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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 7
Contact Us ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Getting to Know Your NOOK ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Getting Started with Your NOOK .............................................................................................................. 11
Power and Charging ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Safety and Care ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Caring for Your NOOK .................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK ............................................................................................................................................. 19
Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK .................................................................................................... 20
The Quick Nav Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 24
The Status Bar ................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
The Home Screen and the Daily Shelf ...................................................................................................... 28
Home Screen Panels and the Panel Indicator ................................................................................................................................ 28
The Keep Reading Menu and the More Menu ............................................................................................................................... 29
Wallpaper ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 29
The Daily Shelf ................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Using Media Shortcuts .................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Returning to the Home Screen ...................................................................................................................................................... 32
Reading Books, Magazines, and Newspapers on Your NOOK ................................................................ 33
Reading Books ................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Reading a PDF ................................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Reading a NOOK Kids Book .......................................................................................................................................................... 50
Reading a NOOK Comics Book .................................................................................................................................................... 61
Reading a Magazine ......................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Reading a Newspaper ..................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Your Library on Your NOOK ...................................................................................................................... 65
The Media Bar ................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
The Sync Button .............................................................................................................................................................................. 67
The Search Tool for Your Library .................................................................................................................................................. 67
Memory Card .................................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library ....................................................................................................................... 68
Organizing Your Library on Shelves ............................................................................................................................................... 70
Opening Files on the SD Memory Card ........................................................................................................................................ 72
Transferring Files from Your Personal Computer to Your NOOK .............................................................................................. 72
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My Files ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
Using NOOK Friends™ ............................................................................................................................... 75
Launching the NOOK Friends App ................................................................................................................................................ 75
The NOOK Friends Navbar........................................................................................................................................................... 75
Friends’ Activities ............................................................................................................................................................................ 76
NOOK Friends ................................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Using the LendMe® Program in NOOK Friends™ ...................................................................................................................... 80
About Me ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 90
Shopping on Your NOOK ............................................................................................................................ 91
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Browsing Lists and Categories ........................................................................................................................................................ 91
Searching for Titles, Authors, or Topics ......................................................................................................................................... 92
Buying a Book .................................................................................................................................................................................. 93
Buying a Single Issue of a Magazine or Newspaper ...................................................................................................................... 93
Buying a Subscription to a Magazine or Newspaper ..................................................................................................................... 94
Buying an App ................................................................................................................................................................................. 94
Managing Your BN.com Account ................................................................................................................................................... 94
Using Your Wishlist ......................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Using Your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble Store .......................................................................................... 96
Reading Books in a Barnes & Noble Store .................................................................................................................................... 96
Searching Your NOOK ................................................................................................................................ 97
Searching in Your Library ................................................................................................................................................................ 97
Searching from the Quick Nav Bar ................................................................................................................................................ 97
Searching for Words with Accents and Other Diacritical Marks.................................................................................................. 99
Using the Web Browser ............................................................................................................................ 100
Navigating to a Web Site .............................................................................................................................................................. 103
Opening a New Window in Your Web Browser ........................................................................................................................ 103
Refreshing the Window ................................................................................................................................................................ 103
Working with Bookmarks ............................................................................................................................................................ 103
Adjusting the Text Size of Your Web Browser ........................................................................................................................... 104
Zooming In and Out on a Web Page ........................................................................................................................................... 105
Setting Your Web Browser’s Home Page .................................................................................................................................... 105
Disabling and Re-enabling Your Web Browser ........................................................................................................................... 106
Configuring Privacy Settings for Your Web Browser .................................................................................................................. 110
Configuring Security Settings for Your Web Browser ................................................................................................................. 111
Configuring the Browser Mode for Viewing Pages...................................................................................................................... 111
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Using NOOK Email™ ................................................................................................................................ 112
Launching the Email Application ................................................................................................................................................... 112
Managing Email Accounts ............................................................................................................................................................. 112
Composing and Sending a Message ............................................................................................................................................. 115
