nookTalk - Forum

Subject: Converting with either Calibre or Sigil - by: Mark (Admin)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:37:27 -0500

Layout on a PDF doesn't always translate nicely to conversion utilities trying to "reflow" the content along the lines of a smaller device. Interested in hearing your results but I'd be very surprised if you can get a scientific textbook to be readable on a nook.

Subject: Just got the Nook - by: alicia johnson

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:15:10 -0500

Hey, I can't believe that I didn't get this sooner. I love to read but I was hesitant to get an eBook. When I went to Iraq last year, I shipped over fifty books with me (that's how much I love books) and got more while I was there for the year. A friend of my suggested getting an eBook reader but I didn't think that I would like it more then paperbacks. I also didn't want to get a kindle because it constrained me to one website. I am soooo wrong. I love this Nook and I can download so many books that I have to place a budget. Not to mention, I don't have to carry books around (I go through about 3 books a week unless I am not working). This thing is totally awesome. I can also download college stuff to help me do research papers wherever there is wifi. Wow. That is all I can say at this point.

Subject: How do I get the back off? Frozen-need to reset - by: Mark (Admin)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:42:41 -0500

The charge you get on a computer is different than when plugged in. Some mobile phones won't actually charge after the batteries go dead until you use the plug that goes into the wall (like some of the older HTC phones). That was probably it. It's the same cord right, just different power source?

Subject: Freebie Christian ebooks from CBD - by: Mark (Admin)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:40:46 -0500

CBD launches their eBookstore and has some free ebooks... http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=928515&sp=110934

Subject: formatting PDFs for reading on Nook - by: Halcyon

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:23:21 -0500

There has to be an easier way---or through Calibre. I thought that that was what Calibre was supposed to do?

Subject: Looking to borrow The Last Olympian - by: Jacob

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:30:36 -0500

I have it.

Subject: How do I fix a frozen nook screen? - by: Joyce Gravino

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:41:09 -0500

Thank you so much. I've had it frozen before but the usual stuff did not work.

Subject: Possible prevention fix for cracked nook buttons. - by: John Royle

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:35:54 -0500

Sam wouldn't search be better than 50 pages of book nav?

Subject: Have you installed nookStudy? - by: Marcus

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:06:29 -0500

I'm waiting for the iPad version. screenshots don't impress me.

Subject: Problem with My Documents content loading. - by: Mark (Admin)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:56:09 -0500

Exactly - see this post on PDB. It's really a container for content more than a book "format". Using PDB files the nook can't handle could be the problem. http:/ ooktalk.net/discussion-forums/8-content-issues-and-questions/64-ereadercom-files.html#401

Subject: reading B&N ebooks with Windows Mobile OS - by: Lori

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:21:40 -0500

visit http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-bn-ereader.html someone actually pulled the reader off the HTC HD2 and made a installation file for it. I'm not to sure how it will work on all Windows Mobile phones, but it works on my T-mobile TouchPro2.

Subject: nook iphone app books gone after update - by: John Royle

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:02:10 -0500

No matter what I did they were ALL gone! I did the refresh, killed the app, restarted phone. I went to system settings and clicked the switch for nook application that said, "sign out next launch". Then after re-logging in and sync all was back. Odd. Glad this version syncs everything. I even had to re-download books.

Subject: What are you using to protect your Nook? - by: Patrick Stirling

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:28:13 -0500

I made a cover for the princely sum of $3. I couldn't see spending $30 or more! I saw the DIY cover posting in this forum, but it's for the old box the nook came in. The new packaging is just cardboard and foam, no nice acrylic clip. I was in a dollar store (Dollar General I think) and saw diaries with fake leather covers for $3, which are exactly the right size and shape for the nook. Here are the steps involved: 1. Carefully cut out the pages with a Stanley knife. They're held in only by the thicker first & last pages which are glued to the cover, so it takes just 2 cuts. Be careful not to cut through the cover! 2. take the foam out of the box the nook came in, and carefully peel the foam "frame" away from the foam backing. 3. Glue the foam frame into the inside of the back cover of the eviscerated diary. That's it! I use a rubber band to keep it closed. patrick http:/ ooktalk.net/images/fbfiles/images ook_cover-20100828.jpg

