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Archiving Books and Periodicals
Your NOOK Tablet has plenty of storage space, and if you add an SD card, you
get even more. Still, there may come a time when you begin to run out of space—
or feel as if you are. In that case, you can archive books and periodicals. When
you archive them, the books are still stored in your Barnes & Noble account on
the Web, and you can have them sent to your NOOK Tablet whenever you wish
by a simple process called unarchiving.
NOTE
Have you ever heard the terms
cloud
or
cloud storage
? If you read technology news, you
probably have. The cloud refers to storage space on the Internet that you can access whenever you
want, from any Internet-connected device. You don’t need to store the item on any computer or gadget.
When you archive items, you’re using your own personal cloud, courtesy of Barnes & Noble. Welcome
to the cloud.
Basic information about your archived items stays on your NOOK, including its
cover, title, author, and description. This information stays in your Library, on
your shelves, and it’s searchable so you’ll always be able to find things you’ve
archived, and get them back on your NOOK at a moment’s notice. As you can
see, archiving is an easy way to save on storage space.
To archive an item, head to the Library. Press and hold your finger on an item,
and choose Archive from the menu. The item is immediately archived. It dis-
appears from the content area of the Library, but shows up in a shelf labeled
Archived in the My Files area. To get to it, tap “My stuff"
➝
Archived.
If you’ve created any personal shelves, the item also shows up there. And if you
do any searches, you’ll find it as well.
NOTE
You can’t archive items that you’ve copied to your SD card.
To unarchive an item, hold your finger on it and select Unarchive. It’s sent back
to your NOOK, and appears just as it always did, no harm done.