your library system will probably give you several options. This will take you to your BookShelf. In your Bookshelf, you will probably have the option of selecting the format when you click Download: Step 2. Download and Open in Adobe Digital Editions On your Bookshelf, click the download link to download a file which Adobe Digital Editions will use to download the actual ebook (when you select & confirm the format, it should automatically open a download prompt as well). You can save the file to your computer, but since this isn’t the actual ebook and you won’t need it later, you can also just choose to open with Adobe Digital Editions. Adobe Digital Editions will download the actual ebook and open it on your computer. Click on the Library icon (where the red arrow is pointing in the screengrab above) to return to the library view. This is where you’ll transfer the book to your nook. Your library will either display as a list of titles or as images, depending which option you toggle on the upper right-hand side. Transfer the ebook to your Nook If your Nook isn’t yet connected to your computer, use the USB cable to connect it and turn it on. It should appear in your Adobe Digital Editions library page as shown below: A commenter notes that if you plug in and turn on your Nook and it doesn’t show up in ADE, simply exit and reopen ADE. Before reopening ADE, double check that your Nook is on and is displaying the USB connection screen. If you’re not seeing it and see regular Nook screens instead, you’ve ejected your Nook and you’ll need to unplug and replug it in. Another commenter notes that the Nook Color may show up as “Media” rather than as “Nook” in ADE. Now, click on the book you want to transfer to your Nook and drag it to your Nook icon as shown below: If you click on the Nook icon, it should show up as being in your Nook’s library as well. Once you get the hang of it it’s quite straightforward. Check out, download, drag and drop, and voila you’re reading your library book on your Nook! Return the ebook from your Nook and computer Your library book will expire after the lending period is over and you won’t be able to access it on your Nook any more. But if you want to return the ebook before the lending period is over, either so that you can check out more or just because you want other people to have access to the ebook, you can also return it just like you would a regular book. Returning it easy in Adobe Digital Editions, but it has to be done from both your Nook and your computer. First, plug in your Nook and turn it on. Click the icon in Adobe Digital Editions to view your Nook’s ebook library. Click on the little arrow in the upper-left-hand corner of the title image and select “Return Borrowed Item”: Once the book disappears, click on the “All Items” bookshelf in Adobe Digital Editions, find the book, and repeat the returning process. If you go to your library’s website and visit Overdrive, your book should no longer be on your bookshelf either. If it is, go back to Adobe Digital Editions and check any of its bookshelves for copies of your book. Note: If you have a lot of books on your Nook or in your ADE, you may find it useful to sort by date added to find the book in the list and return it. To do this, simply click the words “Date Added” at the top of the column, and the books will re-order by when they were added. They may first order from oldest to newest, so click a second time if needed to re-order from newest to oldest. Troubleshooting Here are some helpful troubleshooting suggestions as provided by commenters. I haven’t tried or tested all of them and therefore can’t endorse all of them, but I thought I’d pull them out of the comments section and organize them. Is Your Nook Turned On? Ok, this wasn’t a commenter one, but it’s something I periodically forget when plugging my Nook into my computer. If you want to manage the books on it, you have to turn it on when you connect the USB. Unlike a thumb drive, it doesn’t automatically power up. How to Finish a Book That Needs to be Returned You can’t (and shouldn’t) keep a library book forever, but if you’re not quite done with a book, then you can do the following to finish it: Do not close the ebook to look at another book or adjust a setting. Change your Nook to be on airplane mode so that you don’t drain the battery as fast (and because this may cause it to turn off the library book like rebooting it would). Rather than powering off your Nook, only let it sleep. Do not hook the Nook up to the computer or otherwise charge it. According to one commenter, this will keep the book from expiring. Of course, you’ll eventually have to charge it, but if you’re lucky you should be able to get it done before you’re done reading. A better idea is to always check out your Nook ebooks for 21 days, since you can return it if you finish early. And do return if you’re done early because it’s kinder to everyone. If You Can See the Book in Your Nook’s File System But Not When You Turn On the Nook One commenter noted that she could see that the book had been added to her Nook when she checked the Nook’s folder system (should show up in My Computer like a USB does) but it wasn’t showing up on her Nook. She said that she had to move it from the Adobe Digital Editions folder into the My Documents folder. A simple cut-paste should work. I haven’t tried this method, but I also haven’t yet run into this problem. If Adobe Digital Editions Won’t Prompt to Authenticate One commenter said that they weren’t getting the prompt to authenticate their Adobe Digital Editions. This apparently turned out to be because there was already an Adobe Digital Editions folder on the Nook from a failed attempt to authenticate. They deleted it, opened ADE, plugged in the Nook again, and it prompted them to authenticate. Everything went smoothly from there. If you’re getting the “User Not Activated” Message Try looking at your Nook’s folders via My Computer / Nook and look for the one titled.adobe digital editions (probably has a period in front of it). If you don’t see it, click “View” and opt to see hidden files (Google should have answers on this) just in case. If it’s there, try deleting it and then do the transfer again. Whatever login you set up on your computer’s ADE will be the same one you use on your Nook when it asks for authorization. If you haven’t set up a login on your computer yet, do that, then make sure you delete any folders titled.adobe digital editions, then try the transfer again. Questions I’m not a representative of Overdrive, Adobe, the Nook, or your library system, so I can’t help with error messages or tell you why a particular book won’t check out or what’s wrong with your Nook. But if you have a clarifying question about this tutorial or a suggestion for me to add something to clarify it, please ask in the comments and I’ll do my best! If you’re a librarian or serve in a similar capacity, feel free to use any images or instructions from this post for your library. I release all copyright for this particular post because I think it’s important for patrons to have. Comments were closed on the old site’s entry, but I’m going to try opening them up here again. These instructions are using an older Nook, not a Nook Color, etc. It may be slightly different for those, although the principle is about the same.
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