NOOK HD User manual

Patrick Kanouse
800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240
The NOOK Book
An Unofficial Guide Fourth Edition

The NOOK®Book: An Unofficial Guide
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5060-0
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Greg Wiegand
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Loretta Yates
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Table of Contents
Introduction vi
PART I NOOK HD+ and NOOK HD
1Getting Started with Your NOOK HDs 1
2Customizing and Configuring Your NOOK HDs 15
3Reading on Your NOOK HDs and Beyond 49
4Using Highlights, Bookmarks, and Annotations 89
5Reading and Using NOOK Books for Kids Features 97
6Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe
on Your NOOK HDs 103
7Playing Music, Audiobooks, and Podcasts 111
8Watching Videos on Your NOOK HDs 119
9Using NOOK Apps and Surfing the Web 129
10 Using Catalogs and Scrapbooks 147
11 Creating and Using Profiles and Your NOOK Today 153
12 Using the Social Features of Your NOOK HDs 161
13 Shopping and Visiting B&N on Your NOOK HDs 175
PART II NOOK Simple Touch
14 Getting Started with Your NOOK Simple Touch 185
15 Customizing and Configuring Your NOOK Simple Touch 191
16 Reading on Your NOOK Simple Touch and Beyond 201
17 Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe
on Your NOOK Simple Touch 213
18 Using Highlights, Bookmarks, and Annotations 217
19 Using the Social Features of Your NOOK Simple Touch 221
20 Shopping and Visiting B&N on Your NOOK Simple Touch 225
21 Rooting Your NOOK Simple Touch 231
PART III Beyond the NOOKs
22 Reading Beyond Your NOOK: Mobile Apps 239
23 Reading Beyond Your NOOK: Desktop Apps 289
24 Managing Your ebooks with Calibre 327
25 Using My NOOK Library 337
26 Using PubIt to Sell Your ebooks 347
27 Reading Beyond Your NOOK: NOOK App for Windows 8 351
AUnderstanding ebook Formats 369
BSources for ebooks Other than B&N 373
CCan I Read This Here? 377
Index 379
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About the Author
Patrick Kanouse works as the director of workflow services for Pearson Education.
Always a bookworm, he has gladly adopted ebook reading technologies, while still
appreciating and valuing the printed book.
Patrick also teaches business technical report writing at IUPUI. Outside of teaching
about writing, reading on his NOOK®, and writing about his NOOK, he writes sci-
ence fiction and poetry, having published a PubIt™book at BN.com that you can read
on your NOOK. His website is patrickkanouse.com. You can find him on Twitter at
@patrickkanouse.
Patrick lives in Westfield, Indiana, with his wife and two Yorkies.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my wife, Gina, who has always supported my every
endeavor, even if it is immersed in some ancient history reading or volumes of poetry
or dragging her to the latest science fiction movie. Without her support and encour-
agement, nothing that I attempt would be possible.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Loretta Yates for asking me to revise and write this edition. Given the pace
of writing this edition, I must give substantial thanks to the book team for taking my
initial words and making them much better: Todd Brakke, Betsy Harris, San Dee
Phillips, and everyone in production.
Thank you to Jeff at the Noblesville B&N store for his patience as I walked in one
morning desperate to get my hands on a NOOK®HD+.
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