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Contents

The Missing Credits

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Introduction

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ParT I

The Basics

ChaPTer 1

Getting to Know Your NOOK Tablet

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What Your NOOK Tablet Can Do  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A Quickie Look at the Hardware  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The NOOK Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Speaker and Volume Buttons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Headphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sleeping, Locking, and Waking from Sleep  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
USB Port, Connector, and Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Microphone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
VividView Color Touchscreen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Home Screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

ChaPTer 2

Setting Up Your NOOK Tablet

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Charging Your NOOK Tablet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Initial Setup and Connecting to a Network  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Register Your NOOK Tablet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using and Troubleshooting WiFi  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Your NOOK Tablet at a Barnes & Noble Store  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Page 3: ...NOOK Tablet Preston Gralla Beijing Cambridge Farnham Köln Sebastopol Tokyo The book that should have been in the box ...

Page 4: ...or Designers Ron Bilodeau and J D Biersdorfer March 2012 First Edition Revision History for the First Edition 2012 03 09 First release See http oreilly com catalog errata csp isbn 9781449317751 for release details The O Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O Reilly Media Inc NOOK Tablet The Missing Manual and related trade dress are trademarks of O Reilly Media Inc Many of the designations use...

Page 5: ...nd Volume Buttons 19 Headphone Jack 20 Power Button 21 Sleeping Locking and Waking from Sleep 21 USB Port Connector and Charger 23 Microphone 25 VividView Color Touchscreen 26 Home Screen 27 Chapter 2 Setting Up Your NOOK Tablet 31 Charging Your NOOK Tablet 31 Initial Setup and Connecting to a Network 32 Register Your NOOK Tablet 36 Using and Troubleshooting WiFi 38 Using Your NOOK Tablet at a Bar...

Page 6: ...gazines 79 Opening a Book 79 A Tour of the Book Reader 81 Using the Table of Contents 89 Sharing Your Reading 92 Changing the Text and Display 96 Selecting Text Taking Notes Highlighting Text and More 98 Searching in Books 106 Reading Mode and Zooming in on Images 108 Video Inside Books 111 Tapping Links 112 Reading PDFs 112 Reading Magazines 113 Reading Newspapers 120 Reading Comic Books 122 Chap...

Page 7: ...NOOK Account 178 Chapter 7 Borrowing and Lending Books with LendMe and Your Local Library 181 Both a Borrower and a Lender Be 181 Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe 182 Seeing Your List of Lendable Books 184 Lending a Book 187 Borrowing a Book 194 Borrowing Books from the Library 201 Part IV Apps Movies TV Shows Music Photographs and Files Chapter 8 Streaming Media Pandora Netflix and Hulu Pl...

Page 8: ...r NOOK Tablet 287 Part V The Web and Email Chapter 12 Surfing the Web 291 A Tour of the NOOK Tablet s Browser 291 The Address Bar 294 Navigating a Web Page 296 Tapping Links 298 Multiple Windows 300 Bookmarks 302 Most Visited and History Lists 306 Finding Text Getting Page Information and More 310 Refreshing Pages Going Forward and More 313 Saving Online Images 314 Web Pages Designed for Mobile De...

Page 9: ...es 371 Using About Me 373 Using LendMe 374 Linking Your NOOK Tablet to Facebook 376 Linking Your NOOK Tablet to Twitter 379 Using Facebook and Twitter on Your NOOK Tablet 382 Chapter 15 Managing Your Contacts 387 Importing Your Google and Gmail Contacts 387 Importing Facebook Contacts 392 Creating a New Contact 392 Searching and Browsing Contacts 392 Part VII Advanced Topics Chapter 16 Settings 39...

Page 10: ...Rooting the Built in Flash Memory 428 Unrooting Your NOOK 429 Part VI II Appendixes Appendix A Maintenance and Troubleshooting 433 Unfreezing a Frozen NOOK 433 Fixing SD Card Woes 434 Cleaning Your NOOK s Screen 435 Updating the NOOK s Software 435 Warranty and Repair 439 Where to Get Help 439 NOOK Accessories 440 Appendix B File Formats 443 Appendix C Visiting B N with Your NOOK Tablet 447 Index ...

Page 11: ...ewspapers and maga zines including USA Today the Los Angeles Times The Dallas Morning News for whom he wrote a technology column PC World and numerous others As a widely recognized technology expert he has made many television and radio appearances including on the CBS Early Show MSNBC ABC World News Now and National Public Radio Under his editorship PC Computing was a finalist for General Excelle...

Page 12: ...spaper job in 2006 to move to Montana and live the freelancing dream She and her husband M H who is living the novel writing dream have two sons Dexter and Michael Email little_media yahoo com Acknowledgments Many thanks go to my editor Nan Barber who not only patiently shepherded this book through the lengthy writing and publishing process but provided valuable feedback and sharpened my prose Tha...

Page 13: ... The Missing Manual by Chris Grover Galaxy S II The Missing Manual by Preston Gralla Galaxy Tab The Missing Manual by Preston Gralla Google The Missing Manual by Kevin Purdy Google Apps The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner Google SketchUp The Missing Manual by Chris Grover HTML5 The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald iMovie 11 iDVD The Missing Manual by David Pogue and Aaron Miller iPad 2 The Missi...

Page 14: ...P MySQL The Missing Manual by Brett McLaughlin PowerPoint 2007 The Missing Manual by E A Vander Veer Premiere Elements 8 The Missing Manual by Chris Grover QuickBase The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner QuickBooks 2012 The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore Quicken 2009 The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore Switching to the Mac The Missing Manual Lion Edition by David Pogue Wikipedia The Missing Manual...

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Page 17: ...as well as the NOOK Tablet When the NOOK Color differs in any significant way from the NOOK Tablet we ll let you know About the NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color You likely already know that the NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color are eReaders that let you read thousands of books magazines and newspapers as well as documents created with Microsoft Office and PDF files and do all that in a nifty lightweight easy t...

Page 18: ...arnes Noble store near you and you likely do considering how many there are head for the NOOK section pretty much all the stores have one and the salespeople are more than happy to help you find it You can hold NOOKs in your hands try them out and ask for advice about them And once you do that you ll most likely want to buy one As this book goes to press the NOOK Color costs 169 and the NOOK Table...

Page 19: ...side your home strongly consider buy ing a cover or case A cover protects your NOOK and its screen from damages so they re well worth the small investment They typically range in price from 15 all the way up to 90 for designer name leather ones Some covers are great for commuters because you can just flip open the top start reading and then flip the top down when you re done You ll find a good sel...

Page 20: ...t size and searching inside books and publications And it also has an entire chapter devoted to kids books including how you can record your voice reading a book to your children Part 3 Buying Borrowing and Managing Your Library covers how to buy books newspapers and magazines and then track them in your own personal library You ll find out how to find what you want to buy fast and get the lowdown...

Page 21: ...ists the file formats your NOOK can handle Appendix C Visiting B N with Your NOOK Tablet covers some nifty things you can do with your NOOK when you visit a Barnes Noble store such as read books free for an hour About These Arrows In this book and the entire Missing Manual series you ll find instructions like this one Tap Settings Sounds Mute That s a shorthand way of giving longer instructions li...

Page 22: ...r thoughts on this Missing Manual and find groups for folks who share your interest in the NOOK To have your say go to www missingmanuals com feedback Errata In an effort to keep this book as up to date and accurate as possible each time we print more copies we ll make any confirmed corrections you ve sug gested We also note such changes on the book s website so you can mark important corrections ...

Page 23: ...chnology and dozens more For more information about Safari Books Online please visit us online With a subscription you can read any page and watch any video from our library online Read books on your cellphone and mobile devices Access new titles before they re available for print and get exclusive access to manuscripts in development and post feedback for the authors Copy and paste code sam ples ...

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Page 25: ...Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NOOK Tablet Chapter 2 Setting Up Your NOOK Tablet Chapter 3 Using Your NOOK Tablet for the First Time Part I The Basics ...

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Page 27: ...countless apps and that s just for starters In this chapter you ll find out everything it can do and get a guided tour of the NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color so you can get up and run ning quickly Note This book covers the NOOK Color as well as the NOOK Tablet When the NOOK Color differs in any significant way from the NOOK Tablet we ll let you know Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NOOK Tablet ...

Page 28: ... most under 10 for the NOOK version View multimedia inside books With a NOOK Tablet books really come alive because music and video can be embedded right in the book Try that with a paperback See a recipe you like and want details about how to make it A NOOK cookbook can contain videos showing you exactly what to do Note Books with additional content like this are called enhanced books You ll see ...

Page 29: ...et using the LendMe feature You ll even be able to borrow library books on it Note There are some restrictions on borrowing and lending books For details see page 182 Read newspapers and magazines You can read countless newspapers and magazines on your NOOK Tablet usually by springing for either a subscrip tion or a single copy if for example the swimsuit issue is all you want ...

Page 30: ...As this book went to press the NOOK Color didn t have Hulu Plus or Netflix capabilities A free software update will eventually let the NOOK Color play them so check for updates regularly See page 435 for details about how to upgrade your NOOK Color s software Play music audiobooks podcasts and other audio content The built in music player and reader apps do all the work for you and the NOOK Tablet...

Page 31: ...t lets you do that with its built in Apps store Many are free and even for pay apps are often quite er cheap Note Techies may want to know that the NOOK Tablet is based on Google s Android operating system which also runs many smartphones and tablets Many of the apps written for smartphones and tablets also run on the NOOK Tablet Keep track of your contacts With the NOOK Tablet s Contacts app you ...

Page 32: ...y is used by the operating system Of that 13 GB 12 GB is reserved for Barnes and Noble content You can also buy a MicroSD card with an additional 32 GB of memory The other version costs 199 and comes with 8 GB of memory of which 6GB is available for content with 5 GB of that reserved for Barnes and Noble content As with the more expensive NOOK Tablet you can buy a MicroSD card with an additional 3...

Page 33: ...OOK button which just happens to be in the horseshoe shape of the NOOK symbol If the tablet is sleeping see page 21 pressing the NOOK button wakes it up If the tablet is already awake pressing the button opens the Quick Nav bar that lets you take advantage of all of the tablet s features For more details see page 49 Pressing the NOOK button twice in a row brings you to the tablet s Home screen pag...

Page 34: ... 2011 and the beginning of 2012 There s a chance that your NOOK Color hasn t yet received the update If that s the case the NOOK Color will operate somewhat differently than you read here Fear not though If you don t have it yet the software update is on the way Tip If the Quick Nav bar is showing and you press the NOOK button you ll be sent to the Home screen ...

Page 35: ... Tablet and you ll see the speaker near the bottom Many apps have built in volume controls but the NOOK Tablet has physical volume buttons as well Find them on the right hand side of the tablet up near the top Pressing the top button increases the volume pressing the bottom button turns it down www Ebook777 com ...

Page 36: ...ng earphones into the headphone jack as described next should help you hear better and connecting external speakers to the headphone jack usually gives you more sound too Headphone Jack Near the upper right corner of the NOOK Tablet you ll see a headphone jack There s no magic to how it works plug in headphones or an external speaker and you re ready to go ...

Page 37: ...o turn it back on Tip If your NOOK Tablet is sleeping pressing the power button will wake it up For details about sleep see below Sleeping Locking and Waking from Sleep If your NOOK Tablet s screen stayed on all the time it d burn up battery life pretty quickly So if the tablet detects that you haven t used it in a while it blacks out the screen and locks it In other words the NOOK Tablet goes to ...

Page 38: ...n and select Settings Screen Screen timeout and from the screen that appears select the interval you d like anywhere from 2 minutes to 1 hour When the screen blacks out to make it come to life again press either the NOOK button or the power button The tablet wakes from its slumber Slide the green NOOK button onscreen over the to the right and you ll unlock it ...

Page 39: ...ype the password you want to use From now on the only way to unlock the NOOK Tablet will be to first enter the passcode after waking it from sleep USB Port Connector and Charger At its bottom the NOOK Tablet has a small USB port and it serves double duty The tablet comes with a USB cable plug the cable s mini connector into the USB port plug the other end of the cable into a power adapter and then...

Page 40: ...er If you plug the other end of the cable into your PC or Mac instead of a wall it lets you transfer files between your computer either PC or Mac and the NOOK Tablet As you ll see in Chapter 11 it s a great way to transfer music or other media files from your computer to your tablet www Ebook777 com ...

Page 41: ... looks like any other USB drive so move files just as you would normally between a USB drive and your computer Note In order for your PC to transfer files between the NOOK Tablet and your PC your PC needs to install a small piece of software called a driver The installation should happen automatically when you plug in your NOOK If it doesn t you might need to do a bit of work See page 435 for deta...

Page 42: ...touching it a lot It s best to use a microfiber cloth to clean it like the ones for cleaning eyeglasses Find them in eyeglass stores and in many pharmacies Unlike other eReaders the NOOK Tablet comes with a slot where you can add plenty of extra storage up to a whopping 32 GB All you need to do is buy a microSD card available in pretty much any electronics store as well as online Prices vary of co...

Page 43: ...re Press the NOOK button to get there You ll explore the Home screen in much more detail in Chapter 3 but here s a brief rundown of what you ll find Reading Now More Button Panel Indicators Wallpaper Daily Shelf Status Bar Media short cuts Reading Now At the top left of the screen you ll see an icon of a book with the words Keep Reading followed by the name of the most recent book you ve been read...

Page 44: ...ates which of the three Home screens you re currently viewing Swipe to the left or right to get to another one Wallpaper Your NOOK Tablet s Home screen has wallpaper on it just like a computer does And just as on a computer you can change the wallpaper See page 65 for details Daily Shelf Across the bottom of the Home screen is the Daily Shelf which holds the books apps magazines and newspapers tha...

Page 45: ...tus bar The Status bar also gives you shortcuts to books you re reading Depending on the app you re using it may also have buttons that when tapped perform a function for the app such as launch ing a search bar Note The Status bar is visible no matter what you re doing on the NOOK Tablet whether you re on your Home screen reading a book or magazine or even watching a video The seven buttons on thi...

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Page 47: ...playing won t be interrupted Get out your USB cable and power adapter page 23 Plug the larger end of the USB cable into the power adapter and then plug the power adapter into a wall outlet Then connect the mini USB connector on the cable to the small USB port at the bottom of your NOOK Tablet Your NOOK will start charging immediately The little NOOK icon on the USB cable near the mini connector wi...

Page 48: ...wait for your NOOK Tablet to charge while you re going through setup You can set it up while it s charging So plug it in and keep this book open while you get it set up to go Initial Setup and Connecting to a Network When you turn on your NOOK Tablet for the first time you ll be welcomed by a video It s worth watching if you have the patience since it covers the basics of using the tablet But if y...

Page 49: ...tions page if you skip the video you go straight there It s got the usual legal rigmarole you can expect from such things Unless you re a lawyer with the time and inclination to read it you ll likely just tap the green Agree button On the next screen select your time zone and then tap Next ...

Page 50: ...twork and haven t turned on its security do it Do it right now Having an unsecured home network is like leaving your front door open and posting an invitation saying Come right in What s mine is yours so take what you d like Check your router s documentation for turning on security Tap the network to which you want to connect your home network or what ever network you re near and on the screen tha...

Page 51: ...ar problem scroll down to the Connectivity heading If you can make the connection but then run into problems check out this chapter s troubleshooting section on page 38 After a moment or two you ll see a connection icon next to the network you tapped and the indication beneath it Connected to the internet Tap Continue with Setup to move on ...

Page 52: ...OK button and select Settings Device Info About Your NOOK and you ll find it listed at the bottom of your screen Register Your NOOK Tablet Before you can go any further you have to register your NOOK Tablet and log in with a Barnes Noble account If you ve ever ordered anything from www barnesandnoble com or to save your fingers www bn com or if you have a Barnes Noble Member card you already have ...

Page 53: ...l the goodies you re about to buy After a moment or two the screen tells you that your registration was success ful and whisks you off to a Get Started page From there you can check out tutorials for learning more about your NOOK Tablet start shopping for books movies and music or simply explore your tablet To start exploring press the NOOK button and you ll come to the main screen As for what to ...

Page 54: ...connect to Type the password if the hotspot requires one and then tap Connect That s all it takes you re connected Troubleshooting WiFi The vast majority of the time you should have no problems making a WiFi con nection But wireless technology can be finicky sometimes and when that hap pens you might need some help The technology is confusing enough that you may feel the need to consult a local wi...

Page 55: ...ocumentation for details But there s another way to solve it as well When you get to the Wireless connection screen as outlined in the previous section tap Other Network On the screen that appears type the network name called a service set identifier or SSID and tap Save You ll of course first need to know the name of the hidden network to do this From then on that network will show up on your net...

