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[Q] Noob 0.6.7 questions

Hello,
The Nook Color is my first Android device and so far I love it. I am booting .0.6.7 from an sd and I have a couple of questions I hope can be answered.
1. I got the Kindle app, but I cannot find it's menu (to buy from amazon or change font etc.). I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but all I can do so far is read the free books it came with.
2. How do I get ebooks onto the Nooks internal memory? I have an epub file in internal memory (under my files) that I could read with the stock reader, but the nook app and the kindle app does not list it.
Thanks in advance, I am trying to read and learn as much as I can, but it is a little overwhelming!

xenuprime said:
1. I got the Kindle app, but I cannot find it's menu (to buy from amazon or change font etc.). I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but all I can do so far is read the free books it came with.
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1. Use soft keys to bring up the row of virtual buttons. To bring up soft keys you need to either do a single or double tap on your nook button. It just depends on your configuration.
2. Select the menu button.
3. Select either Archived Items or Kindle Store.
Hope this helps with at least the first part of your issue.

Thanks a lot!
Where are the archived files from? It wants me to connect to the internet when I press it and I don't have a signal right now.
When I plug the nook (or just the sd card) into my computer how do I add books to it?

xenuprime said:
Thanks a lot!
Where are the archived files from? It wants me to connect to the internet when I press it and I don't have a signal right now.
When I plug the nook (or just the sd card) into my computer how do I add books to it?
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Archived files would be books that you've already purchased from Amazon that have not been downloaded to your device. Your nook would need an Internet connection to access those files (if you have any) as they are stored on Amazon's servers.
I'm not sure about the answer to your second question just yet. If I figure it out I'll let you know.

I appreciate the help. I am trying to get used to the menus and the way androis works.
What I did figure out is:
1.Take out the sd card and load files (epub, movies, etc)onto the stock Nook.
2.Put the sd card back in, boot up froyo, then use astro to transfer files back and forth between the internal and sd.

I recommend Aldiko for reading your own EPUBs and PDFs. It has a file browser so you can simply browse to wherever and import them. Also it supports Adobe DRM so you can download Library eBooks straight from their sites.
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That sounds a lot easier than my workaround. I will try it tonight!
Speaking of library access, I heard the Philadelphia library sells memberships to anyone for $15 a year.

xenuprime said:
That sounds a lot easier than my workaround. I will try it tonight!
Speaking of library access, I heard the Philadelphia library sells memberships to anyone for $15 a year.
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WTF??? They make you pay??? My library is free and gives me access to online Audiobook/eBook loaning. Some of the other Libraries in it's network make you pay for things like DVD loans but I can understand that. But $15 for a Membership, that sortof defeats the purpose of a Library. I heard Philly was seriously cutting back on their Library budget (even closing a few) but Paid Membership? What's this world coming too?
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I should have clarrified. If you are out of state you have to pay the $15 fee.

xenuprime said:
I should have clarrified. If you are out of state you have to pay the $15 fee.
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Oohhh... Ok that makes more sense. Sorry about going off the wall a bit.
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[Q] Noob: Moving personal ePub files to NC Froyo on SD Card

I am running the customized Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 on a SD Card and have the Nook eReader installed. I am not sure how I move my personal ePub files - free books downloaded, no DRM - to be read on the Nook eReader. I tried to connect to my PC with a USB cable, then enabled USB on the NC. Then in Windows Explorer I tried moving the files to various directories like Nook, Nook/My Documents, My Files etc., but no matter where I put the files when I go into the Nook eReader it does not see the files (I am looking in My Files section). I even tried using Aldiko - that did not work either. Calibre says the files are transferred to the SD Card.
Any ideas? Would appreciate any help. Thanks.

Never mind I found the answer here. Interesting that you have to use ADB to push ePub files and you cannot transfer them using Calibre or Windows Explorer. I thought ADB was for programs only.
Thanks to all you guys for the fantastic job in making the NC a working Android tablet.

I use dropbox for this as well. GIven that I had updated 4 or 5 different builds and ran on SD card for each of them, it was handy to just download the dropbox.apk and have all of my personal epubs available each time.

Thats a great solution! Can you tell me where I can get more information on how to use Dropbox? I see I already have the app.

janus2000 said:
Thats a great solution! Can you tell me where I can get more information on how to use Dropbox? I see I already have the app.
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+1 for this. Running the same config and haven't messed around with adb at all.