Reading a Message ........................................................................................................................................................................ 116
Deleting Messages ......................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Searching Email .............................................................................................................................................................................. 117
Configuring Email Settings ............................................................................................................................................................ 118
Using Apps on Your NOOK....................................................................................................................... 120
Viewing the Applications Installed on Your NOOK .................................................................................................................... 120
Launching an Application .............................................................................................................................................................. 121
Quitting an Application ................................................................................................................................................................. 121
Working with Microsoft Oce Files ............................................................................................................................................ 121
Playing Music ................................................................................................................................................................................. 121
Watching Netflix ........................................................................................................................................................................... 124
Watching Hulu Plus ....................................................................................................................................................................... 124
Playing Videos ................................................................................................................................................................................ 124
Configuring Your NOOK ........................................................................................................................... 125
Viewing Device Information ......................................................................................................................................................... 126
Configuring Wireless Settings ....................................................................................................................................................... 128
Configuring Screen Settings .......................................................................................................................................................... 129
Configuring Sound Settings ........................................................................................................................................................... 132
Configuring Time Settings ............................................................................................................................................................. 134
Configuring Security Settings ........................................................................................................................................................ 135
Configuring Power Settings ........................................................................................................................................................... 138
Configuring Keyboard Settings ..................................................................................................................................................... 139
Customizing the Home Screen .................................................................................................................................................... 141
Configuring the Shop .................................................................................................................................................................... 143
Configuring Social Features .......................................................................................................................................................... 144
Configuring the Reader ................................................................................................................................................................. 148
Configuring Search ........................................................................................................................................................................ 148
Using Your NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots ...................................................................................................... 150
Wi-Fi Networks in Barnes & Noble Stores ................................................................................................................................. 150
Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks ......................................................................................................................................................... 150
Secured Wi-Fi Networks .............................................................................................................................................................. 150
Updating the Software on Your NOOK ................................................................................................... 151
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Using an SD Memory Card ....................................................................................................................... 152
Types of Memory Cards Supported ............................................................................................................................................ 152
Installing a Memory Card .............................................................................................................................................................. 152
Removing a Memory Card ........................................................................................................................................................... 154
Tips and Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 156
Solving Problems ........................................................................................................................................................................... 156
Appendix A: Page Numbering and File Formats .................................................................................... 157
Appendix B: International Use and Languages .......................................................................................158
Appendix C: One Year Limited Warranty ............................................................................................. 159
ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ........................................................................................................................................... 159
Appendix D: Trademarks and Copyrights ............................................................................................... 162
Adobe ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
AT&T ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 162
Dictionary ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
Facebook ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
Fonts .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 162
Hulu Plus ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 162
microSD and microSDHC ............................................................................................................................................................ 162
Netflix ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 163
Wi-Fi .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 163
Additional Information .................................................................................................................................................................. 163
Appendix E: FCC Notices ......................................................................................................................... 164
FCC IDs ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 164
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT
INFORMATION TO THE USER ................................................................................................................................................. 164
FCC/IC Radiation Exposure Statement ...................................................................................................................................... 164
Other Information Related to the Radio ..................................................................................................................................... 164
Appendix F: Industry Canada Notice ..................................................................................................... 166
Appendix G: NOOK® Terms of Service ................................................................................................... 167
Appendix H: AT&T Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy ........................................................... 168
Terms of Service ........................................................................................................................................................................... 168
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Introduction
This User Guide is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your NOOK Tablet™.
Contact Us
If you have questions about your NOOK that this guide doesn’t answer, be sure to visit the NOOK online support
center at:
http://www.nook.com/tablet/support
The online support center oers additional information about your NOOK, including:
• A PDF version of this NOOK Tablet™ User Guide that you can download to your computer
• Tutorial videos
• Frequently Asked Questions
You can also contact Barnes & Noble Customer Support by sending email to [email protected] or by calling 1-800-843-2665 (1-800-THE-BOOK) and selecting the option for Digital Technical Support. Outside the United
States, please call 1-201-438-1834.
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Now, let’s get started with a quick tour of your NOOK and its main features.