Page 56: ...ap Forget from the screen that appears Back on the Wireless connection screen try connecting to it again If all else fails call the NOOK technical support line at 1 800 THE BOOK You ll be able to get help from a technical wiz ard who can help troubleshoot whatever ails your NOOK Tablet Using Your NOOK Tablet at a Barnes Noble Store You can use your NOOK Tablet at any WiFi hot spot but it really sh...

Page 57: ...oundups and more Better yet you can spend an hour reading any eBook for free that s right any book that B N sells as an eBook you can read for up to an hour and you won t have to pay a penny a great way to find out whether you like a book before you commit to buying it If you have any questions about the NOOK Tablet or need help of any kind you ll find out that you have a friend as well because st...

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Page 59: ... with nothing more than your fingers whether you re reading a book watching a movie downloading an app or navigating around the screen Here are the gestures you need to master Tap Tap something on your screen with your fingertip don t push don t press just a light tap will do It performs the most basic of actions like selecting an app to run or switching to your Library Double tap Tap not once but...

Page 60: ...clean eyeglasses Press and hold Press your finger on something and hold it there for a couple of seconds to perform a variety of functions Most often you ll get a pop up menu that offers a number of choices about the image you ve got your finger on So for example press and hold a book cover and a menu pops up with choices like opening the book to read it recommending it deleting it archiving it an...

Page 61: ...s a vertical swipe Note The scroll gesture is useful when browsing web pages use it to scroll up and down a page Drag Place your finger on an object and drag it to another location it s like using your mouse to drag an object on a computer Once you ve dragged the object to its new location lift your finger to let it go Pinching in and spreading out Pinch two fingers together your thumb and forefin...

Page 62: ... get sent to the Library If you re in the Library and had previously been on the Home screen you ll return to the Home screen Try it whenever you can It doesn t work in every cir cumstance but when it does you ll find it a great shortcut Power Users Clinic The Keyboard Most of the time you ll be tapping swiping scrolling and pinching while using your NOOK but sometimes you ll be using a keyboard a...

Page 63: ...eb address into your browser the key to the left of the space bar will be the sign and the key to the right of the space bar will insert the text com Your fingers may get a bit cramped tapping on the small screen so if you want to feel more expansive and get a bit more room as you tap away turn the NOOK sideways and the keyboard expands to fill the extra space To make the keyboard disappear tap th...

Page 64: ...ose used in foreign languages é for example it s simple to do Press and hold your finger on a key such as the letter a A palette of accented characters appears Tap the one you want to insert The following chart shows which keys let you enter special characters Key Accented and special characters A á à â ã ä å æ C ç E 3 è é ê ë ē I ì í î ï ī 8 N Ñ O ò ó ô õ ö ō œ ø 9 S ß U ù ú û ü ū 7 Y y ÿ 6 0 n Ø...

Page 65: ...entically to the NOOK Tablet Before the update the NOOK button didn t make the Quick Nav bar appear for example and instead brought you to the Home screen There were many other differences as well Your NOOK Color should have automatically updated to the newest software If it didn t what you see on it may differ slightly from what appears in this book To manually update your NOOK Color to the lates...

Page 66: ...012 NOOK Color update the NOOK Color couldn t run this app and so it wasn t included If your NOOK Color lacks the Netflix app you can download it for free from the NOOK Store As of this writing Hulu Plus doesn t work on the NOOK Color but it may by the time you read this To find out search for Hulu Plus in the NOOK Store If it shows up as available you can download and use it If not you can t Web ...

Page 67: ...ications For example if you re having a problem with your WiFi connection you get an update from NOOK Friends see page 361 The Status bar is visible no matter what you re doing even when you re reading a book The Status bar is divided into two sections The one on the left sends you alerts and notifications Way over on the far right you see details about the state of your NOOK such as its battery l...

Page 68: ...nection A downward pointing arrow tells you that an app book newspaper or magazine is downloading A letter P appears when the Pandora streaming music app is in the back ground tap to return to the app Red musical notes indicate that the Music Player is in the background tap to return to it A red circle that has a number in it tells you the number of LendMe notifica tions you ve received page 182 r...

Page 69: ...ons Battery Shows how much battery life you ve got left If the NOOK is charg ing you see the word Charging beneath it and if the NOOK isn t plugged in you ll see the word Discharging WiFi This toggle switch tells you whether WiFi is turned on or off Tap the switch to turn it on or off if it s already turned on The toggle appears green when it s turned on If you re connected to a WiFi network its n...

Page 70: ...ap to uncheck the green box Brightness Tap and a slider appears that lets you change the brightness of your screen To make the Quick Settings screen go away tap anywhere outside it And if you want to change even more settings literally every single one on your NOOK tap the little gear icon on the upper right of the Quick Settings screen See Chapter 16 to learn how to change all the NOOK s settings...

Page 71: ...ost recent page If you re new to the NOOK and have yet to read anything on it you see the sad phrase Keep Reading None If that s the case get reading real fast that s what the NOOK is for after all What if you want to see more than just the last book newspaper or magazine you were reading Glad you asked that s where the More menu comes in Tap the More but ton and a menu drops down with lots more t...

Page 72: ...OOK is a smart little compan ion It knows what kinds of things you re likely to do what books or magazines you want to read what apps you plan to launch and so on You find them on the Daily Shelf a list of books publications and apps running across the bottom of the Home screen It s like a virtual ver sion of the little table beside your favorite chair where you keep all the things you like to use...

Page 73: ...al order but you re not stuck with them that way You can easily rearrange them To move an item to a different spot press it drag upward about an inch and then drag it to the left or right just above where you want it to place it The other items part like the Red Sea and leave an empty space for the item Drag the item to its new loca tion and it nestles in nicely Customizing the Daily Shelf What if...

Page 74: ...y Shelf Items section tap either Recent issues of each Newspaper or Recent issues of each Magazine and select none 1 2 3 or all Deleting Items from the Daily Shelf If there s an item on the Daily Shelf that you don t want there press and hold it and from the window that pops up select Remove from Home That removes it not just from the Daily Shelf but from your Home screen as well See page 59 for h...

Page 75: ...that you d prefer to keep in a permanently fixed location on the Home screen Just drag an item to the Home screen and then release it It appears on the Home screen and vanishes from the Daily Shelf as items to its left and right slide together to close the gap between them You can also move an item from the Home screen to the Daily Shelf just drag it Keep in mind though that it will behave just li...

Page 76: ... talent is putting an always changing selection of books magazines newspapers and apps within easy reach But that selection isn t permanent it changes as you use your NOOK You may though want to have some items always within easy reach for exam ple the books and magazines you re currently reading Netflix so you can quickly jump to watching your favorite movies and so on Fortunately you can easily ...

Page 77: ...do so with any item including magazines newspapers and apps If you re the tidy sort you can even arrange all the items into a neat grid To do it just double tap any open area of the Home screen and they magically rear range themselves Any stacked items are unstacked and distributed on the grid ...

Page 78: ...m one panel to another just swipe over to it As you do so the white dot on the panel indicator moves to show you which panel you re currently on To move an item off the Home screen hold your finger on it and from the menu that appears select Remove from home Note When you remove an item from the Home screen you re not actually deleting the item It s still on your NOOK and accessible from elsewhere...

Page 79: ...ur finger on an item though you can more than just remove it from the Home screen Read opens a book or periodical for reading Open runs an app Note If a book or app on the Home screen has not fully downloaded a Download indication on the cover or icon tells you so ...

Page 80: ... description the developer s name its age appropriateness and similar information Recommend lets you tell your friend the book or periodical via Facebook Twitter or NOOK Contacts Remove from home as explained previously removes the item from the Home screen Also as described in the previous section you can move items from the Home screen to the Daily Shelf and vice versa www Ebook777 com ...

Page 81: ... change its wallpaper the background picture on your Home screen and its panels Here s how to do it Press and hold an empty area of the Home screen or a panel A pop up screen appears From the screen that appears select Change wallpaper A new screen appears with two tabs on it Wallpapers and Photo Gallery Wallpapers are pictures that have been designed to look nice as wallpaper background The Photo...

Page 82: ...t of six choices But there are more than what you see Flick down through the list to see more choices When you come to a choice you want tap it What happens next depends upon whether you choose a picture from Wallpapers or from Photo Gallery If you choose a wallpaper you ll see a preview of it www Ebook777 com ...

Page 83: ... Time 67 When you ve found a background you like tap Set Wallpaper You go to the Home screen with your new wallpaper there in all its shining glory Otherwise tap Cancel in which case you end up back on the Home screen old wallpaper intact ...

Page 84: ...ry you see the photo with a highlighted box inside it On the NOOK Tablet the box doesn t have a color outline on the NOOK Color the box is outlined in orange That box shows you the dimensions of the NOOK wallpaper Everything inside the box will become the wallpaper ...

Page 85: ...er Tap Discard and you get sent to the Home screen with no changes made There s another way to set one of your photos as wallpaper as well starting from the Gallery rather than the Home screen First go to the Gallery Press the NOOK button and then tap Apps Media Browse until you find the photo you want to use as your wallpaper Tap the photo you want to use as your wallpaper ...

Page 86: ...appears for cropping the photo so you can use it as wallpaper Make your selection as you would normally Returning Home No matter where you are or what you re doing on your NOOK there s an easy way to return to the Home screen and you don t even need to click your ruby slippers to get there Press the NOOK button twice You re there www Ebook777 com ...

Page 87: ...ere on the NOOK launched from the Quick Nav bar Searching from the Quick Nav Bar On the Quick Nav bar tap the Search button and start typing your search terms The NOOK immediately displays results and as you type more letters it narrows down the search The keyboard at the bottom of the screen hides some of the search results so when you want to see all the results tap the icon on the keyboard that...

Page 88: ...arch Music Artists albums and tracks that match your search Shop Books magazines and newspapers that match your search but from the B N store not from your hard disk Web Searches your bookmarks and history If the search pulls up more matches than can fit in any category it shows a See More button Tap it to see more results in that category At the bottom of the screen you also see buttons that let ...

Page 89: ... also a way to limit the kinds of searches you do to only a few selected categories At the far right of the Show menu there s a gear shaped Settings button Tap it and you get a screen where you can select which items to search whenever you launch a search from the Quick Nav bar Uncheck any items you don t want to search You can always go back and change your selections Note You can t turn off sear...

Page 90: ... Library tap the Search button at the bottom of the screen You ll search through the Library by author title and subject although the NOOK also searches for the names of apps as well If it doesn t find any results it searches the Store figuring that you re looking for a book newspaper or magazine www Ebook777 com ...

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Page 95: ...arn all about them in this chapter Opening a Book To open a book simply tap its cover or else hold your finger on the cover and select Read from the pop up menu Here are the main places you ll find a book cover to tap On your Home screen if you ve placed one there On the Daily Shelf In your Library In the Books media shortcut at the bottom of the Home screen page 59 Chapter 4 Reading Books Newspap...

Page 96: ...to open a book without even hunting around in the Library for them If you want to jump to the last book you were reading tap the book icon at the bottom of the screen in the Notification area or tap the Keep Reading book icon at the top of the Home screen The Keep Reading feature is particu larly handy because it also shows the title of the book you re reading which you ll appreciate if you have m...

Page 97: ...list of recent books and periodicals you ve read files you ve opened and movies and TV shows you ve watched or that have been recommended to you Books are at the top of the list Tip If you ve been reading a book that you ve transferred to your NOOK from your PC or Mac see page 282 it won t show up in the Books area under the More button Instead you ll find it in the Files area A Tour of the Book R...

Page 98: ...re for the NOOK version of the book not the print version To move ahead one page tap any spot along the right edge of the screen or swipe your finger to the left To move back one page tap any spot along the left edge of the screen or swipe your finger to the right ...

Page 99: ...page to bring up the Reading Tools menu This menu does all kinds of nifty things hops to the interactive table of contents searches the book changes the font size and brightness and more Tip You may need a bit of practice bringing up the Reading Menu If you tap too far to the right you ll go forward one page and too much to the left you ll go back a page Aim for square in the middle ...

Page 100: ...of contents with the current chapter highlighted It s interactive tap a listing in the table and you ll jump to that location in the book Separate tabs show notes highlights and bookmarks and let you jump to them as well Find Pops up a search box and keyboard so you can search the book you re reading www Ebook777 com ...

Page 101: ...hare information about the book with oth ers recommend it review it Like it on Facebook and more See page 92 for details Text Lets you make the text just right not too large not too small just the right font and with just the right background color See page 96 for details ...

Page 102: ... here to see books related to the one you re reading for example books by the same author You ll often see unrelated books as well such as the B N Top 100 As with everywhere else on the NOOK tap a book to see details Note If you download a book to your PC or Mac and then transfer it to your NOOK page 282 the Discover feature may not be available in that case the icon will appear dimmed ...

Page 103: ...s blue and elongates You ve just added a bookmark and it stays there even when the Reading Tools menu disappears Tap it again and it disap pears you ve just deleted a bookmark Just above the Reading Tools menu you ll find some handy tools for navigating through the book Tap the Go to Page button and a screen appears that lets you type in a page number to head to Tap in the page number tap Go and o...

Page 104: ...nifty slider that shows you your current location in the book including the chapter number and title and how many pages remain in the chapter Drag the slider to move forward or back in the book As you drag the slider the page number and chapter number and title appear to show the loca tion you re moving through ...

Page 105: ...u come to a page with three tabs Contents Notes Highlights and Bookmarks Tap the Notes Highlights tab and you ll see the list of all the notes and highlights you ve added to your book To jump to any tap it Tap a listing and you go to the page with the note or highlight The text that you highlighted or attached a note to is highlighted in green If there s a note you see a small blue note icon in th...

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Page 107: ...nts and decide not to use it tap on the page behind it The table of contents vanishes Note If you read a book on a device other than your NOOK such as a computer tablet or smart phone the next time you open the book on your NOOK you ll jump to the page you were reading on that device even if you haven t yet read the page on the NOOK This magic only happens though if both the device you re reading ...

Page 108: ...n write book reviews Think of it as your own personalized book club Note If you download a book to your PC or Mac and then transfer it to your NOOK page 282 the Share feature may not be available in that case the icon will appear faint instead of bright If you already hang out on Facebook or Twitter you may find that the easiest way to share what you re reading You can link your NOOK account to yo...

Page 109: ...ur contacts The exact form you fill out depends on which sharing method you choose When you select Contacts for example an email like screen appears that lets you select the contacts to whom you want to recommend the book The NOOK thoughtfully enters all the basic information for you about the book title description author and so on so that you don t have to do it yourself There s a place on the f...

Page 110: ...n bar Tapping that icon and then tapping the screen that appears opens up the full recommenda tion book cover and all He can then download a sample of the book view all the details about it or remove the recommendation Post Reading Status Lets the world know via Facebook or Twitter not only what book you re reading but what percentage of the book you ve read It calculates that by looking at where ...

Page 111: ...hat do you have to say about it Tap here to share your views Your review is posted on BN com and appears when people browse the book it also shows up when people view the book on their NOOK You can also post the review to Facebook or Twitter Like on Facebook Tap here and you instantly add a Like to the book on your Facebook account ...

Page 112: ...view Font Scroll through the list and make your choice As with all other selec tions the text behind the menu changes so you can see how the font you chose will look Line spacing Changes how much space there is between lines of text The leftmost choice puts the least amount of space between the lines the rightmost choice puts the most and the one in the middle is somewhere between the two With thi...

Page 113: ...t has white text against a black background Other choices include different colored text such as black text on a sepia background Margins Do you like wide margins Narrow ones Somewhere in the middle Make your choice here As you can see in the nearby figures the changes you can make are quite dra matic one figure shows the text and display as out of the box the other after it s been customized ...

Page 114: ...cting Text Taking Notes Highlighting Text and More One of the niftiest things about the NOOK Tablet and what sets it apart from reading a paper book are the extras it gives you notes text highlighting and the ability to select text and then do something with it look up a word in a dictionary say or share it with others via email or social networking sites like Facebook It all starts with selecting...

Page 115: ...ng Tools Contents Notes Highlights the text and adds a note as explained on page 103 As you read a book you see a blue note icon where you ve added a note Tap a note to read and edit it As with highlights you can see a list of all your notes by tapping Reading Tools Contents Share Tap and you can share the highlighted text what the NOOK calls a quote with your contacts or with others on Facebook o...

Page 116: ...ou how many characters you have left If you see a negative number you ve gone over the limit so you ll have to delete some text Note If you ve copied the book you re reading from your computer to your NOOK you may not be able to share the highlighted text with other people and the button may be grayed out Look up Searches the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary built into the NOOK and shows you ...

Page 117: ... g in the middle and the online encyclopedia Wikipedia Tap either icon and you ll go to Google or Wikipedia in the NOOK s browser and see the results of your search there Tip If you ve launched a search that leads you to the Web and want to get back to your book simply tap the icon of an open book in the Notification bar ...

