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FAQs for Android

1. NOOK Reading ^TM for Android doesn't install on my smartphone or tablet. What exercise I practice?

The NOOK Reading app can only exist installed on Android phones and tablets with OS iv.one or higher installed. The app is no longer supported on Android phones or tablets with Os 4.0 or older. The install file for Android is compressed and expands upon installation. We suggest having at to the lowest degree 50MB of gratis space on your device before y'all try to install the application. Please note the Android OS installs applications to internal memory rather than the SD card past default. Then even if your SD Bill of fare has a large corporeality of gratis space, you will need to have the 50MB free on internal retentivity.

two. How exercise I create an business relationship to employ the NOOK Reading app?

You can create an account directly on your Android phone or tablet on the Sign In screen. A NOOK account, with a default payment method, lets you store for NOOK Books, Magazines, Video& Newspapers. Having a NOOK business relationship as well allows yous to synchronize NOOK for Android with NOOK devices & other NOOK Reading Apps you might have. Y'all tin also create a NOOK account by providing an electronic mail address and countersign on the Barnes & Noble website.

When opting to first Explore the App you lot can create an account by tapping the Shop icon at the upper left hand corner of the Shop screen to open the Navigation menu. Select Sign In and y'all volition return to the original NOOK Sign In screen. You can select either the option to Create account for setting up a new user account or Sign In, to utilize an existing account.

Your NOOK account is ready for utilize once yous have set the following:

An email address
A default payment method
A valid expiration date for the payment method
A current billing accost

If yous accept any questions nigh setting upwards an account, please telephone call Customer Service at 1-800-THE-BOOK.

3. What are NOOK Profiles?

NOOK Profiles is a feature that allows you to customize the displayed content and user experience for every member of the family. There are three types of NOOK Profiles: the Principal Profile (the contour of the person who registered the device and whose NOOK business relationship is used to purchase content), Adult Profiles, and Child Profiles.

NOOK Profiles can be accessed past opening the Navigational card and then tapping on the User name at the superlative of the menu. A listing of all the profiles created nether the account will appear.

4. Tin I create profiles for My Account using NOOK for Android?

NOOK Profiles can exist created on the NOOK for Android app. To create additional profiles open the Navigational Menu and tap Manage. In the Profile card screen, tap the + at the upper correct manus corner. Yous can then proper name additional profiles and select what type (Developed or child) and assign content. When finished tap Adjacent to create the profile.

5. How do I assign a specific volume, newspaper, magazine, or comic to a contour?

NOOK for Android easily let'due south you lot assign content from your library to your profiles. From the Library screen, bear upon and hold on a cover and select the "Assign to profile" button in the production details screen to assign a title to a specific profile. You can also assign content to your profiles past opening the Navigation menu and selecting Edit. A list of profiles will appear with icons. Tap the pen icon next the profile name yous wish to edit and select the category of content (Books, magazines etc.) that you wish to assign. Check off the individual items y'all want assigned and tap Salvage.

6. How tin can I manage the notifications NOOK sends?

To encounter more particular around the notification, simply tap on it

To see all the notifications y'all have, go to NOOK Navigation bill of fare -> Messages

To disable notifications, open the device Settings and go to "Apps" or "Application Manager". Select NOOK from this menu and uncheck the "Evidence notifications" box.

7. How do I manage souvenir cards?

You tin use BN or NOOK gift cards to make purchases with this app. The gift bill of fare balance will exist applied to your next purchase (before your credit carte is inverse).

To add a gift carte du jour, go to the NOOK Navigation bill of fare and select "Settings". And so select "Shop & Purchases" and and so "Gift Cards". On this screen, tap the "Add Souvenir Carte du jour" button, enter the required information, and then tap "Submit".

viii. What is a buy passcode and how do I set 1 up?

When a buy passcode is enabled, all purchases in Shop volition crave that passcode to be entered to complete the purchase.

To ready a passcode, go to the NOOK Navigation menu and select "Settings". So select "Shop & Purchases" and and then tap the "Purchase Passcode" checkbox.

nine. What is an access lawmaking and how do I redeem one?

An access code is a 13-digit code that is bachelor on a receipt or a menu yous received in a shop or in the body of an email confirmation message.

