Been having a few strange issues lately.
The latest, is following a reboot, my Library has been emptied and I can't seem to re-download any books from the store. Even sideload them.
Tried to get em back through the shop - no dice, tried to download em from BN.com and toss 'em on the SD card - no dice.
Any suggestions?
Desperation bump
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Is your library empty of all books, or only those from B&N? What can you see from Astro? More details, please.
Empty of all books except the Quick guide and the other default book. I am able to download samples, but they stay only until reboot.
Tried side-loading books, didn't work.
Could you try unregistering and re-registering your device? What's in your B&N Downloads and MY Files folders according to Astro?
Do books on your SD card work?
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I purchased a magazine subscription from the nook store and it wouldn't show in my nook library. I called BN support and they said that it was an ePub file (not a PDF) and it seems like my device doesn't support ePub files. All other nook purchases are showing up in the library. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app with no luck.
Does anyone know how to get ePub support on the device or a way to make this work?
Nook doesn't allow you to download and transfer the file from another device.
jdnyc said:
I purchased a magazine subscription from the nook store and it wouldn't show in my nook library. I called BN support and they said that it was an ePub file (not a PDF) and it seems like my device doesn't support ePub files. All other nook purchases are showing up in the library. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app with no luck.
Does anyone know how to get ePub support on the device or a way to make this work?
Nook doesn't allow you to download and transfer the file from another device.
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On the NOOK app I've noticed Epub files need to be side loaded which basically means manually copying them to the nook directory into my documents. Also, the nook gets a bit retarded at times and will crash anytime you try going into my documents, if this happens you need to go into settings -> applications -> nook and clear data
Not sure I understand what you are asking but Aldiko is a free reader that will do Epub files. It is in the market.
kirov70 said:
On the NOOK app I've noticed Epub files need to be side loaded which basically means manually copying them to the nook directory into my documents. Also, the nook gets a bit retarded at times and will crash anytime you try going into my documents, if this happens you need to go into settings -> applications -> nook and clear data
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Thanks. I just went back through the order process and saw that it says it is only available on nook color. Probably wouldn't work with a sideload.
Are your tablets rooted or where did you find nook reader?
I installed the nook app and subscribed to a mag and it shows and I was able to open it.
copc said:
I installed the nook app and subscribed to a mag and it shows and I was able to open it.
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Which title? Customer service said some would/wouldn't work. Some titles will say that they are only available on nook color.
kirov70 said:
On the NOOK app I've noticed Epub files need to be side loaded which basically means manually copying them to the nook directory into my documents. Also, the nook gets a bit retarded at times and will crash anytime you try going into my documents, if this happens you need to go into settings -> applications -> nook and clear data
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Does anyone know how to sideload the cover art? I have a ton of epubs sideloaded and they work great just can't get the cover art to show.
...just bumping this to see if someone can give more detail on nook magazine subscriptions on the g tab. Almost all titles say that they are exclusive to the nook/nook color. My attempts have not been successful.
Please let me know the titles you have tried and how you got them to work. The step by step would be a useful reference for others considering the g tab as well.
Thanks!
epub files are just easier dealt with in fbreader. Available in market.
Not as flashy as Nook, but much more user-friendly.
jdnyc said:
...just bumping this to see if someone can give more detail on nook magazine subscriptions on the g tab. Almost all titles say that they are exclusive to the nook/nook color. My attempts have not been successful.
Please let me know the titles you have tried and how you got them to work. The step by step would be a useful reference for others considering the g tab as well.
Thanks!
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I use Readers Hub with Zinio to read magazines. Go to Zinio.com and sign up and purchase subscriptions to the magazines you want and you can read them on your gTab.
Here is where you can get the apk files for these apps.
click here
Force closes with the standard Zinio apk.
Use the fixed version for the GTab.
jdnyc said:
I purchased a magazine subscription from the nook store and it wouldn't show in my nook library. I called BN support and they said that it was an ePub file (not a PDF) and it seems like my device doesn't support ePub files. All other nook purchases are showing up in the library. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app with no luck.