Subject: Textbooks in .pdf Format Renaming - by: Marcus

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:45:27 -0500

what's an example? Did it maybe truncate it? put chap name at front? I'm not sure why the nook would do that unless the filesystem couldn't support the naming used on your PC (usually the opposite)

Subject: Public Libraries with ebook access... - by: ravensong9

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:14:32 -0500

Also, I wanted to add that the New York Public Library (the Manhattan one) offers a free library membership to anyone living in NY State. They have a pretty extensive ebook (and audiobook) collection and I've been borrowing a number of ebooks to read on my nook. Just finished Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book" and Naomi Novik's "Black Powder War." Just google "NYPL ebooks"

Subject: D&D Character Sheet on Nook - Love it and hate it - by: Trent

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:30:16 -0500

Hello all! It's my first post as I'm new to the world of nook. I love to read though and it has proven to be a wonderful device for me. My other love is table top RPGs and Roleplaying. I recently downloaded a pdf of the D&D 3.5 character sheet and annotated it so that my character info was on it. I then transferred it to my nook. It looks great (sortof) but I have a few problems that I have been searching the internet to answer but have had no luck. 1.) The text is too small in some areas. Since the nook does not support zooming, what are my options? Is there a better way to format the PDF that still retains the tables and charts without destroying the character sheet itself? 2.) What are my options for annotating within the nook? When I take damage, I'd like to be able to record this on the nook, but so far this appears impossible. Thanks for all your help guys! It looks like you have a great community here. CodeSamurai P.S. I've attached the PDF of the character sheet for anyone who wants to see what this is all about.

Subject: Categories and deletion - by: Susan

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:05:33 -0500

If you softroot your nook you can. Be Aware this likely (READ DOES) void's your warranty, so if you haven't done it yet, think carefully before you make that descision. You would also need to check the warning on the nookdev's site first, because there's been a hardware change in the newer nooks & attempting to hack those bricks them. However, if you already have a softrooted nook, one way to create "bookshelves" is to create files , titled however you want & sideload them onto your external sd card. pull up trook & there'll be a my books folder, open that & go to the external sdcard link,& there are your bookshelves.

Subject: Using NookMedia? - by: Susan

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:48:05 -0500

Thanks for the suggestion, but I did try that. Actually the reason I installed the media player was that ever since I started using my external sd card to store ebooks, I've been having some problems with the official B&N programming. Specificly, the my documents folder & the audio player don't always(or ever) recognize any content, whether its stored on the external sd card or on the internal sd card. I've had no problems with the softroot from nookdevs, & everything shows up there just fine, but I miss my music, so I thought I'd try the nookdevs nookmedia played & I can't figure out how music is supposed to be stored so it'll be recognized.

Subject: Several problems with my new nook... - by: dan.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:55:10 -0500

Alrighty, thanks for the input. I'm glad (in a weird sort of way) that it's defective. Hopefully a new one will be as awesome as I expected it to :)

Subject: Looking For: - by: Courtney Watson

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:38:51 -0500

Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Subject: So... Is the nook iPhone App better? - by: Soi Pei

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:01:08 -0500

Looks better and faster, but feature wise does it have all the options we had before? Seems like there were notes and bookmarks before. I'm a newbie on the iPhone app. Wish we could add docs like on the nook so I didn't need Stanza.

Subject: Hmm... - by: John Royle

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:54:35 -0500

So if sync will work b/w iPhone and iPad, etc. how will this work for folks like me that share my B&N account with wife and son? Better not read same book at same time?

Subject: Sh*t My Dad Says - by: Mark (Admin)

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:26:47 -0500

when you are logged in there should be a "delete" button on the bottom right.

Subject: Nook forum email - by: Mark (Admin)

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:25:50 -0500

When you reply to a thread uncheck "get email updates" for existing threads you are on you can go to them and click the "unsubscribe" button (by reply, favorite,etc) at the top. You can also click on "My profile" and then click on "my subscribes" on the left and delete your email subscriptions.