Page 118: ...o call the whole thing off and don t want to do anything with the text you just highlighted tap anywhere on the screen the Text Selection tool bar vanishes The toolbar will also vanish if you don t tap anything on it for 10 seconds Note If you ve disabled the NOOK Tablet s browser page 325 you won t be able to search for text via Google or Wikipedia ...

Page 119: ... expansive than when using Twitter with its 140 character limit You can t write the Great American Novel in the text box though or even the Great American Short Story When you re done writing the note tap Post The Text Selection toolbar van ishes and you re sent back to the book The text you ve just highlighted is in green and there s a blue note icon on the right margin of the page next to it ...

Page 120: ...screen Want to do more with the note such as changing its color There s a simple way to do it Tap the highlighted text not the note icon and a screen appears with these options View Note Does the same thing as tapping the note icon you read the note Edit Note Takes you to the now familiar note editing screen ...

Page 121: ...and then tap the Notes Highlights tab You ll see them all listed by the highlighted text associated with them To jump to the note itself tap the listing Remember the list of notes and highlights doesn t distinguish between the two so from that tab you can t tell which listings are merely highlighted text and which have a note attached When you re on the Notes Highlights tab you can also hide all o...

Page 122: ...ns similar to the one you get when you tap a note although it s more limited You can add a note to the highlight remove the highlight or change its color If you add a note to the highlight it then acts like any other note Searching in Books One of the most useful things you can do on your NOOK Tablet is search for a word or phrase in it Try that with a printed book You have two convenient ways to ...

Page 123: ...two X s at its right one inside the box and one to the far right outside the box Tap the X inside the box to delete the search term already in the box Tap the X outside the box to make the search box and keyboard disappear After a little while a screen pops up showing you the results You ll see the chap ter and page number the text surrounding your search term and the search term itself Scroll thr...

Page 124: ...lly the stan dard reading mode But there may come a time when you d prefer to read in land scape mode with the NOOK held horizontally For example you may come across a picture or photo that s best viewed horizontally or a table that looks best that way Or you may just be in the mood for some widescreen reading you renegade No matter the reason all you have to do is turn your NOOK so the longest si...

Page 125: ...he NOOK horizontally doesn t always put it into landscape mode For example you ll never see the Home screen in landscape mode If you put the NOOK into landscape mode while reading a book when you go back to the Home screen sure enough it s vertically oriented ...

Page 126: ... the Close but ton at upper right to return to the normal view If you want to make sure your NOOK never changes orientation tap the gear icon on the Notification bar so the Quick Settings screen appears Then turn off the Auto rotate screen checkbox That way the NOOK always stays in land scape mode To let it change its orientation check the box ...

Page 127: ...o play it Control the video using the usual controls at bottom for stopping and resuming and dragging the bar to go forward or backward If you d like to see the video taking up the full screen tap the icon that has four outward pointing arrows You ll see video controls for a few seconds but then they vanish To make them reappear tap the screen To get back to the page you were just reading tap the ...

Page 128: ... when you tap a link and go to its destina tion there s also a link you can tap to get you back to where you were before you followed the link Reading PDFs When you buy books for your NOOK Tablet they re in a format called EPUB NOOK books you borrow and lend are in that format as well But your NOOK is a do everything device when it comes to eReading and it can handle more than EPUB books it can re...

Page 129: ...o read tap it Tapping it also closes the Reading Tools menu Zoom in on a page by double tapping it zoom out by double tapping it again Not all the tools on the Reading Tools menu are available for PDFs You can t share quotes or reviews of the PDF use the Discover feature to find related books or change the display of the pages Note To return to reading a PDF tap the More button from the Home scree...

Page 130: ...phics and advertising ArticleView In this view you see only the text of articles with no layout photographs graphics or advertising to get in your way Using Page View Just as with a book you get around a magazine in Page View by swiping your fingers or tapping on the right or left edges of the screen to go forward one page or back one page Note The Text Selection tools don t work in magazines ...

Page 131: ...g of highly designed articles often look better in land scape than portrait mode as do certain photographs In Page View text may be small and difficult to read If that s the case spread your thumb and forefinger outward to zoom in pinch them in to zoom back out You can also double tap to zoom in and then zoom out but pinching gives you finer control over the level of zoom For a refresher on gestur...

Page 132: ...ll find in the Reading Tools menu for books no sharing no changing the display But it does the job and it also has a feature that you won t find in books A row of small thumbnails of every page in the magazine Swipe through the pages tap the one you want to read and you re there Note When you read a magazine you don t see the Notification bar at the bottom of the screen ...

Page 133: ...p its listing In the table of contents tap the Bookmarks icon to see any bookmarks you ve placed in the magazine Adding a bookmark is simple There s a very small plus sign at the top right of each magazine page Tap that plus sign and it turns into a dog ear you ve just bookmarked the page To remove the bookmark tap the dog ear and it turns back into a plus sign You can also change the brightness o...

Page 134: ...may want to use ArticleView Although you won t see the layout or pictures the text is larger and appears in a long scrollable window no distractions You can also adjust the text size and font in ArticleView something you can t do in Page View Note Not all magazines let you use ArticleView ...

Page 135: ...ut apart from that there are no pictures To read the article just scroll To close ArticleView and return to Page View tap the X at the top of the ArticleView screen or tap outside the ArticleView window ArticleView has its own Reading Tools menu Tap the center of the screen and you ll find not just the Content and Brightness buttons but also a Text button that lets you change the size of text font...

Page 136: ...ts and then tap the next article you want to read When you get there though you ll be in Page View so if you want to read in ArticleView tap the ArticleView icon again Reading Newspapers Reading newspapers is much like reading books and even includes the same Reading Tools menu You open a newspaper in the same way you do a book or a magazine by tapping its cover The NOOK newspaper won t look like ...

Page 137: ... get one additional naviga tional gesture If you swipe your finger from the bottom of the screen toward the top you go to the next page and if you swipe it from the top of the screen down you move to the previous page Tap anywhere in the center of the page to bring up the Reading Tools menu which works just as it does in books page 83 To bookmark a page tap in the upper right corner The Text Selec...

Page 138: ... navigate the same way as with books and you can use the Reading Tools page 83 the same way The Text Selection toolbar doesn t work however Note The NOOK Color originally did not have the ability to read comic books But an upgrade issued in late 2011 and early 2012 gave it that ability ...

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Page 141: ... of additional features They re specifically formatted for high resolution touch screen displays and they re designed to be read in landscape mode horizon tally rather than most books vertical orientation That way you can see an entire two page spread at a time the way children s books are designed to be read A NOOK Kids book can also read itself aloud or as mentioned earlier you can record your o...

Page 142: ...vail able features When you open a book you can see its capabilities which may include the following Read by Myself The child can read the book to herself onscreen Every children s book falls into this category Read to Me The book includes narration so the child can hear the book read aloud Read and Play The book includes narration as well as interactive features such as playing games or drawing o...

Page 143: ...hen you browse the Kids section of the NOOK Store look for the Read and Play and Read to Me sections The Read and Play section has books that are interactive and the Read to Me section has books that will read themselves to your kids Many Read and Play books frequently have the Read to Me feature as well No matter which section you choose it s also a good idea to read the book description because ...

Page 144: ...ting you choose in which mode to open the book Read by Myself Read and Play Read to Me and Read and Record The exact buttons that appear depend upon the capabilities built into the book Read by Myself If you and your child or your child alone want to read the book without nar ration tap the Read by Myself button That opens the book without using the audio track or narration although the activities...

Page 145: ...e audio and yes you can play it even if you ve opened the book in Read by Myself mode If there are any animations associated with the audio they ll play as well Note When you turn the page after you ve enlarged text you see normal size text on the next page not the enlarged size And if you ve played audio on the page the next page won t automatically play audio You can also zoom in on pictures by ...

Page 146: ...ross a page with a star on it that means you can play an activ ity which can be just about anything changing the colors on the page drawing on the page and more Tap the star to run the activity Arrows appear at either side of the page the star turns into a square and a narrator tells you about the activity and how you can play it for example tapping anywhere on a page to add mutant alien slime tha...

Page 147: ... action of some kind like adding color instead of turning pages If you want to stay on the same page but would like the activity to end tap the square and you go back to normal reading mode Listening to Read to Me and Read and Play Books If you d prefer to have the book read aloud to your child tap the Read to Me or Read and Play button when you open the book Not all books have activities if you o...

Page 148: ... Myself mode you can zoom in and out of text and graphics do activities when you see a star and so on When you do activities the narration stops but it continues if you zoom in and out of graphics and text Navigating Kids Books When you re reading a NOOK Kids book the Reading Tools menu doesn t work as it does in typical NOOK books Tapping the center of the page does nothing But if you tap the sma...

Page 149: ...t best thing the ability to record yourself reading a NOOK Kids book so that you child can listen to you reading the book to her when you re not there Whey she listens to you reading the book it works just like listening to the normal reading of the book except it s your voice And of course you don t need to stick to the text of the page you can add inside jokes asides and anything else you want t...

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Page 151: ...omewhere else Note If you re recording yourself reading a book and for some reason you switch away from the book for example to read another book the NOOK automatically saves your recording For details about editing a recording see page 137 Keep recording yourself until you ve finished recording the entire book or until you want to stop recording for now As you ll see on page 137 you can always co...

Page 152: ...ecording for each book After you ve recorded one when you open the book tap Read and Record and record a second one giving it a different name and picture So you might record one your spouse another and your kids yet others Tip Unlike the audio track that comes with a NOOK Kids book your recording is not saved as part of the book itself Instead it s saved as a separate audio file in the device s M...

Page 153: ...you open the book tap the Edit but ton and gray Edit buttons appear beneath all of your recordings Tap the Edit button next to the recording you want to edit or record and here s what you can do Edit Recording Sends you to the first page of the book with the Re record Play and Done buttons visible Change Picture Takes you to a window where you can choose a new pic ture for the recording ...

Page 154: ...d audio Remember this isn t a race it s something you want your kids to enjoy Practice reading each page a few times before recording it That way you ll learn what words and syllables to emphasize and what kind of emotion you want to put into your voice Make sure there s as little background noise as possible Car horns and emergency sirens don t make for the most pleasant listening experience Hold...

Page 155: ...y the files to your computer so that you ll always always have them Otherwise when you deregister your device the recordings will be lost forever You can also listen to them in the NOOK s Media Player rather than in the book itself Is this a useful or practical thing to do Not really Then why do it Because you can To do it first browse to see the audio files themselves In the Library tap the My st...

Page 156: ...want to listen to them on your NOOK Tablet s Media Player tap any folder and then look for any files that end in m4a 1 m4a 2 m4a and so on Tap any of the recordings It opens in the NOOK s Media Player and you hear the recording For details about using the NOOK s Media Player see page 254 ...

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Page 161: ... s Library In this chap ter you ll learn how to buy books and periodicals in the NOOK Store and how to manage your Library Note When you buy a book newspaper or magazine it s available not just on your NOOK but also to a NOOK app if you have one on another smartphone or tablet as well as on a personal computer See page 177 for details Chapter 6 Buying Books Magazines and Newspapers and Managing Yo...

Page 162: ...Note You can get to the NOOK Store only when you re connected to a WiFi network Toward the top of the page are categories Books Magazines Newspapers Kids Apps and so on Just beneath that there s a scrollable changing set of lists of books and more such as B N Top 100 Cool NOOK Books Picked Just For You based on your previous purchases and more Then at the very bottom of the page there s a search b...

Page 163: ... and so on and several types of lists beneath it including B N Top 100 New York Times Bestsellers and more To see a category tap it and you arrive at a screen with a scrollable list of sub categories at top and bestselling books in that category at bottom Tap a sub category and you either see a list of books or come to yet another subcategory list and so on until you ve finally gotten to the preci...

Page 164: ...over description price and customer rating for each book Tap the book to see more information about it for details see page 152 Tip No matter where you are in the NOOK Store you can get to the store s opening screen its front door Tap the icon of the house at the top left of the screen What if you want to look at a list of titles in a different order Up at the top of the screen tap the drop down a...

Page 165: ...e the books in list form with small icons or large icons Searching for Books If you re on a more targeted mission than leisurely browsing if there s a par ticular book author or topic you re interested in tap in a search term or a few terms into the search box at the bottom of the screen As you type the search results narrow down Tap a result to launch that search or finish typing your search term...

Page 166: ...hors like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen to reference books and contemporary novels You won t find them in any one category though So if you re looking for free books search for free books for nook in the store and you ll pull up a massive list After you do a search your results appear in a moment or two Handle the results list just like any subcategory list reorder the results and change the way...

Page 167: ...earching you ll see a green button next to any book you can buy marked with the price If there s no green button then you ve already bought the book and you instead see a gray label with the word Purchased where the price would normally be Note You can also preorder a book that hasn t yet been released If the book hasn t been released yet the word Preorder appears on the green button instead of th...

Page 168: ...p anywhere else in the book description A screen appears with plenty of information about the book It s divided into three tabs Overview Provides a good deal of information about the book including customer ratings on a five star scale and the total number of people who have reviewed it a lengthy description of the book and buttons for get ting a free sample or sharing the book For more details ab...

Page 169: ...the book at some point but not just yet add it to your NOOK wish list by tapping Add to Wishlist on the Overview Tab You can get to the list at any point when you tap the My Account button in the upper right corner of the Shop page 179 Keep in mind though that your NOOK s wish list is separate from your wish list on the BN com website The BN com wish list contains items that you can t buy on your ...

Page 170: ...g his own book perhaps or if it contains material that violates B N terms of conduct It can be tough sifting through the useful and useless reviews so the NOOK has thoughtfully given you a tool to help find the useful ones Toward the top of the screen there s a Most Helpful drop down menu that lets you view reviews starting with the most helpful the most recent the highest ratings or the lowest ra...

Page 171: ...this tab and if there are any professional reviews you ll see them here Sampling Books Say you ve gone through all this material and you re still not quite sure you want to buy You re interested but not yet sold Tap back over to the Overview tab and tap Free Sample You can then read a section of the book before deciding whether you want to shell out for it ...

Page 172: ...the sample You can now read the book as you would normally The difference of course is that you won t be able to read the entire book The other difference is that a Buy Now button appears on all the pages Tip What if the sample you ve downloaded isn t sufficient for you to make a buying decision and you want to read even more Head over to your closest Barnes Noble store When you re in a B N store ...

Page 173: ...n If you tap Buy Now when reading a sample you ll get sent back to the Overview tab where you can tap the green price button to buy Note After you buy a book or a magazine Barnes Noble will send you an email confirming your purchase When you tap to buy what happens next depends upon whether you ve custom ized the Shop page 416 If you haven t done any customization and just left the Shop set up as ...

Page 174: ...e of the book and the speed of the WiFi network to which you are connected Browsing and Buying Magazines and Newspapers You browse search for and buy magazines and newspaper from the NOOK Store the same way you do books At the top level of the store just tap Magazines or Newspapers instead of Books and start browsing Same for searching There are only a few minor differences between buying magazine...

Page 175: ...our Books and Periodicals When you buy books magazines and newspapers they show up on the Daily Shelf and you can read them from there or drag them to your Home screen so they re always available But after a while the books and periodicals vanish from the Daily Shelf because new items are continually added page 56 And you can t put all of your books and periodicals on the Home screen because it wi...

Page 176: ...bar This row of icons across the top of the screen sends you to different areas of the Library based on their content Books Magazines Newspapers Apps and so on Tap any icon to get to that section For more details about the Media bar see the next page Library content Here s the reason you go to the Library in the first place for the content you have there This section changes according to what area...

Page 177: ...ls on apps Kids shows children s books and magazines you ve bought including NOOK Kids Books My stuff which drops down a menu that lets you navigate to even more areas including My Shelves your personalized bookshelves My Files shows files that you ve transferred to your NOOK from your personal computer including to an SD card if you ve installed one LendMe lets you borrow and lend books and shows...

Page 178: ...ng upon what area of the Library you re in That s all there is to it If any area has more content on its shelves that can fit in a single screen flick to see more shelves When you re in the Books area you ll see the books covers but no further description In the magazine area you ll see the magazines covers plus their issue dates When you re browsing newspapers you ll see the front page of each ne...

Page 179: ...ecommended A NOOK Friend has recommended the item to you For details see page 93 LendMe You can lend this to a friend For details see page 182 Lent You ve borrowed this item from someone or from a library The badge indicates how many days are left in the borrowing period Typically you can borrow something for up to 14 days Pre order The item isn t yet available for sale but if you want it as soon ...