To redeem an access code, go to the NOOK Navigation menu and select "Settings". Then select "Store & Purchases" and then tap the "Redeem Access Code". You'll be taken to a webpage, where you tin can enter your xiii-digit lawmaking. Upon successfully inbound the code, yous the item volition download to your library.

10. How exercise I store for books, magazines, newspapers or NOOK Video content on the NOOK Reading app?

You can purchase new books, magazines, newspapers and Moving picture/TV content through the Shop icon in NOOK Reading app or by visiting the NOOK website.

NOOK titles purchased in the NOOK Reading app and on the NOOK website will automatically sync to your NOOK app and will be available in your NOOK Library.

In add-on to purchases, yous can also start gratis fourteen-solar day trials of popular magazines and newspapers, viewable on Android phones with HVGA and college resolution displays and Android tablets.

11. I'm having trouble downloading my books to my Android device. What do I do?

Possible reasons why yous may not be able to download books:

- Refresh your Library past tapping the Overflow Menu at the upper right corner of the screen and then selecting Refresh from the menu. This volition sync your library to the cloud for any contempo changes to your Library.

-The payment method on your NOOK account may have expired. Update your payment method information on the NOOK website or from Settings in the NOOK for Android app, and endeavour downloading your books over again. Settings->Shop & Purchases->Credit Cards

-A default payment method may not have been selected for your NOOK account. On the NOOK website, add together or select a default payment method, and effort downloading your books again.

If yous're still having problems please move the item to the Cloud, (items moved to the Deject have a cloud symbol with an arrow on the cover) and then try downloading your book once more by tapping on the book cover.

12. Why are some titles that I previously purchased on a NOOK device, NOOK Reading app or from the spider web, not visible in my Library on the NOOK Reading app?

Previously purchased content that is not currently supported by NOOK Reading App may appear nether the "Everything Else" category in your library. To open this content, utilise a NOOK device or another NOOK reading application.

13. Where are my NOOK Apps?

If you lot're on a NOOK device, NOOK Apps are displayed in your Library and behind the "NOOK Apps" icon in the App Tray.

If you are using the NOOK® Reading App for Android™, you tin can find your apps under the "Everything Else" section header.

14. How do I get back to my Library when reading a book, mag or comic?

To return to your library when reading a volume, magazine or comic swipe from left to right on the left side of your device screen. The Navigation card will appear and y'all can select the Library option.

15. What is Article View?

Article View is a feature in NOOK magazines and newspapers that lets you view the text of an article outside of the original formatting.

With Article View, yous are able to adjust the text options by tapping the centre of the screen to bring up the Reading Tools menu, then borer the Text icon.

16. What is Zoom View?

Zoom View is a feature in select NOOK Comics, that lets you zoom in on a single panel and read a book by moving from panel to panel by swiping or borer. If yous see the Zoom View push button at the top of the screen, tap information technology to zoom in on a console. Yous tin can besides zoom in by double tapping on a panel. To move to the side by side console, tap on the correct edge of the screen or swipe from right to left. To render to viewing the entire page, tap the Zoom View button again or double-tap anywhere on the page.

You can as well enable Zoom View Letterboxing by bringing up the Reading Tools menu and tapping on the Settings icon. Enabling Zoom View Letterboxing hides adjacent panels while using Zoom View.

17. Can I open textbooks on the NOOK Reading app?

Textbooks are currently not supported in the NOOK Reading app. Instead, please download the Yuzu application. We believe it is the best feel for viewing the graphics and images that come up in a textbook. Additionally, nosotros've made it simple to add notes, highlights, and bookmarks as y'all're reading. We are listening, and we hope to add back up for textbooks on Android in a futurity release, but at this time we encourage you to give Yuzu a effort.

xviii. Can I read NOOK Kids books on the NOOK Reading app?

NOOK Kids content (Read forth, Read and Record etc.) is at present accessible on Android devices. Kids content can exist purchased through Shop on Android, NOOK Devices or on the Spider web and volition download to your library later purchase. To find Kids Content go to Shop and tap the Kids Shop listing.

