NOOK Book, The: An Unofficial Guide: Everything you need to know about the NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK SimpleTouch, and NOOK Reading Apps

by Patrick Kanouse

Overview

Make the Most of Any B&N NOOK--Including NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight, or NOOK Reading Apps!

Read books, play media, get free content, and uncover powerful, little-known features you’ll love!

Do all this, and much more...

• Sample B&N content for free before you buy it
• Mark up your NOOK Books with highlights, annotations, and bookmarks
• Buy, rent, or stream popular HD movies and TV shows
• Create up to six NOOK Profiles on your NOOK HD or NOOK HD+--one for every member of the family
• Listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks with the NOOK Music Player
• Read full-color comics, graphic novels, and magazines
• Lend and borrow books with B&N’s LendMe
• Read your NOOK Books on your smartphone, tablet, or home computer
• Make scrapbooks from catalogs and magazines for later reference
• Share your reading status, recommendations, and ratings on Facebook, Twitter, or BN.com
• Manage your content with My NOOK or powerful third-party Calibre software
• Create personal NOOK wallpapers and screensavers
• Browse the web more efficiently with your NOOK HD+ or NOOK HD
• Explore one of the largest collections of interactive books for kids
• Use PubIt! to publish and sell your own ebook at BN.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780133354447
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	12/04/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	598,163
File size:	144 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

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 science 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction     viii

PART I: NOOK HD+ and NOOK HD

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Your NOOK HDs     1

Chapter 2: Customizing and Configuring Your NOOK HDs     15

Chapter 3: Reading on Your NOOK HDs and Beyond     49

Chapter 4: Using Highlights, Bookmarks, and Annotations     89

Chapter 5: Reading and Using NOOK Books for Kids Features     97

Chapter 6: Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe on Your NOOK HDs     103

Chapter 7: Playing Music, Audiobooks, and Podcasts     111

Chapter 8: Watching Videos on Your NOOK HDs     119

Chapter 9: Using NOOK Apps and Surfing the Web     129

Chapter 10: Using Catalogs and Scrapbooks     147

Chapter 11: Creating and Using Profiles and Your NOOK Today     153

Chapter 12: Using the Social Features of Your NOOK HDs     161

Chapter 13: Shopping and Visiting B&N on Your NOOK HDs     175

PART II: NOOK Simple Touch

Chapter 14: Getting Started with Your NOOK Simple Touch     185

Chapter 15: Customizing and Configuring Your NOOK Simple Touch     191

Chapter 16: Reading on Your NOOK Simple Touch and Beyond     201

Chapter 17: Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe on Your NOOK Simple Touch     213

Chapter 18: Using Highlights, Bookmarks, and Annotations     217

Chapter 19: Using the Social Features of Your NOOK Simple Touch     221

Chapter 20: Shopping and Visiting B&N on Your NOOK Simple Touch     225

Chapter 21: Rooting Your NOOK Simple Touch     231

PART III: Beyond the NOOKs

Chapter 22: Reading Beyond Your NOOK: Mobile Apps     239

Chapter 23: Reading Beyond Your NOOK: Desktop Apps     289

Chapter 24: Managing Your ebooks with Calibre     327

Chapter 25: Using My NOOK Library     337

Chapter 26: Using PubIt to Sell Your ebooks     347

Chapter 27: Reading Beyond Your NOOK: NOOK App for Windows 8     351 [This chapter is available on the Downloads tab of the book's website: http://www.quepublishing.com/store/nook-book-an-unofficial-guide-everything-you-need-to-9780789750600]

Appendix A: Understanding ebook Formats     369

Appendix B: Sources for ebooks Other than B&N     373

Appendix C: Can I Read This Here?      377

Index     379