Disclaimer : I don't use the nook app; I use fbreader, so ymmv with this.
Anyways, the way I get epubs out of Calibre onto the nook is via the Calibre webserver. Turn it on on your pc (In Calibre, Preferences->Sharing->Sharing over the net, set up what you need, then hit the Start Server button), then access it via your nook color's web browser (make sure you use the port you set up in the url, that that port isn't blocked by a firewall, etc).
From there, you can just click to download the epubs. On mine (nookie froyo), it asks whether I want to complete the action with the browser or with fbreader. I choose fbreader and it will download it and add it to its library (if you're curious where the files get dropped, on mine it's /mnt/sdcard/Books/<ip address of my desktop>/get/EPUB).
FBReader can also talk to OPDS servers for network libraries, which the calibre web server also talks (it's just a specifically formatted) xml feed). Go into Network Library, then click the Add Catalog link. The OPDS url to use:
http colon slash slash <your server ip>:<port you setup>/opds/
(gotta love new user link protection)
The resaon I go through the nook browser instead of the network library is because the calibre web server allows actual searching. The OPDS feed doesn't allow searching (though it does allow you to get at your library through a number of different categorizations, which might be sufficient for you). Fair warning, too, that since I haven't used OPDS much, there may be something I'm missing about it.

Thanks very much for the detailed response. Just got back in town - will try it this weekend.

[Q] Library is now empty

Hey guys,
Did a search and found people with a similar issue but no solution. I bricked my NC last Friday trying to install a kernel. I got it back with recovery but now my Nook library is empty. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Nook app multiple times but no dice. When I look at my account from my computer, everything is still there.
Anyone know what might have happened?

66 Views and nobody has an answer???
Come on guys, somebody has to know something. It sucks because I can't read the book in any other reader because of DRM or some bull**** like that. When I try to open the epub file in any other reader I just get symbols.
Help!!!1

This is totally just a guess, but you may want to try going to settings/applications/manage applications/ view all and find nook then clear data, clear cache. I read somewhere that this sometimes helps with apps that are acting up. I hope this helps. good luck.

boxcar8028 said:
This is totally just a guess, but you may want to try going to settings/applications/manage applications/ view all and find nook then clear data, clear cache. I read somewhere that this sometimes helps with apps that are acting up. I hope this helps. good luck.
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Thanks dude. I have since given up. I started using the Kindle app and that's working for me so far.
Luckily I can finish reading the book I was in the middle of because I have a Pandigital Novel at home.

I basically had the same issue, but it started a little different.
My library showed all of my books, but when I clicked to download them, it said something about could not download, call 1-800-the-book. Obviously I wasn't about to do that.
I searched around quite a bit and never found an answer that worked. I uninstalled Nook app, re-installed, and updated. That made it worse. Now I don't see any books in my library. I signed out, signed in, refreshed, etc. No luck. I moved the app to sd card, that didn't help.
I never did find an answer, so I just switched everything over to Aldiko. They even have steps on how to import books you bought from B&N.
Interestingly, I have the Nook android app installed on my Evo. Both my Nook and my Evo are on CM7. I have no problems at all with seeing my library or downloading books on my Evo.

buckeye09 said:
I never did find an answer, so I just switched everything over to Aldiko. They even have steps on how to import books you bought from B&N.
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I tried Aldiko as well. But when I try to open my B&N book it asks for a password. Moon Reader opens the book, but all I get is gibberish I guess due to DRM. Lame.

darien87 said:
I tried Aldiko as well. But when I try to open my B&N book it asks for a password. Moon Reader opens the book, but all I get is gibberish I guess due to DRM. Lame.
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Here are the steps I followed to get B&N content on Aldiko. Found it on Aldiko help page.
I was able to use the SD Card feature in Aldiko to import DRM'd Nook books on my Android Device.
At the Home screen in Aldiko, tap SD Card.
Navigate to the Nook folder on your device
Navigate to the Content folder within the Nook folder
Tap on the book you want to import (not on the check box, just tap the title)
You will be prompted to open or import, tap "open"
you will then be prompted for a username and password. The user name is the name on the credit card associated with your Nook purchase. The password is the credit card number itself, no spaces.
Once you have been able to open the book, go back to the home page and follow steps 1 through 4.
This time, when you are prompted to open or import, choose "import". The book will be imported to your Aldiko Library.
The reason I open before importing is that there is no password prompt when importing. I did find that once I had entered my credit card info for one book, I was able to import all of the rest of my Nook purchases without opening first, the app seemed to just need this information once.
Enjoy!