19. How do I side load files for reading on the NOOK Reading app?

You can side load ePub (not DRM) files into our app and read them using the following steps:

-Connect (Mount) your telephone to your PC or Mac to admission the folder structure
-Open up the NOOK Folder
-Open the My Documents Binder
-Drag any ePub files into the folder
-Disconnect your telephone from PC or Mac
-Open the NOOK for Android app
-In the Navigational Card select "My Files" at the bottom of the list.

Yous should be so able to open and read whatever of your files. If you cannot see your files, perform a sync by tapping the Overflow Bill of fare in the upper right corner of Library and tap Refresh.

At this fourth dimension, just ePub and PDF files are supported. Nosotros are evaluating adding back up for other types (pdb, cbz etc.).

20. How exercise I chop-chop access the volume I was reading?

The fastest style to locate the item you were last reading is to open the Navigation menu by tapping the NOOK icon at the upper left hand corner and select Current Read. Note: If an item has never been read, it is sorted based on the date you purchased information technology. Items are not sorted by publication date.

Come across "What is a NOOK Widget" section to add widgets to a favorite title or current read.

21. My library is getting crowded. How can I delete or archive a book from my library?

The NOOK Reading app easily lets you delete or move books to the Cloud from your library. From the Library screen in Filigree view, merely touch and agree on a encompass until a menu pops upwardly. Select Remove from Device to move to the Cloud or select Delete from account to remove from your Library.Select Archive to move your content from Library to the Archive department. Doing this volition also store your content to the Cloud and complimentary internal device storage space.

In chief Library view, tap the Overflow Carte at the upper right corner of the device. Select Remove Items from the Menu. You lot can bank check and mark the items you lot wish to move to the Cloud and tap Remove from Device when finished.

Please note: Selecting Remove item from Device does not erase the content from your account. Information technology is storing your content on the cloud to salvage storage space on your device. When you delete an particular from your NOOK Library, it will permanently remove the item from the Cloud. You will no longer take access to the item everywhere you read NOOK titles, including all NOOK Reading Apps &NOOK devices and this cannot exist undone. We recommend you move an detail to the Cloud (Remove from Device) in case you lot desire to download it again later.

22. How tin I install and access a lexicon to look upward terms while reading?

To install a dictionary, go to Settings or touch and hold on a word while reading a book or a paper and it will prompt you to install a dictionary. To look up a term while reading a book or a newspaper, touch and concur on a word and information technology volition highlight the word and brandish the definition. You tin likewise view the full definition and wait up the term online on Google or Wikipedia past selecting "expect up" from the Quick Actions Toolbar.

New to this Version

1. What is a Library Navigational Menu?

NOOK for Android now has a Navigational menu allowing y'all to navigate between Library, Profiles, Store and other helpful features with ane tap on your screen and without having to use your device back button.

- Profiles - Create, edit and manage content for you lot profiles
- Home - Depending on the device: Access your Electric current Read, new and recent subscriptions, NOOK -Channels, suggested titles based on your interests and quick Store access from i screen.
- Current Read - Go back to the final item yous were reading with one easy tap.
- Shop - Access the NOOKShop for purchasing the latest eBooks, kid'south books magazines, video, TV shows and comic titles.
- Messages - Encounter notifications of the latest NOOK book, mag and special offers.
- Shelves - Create custom shelves to organize your favorite titles in piece of cake to find categories.
- Social Sharing - Post information about your favorite NOOK content to diverse applications using the Android built-in Share feature

2. What is an Overflow Menu?

The overflow bill of fare, located at the upper correct corner of the screen offers a menu of actions for organizing your library.

- New Shelf - Create new shelves for organizing content for quick and easy access.
- Remove items - Movement items to the Cloud freeing up boosted storage space on your device.
- View Archive - Admission older issues of subscription based content that is stored on the NOOK cloud.
- Reorder Categories - Customize your library view to rearrange your content categories in the order y'all prefer.
- Refresh - Sync your library for the latest updates and downloads.

3. What is a NOOK widget?

The NOOK Reading Application for Android at present supports Widgets for quick admission to your books, magazines and newspapers from your device home screen. To create a NOOK widget, tap and press on your device home screen. A list of widget options volition pop upwards. Gyre until you find the NOOK widget of your choice and so press and drag to the home screen.