Does anyone know how to get ePub support on the device or a way to make this work?
Nook doesn't allow you to download and transfer the file from another device.
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(5 months later...) The nook app has been updated to support magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well as user ePub files.
Yeah, works great for me! I'm loving being able to read magazines on this color display as apposed to the terrible magazine support on the standard Nook. A few bugs, but mostly going without a hitch.
Enticed by the 1.8 Million books and claim of free books I installed the Kobo reader on my rooted NC.
The app loads and you can browse books in the catalog BUT when you try to open a free book or a preview of a book to purchase the app crashes out.
It seems to work fine on my Droid X so this seems to be a Nook-ism....I wonder if the screen size is an issue?
Anyone else tried this or had any luck?
thanks
Chris
I had a ereader that used kobo before we got the nook. I just downloaded the app so we could use the books we had already bought with them. I can see my books on the shelf, but it still says "waiting to download" and never does.. i hope somebody can help us with this.
Kobo
I had the same problem on my Rooted Nook Color.
Kobo loaded and then showed "waiting for download" on each of the books (I have about 65 or so).
I rebooted my Nook to make sure there was nothing hung; then I ran the program and let it sit for about an hour. When I cam back to check on it, it was just finishing the last of the books.
Now it works just fine, and new books download into it with any delay. I am not sure what the problem is when it first downloads your library; but I got tired of quitting the program and decided to let it run as long as it wanted to.
Good luck!
It downloaded my books and then mentioned they are working on the issue. I downloaded a preview and it opens and then immediatly crashes back to my library.
I did a reboot, log out log back in and remove and reinstall. Still have same issue.
I logged a support ticket to see what they say but I am guessing it could be related to the screen size OR it requiring a unique hardware ID i.e. phone number for account/licensing purposes.
If I hear back from Kobo will post anything of interest here.
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Re: the downloads hanging, mine worked after I did a "clear local data" and re-inserted my microSD card. I'm guessing it stores books on the card.
I still can't open books though. Same error as above.
Update: The app still doesn't work, but if you connect your NookColor to your computer via USB, you can copy your Kobo books from Adobe's Digital Editions software. You will first need to go to your Kobo account on their website, download the book into Adobe Digital editions. Then connect your NookColor to your computer via USB. Once it is recognized, open Adobe Digital Editions. It should find your NookColor. Authorize the Nook, then you can drag and drop books from ADE into your NookColor's icon on the left. They work fine in the B&N ebook library. No pretty covers, though, at least on the ones I copied over.
Having this problem too after trying to read a book I bought at Borders.com. Any workaround to get Kobo to work or is the Adobe software trick still the way to go?
Hi folks
So I am running a rooted Nook Color (thank you Autonooter!)
I have installed Overdrive both via the Android Market and also via the local library site in case there was a weird version issue. When I click to download an epub book from my library the browser instead of invoking Overdrive to download the book displays the URN information for the book download. There seems to be no way to get books downloaded. I tried making the default browser the Nook one vs using Dolphin HD but the same occurs.
I installed the same config on my Droid X and Overdrive kicked in and downloaded the book.
Anyone else tried checking out books via their library and had any success. I wonder if this is an issue due to rooting but wanted to get some feedback before resorting to going all the way back to stock (I just got this thing configured how I wanted it too!)
Thanks for any insight!
Chris
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I am a heavy overdrive user for both epub books and audio books.
I can download epub books to my android phone just fine, but i have to download the books to my nook via Adobe digital editions on my laptop.
They show up under My Files in the NC library.
Make sure to register your adobe de onlineon your PC and on your NC.
Please post if you need further help.
It Works...
The text stuff that you see is the text of the associated ascm file in Overdrive. Do the following:
I am using the following method on a rooted NC and using either Aldiko or Overdrive Media Console with no probs whatsoever. I use these because I like to read my epubs in landscape mode and for some totally inexplicable reason the BN reader can't do this!