Im having the same problem. I completely erased and rebuilt my whole nook - most recent CM7, and the most recent nook app, and still no librar. Tried Aldico and it does not work as there is no content on my card. I downloaded off my pc to the card and it would not read it.

This has happened to me before, I posted in the B&N forums how to fix it.
What worked for me after (a lot of headache) is simply this: on your online B&N account on the PC, move every single book to Archive, then move them back to the library. They should then show up in your NC.
It seems to be a server refresh type of issue.

galatians51 said:
This has happened to me before, I posted in the B&N forums how to fix it.
What worked for me after (a lot of headache) is simply this: on your online B&N account on the PC, move every single book to Archive, then move them back to the library. They should then show up in your NC.
It seems to be a server refresh type of issue.
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B&N support had me try moving one book to archive and back and it didn't show up. I guess I can see if moving them all makes a difference.
EDIT: Nope didn't work

UPDATE:
With the Nook app update on the on the market this morning, suddenly my library is back! Not sure what they updated but it seems to have solved my issue, for now.

I'm having this same issue. Nook app one my rooted NC was working fun until one day, poof, library is empty.
I've tried uninstalling, rebooting, re-installing, signing out, moving the app to SD card, etc etc. App is version 2.6.2. Anyone else experiencing this? I tried to engage B&N support but it's pointless.

[Q] File storage and computer connection

I apologize if these questions have already been answered but I didn't see them in any Nook HD+ forum/thread.
1) I downloaded some books from B&N prior to rooting the Nook. I then rooted the Nook HD+ and I can still read the books thru the default reader but I can't seem to locate them in any folder. I tried two different file viewers from Google Play and can't seem to find them anywhere. Does anybody have an idea of where they could be stored? I know they are stored locally somewhere since I have WiFi turned off. My reason for asking is I would like to access them from the new launcher (using another reader) rather then going to the B&N home page.
2) My next question involves connecting to my desktop. I use openSUSE and run WinXP in an Openbox VM. Whether in Linux or using WinXP in VM I can't access the folders on Nook. I was able to get the drivers working to use ADB (in the WinXP VM only), but I can't get any folders to show up in a file manager. Well, I actually get one folder to show up, called "NOOK", but it has very limited storage. I tried this with both developer mode on Nook turned on and off. I can transfer files to Nook (and see personal folders) when using Win Media player and Nook set to MTP, but I can't see any folders with a file manager. Any idea on what is going on? BTW, it would be nice if I could see everything from Linux without having to use WinXP.
Thanks for any help. Also, many, many thanks to Someone0 for the simple root instructions. Much better use of the Nook HD with general Android apps available.
Rich

B&N books are stored at /data/nookmedia/B&N Downloads/Books

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B&N books are stored at /data/nookmedia/B&N Downloads/Books
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Thanks...that helps. Wonder what the purpose of the /sdcard/B&N Downloads directory is. Very confusing.

rfmhunt1 said:
Thanks...that helps. Wonder what the purpose of the /sdcard/B&N Downloads directory is. Very confusing.
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No clue...the external sd card also gets a B&N Downloads folder.

[Q] Nook App Shelves?

I am using Ovation 10.1.3 emmc on my HD+ with minimal issues and great enjoyment.
Using both the Nook and Kindle Apps for my readers.
My question is that since my Library of unread books has gotten quite extensive, is there any type of add-on app for either or both readers that will allow you to easily set up topic specific shelves that you can then fill with the personally sorted specific titles?
I simply want to be able to easily create/setup a set of identifiable shelves based on however I choose to separate my titles.
If such an "add on" doesn't exist, is there general consensus on a general reader that can do both epub and mobi that includes this type of sort feature along with actual page turning animation similar to what the Nook has?
Thanks in advance.

Because of DRM copyright stuff, im pretty sure its alittle tough to deal with Kindle books (there are ways to deal with it, but you have to jump though a few hoops and use different PC programs to do it (as far as i know)).
Dont have alot of experience with eBook readers, tested out a bunch ((PocketBook, Aldiko, FBReade, Moonreader, Mantano, Ebook Droid) like PocketBook the best for my needs), most will let you browse your drive, so if you set up a 'Book' folder and then categorize a bunch of folders inside of that folder and just browse your stuff that way. Most of the readers i played with have a "recent" tab so its easy to jump back into a book you just started and not have to drive down through folders and find it. Some readers let you 'tag' a book and you can then in-turn use the 'tags' to categorize.
Just some thoughts.
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