I want to install a pdf reading app from the market to read pdfs. But I'm not sure where to put them on the nook so that the pdf program will see them. It's not seeing the ones that I'm able to read with the nook UI. Anyone have any ideas? Where does one put documents one wants to read on the rooted portion?
I have placed my pdf docs on either the internal document directory or the external document directory. My pdf application has been able to see and read them in both locations.
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Sorry, I'm talking about a rooted nook. Should have mentioned that.
Rooted Nook will see docks incl. pdfs in either internal or external Documents folder.
zdrifter said:
Rooted Nook will see docks incl. pdfs in either internal or external Documents folder.
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Not in the adobe pdf app I just downloaded from the market. I'm trying to use a downloaded app because I don't like how basic the one on the nook is. But unfortunately the one I downloaded in the market doesn't read the pdfs I have internally on the nook.
Any ideas?
tinpanalley said:
Not in the adobe pdf app I just downloaded from the market. I'm trying to use a downloaded app because I don't like how basic the one on the nook is. But unfortunately the one I downloaded in the market doesn't read the pdfs I have internally on the nook.
Any ideas?
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Move or copy the pdfs in the internal directory to the sdcard directory (Astro from market is good for this type of thing) .. BTW which app is that .. seems strange it won't navigate to the internal directory??
The app is the Adobe Reader app.
And there seems to be a partition that the app reads from on the sd card since rooting that won't hold very much data.
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After rooting my nook color to gain access to the market, I downloaded the free acrobat reader apps. However, I don't know how to open a file using it. When I double click a pdf, the pdf is opened with quickoffice without asking me to choose. When I open acrobat reader itself, I don't see a menu to open a file.
I know this is a silly question. Could someone tell me how to use the acrobat reader?
Thank you very much!
still have no clue.
I googled but didn't find anything. Maybe no one is as silly as me
Should I put the pdf file inside certain folders (or sdcard) for acrobat reader to find?
bitmancn said:
After rooting my nook color to gain access to the market, I downloaded the free acrobat reader apps. However, I don't know how to open a file using it. When I double click a pdf, the pdf is opened with quickoffice without asking me to choose. When I open acrobat reader itself, I don't see a menu to open a file.
I know this is a silly question. Could someone tell me how to use the acrobat reader?
Thank you very much!
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somewhere there is a setting to choose the default program for pdf's. You'll need to clear that setting and then select the adobe reader as the default.
bitmancn said:
After rooting my nook color to gain access to the market, I downloaded the free acrobat reader apps. However, I don't know how to open a file using it. When I double click a pdf, the pdf is opened with quickoffice without asking me to choose. When I open acrobat reader itself, I don't see a menu to open a file.
I know this is a silly question. Could someone tell me how to use the acrobat reader?
Thank you very much!
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Hi, I use Dropbox to move files among computers and NC. When I hit a pdf file in Dropbox on the NC, it is downloaded and then I'm presented with the option of opening it with either adobe reader, quickoffice, or reader (the pdf file will be saved in the Dropbox folder). Another option is to transfer/save your pdf files to the adobe folder on your NC (mine is on the SD card). If the pdf files are already on my NC, I use Astro to move them around to the folder of my choice.
I have Adobe Reader on my Nook Color and when I open the app, it opens right to a file picker with two tabs. The first is Recently Viewed and the second is PDF Files.
My PDF's are in /sdcard/My Files/Books/PDF
If you have Root Explorer, I'd suggest navigating to your PDFs in Root Explorer and clicking on one. It should prompt you for the app you want to use and instead of using Adobe Reader or Quickoffice, try the Reader app. It does a nicer job of displaying the PDFs I've tried it with.
guys, thank you very much for your help. I will try your suggestions.
Hey all,
Have a rooted nook, and I would like to know if an app is out there that can download a book cover (from amazon/bn/wherever) and load it up on the BN reader so it is associated with PDF file.
Ideas? Thanks!
BN reader doesn't support PDFs
ace7196 said:
Hey all,
Have a rooted nook, and I would like to know if an app is out there that can download a book cover (from amazon/bn/wherever) and load it up on the BN reader so it is associated with PDF file.
Ideas? Thanks!
