Updated: B&N Nook App adds support for Magazines - Xoom Themes and Apps

I just updated the Nook app on my Xoom. In the updates list, it doesn't mention anything about magazines...however imagine my surprise when I opened the app and see my magazines in the list waiting for me to download them.
Works flawlessly! Screw Zinio for not releasing their app across all devices. I can finally renew my subscriptions via B&N.

Nice. I just updated on my Xoom as well, and didn't see this so I haven't even opened the app yet since my update. In the middle of a nandroid backup right now, but gonna check it out as soon as it is done! Thanks for the heads up!

Just updated as well. Magazines look great in landscape!

any chance you could post the apk?

They look great now, but the bad thing is that now I have to see full page advertisements. Blah.

This is awesome. I've been waiting for B&N magazines to be properly supported for a while. Great news!

looks like the update got rid of the force closes when hitting the back button to leave a book. I prefer nook over kindle app if nothing else for the page animations and smooth transition. Great update and finally get to use the nook app all the time!

My only wish now is that they will make a widget that shows some of the books you have downloaded so you can scroll through them, like the Youtube widget.

Very nice update, but epub book covers won't show up in the library. Anyone know of a way to fix this?

Can someone post the apk please?

This makes me really happy.

The new app looks great, seems they updated the user interface for tablets too finally

Too bad it doesn't support "read to me" books... still need the stock NookColor for that.

Thanks for posting this, tried zinio but I've been wishing for B&N to make mags available in their app for some time. btw is it just me or is the app a little sluggish?

anyone know the answer that that other guy's epub cover question? It doesnt seem to show covers on books you side load. I loaded the same books into my girlfriend's nook 3g and it shows the covers on that.

patass said:
anyone know the answer that that other guy's epub cover question? It doesnt seem to show covers on books you side load. I loaded the same books into my girlfriend's nook 3g and it shows the covers on that.
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I could investigate if you post the apk. We can't get the app outside of the US

Hey guys,
so I got the apk by downloading it with Market Enabler on my phone and then transferring the apk to my WiFi XOOM. Wish that Market Enabler worked on WiFi :\
Anyways, here is the apk for other Non-US members
Also, as for the sideloading question, I also could not see sideloaded epubs on the home screen. However, when you search for them with the magnifying glass in the top right, the epubs show up.
Hope that helps!
Cheers

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anyone know the answer that that other guy's epub cover question? It doesnt seem to show covers on books you side load. I loaded the same books into my girlfriend's nook 3g and it shows the covers on that.
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I have a 3g nook as well, and the covers do not show up. If you browse your library of purchased items, you will see in the bottom LCD screen the covers of the books that you can scroll through. For items that are sideloaded, it does not show the covers in the LCD portion of the screen.
I just installed the posted nook app, and when you first open the book, the cover of the book isn't displayed. If you swipe to go back a page, it'll display the cover. It seems by default, it skips the cover.
It would be awesome to have the ability to display covers on the bookshelf, but I think B&N intentionally made it so it wouldn't display it. Aldiko is able to display the covers in the bookshelf view.
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I can't find any of my pc mags available

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rooting breaks children's books?