You must have Astro File Manager installed (free in the Market). Astro allows you to add new file extensions by the following preferences:
Astro settings>Data>Edit File Extensions>New
Extension Name: epub (no period)
MIME Type: application
Subtype: epub
Then Save
Now when you double-click on the ebook file it will ask for whatever reading program you want to use to read, i.e., the reading app that is on your Nook Color. If you have Desktop Visualizer installed (also free in the Market) you can even make a shortcut for your book on your [rooted] Home Screen, e.g., I am using Zeam launcher for my home screen.
That sounded promising but it looks like I am just getting the URN/URL for the eBook and not the actual file downloading so the association does not seem to work. I currently have the default browser set rather than Dolphin but both behaved in the same manner.
Any other ideas? Am I missing something else.
Thanks for the response I'm really looking forward to getting this working!
EDIT: I also rebooted afterwards in case it needed a fresh boot for the new extension
Chris
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In the text/ address that I see when clicking download the book I saw application/epub+zip so I tried editing the epub extension via Astaro to try that vs just application/epub
Did not make a difference. Agh!
I wish I could cut and paste the screen/text to better show what I am getting.
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chrismoo said:
That sounded promising but it looks like I am just getting the URN/URL for the eBook and not the actual file downloading so the association does not seem to work. I currently have the default browser set rather than Dolphin but both behaved in the same manner.
Any other ideas? Am I missing something else.
Thanks for the response I'm really looking forward to getting this working!
EDIT: I also rebooted afterwards in case it needed a fresh boot for the new extension
Chris
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In the browser (I use Dolphin) go to "More>Save Page or Save" and save the text - then click on it w/Astro. You want to save the actual text, not the URL
IYep, that worked for me. The only hang up left for me is the fact that books downloaded directly to the NC can't be read with the book's reading app. It does not recognize the drm like it does if they are sideloaded from a PC running adobe digital editions. Can that be corrected?
Ok got the epub files working but via adding another extension type of ascm so that this kicked in the Overdrive application. I then tried to download a drm'd PDF file as the other book I wanted happened to be in this format- this one fails as Overdrive says it cannot open/read the PDF file format.
Man this seems to be a very haphazzard way to get at content - I am a PC tech so wonder what chance Joe Public stands!!
Thanks for the extensions pointer that's got me almost there!
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Can somebody please help me with setting up overdrive to associate with ACSM files? I installed Astro File Manager, but what do I choose for subtype and type?
I still can't het my library books to work with overdrive. I have overdrive installed. I have it authorized for Adobe Digital Editions. When I go download a book from my local library, I get a text file in my browser. I have saved it, and it has extension acsm, but I can't seem to be able to do anything with it.
Please help!
Thanks!
I fixed my problem (partially). I deleted the acsm file assocation I had entered in Astro File Manager. Next time I clicked on a downloaded acsm file, Overdrive Media was launched and it worked.
The only issue now is: how come I cannot launch overdrive media from the browser (stock, or Dolphin HD), when I click on an acsm file download link?
As it stands, I have to download the acsm file (save it), and then open it in Astro.
I have a rooted NC 2.2 Froyo. Everything, by and large, works splendidly. Youtube, gmail, chat, etc all seamless.
My biggest problem is the nook e-reader app.
1. It won't sync
2. epub files i load to the "document" folder are erratic. Some show up, some don't and most won't even open.
eg. this morning i loaded 10 epub books into the folder. 3 appeared in "my files" and only one opened.
I tried clearing the cache, trying different folders, only loading the epub files without the image file...nadda.
Any help would be greatly appreciated since i bought my nook primarily for reading.
Oh, and when i try to open certain games i receive the message "Information about your device cannot be retrieved due to an unstable platform status. Please restart the application."
anyone? anyone?
