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When you buy a book and download it to your NOOK, it’s protected with a technology called
digital rights management (DRM). DRM is there to prevent illegal copying, selling, or distribution of
books. The NOOK’s built-in technology ensures that you can read any book you’ve legitimately pur-
chased. However, due to a DRM-related hiccup, you may need to unlock a book after you’ve downloaded
it. If that happens to you, you’ll be prompted to enter your name and the credit card number you used
to buy the book. After that the book unlocks, and it’s clear reading ahead.
If you want to read a book that you’ve recently been reading, but not the most
recent one, tap the More button at the top right of the Home screen. Down drops
a long 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.
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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 Reader
Tap a book cover, and you get sent to the first page of the book, or if you’ve
been reading it, you go to the last page you read. You’ll get a simple, uninter-
rupted view of the book page—text along with any illustrations, photos, and so
on. At the very bottom of the page, you see the page number you’re on and the
total number of pages in the book. You may also see icons that look like blue
notepads along the right side of the page—these indicate notes that you or
another reader has added to the book. Tap a note to read it. (For the full story
on notes, see page 103.)