Not sure where along the way they stopped working but my children's book are no longer readable on my rooted Nook. Im going to totally reset it and go through the process again to see where they broke. I'm guessing it may have to do with the fact that I updated Adobe air and I believe some of the kids books use that. I will let everyone know what I find.
the children's books that come with it work fine on my rooted nook.
Did you upgrade Adobe Air afterward?
It is def a result of upgrading Adobe Air. I just factory reset and rooted and children's book worked fine. I upgraded Adobe Air and they broke. Any who has a need for children's books should not upgrade that package.
do the magazines still work on a rooted nook?
edit: Nevermind, it is early in the morning. I was thinking a nook running a different version of android.
Magazines work still; kid's books no so much
Can someone post the Adobe Air here. I didn't notice its missing(?) til this thread.
I think this is my pre-upgrade APK... you might wanna double check the file size versus the upgrade APK.
Works Great!
califrag said:
I think this is my pre-upgrade APK... you might wanna double check the file size versus the upgrade APK.
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Thanks Brotha! My kids thank you as well.
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I think this is my pre-upgrade APK... you might wanna double check the file size versus the upgrade APK.
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This didnt work for me.
Should I be using adb to install this?
Or can I install from dropbox?
It also asks me if I want to replace a system application.
I say yes. But I dont know if it is doing anything
I answered my own question.
I used adb
adb install -r AirRuntime.apk
adb reboot
Now the children;s books are working great.. and my wife and kid love me again.
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It is def a result of upgrading Adobe Air. I just factory reset and rooted and children's book worked fine. I upgraded Adobe Air and they broke. Any who has a need for children's books should not upgrade that package.
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The market never showed me an upgrade for adobe air (the alternate market did, but that just shows you anything new, not in particular compatible with your unit)..
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Has anybody had issues with the children's books on rooted stock Froyo update from B&N?
I tried the older Adobe-Air APK in this thread but it didn't help. The problem I am running into is with the children's book with the extra features. It is tricky to turn the pages, the tap or tap and swipe seems very sensitive but will work. The books will still read to you, but the newer books with "extra features" you can never seem to tap on the feature icon. It always misses it and turns the page forward or back.
Stock Rom, Softkeys installed, and Zeam launcher. I am not sure if I still need softkeys installed, Zeam is set to default launcher on physical home key press and I bring up the B&N home screen via the App I found on the forum here. I can also bring up the app via Softkeys --> Home button.
(I'd like to uninstall softkeys if I no longer need it due to the app i found that will launch B&N home screen. I was unable to get the double press home screen button to work with softkeys, hence using app to launch it is much quicker)
Any info or hints to try would be great.
Thanks
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Has anybody had issues with the children's books on rooted stock Froyo update from B&N?
I tried the older Adobe-Air APK in this thread but it didn't help. The problem I am running into is with the children's book with the extra features. It is tricky to turn the pages, the tap or tap and swipe seems very sensitive but will work. The books will still read to you, but the newer books with "extra features" you can never seem to tap on the feature icon. It always misses it and turns the page forward or back.
Stock Rom, Softkeys installed, and Zeam launcher. I am not sure if I still need softkeys installed, Zeam is set to default launcher on physical home key press and I bring up the B&N home screen via the App I found on the forum here. I can also bring up the app via Softkeys --> Home button.
(I'd like to uninstall softkeys if I no longer need it due to the app i found that will launch B&N home screen. I was unable to get the double press home screen button to work with softkeys, hence using app to launch it is much quicker)
Any info or hints to try would be great.
Thanks
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There were some problems if you used MN 4.5.6 or earlier. The fix was rolled into MN 4.5.25, or you can try this
I ended up flashing the stock 1.2 Froyo rom and then re-rooting with MN 4.5.25 and they are working again.
Thanks for the suggestion.

[Q] Kindle App?

Ok, I have somewhat basic question I think...
Does the Kindle app still work with a rooted NC?
Here is my scenario..
I bought my Nook Color around the 5th of Jan and registered it with my gmail account. I rooted it, and installed the Kindle app, and a couple other things to verify it worked.
I deployed to Afghanistan ( where I am now ) and decided I wanted to buy a book from the BN store. Since I registered with gmail, and I am out of the country I couldnt get the book to download. I talked with customer service and they assured me that if I was to de register/re register with my military email then I would be gtg.
So.. I did that. De registered, and then the nook went crazy on me. I looked through all the posts and blah blah. I finally found how to get the nook to reboot to original. I was able to get it going, got it re registered with my Military email, and bought a book.
Now, I re rooted the nook with 2.12.25 ( after I re upgraded to version 1.0.1 ) and am able to get all the apps I had before except for the one I actually want... The Kindle reader.
So, again I have to ask... Is the kindle app dead now? Or maybe it detects I am out of the country and says I am out of luck?
Also, I have installed AppBrain App Market. I have found the app on that, and when I try to instal it just hangs up, then goes back to the market.
When I search for the app with the regular Market it won't show up at all.
Any help would be much appreciated, and sorry for the long story for such a small question!
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I copied the Kindle App from my Nook Color and uploaded to dropbox. Hope this can help.
It works for me. My best guess would be that it detects you're out of the country. You might call Amazon and just tell them you're running the Kindle app on an Android device and it won't work. Thanks for serving our country.
lazinase;10931728 I copied the Kindle App from my Nook Color and uploaded to dropbox. Hope this can help.[/QUOTE said:
I will give this a shot. I assume I can log in with my nook and download that link you posted? I don't really know how the dropbox thing works...
Also, thanks for your input A nonymous, and it is my pleasure.
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Thanks guys! I got it to work by downloading it out of the Dropbox thing!
Does anyone else when using kindle have the scroll slider bar on the bottom on the kindle cut off when running it on 2.1? I have tried different launcher and hidden the stock launcher but it always come back when running the kindle app. Any help would be appreciated.

[Q] Running CM7, way to get stock Nook reader app back?