Page 180: ...en you hold your finger on an app and Open doesn t appear when you hold your finger on a book View details Shows you details about the book or periodical It s the same information you saw on the screen before buying Open Runs an app Recommend Lets you recommend the book or periodical to a friend Turn to page 93 for details Add to Home Puts a shortcut to the item on your Home screen www Ebook777 co...

Page 181: ...shelf Archive Moves it off of your NOOK but still keeps it accessible whenever you want See page 171 for details Delete Deletes the item from your NOOK Be careful when choosing this because unlike with archiving you can t retrieve the item if you change your mind later If you decide at some later point you want to read it again you ll have to buy it again Changing the Library View and Re Sorting t...

Page 182: ...in In Books and Kids you can sort by Most Recent Title and Author In Magazines and Newspapers you can sort by Most Recent and Title In Apps you can sort by Most Recent App Name and Category Change the display Gives you control over how the items are displayed Out of the box the NOOK displays them on a grid of shelves with large pictures and very little detail about each item for example in Books j...

Page 183: ...u buy enough books or periodicals which of course you do why else do you have a NOOK you may find that the Library s organization options aren t enough What if you want to browse your collection of literary novels mystery novels written by women or books about footwear in 17th century France OK maybe that last collection isn t big enough to browse through but you get the idea There s a simple solu...

Page 184: ...r new shelf Tap Save You end up back on My Shelves screen again with the new and still empty shelf on it Note You re limited to 100 characters when naming a new shelf In a world in which you re limited to 140 characters for messages in Twitter that should be no problem Note The NOOK automatically creates a shelf for you called Favorites Put items in that shelf the same way you put items in any she...

Page 185: ...xt to any item you want to put on the shelf A checkmark appears next to it If you ve already got items in the shelf those items also have checkmarks Note Your shelves can hold any item you ve got in your Library so you can mix apps with books and periodicals So for example if you re a crossword fan you can create a Crossword shelf and put in it crossword puzzle books dictionaries and crossword app...

Page 186: ... Once you ve created a shelf it s easy to add or remove items from it or edit its name Go back to the My Shelves area from the My stuff menu and then tap Edit next to the shelf you want to edit Tap Rename to rename the shelf and add and remove items in the usual way You can also remove an entire shelf When you tap the Edit button next to the shelf you want to delete tap Remove This removes the She...

Page 187: ...our 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 ...

Page 188: ...at s where the NOOK s wishlist comes in When you come across something you think you may want to buy at some point add it to your wish list Note The wish list on your NOOK is separate from the wish list on your BN com account The wish list on your BN com account includes printed books and periodicals for your NOOK and other items you can buy on BN com while your NOOK s wish list only has items for...

Page 189: ...ed to your wish list To view your wish list go to the top screen of the Shop The wish list is accessible only from the top screen so if you re browsing searching or doing anything else in the Shop you ll have to get to the top screen To get there tap the Home button at the top of any screen when you re in the Shop Once you re on the top screen tap My Account and select My Wishlist From here you ca...

Page 190: ...creen with two sections My NOOK and Memory Card Note If you haven t installed an SD card the Memory Card option doesn t appear You see the folder structure on your SD card most likely with three sections B N Downloads LOST DIR and My Files B N Downloads are for any down loads that you ve moved to your SD card and My Files is the folder you ll use for other files that you move to your SD card from ...

Page 191: ... Files for example you see a variety of folders including Books Documents Magazines Music Newspapers and so on Tap the folder that has the files you want to read or view In the list that appears tap any to open it For more details about what files you can view on your NOOK see page Appendix B Tip You can change the folder structure on your SD Card deleting folders renaming them adding them and so ...

Page 192: ...so on The covers are plain gray and there s a small NOOK icon on the lower right You can put them in shelves and search for them just like other books But you can t archive them or recommend them to others The Library on BN com PCs Macs and Mobile Devices One of the many great things about the NOOK is that it s not a literary island When you download a book to your NOOK you can read it other place...

Page 193: ...uding getting recommendations interacting with NOOK Friends and so on To read books on your PC or Mac you need to download Barnes Noble s free eReader app The NOOK app does more than just let you read books it offers a NOOK like expe rience including browsing and searching your Library Search in the Apple App Store or in the Android Market for the NOOK app You can also go direcly to the BN com dow...

Page 194: ...dit card view your wish list add a gift card or look at items you ve recently viewed your NOOK account is the place to go To get there go to the top screen of the Shop The wish list is accessible only from the top screen so if you re browsing searching or doing anything else in the Shop you must get to the top screen To get there tap the Home button at the top of any screen when you re in the Shop...

Page 195: ...r NOOK Note Your BN com account can have more than one credit card associated with it but not your NOOK My Gift Cards If you ve gotten any NOOK gift cards here s where you find them They don t get added to your NOOK automatically you have to enter them manually So when you get a NOOK Gift Card head here and enter the information My Wishlist Here s where to manage your NOOK s wish list See page 172...

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Page 197: ... two ways to lend and borrow books with your NOOK Tablet Using the NOOK Tablet s LendMe features to borrow and lend books with your NOOK Friends or borrowing books from the library Keep in mind that you can t lend out every book you own or borrow every book your friends own The same holds true with library books You can borrow books that the library assigns for borrowing Borrowing and lending may ...

Page 198: ...couldn t stay in business and authors couldn t make a living includ ing yours truly Bottom line There are certain restrictions and rules about which books can be lent how they can be lent and for how long With that background out of the way it s time to take a look at how to borrow and lend books first from your local library and then between friends Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe The NOO...

Page 199: ...lassic fiction from authors like Dickens there are many free editions of a single book some of which are lendable and some of which aren t A book can be lent out only once Once you ve lent the book you can t lend it again You can t read a book while it s lent to someone Only one account at a time has access to a book so during the time you ve lent it to someone you can t read it Loans last for 14 ...

Page 200: ... is free No money is charged to either the lender or the borrower You can lend only one book at a time You have to wait until a book is returned to you before you can lend another book You can t lend a book that someone has lent to you You can t copy a borrowed book to your microSD card Seeing Your List of Lendable Books You have several ways to find which of your books are available for lending O...

Page 201: ...it Lent A book that s currently lent to someone or that you ve offered to lend but the potential borrower has yet to accept or decline Lent to You A book that someone has offered to lend to you but you haven t yet accepted or declined Tap it to accept or decline There s an even better way to see them all in the Library so that you ll see only books available for borrowing or lending In the Library...

Page 202: ...can be lent Note Books you ve already lent out don t show up in the Borrowed shelf Lent to others All the books that are currently on loan to other people The one last place to go to see what books you can lend is NOOK Friends Chapter 14 In the NOOK Friends app tap LendMe There you ll see four shelves My lendable books All the books you have that can be lent ...

Page 203: ... certain of your lendable books or see none at all tap the Privacy button at the top of the page See page 375 for more details Offers from friends The books that friends have offered to lend you Tap to accept or decline Requests Requests from friends who ve asked to borrow a book Tap to lend the book or to decline the request Lending a Book There are two ways you can lend a book to someone offerin...

Page 204: ...NOOK Friends app page 362 and tap the LendMe button Then tap any book in the My Lendable Books section A screen appears that lets you send an offer to lend the book via Contacts or Facebook If you choose Contacts a screen appears that lets you select your contact and type a message to her The offer is sent via email Your friend can then click a link in the email to accept or decline the offer ...

Page 205: ...r decline the offer Tip Someone doesn t have to be a NOOK Friend in order for you to send her an invitation to borrow a book However if you want to send her an offer to borrow a book via email or Facebook you must make sure that you can contact her on your NOOK So before making an offer to lend her a book put her in your Contacts list page 392 or make sure she s a Facebook friend and then link you...

Page 206: ...pop up menu appears Select LendMe The same screen appears as when you make an offer to lend a book from the NOOK Friends app Double tap a book s cover in the Library or on the Daily Shelf or Home Screen and the details page opens Tap LendMe You see the now familiar screen for lending a book via Contacts or Facebook ...

Page 207: ... a number appears next to the badge to show how many days are left in the 14 day lending period If your friend rejects it the Lent label disappears and is replaced with the LendMe badge Responding to a Borrowing Request Making an offer to lend a book is only one way to let a friend borrow a book Sometimes a friend will ask to borrow a book as well How does he know what books you ve got to borrow A...

Page 208: ...ree ways You get a notification in the Notification bar Tap the Notification bar when you get the request and you ll see the note Your friends would like to borrow a book Tap that notification and you come to a screen that shows you who s made the request and which book he wants to borrow ...

Page 209: ...the request and which book he wants to borrow When you get to that screen tap Yes Lend the Book to lend it Decline if you decide you don t want to lend it feeling selfish are we and Cancel if you simply can t make up your mind and need more time to decide Note Remember when you lend a book to someone you can t read it while it s being lent 14 days unless it s returned sooner So before agreeing to ...

Page 210: ...ing a Book It may be better to give than to receive but admit it receiving is pretty nice too especially when it comes to borrowing books So you ll want to take advantage of book borrowing on your NOOK especially since it s so easy to do As with lending a book there are two ways to borrow a book ask a friend to borrow a book and agree to borrow one when a friend recommends a book and offers to len...

Page 211: ...nce you re in the NOOK Friends app tap LendMe and go to the shelf labeled Friends books to borrow There may be more than are visible so scroll hori zontally through the shelf to see them all Tap any book you want to request A screen appears with the book s title and author and the name of the person who has it available for lending Tap Request A screen appears with the person s name in the Recipie...

Page 212: ...ut any of the books on the list On the bookshelf tap See All A vertically scrolling list appears Tap a book cover and you see the usual details screen If you decide you want to borrow it go back to the vertical list and tap Borrow to request it ...

Page 213: ... the bottom of the LendMe screen and type a book title or author As you type the list of books that matches your search narrows When you ve typed in the name or title you see a list of match ing books Tap any cover to see details or tap Borrow to ask to borrow the book Tip You can also see the list of books you can borrow from friends in your Library Tap my stuff LendMe and then tap the bar at the...

Page 214: ...o ask to borrow it Your friend now gets the request in the three ways outlined on page 192 When he accepts the request the book shows up in your Library with a Borrowed badge on it and the number of days still left in the borrowing period next to it After 14 days the book disappears from your Library Tip You can return a book before the 14 day period is up For details see page 200 Once you develop...

Page 215: ...n and you re sent to your Barnes Noble account on the Web where you can accept or decline the offer You may need to log into the account first Similarly when you click on the offer on Facebook you re also sent to your Barnes Noble account on the Web Click Accept next to any book you want to borrow and Reject next to any you don t ...

Page 216: ... the 14 days that you have it But if you finish the book before that time or decide you don t want to read it anymore before the period is up you can return it Why bother Remember when you have the book your friend can t read it so he gets access to the book sooner if you return it early To return a book log into your Barnes Noble account tap NOOK Books and you see your entire Library including bo...

Page 217: ...ot all books can be borrowed for the NOOK Publishers make far fewer books available for lending for the NOOK than they make available in print They worry that it s easier to borrow a NOOK book than a print book because it doesn t require going to the library So don t be surprised if you can t find your favorite book for the NOOK at the library or if there are fewer copies for the NOOK than there a...

Page 218: ... read so when browsing or searching look for them How to Borrow and Read NOOK Books As mentioned previously libraries may have different methods for lending out eBooks and for you then to transfer them to your NOOK Typically though you must download the free Adobe Digital Editions software and then register it Without first doing so you may not be able to borrow books Head to www adobe com product...

Page 219: ...in EPUB and PDF formats Those are the ones you can borrow Tip For excellent all around help with borrowing eBooks head to the NOOK eBook Central site run by Google and the New York Public Library https sites google com a nypl org ebook central home device nook Although much of what s there is specifically for borrowing books from the New York Public Library it s a good overall resource for advice ...

Page 220: ...Free ebooks www Ebook777 com 204 Chapter 7 Double click the file The book opens in Adobe Digital Editions If you want you can read the book in that program www Ebook777 com ...

Page 221: ...al Editions screen titled My NOOK Drag the book you just borrowed to this shelf Disconnect your NOOK Tablet from your computer The book won t appear on a shelf in your Library Instead you have to open it as a file In the Library tap my stuff My Files and in the My NOOK section you ll see a Digital Editions folder Tap it Look for the file name of the book you just transferred for example Dombey_and...

Page 222: ...you can borrow the book for only 14 days After that it automati cally gets returned to the library Note Even when you have the book on your NOOK Tablet you can continue to read it on your computer using Adobe Digital Editions ...

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Page 228: ...ll So head to the NOOK Store and search for Hulu Plus If you find it you can download and use it otherwise you ll have to wait for a bit as Barnes Noble and Hulu work out any kinks As for Pandora it should be built into your NOOK Color If it isn t head to the NOOK Store and download it Word to the Wise Using Netflix Netflix is a two pronged video service with it you can have DVDs delivered to your...

Page 229: ...ching on your NOOK Tablet your PC or anywhere else Each will have a red arrow on it That s one of the niftiest things about the Netflix app you can start watching on your computer and con tinue watching on your NOOK Tablet and vice versa To watch something you were previously watching just tap it You can also scroll through the Continue Watching area by swiping with your finger Once you tap a show...

Page 230: ...ws but it doesn t include order ing DVDs to be delivered to your home Tap any of the movies or TV shows and you ll come to a screen that tells you its title release date cast director rating you re likely to give it based on your past ratings and other movies or TV shows you might want to watch To watch it now tap the arrow icon on the shows picture To add to your instant watching queue tap Add to...

Page 231: ...episode number if it s a TV show Play Pause Plays the movie or TV show or pauses it Time elapsed Shows how much time has elapsed Slider Lets you move forward or back Time remaining Shows how much time is left Back Takes you back to the screen where you were previously Choose audio and subtitles Brings up a screen that lets you choose whether to use subtitles if any are available and the language o...

Page 232: ...s into the headphone jack Also the NOOK Tablet s built in speakers are monaural rather than stereo so if you want stereo sound you must use external speakers or headphones Browsing and Searching for Movies and TV Shows Netflix has thousands of movies and TV shows you can watch not just those that show up on the screen when you log in To browse all categories tap the Browse button at the top of the...

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Page 234: ...ine for watching or adding to your queue Managing Your Netflix Queue There s one thing missing in the NOOK Tablet s Netflix app the ability to man age your queue or Netflix account As explained before you can add movies and TV shows to your queue or remove them but that s the extent of what you can do If you want to reorder what s in your queue change your subscription or order DVD rentals head to...

Page 235: ...ur NOOK Tablet Note Hulu Plus lets you view movies as well as television shows but it has a very limited selection of them Netflix is far better for movie watching than Hulu Plus Hulu offers both free and paid services but on the NOOK Tablet you can only use the for pay version At press time it costs 7 99 per month and it gives you a wider range of TV and video including streaming access to full s...

Page 236: ...scribe to Hulu Plus by heading to www hulu com on a com puter s browser Tip If you decide not to subscribe to Hulu Plus you can still watch a small selection of video Tap the Free Gallery icon when you launch Hulu Plus Once you ve signed up and logged in you come to a screen with these options TV Shows you a selection of TV shows to watch Movies Shows you the movies you can watch Queue A list of T...

Page 237: ...on a search tool a favor ites list and a logout screen At the bottom of the screen you see two buttons a Back button for returning to where you just were and a Menu button that brings up the same set of options as when you tap the More button So why have the Menu button So that when you re in another part of Hulu Plus browsing TV shows for example you can quickly get to those options ...

Page 238: ...d then beneath that all the movies and TV shows you can watch Note Shows and episodes sometimes expire on Hulu Plus so you can t watch them after a certain date If that s the case you see a notice next to the show In the list you find not just full TV shows and movies but also trailers and clips If you d like to only see the full shows and movies or only trailers and clips tap the All Videos butto...

Page 239: ...on t try to fast forward through the ads you can t do it Then the TV or movie starts playing and you briefly see a series of controls and information onscreen To make the controls go away tap the screen To make them appear again tap the screen again Control the volume using your NOOK s volume control And if you can t hear even with the sound turned all the way up use headphones or external speaker...

Page 240: ... through the show You can also tap to jump to a different spot in the video Note When you re watching an ad you can t use the slider bar to move through it Time remaining Shows how much time is left in the video Back Takes you to the previous screen Options Brings up a screen that lets you change the video quality of what you re watching You can choose from High Medium and Low Generally you should...

Page 241: ... and here are your choices Watch Starts playing the TV show or movie Queue Adds it to your queue for later watching page 228 Video Provides more details about the show or movie including the name date it was aired network that aired it episode number and descrip tion You can then watch the show from the screen that appears put it in the queue or see more information about the series as described i...

Page 242: ...n where you can tap buttons to see more episodes of the show view clips of the show or movie add the episode to your queue and put it in your Favorites by tapping the heart button If you tap the Episodes button you ll see more episodes of the show ...