- NOOK Library Widget - NOOK Library widget previews your last read titles and allows the choice to download, open a title or go straight to your Library with just one tap.
- NOOK Shortcut Widget - Select a specific championship as a shortcut to open direct from your home screen
- NOOK Final Read Widget - Open your last read championship direct from your home screen.

4. Why are there no longer filters in my Library to sort my content?

Your Library is now sorted automatically into categories by content blazon (Books, Magazines, Newspapers etc.) in the primary Library view. To aggrandize the category view, tap the pointer next to the content name. Swipe left or correct to scroll through the list of your content. To access all the content of a category tap on the content proper name (ex: Books) and the grid view volition expand.

5. How do I locate Settings now that the icon is no longer in my Library view?

Settings are now accessible through the main Navigational bill of fare. To access Settings tap the NOOK logo at the upper left corner of your screen and Settings will be at the bottom of the bill of fare.

6. How practice I sync my Library now that the icon is not there anymore?

You tin sync your library past opening the Overflow carte du jour at the upper right corner of your Library. Select Refresh to perform a manual sync.

7. Tin I create Shelves for my Library in the NOOK Reading app for Android?

NOOK for Android does back up custom shelves in your Library. To create a shelf concord and press a book encompass until a carte du jour pops up. Tap Add together to Shelves then name your shelf and tap Relieve.

You tin can also create a shelf by tapping the overflow carte du jour at the upper right hand corner of your library screen. Select New Shelf and follow the same steps to create a custom shelf.

viii. Can I purchase and watch NOOK Videos?

The NOOK Reading app now supports NOOK Video content. You lot can buy NOOK Video content in Android Shop, on NOOK Devices and on the Web. Purchased NOOK Video content will appear in the NOOK Video category in your Library where you can stream your content directly.

FAQs for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

1. NOOK for iPad and iPhone doesn't install on my iPhone or iPad. What do I practice?

NOOK for iPad and iPhone can only be installed on an iPad, iPad mini, iPhone (3GS/4/4S/5), or iPod bear upon® (tertiary generation and above) with iOS iv.three or higher installed.

If yous have an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4.2.1 installed, you volition need to update the iPad, iPhone or iPod bear upon with iOS iv.3 or higher before downloading the NOOK app.

The NOOK app is no longer supported on iPhone 3G and other 2nd generation iPhones or iPod touches.

2. How practice I create a NOOK account?

Y'all can create a NOOK account by providing an e-mail address and password on the NOOK website.

A NOOK account, with a default payment method, lets you store for NOOK Books, Magazines & Newspapers. Having a NOOK account also allows you to synchronize NOOK for iOS with NOOK devices and other NOOK Reading Apps you might accept.

Your NOOK business relationship is ready for use once yous have gear up up the following:

-An email address
-A default payment method
-A valid expiration date for the payment method
-A current billing address

If you accept whatever questions about setting up an business relationship, please telephone call Customer Service at 1-800-THE-BOOK

3. How do I shop for new books?

You tin can purchase new books for NOOK for iPad and iPhone past visiting the NOOK website (world wide web.mynook.com).

NOOK titles purchased on the NOOK website will automatically sync to your NOOK app and volition be available in your NOOK Library.

In addition to books, y'all tin likewise start gratuitous xiv-24-hour interval trials of popular magazines and newspapers, viewable on iPad, iPad mini, iPhone (4 and above), and iPod Affect (quaternary generation and above).

4. I'g having problem downloading my books to my iPad, iPhone or iPod Bear on. What do I do?

Possible reasons why you lot may not be able to download your books:

- Brand certain y'all are signed in to your NOOK account under the NOOK Navigation Menu (three stacked lines on elevation left corner of the screen)(your account proper noun volition be shown at the top of this menu).

- Pull downward on screen when in your library screen and information technology volition refresh the library

-The payment method on your NOOK account may have expired. Delight update your payment method information on the NOOK website, and try downloading your books once again.

-A default payment method may not have been selected for your NOOK business relationship. On the NOOK website, add or select a default payment method and endeavor downloading your books over again.