Subject: Nok in Jamaica, West Indies? - by: Ishshah

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:47:44 -0500

I greatly appreciate you response...I was starting to think this forum was too sloooooooooow. I read it and I'm glad I did.

Subject: Screensaver frozen; black lines on screen - by: Mark (Admin)

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:37:13 -0500

The nook has really had it's share of these. My warranty will expire in December and if it breaks I'll wait for the "new" nook model. I had to go through 2 replacements recently due to the cracked button problem..

Subject: Werid PDF Problem - by: Joe Wilkens

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:45:27 -0500

Did you maybe copy it to the nook memory and not your nook SD card (if you have one)? I'd search both drives for all PDF files and make sure.

Subject: Run any app off a USB drive? - by: InsaneWonko

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:50:02 -0500

Thanks.Just stumbled upon [URL="http://www.prayaya.com"]Prayaya[/URL]. I installed prayaya on my USB drive and then installed MS Office 2003 suite on prayaya. It seems working very well on other computers.

Subject: My documents - by: Marcus

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:17:37 -0500

unfortunately the nook ignores the folder structure. The library app really isn't set to help you organize your books (odd for an ereader eh?) If you use the nookdevs software for your nook they have a great book tool that is much nicer and puts all your books (B&N or not) in one view.

Subject: Nook troubles - by: Neal Winters

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:08:56 -0500

After powerup I had a black screen and little status bar at top of screen still showing... showing Wi-fi, battery status icon and the time.... No touch screen lit (that was the real problem no way to control the nook) after a time out period.. Main screen showed screen saver but there was no way to control the nook so there it sat... I I tried to wake it up... Black screen again..... So I Turned the nook OFF. Powered it back up while I held down that (left-Arrow) < (Right side pageback) Button. NOOK-Devs' current root re-installed from the SDHC card and "God Bless America!" everything came back on. I think it was the fault of the Wi_Fi being left on overnight while the charger was connected to the nook. Either something came in on the wifi or a data bit was lost somewhere in the OS....somehow. Hope this helps. R, Neal

Subject: my nook is black and won't open - by: John Royle

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:13:25 -0500

Check the nooktalk FAQ on "frozen nook". I'd take battery out and plug-in.

Subject: VOID MOON - Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch Series) - by: Mike W

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:16:46 -0500

The new Harry Bosch book is out soon and my goal is to read the remaining Bosch stories by then. Void Moon has been somewhat of a disappointment so far, but only about a 1/3 of the way through. I know, I know VM isn't a Harry continuation, but Cassie Black appears in a later story, so I figure I should know her story.

Subject: ADE issues - by: CHANGMA

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:06:41 -0500

Hi! Are you sure that the book that you put in your documents was in epub format? If not you should download calibre and convert the book in epub format. Hope will help you. good luck!

Subject: re assigning buttons for next/previous page - by: Neal Winters

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:28:36 -0500

Wow ! If I read that right it looks like I have to be a programmer/developer to get into that file and change those button values around.... I think that is beyond my capabilities......When I plugged in my nook to my computer (Vista) it asked for a ADB Driver.... to install but I can't find out how to get the driver (where can I download it?) then I assume I could use the instructions for remapping key 524 and 525. I wish it was simpler since I hate the button arrangement as it stands from B&N. Neal

Subject: SanDisk 32mb Micro SDHC Card - by: BiHoa Caldwell

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:46:07 -0500

Will the SanDisk 32mb Micro SDHC Card work on the Nook?

Subject: Windows PC Ereader app - by: Joe Wilkens

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:47:31 -0500

This is why we all bought nooks! Every once in a while we have trouble but a far better ereader experience than I've had on my other devices. Even their iphone app is suck-ish.

Subject: Questions on Nook Features - by: Joe Wilkens

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:45:56 -0500

are you using 3g or wifi? The daily is a grab bag anyway but the nook covers part would stink. How many books? Are you sure the ones you have provide covers?

Subject: Nook Clock - by: Owen Thompson

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:22:36 -0500

I have turned on my Nook's clock, but would prefer to have it off. However, I can't find a way to make it disappear. Any suggestions?