Page 243: ...order by most popular recently added alphabetical by network for TV shows by studio for movies and so on Note For legal and licensing reasons you may not be able to view all the video choices on your NOOK Tablet that you can on the Web So you may come across an occasional TV show that tells you that you ll have to watch the show on the Web not on your NOOK Tablet To search for a TV show or movie t...

Page 244: ... exactly the kind of music you want without obnoxious radio announcers and interruptions How about your own personal jukebox playing any kind of music you want at the tap of a button rap for one mood techno for another jazz for another opera for another and so on And what if it played you music that you ve never heard before but that fit right in with your tastes Stop wishing You ve got Pandora bu...

Page 245: ...ready have an account just sign in once you ve downloaded and installed it Once you ve got your account set up the fun begins Tap the Add Station button at the bottom of the screen and then type in the name of an artist a song title or a composer that s closest to the kind of music you want to create a station for As you type Pandora lists possible matches Tap a match or keep typing until you type...

Page 246: ...ora notification that appears That switches you to Pandora Tap the stop button to stop the music Want to know why Pandora chose the current song for you Tap the little infor mation button to the right of the slider and Pandora gives you the details You may or may not understand what it s telling you but it s well worth checking out For example when playing the Tom Petty song Love is a Long Road Pa...

Page 247: ...of that particular song The thumbs up button tells Pandora that you like the current song and so it plays more songs with its characteristics The middle button lets you bookmark a song or artist You can t use these bookmarks on your NOOK Tablet though instead you have to head to the Web and click Profile From there you can see the artists or songs you ve bookmarked and use them in a variety of way...

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Page 249: ...raditional tablet you can do on your NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color And yes that includes Angry Birds Note The NOOK Color runs apps as well although it may not run all the apps that the NOOK Tablet can For example as of this writing it cannot run Hulu Plus although by the time you read this that may have changed In this chapter you ll learn all about how to get apps how to install them how to manage t...

Page 250: ...apps from the Android Market http market android com Note You can if you wish root the NOOK to make it work like an ordinary Android device and give to run any Android app When you do that though you may damage the NOOK Tablet you void the warranty and you get no support from Barnes Noble You also lose all of the eReader capabili ties described in this book Barnes Noble also has made it very diffi...

Page 251: ...he screen that appears choose the following Open Runs the app Of course you could have just tapped the app s icon without going to all the trouble of opening this menu View details Shows you details about the app It s the same information you saw on the screen before buying and downloading it Recommend Lets you recommend the app to a friend Turn to page 240 for details Add to Home Puts a shortcut ...

Page 252: ...f these op tions You can choose only from Open View Details Add to Home Add to Shelf and Remove from Shelf Built in NOOK Apps The NOOK Tablet comes with a number of built in apps including for Netflix Pandora Hulu Plus Chapter 8 Contacts Chapter 15 playing music viewing pictures and videos Chapter 10 and more For the full rundown on those apps check out the chapters where they re covered The follo...

Page 253: ...urge to tap the Hint button that s cheating Sudoku With your NOOK Tablet a good Sudoku puzzle is always within easy reach You can choose from several levels of play and there s even a timer to track how long it takes to do a puzzle so you can watch your skills improve For help as you learn the game there are Undo and Redo buttons and also a Hint button that you can use as a last resort ...

Page 254: ...r a quick chess game but it doesn t let you play online against others and doesn t include extras like changing the difficulty level Getting Apps in the NOOK Store To get more apps head to the NOOK Store by pressing the NOOK button and tapping Shop On the top part of the screen underneath browse the NOOK Store you ll usually find links to apps or sometimes also to categories of apps ...

Page 255: ...sts such as Top Picks in Apps Top Picks in Games Apps and others Tap any category to see apps in that category You may see subcategories and in these subcatego ries you ll usually see lists of apps at the bottom of the screen Note On the main screen of the NOOK Store you ll also find lists of apps which change over time Top Picks in Apps What s New in NOOK Apps and possibly others ...

Page 256: ...ore details Tap an app and you come to a screen that includes the name of the app ver sion number app maker description supplied by the maker price or a button labeled Free and a Share button Tap the Share button to recommend it to others via email Twitter or Facebook you can also Like it on Facebook You also see the average rating of the app on a five star basis and how many people have rated it ...

Page 257: ... the developers or their friends may be doing the rating If there are dozens of reviews or more it s less likely that the developers and their friends are behind them all If you re looking for other apps you might be interested in tap the small up arrow at the bottom of the screen to see what other apps purchasers of this app also bought Note To download apps you need a Barnes Noble account with a...

Page 258: ...reen If you decide you want to pay for the app and download it tap it the green price or Free button The button turns into a gray Confirm button Tap the button to download it if the app was for pay the credit card associated with your Barnes Noble account gets charged A small green bar on the app s icon displays the download progress After it downloads the button displays the word Open Tap to run ...

Page 259: ...button Tap it for various options specific to the app For example in the Fandango movie app the menu lets you go to your account or switch to a view that shows movies or a view that shows theaters Not all apps have these buttons Got an app you love so much that you want it always to be just a tap away Put it on your Home screen hold your finger on the app and from the menu that appears select Add ...

Page 260: ...row icon At the top of the screen you can change your view of the story either with or without all the fancy design elements Tap the me button and you get more features including syncing your stories to other tablets smartphones and computers if you use Pulse on them Pulse is already set up to grab a variety of news feeds from around the Web but it s easy to change that to your own selections Tap ...

Page 261: ... Downloading and Using Apps 245 There s a lot more to Pulse as well It s free and it gives you great sources of information so if you re a news junkie or even if you re not give it a try ...

Page 262: ...rganize all your information into separate notebooks and can then browse each notebook search through it search through all notebooks and so on No matter where you capture or input information it s available on every device on which you install Evernote So if you grab a web page from your PC and put it into a notebook that information is available on your NOOK Tablet and vice versa You can capture...

Page 263: ...ies Want to buy tickets before you go Fandango does all that plus more and it does it for free Launch the app and then tap Movies to see a list of currently playing movies Tap a movie and you come to a page that lists the name running time rating synopsis overall rating trailer and theater where it s playing If the theatre lets you you can buy tickets as well Tabs at the top of the page lead you t...

Page 264: ...d games and you want to play with other word lovers then you ll want to get the popular Words with Friends app It s a for pay app not a free one It s a game similar to Scrabble that you play against friends from Facebook your Contacts List Twitter or other places The app can even find random opponents for you to play against One of the many great things about it is that you don t need to play an e...

Page 265: ...ords City Guide to find it like this San Francisco City Guide You ll get a great free app that tells you everything you want to know about visit ing a city what restaurants and sites to visit what hotels are good information about neighborhoods local transportation history culture architecture even an interactive map You ll find ratings individual reviews directions and more There are guides from ...

Page 266: ...ay work properly Archive or delete and reinstall There may have been an oddball installa tion problem So archive or delete the app and then reinstall it That action sometimes fixes the problem When to archive and when to delete If it s a for pay app you ll want to archive rather than delete it or else you ll have to pay for it again Restart the NOOK Tablet Just as restarting a computer sometimes f...

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Page 269: ... listen to music view movies or pictures or read documents you have to get them into your NOOK Tablet You can get them there in three different ways Via email Someone can send you the files via email and you can save them on your NOOK Tablet page 339 From the Web As you browse the Web you can download files to your NOOK Tablet page 273 Transferring them from a computer Connect your NOOK Tablet to ...

Page 270: ...on your NOOK Tablet using the built in Music Player To launch it press the NOOK button tap Apps and then tap Music Player You can also tap the music button on the Media Library and then tap Music Player However you get there the player launches The Music Player has two modes Browse mode and Now Playing mode When you re in Browse mode you ll see a list of artists songs or albums through which you c...

Page 271: ...ming you ve stored your music files in the Music folder tap My Files Music Then browse to any files and tap any to play it The Music Player launches and starts playing the file In the Browse mode down at the bottom of the screen just above the slider for moving through a track and controls for playing music you ll see a row of five icons giving you five different ways to browse and find music Arti...

Page 272: ...and down to scroll faster To the left of each song you ll see a re sort button Using it drag a track to a different location It will stay there permanently Tap any track to play it Artist Organizes songs by artists names Next to their names is the num ber of albums you have of theirs Tap the sideways facing arrow and you ll see each album including album art if available and the number of songs on...

Page 273: ...tists Tap an album to see all the tracks on it Tap a track to play it Playlist Shows all your playlists Even if you haven t created a playlist one will be there Recently Added which shows all the songs you ve recently added Tap any playlist to see all the songs on it and play them For more details about playlists see page 262 ...

Page 274: ... find a song you want to play tap it You immediately pop into Now Playing mode and the music plays If artwork is available it takes up most of the screen Note The NOOK Tablet s speakers play only mono sound and at times can be hard to hear Plug headphones or external speakers into it though and you ll get full rich stereo sound ...

Page 275: ...ve that you ll see a row of icons the red icon shows you which view you re in Here s what each section does Shuffle Plays songs in a random order Repeat Tap it to repeat all your songs double tap to repeat the song you re currently playing When you tap twice to repeat the current song the number 1 appears Album art Shows you album art if any is available this is the view you normally see when musi...

Page 276: ...inger on a song or album and a menu pops up with these choices Play Plays the song or album Add to playlist Adds it to an existing playlist or lets you create a new playlist and add it to that one See page 262 for more details about playlists Remove from playlist Removes it from its current playlist ...

Page 277: ...hing more easily by holding your finger on the song in the Music Player but isn t it nice to have other options Tip What if you don t want to make any of the choices when the menu appears There appears to be no way to back out and get back to the Music Player There s a hidden trick though Swipe with your finger from right to left along the Notification bar and the menu goes away ...

Page 278: ...n to tap to create one It s simple to do though As just detailed hold your finger on a song or album and then tap Add to playlist from the menu that appears A screen appears that shows you any playlists you ve already created as well as one that the NOOK Tablet automati cally creates for you Current playlist which contains the songs you ve most recently added ...

Page 279: ...ype the name of the playlist you want to cre ate and then tap Save The playlist is created and it ll contain the song you ve just added Note If you hold your finger on an album to create a new playlist when you create the playlist it ll contain all the tracks from that album ...

Page 280: ...from the menu that appears tap Play The first song in the Playlist starts up in Now Playing mode Control music as you would normally Each song in the playlist plays one after another To see all the tracks in a playlist tap it instead of holding your finger on it But you won t see the playlist s name anywhere Tap any song to play it the rest of the songs from that point on in the playlist play in s...

Page 281: ...that appears Listening to Podcasts and Audiobooks Your NOOK Tablet can play more than just music it can also play podcasts and audiobooks as long as they re in a file format it can recognize For a list of audio file formats see Table 10 1 First subscribe to podcasts as you normally would using your PC Mac iPhone iPad iPod Android tablet or smartphone or similar device Then when the pod cast is on ...

Page 282: ...ooks to download Barnes Noble Audio Books http bit ly ycmq2d You ll find a big selec tion here especially of bestsellers and newly released books Audiobooks org www audiobooks org Nice selection including free ones Simply Audiobooks www simplyaudiobooks com and Audiobooks com www audiobooks com Top notch services that let you rent audiobooks rather than buy them Table 10 1 The NOOK Tablet can play...

Page 283: ... page 339 downloading from the Web page 273 or transferring them from your computer page 282 Once you ve got them on your NOOK Tablet you view them using the built in My Media app To launch it press the NOOK button tap Apps and then tap My Media Note You can also browse the photos and video files on your NOOK Tablet manually and then view any that you choose To do that in the Library tap My stuff ...

Page 284: ...can make them go away by tapping the middle of the photo again Some photos display better horizontally than vertically so turn your tablet 90 degrees and the orientation changes Turn it back if you want to view the photo vertically To view the next photo in the Gallery tap the right side of the screen to view the previous one tap the left side To return to the Grid view tap the middle of the scree...

Page 285: ...lpaper Sets the current photo as your NOOK s wallpaper When you tap a movable highlighted box appears inside your photo representing the portion of the photo that will become your wallpaper Move the box around until you ve got the part of the photo you want to use as your wallpaper and then tap Save Tap Discard if you change your mind When you tap Save the cropped photo now appears as your Home sc...

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Page 287: ...ts original uncropped condition Left Rotates the photo to the left 90 degrees Each time you tap it it rotates 90 more degrees Right Rotates the photo to the right 90 degrees Each time you tap it it rotates 90 more degrees Delete Removes the photo from your NOOK If you tap a video instead of a photo it starts running in a video player You ll see the usual controls for playing pausing and moving thr...

Page 288: ...PowerPoint files ppt pptx pptm pps ppsx ppsm pot potx potm and plain text files txt As with audio files pictures and videos you ll first have to get them on your NOOK Tablet via email page 339 by downloading from the Web page 273 or by transferring them from your computer page 282 To view the files you don t first launch an app Instead you browse to where you ve put them To do that in the Library ...

Page 289: ... in an app built into the NOOK Tablet called Quickoffice Lite This app lets you view Office files but not edit them Two small icons appear at the bottom of the screen The left one is a back button the right one pops up a menu that has different features depending on the file you re view ing For example in a Word document you can search within the file go to a specific page number change the view b...

Page 290: ...owerPoint document you can jump to a specific slide number or play an entire presentation If viewing documents isn t enough for you you can pay to upgrade to the Pro version which costs 14 99 Download it from the NOOK Store or tap the menu icon at the bottom of the screen and tap Upgrade to Pro ...

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Page 293: ... more This chapter tells you how to do that from installing an SD card to trans ferring files and then learning how to manage them Note The NOOK Color and 199 NOOK Tablet have 8 GB of built in storage not 16 GB Installing an SD Card Most of the storage built into the NOOK is for Barnes Noble content and for the NOOK s Android based operating system 1 GB is available for non Barnes Noble content Th...

Page 294: ...than microSD cards and the cost differ ence isn t enormous there s little reason not to spring for the HC variety You can generally find a 32 GB microSDHC card for 40 or under so that size gives you the most bang for your buck Make sure when buying a card that it is formatted with the FAT32 file system As a general rule most or all are but it doesn t hurt to check Note MicroSDHC cards are rated by...

Page 295: ...et and Your Computer 279 Pull the lid open gently with your fingertip and fold it against the back of the NOOK You ve exposed a small slot Holding the card between your thumb and forefinger with the logo side up insert it gently into the slot ...

Page 296: ... labeled Memory Card Tap the Memory Card link to see and use its contents Note The NOOK Tablet can play media files up to 2 GB Removing the Card Removing an SD card is as easy as installing one Place your NOOK face down and open the card slot as described in the steps on page 26 Push gently against the memory card with your fingertip and then release it part of the card pops out You can then slide...

Page 297: ...lash 3gp 3g2 mkv mp4 m4v Note Want to hear some real techie talk about your NOOK Tablet s multimedia prowess It sup ports MPEG 4 Simple Advanced Profile up to 1920x1080 pixels and H 263 up to 352x288 It also supports H 264 Baseline Main High Profile up to 1920x1080 pixels and WEBM VP8 up to 640x480 pixels What does all that mean If you have to ask you don t need to know ...

Page 298: ...player Tip Even if you don t have a SD card you can transfer files to it you take the same steps Transferring with a PC First connect your NOOK to your PC with the micro USB cable that came with the NOOK page 23 Don t use any other cable Barnes Noble warns that if you use a different cable you might damage your NOOK Connect the micro USB plug into your NOOK and plug the normal sized USB plug into ...

Page 299: ... PC or Mac to your NOOK is sometimes called side loading After you ve connected it to your PC launch Windows Explorer Your NOOK now shows up as a removable disk just like any USB drive You can now use your NOOK as if it were any USB flash device copying files to and from it creating folders and so on ...

Page 300: ... Videos Wallpapers Unless you re a true nonconformist you ll put your books in the Books folder Microsoft Office files in the Documents folder Music files in the Music folder and so on See Appendix Bfor details about file types Keep in mind that you re not required to use this folder structure and you can put files wherever you want and you can even create new folders But for simplicity s sake and...

Page 301: ...reading SD card inserted Click to browse SD card content Tap this notification and you arrive at the area of your Library that lets you browse the contents of the card You can also get to this area by heading to the Library and then tapping My stuff My Files Memory Card For details about what you can do with the files once they re on your card turn to page 287 Note Wondering what the LOST DIR fold...

Page 302: ...ies have programs that lend out books in the EPUB format that the NOOK uses For details see page 176 Note Some websites of local bookstores sell eBooks in the EPUB format Check with your local stores to see if it does When you find eBooks online in the EPUB format you want to make sure that they can legally be distributed for free The best way to do that is to go to a reputable website known for d...