If you're still having issues delight annal and then unarchive the book, and try downloading your volume once more.

5. Why are some titles that I previously purchased on a NOOK device, NOOK Reading Application, or from the web, non visible in my Library on NOOK for iPad and iPhone?

Previously purchased content that is non currently supported by NOOK for iOS may announced under the "Everything Else" filter in your Library. To open this content, use a NOOK device or another NOOK Reading Application.

half-dozen. Can I view my magazines, newspapers or PagePerfect NOOK Books on NOOK for iPad and iPhone?

Yes, you can view most NOOK Magazines, Newspapers, and PagePerfect NOOK Books on an iPad, iPad mini, iPhone (4 and above), or iPod touch (4th generation or later).

7. What is ArticleView™?

ArticleView is a feature in NOOK magazines that lets yous view the text of an article outside of the original formatting. With Article View, you are able to accommodate the text options by tapping the heart of the screen to bring up the Reading Tools menu, then tapping the Text icon.

8. How do I get back to my Library when reading a mag, newspaper, or PagePerfect NOOK Book

To return to your Library when reading a book, paper, magazine, comic, or PagePerfect NOOK Book, tap the middle of the screen to bring up the Reading Tools menu. Tap the icon in the upper left to return to your library. For magazines, if you are in ArticleView, you will need to tap the shut "x" push in the top right corner to go dorsum to the chief mag screen. So tap in the middle of the screen to bring up the Reading Tools carte du jour.

9. What is Zoom View?

Zoom View is a feature in select NOOK Comics, that lets you zoom in on a unmarried panel and read a volume by moving from panel to console by swiping or borer. If you see the Zoom View button at the top of the screen, tap information technology to zoom in on a panel. You can also zoom in by double-tapping on a console. To move to the next panel, tap on the right edge of the screen or swipe from right to left. To return to viewing the entire page, tap the Zoom View push again or double-tap anywhere on the page.

You tin also enable Zoom View Letterboxing by bringing up the Reading Tools menu and borer on the Settings icon. Enabling Zoom View Letterboxing hides adjacent panels while using Zoom View.

ten. Can I open textbooks on NOOK for iOS?

Textbooks are currently not supported in the NOOK for iOS.

11. Tin can I read NOOK Kids books on NOOK for iPad and iPhone?

NOOK Kids books are currently not supported on NOOK for iPad and iPhone . For the best reading experience, download the NOOK Kids for iPad app (Note: NOOK Kids for iPad is only bachelor in the U.S.).

12. How practice I sideload files for reading in the NOOK app?

Yous can sideload ePub (non DRM) and PDF files into our app and read them using the following steps:
- Open iTunes on your PC or Mac
- Connect (Mount) your iPhone or iPad to your PC or Mac and select your device in iTunes
- In iTunes, select the Apps tab o In iTunes, scroll to the File Sharing section and select the NOOK application. - In iTunes, drag any ePub or PDF files into the NOOK Documents panel
- In one case iTunes has finished syncing to your device, disconnect your iPhone or iPad from the PC or Mac
- Open the NOOK app on your iPhone/iPad - In the library, perform a manual sync by touching the Sync button - In the library, filter by All Items or My Files

You should be then able to open and read whatever of your files.

thirteen. How do I quickly access the book I'chiliad reading now?

The fastest way to locate the item y'all're reading at present is to sort your NOOK Library by "Recent". The particular will be displayed in the upper left and will have the Reading Now badge on it. The "Contempo" sort displays your content based on what you take most recently read or purchased on whatsoever NOOK device or NOOK Reading App. If an item has never been read, it is sorted based on the date you purchased it. Items are non sorted by publication engagement.

fourteen. My library is getting crowded. How tin can I delete or annal a book from my library?

NOOK for iOS easily lets you delete or archive books from your library. From the Library screen, just bear on and concord on a embrace and select the Archive or Delete push button in the product details screen to archive or delete the book.

Please note: Archiving an item volition remove the file from your device and move the detail into the Archive binder in your NOOK Library in the Cloud. You lot tin unarchive the item if you desire to re-download it to your device.