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Nook app doesn't read PDFs - only ePubs. The usual suspects read PDFs of course. The ease of reading PDFs is defeated by its inability to save pages, to highlight, to remember where you were. Etc.
Sorry m8!
PDFs perform well when opening them from a file explorer, like ES file explorer, and opening the file with the B&N Reader app. This is not the same as opening or accessing the file from the Library app. Using the reader app, you can see the book cover and use bookmarks. Reading and page turning also is better. Also, larger PDFs seem to open a little better from the internal memory.
Does anyone know any apps that can open .mobi files? I have a bunch of ebooks but I'm not sure what app can open it
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utsmaster18 said:
Does anyone know any apps that can open .mobi files? I have a bunch of ebooks but I'm not sure what app can open it
Thanks
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MobiPocket Reader. Looks like it is right protected format so there is probably nothing that can read it.
See here: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI
Amazon Kindle app will read MOBI files.
After you install Kindle app, just drop ebboks into the kindle folder that is created on your SDCARD. You may need to close and reopen Kindle to see the ebooks.
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Stu
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Calibre, a free program on the PC, can also convert a mobi file into just about anything you want, such as epub. Then you can read them in your ebook reader of choice.
To make it easy to then move them onto your Android phone, many popular reader apps (like my fave, Moon+ Reader) access your Calibre library directly if you are on the same wifi network, and Calibre has their own app for accessing your library from an Android device.
i have dropbox and it works, but how do i open ebooks in the nook app? i dont know how to access the downloaded files from dropbox
Download the dropbox app from market. Then open up dropbox from your nook and download the pdf. You can open the pdf document with an app from adobe or an app like ezpdfreader.
well i put epub (standard nook format) in my dropbox acct. i can download the file but id ont know where it downloads to nor can i open them in the nook app.
If you are talking shipment you might use Aldiko app to read them. It provid so the ability to import and read your downloaded ebooks into its library from the dropbox directory.
You get the files there by tapping them in the dropbox, which downloads them to York tablet locally
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It downloads to. /dropbox
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You have to move documents to /sdcard/Nook/MyDocuments/ in order to sideload into the nook application. Took me forever yesterday to find the documentation on that. Furthermore, can't figure out how to get cover art to display.
Dropbox downloads are stored in a folder on the SD Card. You can get to it by going to Menu -> Library, My Files (tab), Select Memory Card, then find the dropbox folder.
My dropbox folder gets stored in:
/mnt/emmc/dropbox. *Not on my sdcard*
Making dropbox unusable for me
use calibre to download metadata and transfer. very simple and easy. dropbox is OK if you don't want wires. but calibre brings all of the metadata and organization.
I'm rooted with method found on this site. I bought a book from B&N. I've look for the actual file in the internal and external memory but it isn't there. Is it only on the B&N server? Are there hidden folders on the nook hd+ and if so how can i make them visible?
B&N stores your downloaded books in /data/nookmedia which requires root access to see. If you want to get at them, you can use the Root Browser app that comes with your root to access the folder.
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leapinlar said:
B&N stores your downloaded books in /data/nookmedia which requires root access to see. If you want to get at them, you can use the Root Browser app that comes with your root to access the folder.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I found the file (where you said it would be) I copied it and pasted it into a visible folder but the file itself wasn't visible through windows 7. How do I make the epub file visible?
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Thanks for the quick reply. I found the file (where you said it would be) I copied it and pasted it into a visible folder but the file itself wasn't visible through windows 7. How do I make the epub file visible?
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There are two issues with making files visible with MTP.
One is that media scanner is what makes files visible. If you just recently copied a file to a folder, it takes media scanner a while to pick it up. I have a third party app that I run to trigger a new media scan so it shows up sooner.
The second issue is copyright. Microsoft, who is the author of MTP, built in copyright protection into the standard. If it detects the file is copyrighted, it will not let it show at all. MTP was designed as a music transfer system so we are saddled with those features.
Another issue you will probably run into if you do get the book transferred to your PC, is the the book is probably DRMed. Meaning copy protected.
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Copy the file to an sdcard and then use an card reader on your PC. Not the most optimal but it will work. However, as leapinlar mentioned, drm will limit what you can do with it.
regarding DRM, on older nooks it was possible to use books on non-original machines by 'sideloading' them and using the CC# to decode. Is this still possible with the current version?