Page 303: ...o browse the fold ers built into the NOOK s main memory and tap Memory Card to browse the memory card If you haven t installed a memory card only My NOOK appears Tap the folders as described on page 285 So to look at your Music files head to Music for example If you d like to see all the files you downloaded from the Web to your NOOK tap My NOOK and then go to My Files My Downloads Tap any file to...

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Page 307: ...re on the Web bookmarks web pages use web forms and so on The screen may be smaller than your desktop display but it s big enough and clear enough to give you a satisfying web experience wherever you go How to do it all That s what this chapter is for A Tour of the NOOK Tablet s Browser To access the Web press the NOOK button and choose Web from the Quick Nav bar The NOOK Tablet s browser launches...

Page 308: ...s much like those in a computer browser including bookmarks AutoComplete for web addresses cookies pass word memorization the ability to save pages just about the whole nine yards However the browser itself is fairly barebones and its simplicity can be off putting at first But once you know your way around a bit you ll be browsing at warp speed Here are the main controls you need to know about Bac...

Page 309: ...wser s features including going forward opening a new browser window seeing and managing your bookmarks finding text on a page and more To see all your open windows and to close any that you don t want open anymore tap Windows To reload the current web page you re visiting tap Refresh You may want to refresh the page to see if there s new content on the page since you first visited or if the page ...

Page 310: ... the text box in the bar The current URL gets highlighted in green To delete the cur rent URL tap the X that appears on the right side of the screen However when the URL is green you don t really need to do that since when you start typing the current URL vanishes and is replaced by what you type Then use the keyboard to type an address As you type the NOOK displays sites you ve visited that match...

Page 311: ...en you type this way matching sites and terms show up in boxes just above the keyboard rather than in a list Tip Don t bother to type the http part of a web address The NOOK knows to put that in for you You must however type the com or other ending such as edu After you ve typed the address tap the Go button to the right of the address bar or on the keyboard and you head to the page You can also u...

Page 312: ...a 21 inch monitor The type and photos are small and the links can be difficult to tap on But letting you see the entire screen at once makes a good deal of sense because at a glance you can see what section of the page you want to view That s where the fun begins You can use the NOOK s zooming and scrolling capabilities to head quickly to the part of the page you want to view and then zoom in You ...

Page 313: ...d the greater the zoom Pinch your fingers together to zoom back out You may need to do the two finger spread or pinch several times until you get the exact magnifica tion you want Double tap Double tap with a finger on the section of the page where you want to zoom Double tap again to zoom out You can t control the zoom level as finely with the double tap as you can with the two finger spread Doub...

Page 314: ...on to zoom out Once you ve zoomed in scroll around the web page by dragging or flicking your finger the same kind of navigation you use for other apps on the NOOK Tapping Links When it comes to links the NOOK Tablet s web browser works largely like any computer browser except that you tap a link rather than click it Tap the link and you get sent to a new web page ...

Page 315: ...dress But this is the NOOK so there s a lot more you can do with links than just tap ping them Hold your finger on a link and a menu appears with these options Open Opens the linked page in the current window Open in new window Opens the linked page in a new window Bookmark link Puts the link into your Bookmarks list Copy link URL Tap to copy the link s URL to the Clipboard so you can paste it som...

Page 316: ...ou find on websites such as YouTube and many others To open a new window tap the Options menu and from the menu that appears tap New window A new window opens and your old one appears to go away Don t worry it s still there lurking in the background When you open a new window it opens to a Barnes Noble page welcoming you to the NOOK You can change that however for details see page 306 On the new p...

Page 317: ...window Tap the Menu button and tap windows You see a list of all the browser windows you have open Tap any you want to switch to To close a window tap the X button at its far right To open a new window tap the windows icon at the top of the screen ...

Page 318: ...etype their URLs In fact before you even use your browser it has bookmarks for a few popular sites including BN com Facebook com Twitter com and YouTube com among others Whenever you visit a web page you want to add as a bookmark tap the Bookmark button on the right side of the address bar and the Bookmark screen appears You ll see all your bookmarks and on the upper left of the ...

Page 319: ...e Here you can edit the name or the actual URL of the bookmark In the Name box type a dif ferent name if you want one and in the Location box type a different location Then tap OK Or you can just leave it as is and tap OK The bookmark is added to your list To go back to the browser tap the Go Back button Note If you edit the URL and the new URL differs from the page you wanted to bookmark you ll g...

Page 320: ... instances instead of seeing a thumbnail you see a generic icon representing a Web site The bookmarks pre added to the NOOK all show up with the generic icons until you visit them after you visit them they generally appear with thumbnails of the websites Managing Bookmarks The NOOK Tablet lets you do more than just go to bookmarks You can delete them edit them and more To do it head to the Bookmar...

Page 321: ...f you re at www google com open your bookmarks and then hold your finger on www bn com www bn com opens in a window of its own Edit bookmark Brings up a page that lets you edit the name and location of the bookmark It s the same page for adding a bookmark Note If you sometimes find yourself with a slow WiFi Internet connection and wish there was a way to browse the Web faster here s a bookmark you...

Page 322: ...r you open a new window it opens to that site Most Visited and History Lists When you go to your Bookmarks you see two more ways to browse sites that you ve been to before Most visited and History The NOOK Tablet keeps track of sites you ve visited and puts these two lists together based on that They re great ways in addition to Bookmarks to head back to sites you ve visited before without having ...

Page 323: ... most visited sites at the top The History list shows all the sites you ve visited in the order you ve visited them today yesterday and so on Just tap the corresponding tab to see the list The lists are scrollable so flick through them to see more lists off the bottom of the screen ...

Page 324: ...ur Bookmarks list Tapping a gray star adds that site to your Bookmarks and turns the star gold To remove a site from your Bookmarks list tap a gold star It turns gray and the site gets removed from your Bookmarks list Whenever you add or remove a site from your Bookmarks list in this way you ll get a brief onscreen notification Just as with Bookmarks you can edit and manage the Most visited list H...

Page 325: ... Note If you press and hold a site in your Most visited list that s in your Bookmarks list you ll have the option of removing it from Bookmarks as well If you want to clear out your entire Most visited list and History list tap Clear history at the bottom of the screen Using the History List The history list is organized slightly differently from the other two lists you can see the sites you ve vi...

Page 326: ...e Web you may be on a mission of sorts looking for a specific piece of information You might be looking for a specific word or phrase within a web page And when you re on a page you may be looking for more information about it The NOOK browser can do all that and then some To do it all press your finger somewhere on the web page that s not a graphic or link A menu appears with these options Find o...

Page 327: ...u an additional option the ability to copy text to the NOOK Clipboard But when the NOOK Color software was updated in late 2011 and early 2012 that feature was taken away The NOOK Tablet never had the feature However it s possible that a software upgrade may make it available again ...

Page 328: ...s Here s how you can change countless browser settings including the size of the text displayed privacy controls and so on See page 320 for details Downloads As explained on page 287 this will bring you to the folder that has all your downloaded files Bookmark this page Tap this option and then add the bookmark in the usual way page 302 ...

Page 329: ... page Tap the Options menu and then select Refresh to refresh the page or Forward to go forward That s all there is to it There are other things you can do when you tap the Options menu covered elsewhere in this chapter Head to bookmarks page 302 and see and manage your open windows page 300 And if you tap More Options you ll be able to do even more Add a bookmark find text on a page get page info...

Page 330: ...ick and easy way to save that image Hold your finger on the picture for a second or two and a menu appears with the following options Save image Downloads the picture to your NOOK See the next section to learn how to go back and view all the pictures in this folder View image Opens the image in its own page As a practical matter this option doesn t do much because it doesn t make the image any lar...

Page 331: ...d arrow will appear in the Notification bar indicating that a file is downloading If the graphic is very small it may download so quickly that you don t notice the arrow After you ve downloaded a picture tap the Notification bar You ll see a notifica tion with the name of the file you just downloaded and the time it was down loaded Tap it and you ll open the file in the Gallery For details about w...

Page 332: ...l find the address of the site you downloaded it from along with the file size and to the right the date of download Tap any picture to view it in the Gallery Tip When you download a picture from the Web it gets downloaded to the NOOK s My Files My Downloads folder on the NOOK s internal storage You can head there outside of your browser In the Library tap My stuff My Files Then tap My Files My Do...

Page 333: ...allery by tapping it to make sure it s the file you want to delete You can also delete the files by connecting your NOOK to your PC or Mac and then using Windows Explorer on your PC or Finder on your Mac to delete the files See page 287 for details Reading PDF Files The Web is filled with PDF files documents that often have com plex layouts combined with graph ics These files can t be read directl...

Page 334: ...y scrolling and clicking links The websites know which kind of page to display by detecting what kind of device you re using Sometimes though the websites get confused and so you may visit the website one day and get delivered a page designed for a mobile device and another day and get one designed for a large computer monitor Odder still sometimes the type of page switches depending upon the orie...

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Page 336: ... all the privacy and security settings via the browser s Settings menu When you re in the browser tap the Options Menu and choose More Options Settings and then scroll down to the Privacy Settings and Security Settings areas to get at the most important settings Out of the box the NOOK s privacy and security settings are configured to make sure that you re safe and secure So most likely you won t ...

Page 337: ...ivacy Settings you can also delete all the cookies that have been put on your NOOK so far Tap Clear all cookie data You get a warning that you re about to delete your cookies Tap OK to clear them or Cancel if you change your mind Other Privacy Settings There s more you can do in the Privacy section of the browser s settings screen to make sure your privacy isn t invaded For example you can clear y...

Page 338: ... pop ups and pop unders are malicious and if you tap them they attempt to install dangerous software or send you to a malicious website Sometimes they re merely annoying ads Sometimes though they may actually be useful like a pop up that shows a seating chart when you re visiting a ticket buying site The NOOK browser includes a pop up blocker and like all pop up blockers it can t necessarily disti...

Page 339: ...onfigured very well However there are a few settings worth paying attention to in the Page Content settings Text size Tap here and choose from five different sizes you want to show on web pages The choices are somewhat inexact and range from Tiny to Huge Out of the box the choice is Normal Generally bigger is better than smaller because many web pages were designed with larger monitors in mind tha...

Page 340: ...s you re using a tablet and so when possible displays a page suitable for displaying on the tablet At least that s what happens in theory In practice websites tend to show the NOOK pages designed for computer monitors not tab lets If you d like to always see the full blown computer monitor page you can trick websites into thinking you re using a monitor Tap Browser Mode and turn on Desktop Browser...

Page 341: ... pleased to know that there s an easy way to disable the browser so only those who know the password can use it It s easy to turn back on but only if you know the password Here s how to disable the browser Note When your browser is disabled in addition to being unable to surf the Web you can t use the Look Up feature in Reading Tools to search for terms using Google and Wikipedia You also can t wa...

Page 342: ... Nav bar and then tap Settings Security Restrictions Tap Restrictions and from the screen that appears type in a passcode that will be used to disable and enable the browser Tap four numbers for your passcode Tap them in again when you re asked to confirm ...

Page 343: ...able Internet access So you can still search for and download apps and books send and receive email and share recommendations via Facebook and Twitter To enable the browser again in the Quick Nav bar tap Settings Security Restrictions Enter your passcode and then uncheck the green box next to Browser to enable the browser again Note You can disable and enable access to the social features of your ...

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Page 345: ... more right on the NOOK It s a great way to have your email always in your pocket This chapter shows you how to get the most out of email on the NOOK Tablet Set Up an Account To get started first launch the email app by pressing the NOOK button tapping Apps and then tapping Email If you prefer tap the apps icon in the Media bar and tap Email from your list of apps You re greeted by a Welcome scree...

Page 346: ... that your settings are correct log you in and immediately begin downloading mail to your tablet If you instead are setting up an email account through work or an ISP the NOOK Tablet asks you to choose your account type either POP or IMAP Not sure what kind of account you have It s most likely a POP account also called a POP3 account so try that first and if it doesn t work come back and try IMAP ...

Page 347: ... your POP3 or IMAP server name security type port num ber and whether the NOOK Tablet should delete email from the server when it checks for email In the majority of cases you won t have to change a thing here so tap Next Tip Make sure that Never is selected in the Delete email from server section If you select When I delete from Inbox instead your NOOK Tablet deletes that email not just from the ...

Page 348: ...echie name SMTP server As with the previous screen leave everything as is and then tap next You ll now be asked how often to check for new email whether to notify you when mail arrives and whether the email account you re setting up should be your default email account Select your settings and tap Next ...

Page 349: ...that means you ve already set up the account there and its settings are in the email program So go to the account settings on the email software on your computer and grab the settings from there However as you know life is not always good The NOOK Tablet may have trou ble logging you in Note At any point during the setup process the NOOK Tablet may report it s having a problem setting up your acco...

Page 350: ...up and using on your NOOK Tablet With a POP Post Office Protocol account the POP server delivers email to your inbox From then on the messages live on your NOOK Tablet or your home computer or whichever machine you used to check email You can t download another copy of that email because POP servers let you download a message only once So if you use your account on both a computer and your NOOK Ta...

Page 351: ...m in sync By making your POP account act more like an IMAP account so it leaves a copy of all messages on the server when you download them to your home computer That way you can delete mes sages on the NOOK and still see them in your inbox at home How you set it up depends on which email program you use at home In Outlook 2010 choose File Account Settings and then double click the account name an...

Page 352: ...e uses labels in its web based email and that s what you use on the NOOK Tablet Most of the time of course you ll land in your inbox which lists all your mail Mail you haven t read is in black type and the mail you ve already looked at is in gray The top of your screen displays the total number of messages in your inbox and also the mail account that you re currently using Keep in mind that typica...

Page 353: ...he time it was sent To open a message tap it Scroll up down and sideways in the message using the normal NOOK Tablet gestures of dragging and flicking All the links you see in the email message are live tap them and you go to the web page to which they re linked using the NOOK Tablet s web browser Tap an email address and a new email message opens to that address Tap a YouTube video and the video ...

Page 354: ...p the down arrow to read the next Handling Pictures in Mail You ll often get sent pictures in email Some are embedded in the content of the message itself for example a company logo or when someone has pasted a picture directly into the message Other times the sender attaches the image to the messages like a family member sending you Thanksgiving photos If the graphics are embedded in the content ...

Page 355: ... the Gallery see page 267 The picture also gets downloaded to your Downloads folder so you can view it later on page 273 Handling Other Attachments Your NOOK Tablet can also let you read and save other files not just pictures including as Word Excel and PowerPoint files It lets you preview those files and other file types as well For a list of all the file types the NOOK Tablet can read see Append...

Page 356: ...er clip and an icon representing the graphic along with the file name and its size Tap the Open button and the attachment opens If it s a Word Excel or PowerPoint file it opens in an app called Quickoffice Lite that s built into the NOOK Tablet As with pictures the file also gets downloaded to your Downloads folder ...

Page 357: ...from someone and want to add her to your Contacts list tap her name A screen appears that lets you create a new contact with the sender s name and email address Replying to Messages At the bottom of the screen when you re reading a message you ll find three icons that do the following ...

Page 358: ...Reply all sends the mes sage to everyone who has received it Forward lets you send the message to someone new In all cases the original email message is included at the bottom of the message you send Move to Tap this and you ll see a list of all folders or in the case of Gmail labels in your account Tap any to move the email to it ...

Page 359: ...In POP3 accounts you won t be able to see your list of folders so you won t be able to move email to them You may or may not be able to see folders in web based mail but you can in Gmail Delete Tap this to delete the message ...

Page 360: ...ppears so you can start typing Write your message this way In the To field type the recipient s address As you type the NOOK Tablet looks through your Contacts list as well as the list of people you ve sent email to in the past and displays any matches It matches the first few letters of first names as well as last names as you type If you find a match ...

Page 361: ...s added a sheet of carbon paper and another sheet of typing paper The force of the keys striking the paper would make an imprint on the second sheet using the ink in the carbon paper In the Subject field type the topic of the message A clear concise sub ject line is a good thing for both you and your recipient so you can imme diately see what the message is about when you scan your inbox In the te...

Page 362: ... your most recent email Unread mail appears in boldface and read mail appears in regular face There s a lot more you can do from this screen than just scroll through your messages The row of icons across the top of your screen gives you these options Compose mail As detailed in the previous section tap here to compose a new email ...

Page 363: ...ccounts in one place tap Combined Inbox Switch to a different folder Tap the down arrow on the second button from the right of the screen It shows you all the folders in your current email account In POP3 accounts and many web based mail accounts the only folder you ll see will be your Inbox and a Draft folder if you ve created a draft of an email message In Gmail you ll see all your folders To vi...

Page 364: ... your computer or in the case of web based mail such as Gmail you ll have to go to the Web to do it Delete mail You can delete a single email or an entire group of them Tap the box to the left of any mail you want to delete and a checkmark appears After you ve selected all you want to delete tap the Delete button ...