FBReader
HI,
Not sure what your issue is, but I was reading books on NC SD card Froyo using
FBReader successfully. I also used Calibre Library to access my ebooks on PC,
served from Calibre (Open source ebook manager) (Doing same now on emmc version
of Cyanogenmod. (CM7/14)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966339
Talks about a problem on Honeycomb version, perhaps it is also for Froyo Versions?
Good luck, I have been enjoying my NC a lot for ebook reading!
P
Hello,
I am having trouble sideloading books into my Nook HD+ 16GB. I previously owned a Nook Color and used Calibre to sideload my book library (~300 books in EPUB format) to it and it did it perfectly, with all books being read by my Nook Color. I assumed it would be done the same way with the Nook HD+ so here are the steps I took to do it:
- Connect my Nook HD+ to my PC using the supplied USB cable. (Device shows up as BNTV600 in My Computer and as a portable media player)
- Open up Calibre, it detects my Nook HD+ automatically and asks if I want it to manage the device, I click yes. My device and the SD card now show up in Calibre, the device as a black tablet icon and the SD card as an SD card icon.
- I go to my Calibre library and highlight all of my books (all of them contain metadata and covers for reference) and right click one then click "Send to Device>Send to Storage Card A" and after about 2 minutes all of my books have been transferred to my Nook HD+.
- I disconnect the cable and open my Books tab in my Library.
- The Nook HD+ shows all ~300 books in the library with their respective titles, authors, and covers, everything looks fine.
*This is where an issue arises. Up until this point everything seemed fine.*
- I open up a random book to see if it loads and I get this pop-up:
"Error Dialog
Sorry, cannot open this book."
- I try opening up any book and they will not open, all EPUB files giving me the same message.
- After I close that message, another pop-up comes up saying "Unfortunately, Reader has stopped."
- I open up the My Files tab in my Library app and navigate to my SD card. All of the books are stored in "SD Card>Books." I try opening one up from there and they still give me the same message,
*At this point I am assuming the books are in the wrong path on my SD card since Calibre previously synced my books to the Nook Color in "SD Card>My Files>Books" indstead of "SD Card>Books." *
- I change the sync location in Calibre to this and remove all books from my device then re-sync so that they get the new path.
- After resyncing, I try opening one of the books again (All ~300 books showed up in my library again with all covers/data) yet it gives me the same error dialog.
- Now I think it might be that the books got corrupted, so I navigated to the SD Card in My Computer and opened one of the books using Sigil (An EPUB editing software) and it loads fine.
- After that I assume it might be my SD card so I send a book to my internal storage to try reading it yet get the same error dialog again.
Can someone help me with this issue? Here's a TLDR for anyone who doesn't want to read:
*Sent book library to Nook HD+ sd card as well as internal storage in Calibre
*Nook doesn't read them and gives me a "Sorry, cannot open this book" error.
I'm really stumped and can't get the Nook to read the EPUB files. I know it isn't the books because they are all retail EPUBs purchased online so that I can sync them to multiple devices without any DRM hassles. My other Nook Color and tablet read them fine, but my Nook HD+ will not open the books. Has anyone else had any problems with sideloaded books?
I really hope someone can help me sort this out and I look forward to a reply!
Chris
What happens if you sideload one without Calibre? I don't know why Calibre would be the problem. I only ask because I sideloaded books with DRM to /sdcard/My Files/Books by drag and dropping via Windows Explorer and had no troubles opening them.
lkmiller said:
What happens if you sideload one without Calibre? I don't know why Calibre would be the problem. I only ask because I sideloaded books with DRM to /sdcard/My Files/Books by drag and dropping via Windows Explorer and had no troubles opening them.
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Sometimes Calibre will modify a file when it downloads depending on what device and what preferences you have set in Calibre. So sideloading may leave the files intact.
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I am seeing this error as well. I am using FBReader to sideload my books but I see two different errors:
I also see this on the Nook Touch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...files for me.
Thanks for any guidance.
Rick