When you delete an item from your NOOK Library, it will permanently remove the item from the Cloud. You will no longer have access to the item anywhere yous read NOOK titles, including all NOOK Reading Apps & NOOK devices and this cannot be undone. Nosotros recommend you lot archive an item in case you desire to download it again later.

xv. How can I install and admission a dictionary to expect up terms while reading?

To install a lexicon, go to Settings or touch and concur on a word while reading a book or a paper, and information technology volition prompt you to install a dictionary. To look up a term while reading a book or a paper, touch and concur on a word to highlight the word and display the definition. You can as well view the full definition and wait upwardly the term online on Google or Wikipedia past selecting "Look Upwards" from the Quick Actions Toolbar.

16. What are NOOK Profiles™?

NOOK Profiles is a characteristic that allows you to customize the displayed content and user experience for every member of the family unit. There are iii types of NOOK Profiles: the Primary Profile (the profile of the person who registered the device and whose NOOK account is used to buy content), Developed Profiles, and Kid Profiles.

17. Tin I create profiles for my account using NOOK for iOS?

At this fourth dimension, boosted profiles tin merely exist added to an account using a NOOK® HD or NOOK® Hd+, Samsung Galaxy Tab® iv NOOK® 7.0 or 10.ane.

18. How practise I assign a specific book, newspaper, magazine, or comic to a profile?

NOOK for iPad and iPhone easily lets you assign content from your library to your profiles. From the Library screen, just double tap or touch and hold on a encompass and select the "Assign to profile" button in the production details screen to assign a title to a specific contour.

You tin also assign content using the Manage Content feature plant under Settings.

19. I'm however having issues using the app. Who can I contact for help?

U.S.
-Y'all can email us at customerservice@nook.com
-You lot can also telephone call 1-800-THE-BOOK

FAQs for Mac

1. What are the organization requirements for NOOK® for Mac™?

NOOK for Mac can be installed on a Mac running Mac Os 10 x.half dozen Snowfall Leopard or 10.7 Lion. NOOK for Mac is not supported by Mac systems running Mac Bone Ten 10.8 Mountain King of beasts. You may also use NOOK for iPad™ or NOOK for iPhone® for your other Apple devices.

two. What types of NOOK content is supported past NOOK for Mac?

You lot tin only read NOOK Books using the NOOK for Mac reading app.

3. Can I view my magazines, newspapers, comics and other content types on NOOK for Mac?

NOOK for Mac does not currently support NOOK Magazines, Newspapers, NOOK Comics and Graphic Novels, enhanced NOOK Books, PagePerfect™ NOOK Books, or any other content types as well basic NOOK Books.

4. Tin can I open textbooks on NOOK for Mac?

Textbooks are currently not supported in the NOOK for Mac app. Instead, please download NOOK Written report for PC and Mac. We believe it is the best experience for viewing the graphics and images that come up in a textbook. Additionally, nosotros've made it simple to add notes, highlights, and bookmarks as you lot're reading in NOOK Written report.

5. Can I read NOOK Kids books on NOOK for Mac?

NOOK Kids books are not currently supported.

FAQs for PC

i. What are the computer's system requirements for NOOK® for PC™?

NOOK for PC can be installed on any figurer (desktop or laptop) running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7. If yous are using a computer or tablet that is running Windows 8 (Win8) or Windows RT, so you must use the NOOK® for Windows eight app instead of NOOK for PC.

2. What types of NOOK content is supported by NOOK for PC?

You can only read NOOK Books using the NOOK for PC reading app.

three. Can I view my magazines, newspapers, comics and other content types on NOOK for PC?

NOOK for PC does non currently support NOOK Magazines, Newspapers, NOOK Comics and Graphic Novels, enhanced NOOK Books, PagePerfect™ NOOK Books, or whatsoever other content types besides basic NOOK Books.

four. Can I open textbooks on NOOK for PC?

Textbooks are currently non supported in the NOOK for PC app. Instead, please download NOOK Study for PC and Mac. Nosotros believe it is the best feel for viewing the graphics and images that come in a textbook. Additionally, we've made it simple to add notes, highlights, and bookmarks as you lot're reading in NOOK Study®.

5. Tin I read NOOK Kids books on NOOK for PC?