Page 365: ...n do from a folder Star mail Do you have important emails that you want to highlight so you ll always be able to see them Tap the star icon to the right of any email and it turns gold The mail will be put in a special Starred folder Go to that folder as you would get to any other folder To unstar a mail tap the gold star icon so it turns gray Note that POP3 IMAP and many web based mail accounts wo...

Page 366: ...n a folder Tap it and you ll get more email email that s older than the email currently displayed Search Type letters in the Search box at the bottom of the screen It searches through the current folder As you type the search results narrow Tap any to go the mail To see them all in a list like in a folder tap Show in Panel and they ll appear just like in a folder one labeled Search Results You can...

Page 367: ... up Open Opens the email for reading Delete Deletes the email Forward Forwards the email You can type additional text into the mes sage before forwarding it Reply Replies to the email Reply all Replies to everyone who has received the email Mark as unread Changes the mail from regular faced to boldfaced so it appears unread Cancel Does nothing except make the pop up menu disappear ...

Page 368: ... Email Options Right out of the box the NOOK Tablet s email app is set up just fine But if you re the kind of per son who likes to fiddle and diddle with options you ve got plenty of ways to customize how it works And if you have more than one email account you can customize them on an account by account basis for example have a different signature appended to Gmail than to a per sonal account or ...

Page 369: ... just remove it from the NOOK Tablet To customize the way any account works tap the gear icon on its far right the Settings screen appears Tap what you want to change fill in the form and you re done Here s what you can change and the effect it will have on your email use Account Name Changes the name that shows up in your list of accounts So if you have a Hotmail account that you would rather hav...

Page 370: ...ou might want to have different signatures for different accounts one work related one family related and so on Email check frequency Changes how often the NOOK Tablet checks an account for email You have it never check or else check every 5 10 15 30 or 60 minutes Default account When you compose an email from which account do you want it to be sent Turn on the box next to any account and that bec...

Page 371: ... email containers labels That said there is a slight underlying difference between the way you work with Gmail s labels and how you work with another email program s fold ers In your typical email program you might move mail between folders by dragging them Not so in Gmail In Gmail you affix a label to an email message When you do that that email automatically appears when you sort for that label ...

Page 372: ...il on the NOOK Tablet Inbox contains all your incoming messages Starred shows all the messages you ve starred page 349 Sent Mail lists all messages you ve sent Outbox shows mail you ve created and asked Gmail to send but that has not yet been sent Drafts contains mail you ve created but not sent All Mail contains all mail except for Spam and Trash Spam contains all mail marked as spam either by yo...

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Page 377: ...ter This chapter shows you how to do that and plenty more What Can You Do with NOOK Friends The best way to do all this sharing is via NOOK Friends the free app built into the NOOK Tablet If you want to share your reading it s a spectacular app Here are its nifty features See your friends activities such as their book recommendations and favor ite quotes from books they re reading Share your own b...

Page 378: ...n t added any friends yet or accepted any invitations you ve already got friends and are already tracking your friends activities What gives If you ve linked your NOOK account to your Facebook account then any Facebook friend who also has a BN com account is automatically added to your NOOK Friends and you are added to theirs The NOOK Friends app has five but tons on it Friends Activities A consta...

Page 379: ...ample they obviously won t be able to download NOOK books But they can still get recommendations quotes from books and so on Friends who don t have NOOKs still need a Barnes Noble account though If they don t already have one they can sign up either before you send an invitation or while accepting your invitation To invite a friend Tap the Add Friend button A screen appears asking whether you want...

Page 380: ...ars with a list of contacts At the top of the screen are contacts who are already using NOOK Friends but aren t your friend on it Beneath that is a list of people on your Contacts who aren t using yet NOOK Friends Tap Add next to the names of people you want to add and an invitation gets sent to them ...

Page 381: ...nd friends from Google a screen appears that lets you link your NOOK to your Google or Gmail account After you link the accounts the NOOK will import your contacts into your Contacts app page 392 and will also send you a notification asking if you want to invite any to become NOOK Friends Tap the notifications and then tap the name of the person you want to invite to be a friend and follow the dir...

Page 382: ...ave and the invitation goes on its merry way Note If you have already imported contacts from Google into your NOOK s Contacts app the Find friends from Google listing will not appear You ll receive a notification asking if you want to invite any to become NOOK Friends Tap the notification and then tap the name of the person you want to invite to be a friend and follow the directions for sending an...

Page 383: ...cebook Twitter and Beyond 367 When your invitation is accepted you ll get a notification Tap it and you ll see the name of the person who accepted From there you can head straight to NOOK Friends and start interacting ...

Page 384: ...Other people can invite you to become a NOOK Friend of course and how you ll get the invitation varies according to the way it was sent email Gmail Facebook and so on But no matter how it was sent click Confirm Friend and you ll be connected ...

Page 385: ...betical list of all of your NOOK Friends including photographs if any are available of them from their Facebook account If you ve got more friends than can fit on one screen lucky you you can scroll through them Sometimes even good friends have a falling out so you can remove someone from your NOOK Friends list by tapping the X next to his name You ll be asked whether you want to remove him from t...

Page 386: ...vailable for lending tap LendMe To see all the invitations you ve sent that have not yet been accepted tap Pending The screen is divided into two sections Awaiting Confirmation and Sent invitations In the Sent Invitations section you ll see names and photos of people to whom you ve sent invitations but who haven t accepted yet To cancel an invitation tap the Cancel button When someone accepts an i...

Page 387: ...that you haven t yet accepted Tap Accept to become a friend tap Reject to turn down the invitation Using Friends Activities Once you ve got NOOK Friends you can start sharing with them One of the key ways is to see what books and periodicals they recommend and what quotes from books and periodicals they have decided to share with you ...

Page 388: ... variety of activities there Recommendations made directly and privately to you Public recommendations made via Facebook or Twitter Ratings of books periodicals and apps Quotes shared publicly via Facebook or Twitter or privately with you Postings of friends reading status what book they re currently reading how far along they are in it and so on Friends Liking a book periodical or app on Facebook...

Page 389: ...out it Tap the green button to buy it or download it if it s free Using About Me Tap the About Me button at the top of the NOOK Friends app and you see a summary of all of your activity in NOOK Friends with this information Your name The email address associated with your NOOK Friends account Your photo if you ve linked the NOOK to your Facebook account and posted a profile photo on Facebook ...

Page 390: ...blicly through Facebook or Twitter or privately Using LendMe If you have NOOK Friends you ll want to get familiar with the NOOK Friends LendMe feature because it s a way for you to lend books to your friends and borrow books from them The feature can be used not only for NOOK Friends but also for anyone who has a Barnes Noble account and who uses either a NOOK or a NOOK app on a com puter mobile d...

Page 391: ...long with the lending so if it s a book you ve bought you can t read it while it s lent out However if the book is free from digital rights you can read it even when you re lending it LendMe Privacy Settings When you first start using NOOK Friends every one of your NOOK Friends can see every one of your books available for lending Whenever you buy a book that can be lent all your friends know abou...

Page 392: ...our NOOK Tablet to Facebook In order to share book quotes post reviews lend and borrow books and so on with your Facebook friends you need to first link your NOOK Tablet to your Facebook account When you link your account it does more than just let you do all that you ll also have all your Facebook friend information imported into your Contacts list so you ll also be able to get in touch via email...

Page 393: ...re connected to a WiFi net work Then do the following Press the NOOK button and select Settings Social Manage your Accounts From the Social settings screen that appears in the Facebook section tap Link Your Account On the screen that appears type your Facebook user name and pass word Then tap Log In ...

Page 394: ...K is linked to your Facebook account and you can start using all of its features as outlined in this chapter and on pages 382 385 In addition your Facebook contacts start to be imported into the NOOK Contacts app It may take several minutes for all of them to be imported To see your contacts from the Apps area tap Contacts and from the drop down menu that appears tap Facebook Contacts They ll be t...

Page 395: ...ge your Accounts Then in the Facebook area tap Unlink Your Account When you do so you ll no longer be able to use the NOOK s Facebook features In addition all your Facebook contacts get deleted from your NOOK You can easily link again Linking Your NOOK Tablet to Twitter In order to share book quotes reviews and do more fun stuff with people on Twitter you need to link your NOOK Tablet to your Twit...

Page 396: ...ure you re connected to the Internet by WiFi Then follow these steps Press the NOOK button and select Settings Social Manage your Accounts From the Social settings screen that appears in the Twitter section tap Link Your Account ...

Page 397: ...r Twitter account and you can start using all of its features as outlined in this chapter on pages 382 385 Unlinking Your Twitter Account If you want to unlink your NOOK and Twitter accounts first get back to the Social settings screen by pressing the NOOK button and selecting Settings Social Manage your Accounts Then in the Twitter area tap Unlink Your Account When you do this you can no longer u...

Page 398: ...r to see whether either of their apps become available However there s at least one app that lets you use both Facebook and Twitter on your NOOK Tablet It s free it s available now and it s worth getting It s called Seesmic and you can download it from the NOOK Store After you download it press the NOOK button choose Apps and then look for the Seesmic icon and tap it the app launches Tap Add an ac...

Page 399: ...accounts Tap the button at the top of the screen to create a new account Choose the type of account you want to create enter your username and password and then tap Sign in Create multiple accounts this way and switch among them by tapping the Menu key and then tapping Accounts Using Twitter in Seesmic When you sign into Twitter you ll see your usual Twitter stream At the very top of the screen on...

Page 400: ...you re doing at the time To the left of the menu button is a Back button Seesmic is simple and straightforward and in some ways easier to use than Twitter on the Web Using Facebook in Seesmic When you sign into Facebook via Seesmic you can read the news feed from your Facebook Friends see your friends list view your Wall and so on by tap ping the appropriate icons at the bottom of the page ...

Page 401: ...Create an update by tapping the icon at the upper right portion of the screen and refresh by tapping the Refresh icon As with Twitter Seesmic gives you a useful menu icon at the bottom of the screen ...

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Page 403: ...es with NOOK Friends page 361 Facebook page 376 and email So even if you don t plan to use your NOOK Tablet s Contacts app on its own it pays to know how to use it for all those features Whatever your reason this chapter tells you everything you need to know about contacts on the NOOK Importing Your Google and Gmail Contacts First things first To launch the Contacts app press the NOOK button tap A...

Page 404: ...ync automatically So when you add a new contact on your NOOK for example it shows up in Gmail and your Google contacts and when you add a new contact in Google it shows up on your NOOK It s simple to import them and keep them in sync Here s how to set it up Connect to a WiFi network Press the NOOK button and select Settings Social Manage your Accounts From the Social settings screen that appears i...

Page 405: ...pp imports only relevant information from your list of Google contacts The app doesn t use phone numbers addresses and notes so it doesn t import that informa tion Only the first name last name and email addresses are imported On the next screen tap Grant access If you instead tap Deny access your contacts won t be imported You go back to the Social settings screen with an indication that you ve l...

Page 406: ...acts app and then select Google Contacts from the drop down menu From the screen that appears select Set Up Account You re prompted to enter your Google account email address and password as in the steps in this section From here on in you ll follow those same steps to complete importing the contacts ...

Page 407: ... glory And they ll automatically sync as well Unlinking Your Google Account If you decide at any point that you don t want to use your Google Contacts on your NOOK first get back to the Social settings screen by pressing the NOOK button and selecting select Settings Social Manage your Accounts Then in the Google area tap Unlink Your Account When you do this you delete all your Google contacts from...

Page 408: ...ct On the next screen that appears type the contact s first and last name and email address If the person has more than one email address tap Add New Email a second Email line appears You can keep adding multiple addresses this way If you want to invite the contact to be a NOOK Friend turn on the box next to Invite as NOOK Friend Note For more information about inviting NOOK Friends see page 362 T...

Page 409: ...t name So if you know a lot of Sams and Sallys they re all next to one another on the list Why are they alphabetized that way It s a Google thing The operating system running the NOOK Tablet is Android created by Google for smartphones tablets and other devices and Android and Google s Gmail alphabetizes contacts by first name rather than last name ...

Page 410: ...The NOOK Tablet offers a simple way to make it easier to browse contacts Tap the down arrow next to All Contacts at the top of the screen and you can display a narrower list of contacts only NOOK Friends only Google Contacts only Facebook Contacts or All Contacts Any contacts who show up in multiple places also show up on each list for example a Google Contact who is also a Facebook friend and a N...

Page 411: ...ion you re typing anywhere in the name So start searching for al and it displays people whose first names are Alan Alvin and so on but also Dale And it also displays people with last names of Palmer Carvajal and others When you search you search only contacts on the list you re currently display ing So if you re displaying NOOK Friends you ll see matches only for NOOK Friends on that list ...

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Page 415: ... looks like a gear at the upper right of the screen that appears From there scroll to the setting you want to change or get information from and tap it You can also get to the screen by pressing the NOOK button and then tapping the Settings button on the right of the screen The top of the Settings screen titled Device Settings covers global settings like those for WiFi sound and the screen The bot...

Page 416: ...s information about your NOOK Tablet ranging from battery life to how much storage you ve got available to legal boilerplate you ll never want to read Battery Shows how much life you ve got left in your battery and whether your NOOK Tablet is plugged in and charging ...

Page 417: ...ple 95 remaining with 12 10 GB free out of a total of 12 75 GB available storage Note Your NOOK Tablet comes with 16 GB of built in storage and the NOOK Color with 8 GB But the content storage available setting shows that you don t have that much total capacity available What gives The remaining storage is devoted to the NOOK s Android operating system and to storage you can use for non Barnes Nob...

Page 418: ...uch you ve used and how much you ve got left SD Card If you ve installed an SD card see page 277 this section tells you that it s installed Tap the setting to see how much storage it contains and how much is used You ll also be able to erase the content of the SD card when you tap the setting And you can also unmount the card tell the NOOK Tablet that you re about to remove it It s a good idea to ...

Page 419: ...u need to get in touch with tech support It reports on the name of the owner of the NOOK the email address of owner the NOOK s software version model number and serial number There s also something techie called the MAC address This long confusing number uniquely iden tifies the NOOK when it s on the Internet every Internet connected device has a unique MAC address ...

Page 420: ...t so you ll still have access to them Why would you ever use this feature If you wanted to give your NOOK Tablet to someone else you d erase and dereg ister it and then the new person can register with his own name Legal Are you the kind of person who likes to while away the hours read ing incomprehensible contracts and terms of service Then Legal is the place for you If you re not a lawyer you do...

Page 421: ...t to wireless networks and turn WiFi on and off Wi Fi Move the slider to the right to turn off WiFi and to the left to turn it on When it s turned on the button is green If you re out of range of a WiFi network and want to save power turn WiFi off ...

Page 422: ...Fi turn to page 38 Tap any network listed here and you see more details about it including whether you re connected whether it uses secu rity and if so what type signal strength the speed at which you re con nected and your NOOK Tablet s IP address If you want to disconnect from the network tap Forget That not only disconnects you but also means the next time you re in range of the network your NO...

Page 423: ...u rotate it make sure this box is turned on Note In some apps and instances the NOOK won t rotate its screen to match the direction in which you ve turned the NOOK If you re watching a video on Netflix for example it plays only in the horizontal landscape orientation And if you re on the Home screen no matter how you rotate your NOOK it always stays in vertical portrait mode ...

Page 424: ...r screen brightness Tap OK when you re done Screen timeout Shows how long should the screen stays on before the NOOK darkens it and puts it to sleep Tap here and choose 2 minutes 5 minutes 15 minutes or an hour The shorter the interval the longer your battery will last on a charge ...

Page 425: ...esn t apply when you play media Media Tap here and a slider appears that sets the volume for when you play music and videos Notification Here s where you control the volume of your notifications There s really no need for this setting though because you can do the same thing by using the volume along the top right side of your NOOK ...

Page 426: ...y and many places overseas 14 00 instead of 2 p m for example Select time zone What s your time zone Select it here Note Out of the box the NOOK only displays U S time zones If you want to see time zones from around the world check the box next to Show all world time zones at the bottom of the Time Zone screen and then select your time zone from those that appears ...

Page 427: ... passcode If you re worried that unauthorized people may get their hands on your NOOK Tablet tap here and from the screen that appears type a four digit passcode From now on whenever your screen locks entering this code is the only way to unlock it So make sure you remember the passcode ...

Page 428: ...se using your NOOK in a way that might concern you you can turn off the browser and the NOOK s social features such as Facebook Tap here and type a passcode a screen appears that lets you turn off those features Uncheck this box if you don t want the restrictions in place anymore ...

Page 429: ...gs 413 Power Save There s only a single lonely setting in this section PowerSave Mode Turn on this checkbox to turn this mode on It dims your screen and makes a number of minor changes as a way to save power ...