I've tried Aldiko but I don't really like the interface plus it has to reload each book cover each time I scroll up and down. I'm hoping there is some way to get the stock app back? Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated.
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I've tried Aldiko but I don't really like the interface plus it has to reload each book cover each time I scroll up and down. I'm hoping there is some way to get the stock app back? Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated.
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Isnt the nook app in the android market? I personally have never tried it but im fairly certain that you can download it. Also, i use moonreader for my ebook reading. Nice smooth interface, it can convert long scrolling PDF files into the "page turning" style. Only thing I have to do once in a while is tinker with the font. I don't think "auto detect" font works (i have submitted the bug) so you have to manually select the font.
Good luck
I tried the Nook App in the market and it's nothing like the stock reader. You have to log in to your B&N account just to use it and it doesn't let you import any books, you have to buy them for them to show up.
I used Calibre to convert all the different books I had to .epub and everything looks great now. I will give Moonreader a try though I'd love to figure out how get the stock reader back... Thanks for the response.
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I tried the Nook App in the market and it's nothing like the stock reader. You have to log in to your B&N account just to use it and it doesn't let you import any books, you have to buy them for them to show up.
I used Calibre to convert all the different books I had to .epub and everything looks great now. I will give Moonreader a try though I'd love to figure out how get the stock reader back... Thanks for the response.
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yeah, I did not know that the apps were that different, I never messed with it, sorry about that. I literally rooted my nook when I took it out of the box.

Nook app in the market updated; supports magazines and newspapers!

Pretty much what it says in the thread title...I just did a Market update on my CM7 install and it showed an update for the Nook app to support magazines and newspapers. The only major functional difference between the stock reader and the market reader now is kids' read-to-me books. Nice update!!!
That's great, although it is lame that kids books aren't supported yet, even the *pad supports those!
Just updated, and couldn't get anything to work right! Just cleared the cache and rebooted to see it that helps
Great will update that's what was missing
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Well allllright! Now I don't have to resort to annoying work arounds to read The Onion and Asimov's Science Fiction on the market Nook reader. It supports more magazines now too (for example, PC Gamer was "Nook Color" only, now it's "Nook Color" and "Nook for Android (Tablet)" which apparently means us...makes me curious how it's deciding what is a tablet and what isn't, if it makes a distinction...screen resolution I presume), so it's work a look for anyone who got some magazines on the Nook Color and can't read them now because they are on CM7 or something.
I think the interface is a bit better as well.
My books disappeared
I have a number of books loaded on my SD card( in the correct directory). After the update the books don't show up.
Any ideas?
edit: They showed up. Just had to wait a few minutes.
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I have a number of books loaded on my SD card( in the correct directory). After the update the books don't show up.
Any ideas?
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I'm not sure what to say, I didn't have any problems. Have you tried refreshing the the app? (that is, presing the refresh button up near the top of the screen underneath the search button within the app?)
I can't get the update to run on my nook color with 1.2 and manualnooker. There's an icon but when I tap it nothing happens no force close screens no error messages nothing. It's like the app isn't even installed.
I've got the same issue on my stock rooted original. Maybe it's not working because I haven't updated to the newest software version.
I also tried running it on my nexus, but my magazines will not show.
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I'm running CM7, but why are you guys trying to get it to work? You can just use the slightly superior still stock Nook Color reader. I mean, you know, go for it...just curious.
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I'm running CM7, but why are you guys trying to get it to work? You can just use the slightly superior still stock Nook Color reader. I mean, you know, go for it...just curious.
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Not everyone has stock (rooted or not) still intact? Never mind, I gotcha (Thought you were referring to the earlier posters rather than later)
On another note, going to the store (and for that matter, any top-bar or bottom bar menu items, like menu, go to library (if in store), info, search) takes a long time to register. It's not my screen, because I can swap in and out of other apps and hit those spots without any lag or problems. Menu is not working for me at all
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I can't get the update to run on my nook color with 1.2 and manualnooker. There's an icon but when I tap it nothing happens no force close screens no error messages nothing. It's like the app isn't even installed.
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Its not possible to run Nook app if you are running Stock... doesnt matter which version... at least i never got to run and always found ppl stating the same
some questions
Running cyanogenmod 7.02.
Is it possible to "read in store" when I am in B&N?
Using the nook app, do I have to load the books on the SD card? Can I put them into internal memory?
Thanks in advance
How to get if in Canada
Whats the best way for a Canadian to get this app since the Market restricts it.
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On another note, going to the store (and for that matter, any top-bar or bottom bar menu items, like menu, go to library (if in store), info, search) takes a long time to register. It's not my screen, because I can swap in and out of other apps and hit those spots without any lag or problems. Menu is not working for me at all
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I spoke to one of the Nook app devs about the near impossible task of pressing the buttons in the upper right corner, when they released the beta of this last week. He said they are working on fixing this.
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Whats the best way for a Canadian to get this app since the Market restricts it.
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Look up Market Enabler in Google Market. Tricks Google Market into thinking you're in the US.
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I spoke to one of the Nook app devs about the near impossible task of pressing the buttons in the upper right corner, when they released the beta of this last week. He said they are working on fixing this.
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Bummer about the small buttons on the top right of the app..
FYI, search will work in app if you use the CM7 Tablet tweek search button. It will call up the BN apps search dialogue box, provided you have the option toggled on to show the search button on the status bar.
Worked great, for my phone
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Look up Market Enabler in Google Market. Tricks Google Market into thinking you're in the US.
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That was a great solution and worked like a charm. I'm hoping to find the APK somewhere so I can load it on my Transformer.
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I spoke to one of the Nook app devs about the near impossible task of pressing the buttons in the upper right corner, when they released the beta of this last week. He said they are working on fixing this.
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Good, that's about my only real complaint about it right now.
Looks like they didn't fix sideloaded books showing their covers. The nook app is the ONLY reader app that doesn't show my sideloaded books covers. Every other one i tried they work fine. Annoying.
Just be careful what you touch.. I was looking at magazines and saw NatGeo and thought hey, look, maybe I can preview it. So I tapped "Current Edition". Nothing happened. Tapped it again and it confirmed purchase for $6 for a single edition.
I've emailed B&N telling them to remove this and credit my CC back and that they should fix their horrid user interface.
First off it should VISIBLY change when there's money to be paid. Button changes color or BETTER the button is in a different position, such as a pop-up window that says "Your credit card will be charged X dollars, purchase/cancel". Not the same button that apparently is so laggy it doesn't update in time for folks to not realize tapping it twice in a few seconds will purchase it.
Meh.