Page 430: ... ever used one Even if not turning on this box lets you hear a click every time you tap a key Auto capitalization Automatically capitalizes the initial words of sen tences and names Oddly it works only when you re writing recommenda tions and reviews page 95 Otherwise like when writing email you re on your own Quick fixes Tap here and your NOOK Tablet automatically fixes common typos ...

Page 431: ...g If you want to clear that name so that it doesn t appear tap here and then tap OK The next book you start reading will show up on the list Clear Daily Shelf Cleans out the Daily Shelf the list of books you ve most recently been reading and the apps you ve been using page 56 Then as soon as you start reading books and using apps they ll show up on a fresh Daily Shelf Media Shortcuts Media shortcu...

Page 432: ...stalled For example your Netflix account if you have one shows up here Tap it if you want to unlink your NOOK from your Netflix account which means you can t watch Netflix from that particular account Shop Here s where you go to customize the way the NOOK Store works Require Password for Purchases Normally you don t need to type a pass word when you buy anything in the NOOK Store However if you re...

Page 433: ...so check how much money you ve got left on any cards Clear Recent Shop Searches When you search in the NOOK Store it keeps track of your searches so that the next time you start searching it shows you past searches that match the first letters of your current search If you d prefer those past searches not show up here s where you can clear them ...

Page 434: ... s only a single setting here Animate eBook page turns If this box is turned on then when you turn pages in an eBook the pages slide across the screen If you turn this fea ture off you get the new page without any fancy animation ...

Page 435: ...kboxes Depending on the apps you ve downloaded you may also be able to search them with the NOOK s search tool and turn their searching on or off from this screen If an app is searchable it shows up here For example the note collecting app Evernote can be searched See page 246 for information about Evernote Clear shortcuts Your NOOK remembers past searches you ve performed and if you start to type...

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Page 437: ...o many changes that the NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color in many ways don t work like other Android devices If you compare the NOOKs to all purpose Android tablets such as the Motorola XOOM or Samsung Galaxy Tab you ll notice that the NOOKs simply don t look like other Android tablets Even though companies like Samsung have made changes to Android the interface is still recognizable as Android on their ...

Page 438: ...ant via the Android Market some thing you can t normally do with the NOOK When you do that you give the NOOK the power to do anything that Android can do On the other hand you sacrifice the many benefits of the NOOK s operating system such as the excel lent eReader and other built in apps although you can always download a ver sion of the NOOK eReading software the note on page 426 The NOOK is bas...

Page 439: ...start your NOOK Rooting the NOOK s built in flash memory makes the NOOK run faster compared with the microSD method That s because built in flash memory is faster than the memory on a microSD card and so running Android from it is faster than running it from a microSD card What You Need to Know about the NOOK Software and Rooting When the NOOK Color was first released it was relatively easy to roo...

Page 440: ...oftware is updated the hackers have to start over and find new ways to root it You can search the Web for NOOK Tablet rooting and see what comes up but you re taking your chances Instead this chapter focuses on the simpler and safer way of rooting your NOOK Color or NOOK Tablet using a microSD card It also shows you how to get started with the Android Market which is presumably the reason you want...

Page 441: ...p When you boot from your microSD card you also use the card to store your data so it makes sense to buy a card with plenty of memory up front Booting Up from a MicroSD Card Once you buy the card booting up the NOOK from it is a breeze You follow the same instructions whether you re rooting a NOOK Color or NOOK Tablet Here s what to do Turn off your NOOK Insert the microSD card with the rooting so...

Page 442: ... tap it to search the Internet or your tablet Just to the right of the magnifying glass is an up arrow tap it to display any alerts you may have tip For more help using your NOOK as an Android tablet consider buying Motorola Xoom The Missing Manual Although that book is specifically for the Motorola Xoom tablet the Xoom uses a basic Android operating system similar to what you ll see on the NOOK w...

Page 443: ...ppens when you add a Google account The Android Market is installed on your rooted NOOK If you re using a NOOK Tablet you re ready to use the market But if you re using a NOOK Color don t try the Android Market yet you re not quite out of the woods There are a few more steps you need to take On the Home screen tap the Manage Apps icon On the top of the screen tap the All tab You see a list of the ...

Page 444: ...gain as a normal NOOK press the power button and from the screen that appears select Power Off Then remove the microSD card and start up your NOOK as you would normally You ll be back with your familiar friend Rooting the Built in Flash Memory Rooting the NOOK s built in flash memory is more problematic than just buy ing a bootable microSD card If you plan to do it head over to http forum xda deve...

Page 445: ...t you ll have Android 2 3 running on your NOOK and you can then use it like an Android tablet including installing software from the Android Market Unrooting Your NOOK What if after you root your NOOK you decide you d like to go back to the NOOK software instead of Android You may be able to do it Again do an Internet search Some people have reported success using an Android app called NOOK Tablet...

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Page 449: ... you do It s generally easy to fix Press the power button hold it down for 20 seconds and then release it That turns off the NOOK Wait a minute and press the power button for 2 seconds That turns it back on again All should be well What if your NOOK simply refuses to turn on It may be that your battery is out of juice so recharge it Keep in mind that the battery can be so low that it may take seve...

Page 450: ...rk The NOOK can handle cards with up to 32 GB capacity If you have the right card type make sure that you ve installed it properly and that it isn t loose For details about how to install an SD card see page 26 Try removing the card and then reinstalling it Before removing the card you need to unmount it To do that Press the NOOK button to bring up the Quick Nav bar Tap Settings Device Info SD Car...

Page 451: ...OK s touchscreen with a lint free microfiber cleaning cloth Some cloths for cleaning reading glasses work well on the screen Make sure that you don t use chemicals liquids or moisture or abrasive cloths on the screen because you could damage the screen or the device itself Updating the NOOK s Software Barnes Noble regularly updates your NOOK s software without your having to do anything over your ...

Page 452: ...e NOOK via WiFi so if you absolutely must have the latest update you can install the update yourself First check the version number of your NOOK software and then see whether Barnes Noble has a newer version available To do it Press the NOOK button to bring up the Quick Nav bar Tap Settings Device Info About Your NOOK Look at the number beneath Software version That s the version of the NOOK softw...

Page 453: ...k Nook Support Look for the section of the page that covers your device The NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color don t use identical software Underneath your device listing click Software Updates You ll see the latest version of the NOOK software listed If it s the same version as yours there s no need to do anything else If it s newer however you can manu ally update your software as you ll see in the foll...

Page 454: ...press the NOOK button and then tap Settings Device Info At the top of the screen you ll see how much battery juice you ve got left Connect your NOOK Tablet to your computer with a USB cable and then drag the zip file you just downloaded to the main directory of your NOOK For details about how to connect a NOOK Tablet to a computer and transfer files see Chapter 11 Don t create a new folder for it ...

Page 455: ... Barnes Noble will either repair it and send it back to you or send you a refurbished or new device Where to Get Help If you ve got questions about the NOOK there are several places you can turn Start off at the Barnes Noble website in the Support area for the NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color From the www bn com website click NOOK and from the page you get to click the Support link toward the top of the ...

Page 456: ...a NOOK Color A good place to get them is from the NOOK Accessories area of the NOOK online store on the Barnes Noble website get to it at http bit ly zv5GeF If that URL doesn t work go to www bn com click the NOOK heading and then look for the NOOK Store click it and head to the Accessories area You can also buy many accessories at the NOOK area in any Barnes Noble store The accessory you ll proba...

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Page 459: ...ments and more Here s a list of the file types it can handle Book Files and Microsoft Office Files epub the main book format for the NOOK pdf Word doc docx docm dotx dotm Excel xls xlsx xlsm xltx xltm PowerPoint ppt pptx pptm pps ppsx ppsm pot potx potm Plain text txt HTML htm html xhtml Comic Book Archive cbz Appendix B File Formats ...

Page 460: ... play media files up to 2 GB Adobe Flash 3gp 3g2 mkv mp4 m4v Note Here are more details about the how the NOOK handles multimedia files It can handle MPEG 4 Simple Advanced Profile up to 1920 1080 pixels and H 263 up to 352 288 It can also play H 264 Baseline Main High Profile up to 1920 1080 pixels and WEBM VP8 up to 640 480 pixels ...

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Page 463: ...re your NOOK Tablet automati cally finds the store s WiFi network and connects to it For this to work of course WiFi needs to be turned on for details see page 38 When you re in the store turn on your NOOK a screen appears tell ing you that you re connected Click Connect to Shop and then follow the directions for finding any special offers or browsing for books to read for free Appendix C Visiting...

Page 464: ... entry Read in Store Tap it and you ll come to a list of books with the In Store badge Scroll through the list until you see one you want to read Tap the book and you ll see the usual details page with one addition a Read in Store button Books in that list aren t the only ones that you can read for free Many other books can be read for free for an hour as well Just browse and search as you would n...

Page 465: ...een bar shows the down load progress When the green bar stretches all the way across the Read button turns green Tap it For the next hour as long as you stay in the store you can read the book using all the normal NOOK Tablet reading features After that you ll no longer be able to read it You can also buy the book by tapping the Buy Now button at the top of the screen ...

Page 466: ...450 Appendix C After an hour a screen appears telling you that your time is up At that point you can buy the book add it to your wish list or simply stop reading ...

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Page 469: ... 235 searching 72 Seesmic 382 385 Sudoku 237 troubleshooting 250 Index A ABC News website 318 About Me button 373 374 About Your NOOK 403 404 accented characters 48 49 accessories NOOK 440 adapter power 23 24 address Bar 294 295 Adobe Digital Editions 206 Adobe Flash Player 300 albums searching 72 alerts on Status bar 52 Android Market 177 426 427 Android operating system 15 234 AndroidTablets net...

Page 470: ...tus bar 51 battery setting 400 Bcc blind copy field 345 B N Community 439 BN com website www bn com and www barnesandnoble com character limits on 93 B N Content Storage Available 401 BN Lifetime Library 161 bookmarks changing title of 303 creating 87 history list of web browsing 309 310 managing 304 306 most visited websites 306 309 saving websites using 302 305 seeing 91 book reader 81 85 book r...

Page 471: ...ee kids books City Guides apps from Trip Advisor 249 cleaning touchscreen 44 Clean up this panel pop up menu 60 Clear Daily Shelf setting 415 clearing cache 321 Clear Keep Reading list setting 415 in NOOK Store 146 149 Netflix 216 218 built in apps 236 238 storage accessing content in 174 177 buttons About Me 373 374 Apps 50 at bottom of 17 Back in apps 243 Cancel email 345 Friends Activities 371 ...

Page 472: ...h 272 274 double tap gesture about 43 back button 46 cleaning up Home screen 43 seeing details about Library items 43 downloading Cloud Cloud storage 171 confirming purchases from Nook Store 157 connecting to computer 24 25 to home network 38 39 to WiFi network 34 35 Contacts app about 15 browsing and searching 392 395 changing display of contacts 393 creating new contact 392 importing contacts fr...

Page 473: ...ils about 43 64 selecting text in 98 99 sharing thoughts about 92 95 swipe gesture for scrolling collec tion of 45 table of contents 89 91 audio books 266 documents 273 eBooks newspapers and magazines 157 not fully downloaded indicator 63 downloading indicator on Status bar 52 draft email message editing 345 driver installing 25 DRM Digital Rights Management 81 182 E eBooks books adjusting brightn...

Page 474: ...ng to PC 282 286 types of files that work with NOOK 280 281 Find icon on Reading Tools menu 84 107 Folders email creating 347 text in 85 96 98 98 99 themes in 97 turning pages of 81 using wishlist 172 173 watching videos inbeded in 111 editorial reviews 155 email adding new account 352 adding sender to contacts 341 check frequency 354 customizing settings 353 355 deleting 348 deleting email option...

Page 475: ...k connecting to 38 security 34 home page changing 325 setting 306 Home panels changing 28 Home screen vs Labels 338 formats file 443 444 of eBooks 176 112 picture 272 supported by NOOK 280 281 forwarding email 342 free ebooks downloading 56 lending 183 Project Gutenberg 286 searching for 150 Friends Activities button 371 372 friends recommendations to 57 64 frozen NOOK unfreezing 433 G gestures to...

Page 476: ...punctuation marks menu 47 searches from 47 about 27 29 cleaning up 43 Clean up this panel pop up menu 62 Clear Daily Shelf setting 415 Clear Keep Reading list setting 415 customizing 60 64 Media Shortcuts 415 moving items from Daily Shelf 59 navigating to 27 not fully downloaded indicator 63 opening reading items 65 orientation of 407 recommendations to friends 64 removing items from 62 64 returni...

Page 477: ...t issue 57 58 information on last read 55 opening 63 reading 13 113 118 settings 414 415 special characters 48 49 tasks and changes in 47 using 46 49 kids books backing up recordings 139 140 buying 126 127 deleting recordings 138 editing 137 138 navigating 132 133 Read and Play feature 126 131 132 Read by Myself feature 126 128 131 reading comic books 122 reading interactive 12 Read to Me feature ...

Page 478: ...pp 274 My NOOK button 177 MyNOOKColor folder 284 MyNOOK folder 284 seeing details about 43 64 using Article View 118 120 using Page View 114 117 using wishlist 172 173 zooming on pages 115 maintenance cleaning screen 435 updating software 435 438 Manage Credit Card setting 416 margins changing in eBooks 97 Media bar navigating Library using 161 162 media files maximum file size for playing 280 Med...

Page 479: ...uiring password for purchases 416 sampling books 151 155 155 156 searching for books 146 149 searching for books 149 150 seeing purchased books 146 settings 416 417 My NOOK section Digital Editions folder in 203 My Shelves 161 My Stuff 161 198 205 N Netflix about using 212 214 app 50 browsing and searching 216 218 managing queue 218 219 on NOOK Color 14 recommendations 56 streaming 211 212 using s...

Page 480: ...count 334 335 336 342 348 351 POP POP3 email accounts 330 pop up blocker 322 pop up menus changing wallpaper 65 Clean up this panel 62 wishlist 153 nookTalk 440 NOOK technical support line 40 notes deleting 105 handling 103 105 hiding 105 Notes Highlights tab 89 Now Playing mode 254 numbers inserting quickly from key board 49 O Office documents as attachments 340 working with 272 274 online privac...

Page 481: ... 95 using Facebook 92 Twitter 92 recordings backing up kids books 139 140 deleting kids book 138 editing kids book 137 138 of punctuation marks 47 opening 44 posting reading status 94 power adapter 23 24 power button 21 22 PowerPoint files as attachments 340 power save settings 413 414 preordering books 151 press and hold gesture 44 Priority Inbox Gmail 356 privacy online security and 320 322 sett...

Page 482: ...399 available storage 401 402 battery setting 400 Daily Shelf 416 417 deregister NOOK 404 405 device information 400 404 reading kids books 133 136 red circle with number on Status bar 52 registering NOOK 36 37 Reply icon 342 replying to email 341 343 restricting child access 412 413 returning books early 200 returning to Home screen 70 reviews app 242 customer 153 editorial 155 rooting NOOK getti...

Page 483: ...es 222 224 watching TV shows 222 224 Netflix about 212 214 browsing and searching 216 218 managing queue 218 219 erase NOOK 404 405 Home screen 415 418 keyboard 414 415 NOOK Store 416 417 power save 413 414 screen 407 409 search 419 security 411 414 sound 409 410 Terms and Conditions page 404 time 410 411 wireless 405 407 Settings button on Quick Nav bar 50 setting up NOOK charging Nook 31 32 conn...

Page 484: ...as Android tablet 426 turning on 21 22 turning pages of eBook 81 TV shows watching 14 watching Netflix 214 215 Twitter activities in NOOK Friends app 372 using subtitles 215 watching movies 216 217 watching TV shows 216 218 Pandora using 228 231 Subject field email 345 subscriptions buying 157 get latest issue 57 to podcasts 265 subtitles on Netflix viewings 215 Sudoku app 237 swipe gesture changi...

Page 485: ...s net 440 B N Community 439 Cookies from 321 downloading documents from 273 history list of 308 309 most visited 306 309 navigating using address Bar 294 295 nookTalk 440 character limits on Tweets 100 linking NOOK account to 92 95 linking NOOK Tablet to 379 381 sharing highlighted text on 99 100 unlinking NOOK Tablet to 381 using in NOOK Tablet 382 383 using Seesmic 383 384 types of files that wo...

Page 486: ...1 WiFi icon on Status bar 51 WiFi network connecting to 34 35 settings screen and 405 troubleshooting 38 40 using 38 WiFi toggle switch in Quick Settings 53 Wikipedia encyclopedia searching from dictionary 100 101 Windows Media Audio wma files 266 wireless settings 405 407 wishlist adding books 153 using 172 173 Word files as attachments 340 Words with Friends app 243 248 249 world time zones 410 ...

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