Nook App - Touch Issues

Anyone else having touch screen issues with the Nook App running on CM7? I can touch the Types drop down but when the choices appear, I have to touch "My Files" several times to select it. It takes a ridiculous number of tries, otherwise I wouldn't be posting it here. Same applies to the gears icon on the top right of the app. That is the icon you have to click for logging out. And I have to click it some 50 times for it to work.
I thought I had touch screen issues in those areas of my NC but I just had a chance to play with another NC and it had the same issue with the gears icon. My Files worked after a couple of tries.
I am not entirely sure what is going on. I like the app and will not mind switching to it (from FBReader) but this is driving me insane.
Yep, I have the same problems. I've given up on using that app, and just use Aldiko for my reader.
Thanks for chiming in. I now know I am not the only one.
This issue and the fact that it always starts at home and makes you pick a book every time you start are the two big annoyances with this app.
On the other hand, it looks gorgeous with smaller fonts and Amasis is a very readable font at smaller sizes. It even makes the other fonts render beautifully. So much so that even the sans-serif fonts look very readable and easy on the eye.
Oh and calling the brightness dialog fades the screen so you can't tell exactly what brightness you are getting. Seems like no one ever used the app in real life.
I have been using FBReader for a couple of weeks but I have only one font that is usable on it. I have tried Amasis and other Nook fonts but they don't render as well in FB as they do on Nook. FBReader is very plain and boring (yet functional) so I was considering switching. Yes I am vain and distracted easily.
Not only are you not alone, but others have commented on this since it came out.
It's a shame, because it otherwise is a good reading app. If it also read Nook magazines, I would buy more of them, but I'm about to switch to Zinio for magazines because I can't read them on the Nook app unless I go back to stock.
am I missing something? I read magazines fine on my app...
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Yup...mine displays magazines fine also. What version of the Nook app are you using? Should be 2.6.1.35...the newest.
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I had the same issue with the nook app with CM7, the screen in the too right (no matter what orientation you are holding it) is extremely unresponsive.
Its odd because I just changed over to Miui for nook and the problem does not exist any more. So it is obviously something with CM7 (but not Miui, which is based off CM7) I also believe I had the same issue with phiremod.
Also, have never had a problem reading magazines with any of the roms.
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Roger, Roger
I had touch issues on my Nook app reading magazines. Eventually got it to work - but it wasn't easy to get it to load my magazines and respond to touch screen. Other apps were working just fine.
I hope they get it worked out - was kindof a PITA to deal with.
Cuhulin, have you looked into dual booting? Mine is set to dual boot between tock and CM7 since my 4 year old like the "elephant book" it came with.
mg1030, is this http://www.miui.us/ the miui you speak of? It seems intriguing. Are you running it from SD Card? Any pointers on how to install it to NC? It seems very iPhone like.

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