Getting to Know Your NOOK
Your NOOK is an eReader with a full-color touchscreen.
On your NOOK, you can:
• Read books, magazines, newspapers, comics, and graphic novels
• Shop over two million titles. Buy books, single issues of magazines and newspapers, as well as subscriptions to
magazines and newspapers
• Store thousands of books, along with magazines, newspapers, comics, graphic novels, music, photos, and more
• Sample books for free
• Lend, borrow, share, and recommend books to friends via Facebook®, Twitter®, or Google® using Barnes &
Noble’s exclusive LendMe® technology
• Store and play songs and videos
• Watch movies and TV shows on Netflix® and Hulu Plus™
• Send and receive email
• Store and read files, including PDFs and Microsoft Oce documents
Your NOOK is small enough to hold easily with one hand and to slip into a bag or a purse.
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Power Button
On the left side of your NOOK is the power button. Press and hold the button for 2 seconds to turn on your
NOOK. To learn more about power management for your NOOK, see “Power and Charging”.
Headphone Jack
Along the top edge of your NOOK, you’ll find a 3.5 mm audio jack—a standard size jack for headphone and ear
buds.
Microphone
You’ll also find a built-in microphone set into the top edge of your NOOK.
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Volume Controls
Raise or lower the volume of audio by pressing the + or – buttons on the right side of your NOOK.
VividView™ Color Touchscreen
Your NOOK features a high-resolution 7-inch color touchscreen for easy navigation and page turns.
NOOK Button
This NOOK symbol on the lower front of your NOOK is called the NOOK button. If you press the NOOK
button when your NOOK is sleeping, your NOOK wakes up and turns on. If your NOOK is already on, pressing this
button displays the Quick Nav Bar–the main navigation tool for your NOOK.
microUSB Port
Your NOOK features a microUSB port for charging and for connecting to a personal computer.
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microSD Memory Card Slot
Back
Your NOOK features enough built-in memory to hold thousands of books, along with many magazines, newspapers,
photos, and personal files such as PDFs.
You can add more storage to your NOOK by installing a standard microSD Memory card. The card fits into a covered slot in the back of your NOOK, next to the curved bar in the corner. A microSD Memory Card can hold up to
32 GB of books, magazines, newspapers, and other files. Once you have installed a microSD Card in your NOOK,
you can access the files stored on the card through the My Files section of your Library.
To learn about installing a microSD Memory Card in your NOOK, see “Using an SD Memory Card”.
microSD
Memory
Card Slot
Speaker
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Getting Started with Your NOOK
The first time you use your NOOK, you’ll need to go through a short set-up process that will take about 5 to 10
minutes. Make sure that you’re in an area that has a Wi-Fi connection (a wireless connection to the Internet), because
part of the process is registering your NOOK with your Barnes & Noble account on BN.com.
NOTE: You will not be able to set up your NOOK without a Wi-Fi connection.
In the set-up process, you will do the following:
• Turn on your NOOK.
• Watch a quick video that introduces you to the main features of your NOOK.
• Accept the Terms of Service for the NOOK.
• Set the time zone for your NOOK
• Connect to a Wi-Fi network.
• Register your NOOK to a Barnes & Noble account.
NOTE: If you don’t already have a Barnes & Noble account, you’ll have an opportunity to create one during the
registration step.
Your Barnes & Noble Account
A Barnes & Noble account allows you to purchase and download books, magazines, and newspapers on your
NOOK, and from the Barnes & Noble Web site.
The account also allows you to synchronize your NOOK with any other NOOK eReaders you have, such as NOOK
eReader software applications installed on your tablet (for example, an iPad® or an iPod touch®), PC, or smartphone (for example, an iPhone® or an Android phone).
If you don’t have a Barnes & Noble account, you can set one up in a few minutes on the NOOK Web site. Just open
a browser on your computer, and visit the page: www.nook.com/tablet/setup. You’ll also have the opportunity to
set up an account during the registration process for your NOOK.
Your Barnes & Noble account is ready for use once you have set up the following:
• An email address
• The number of a credit card issued by a U.S.-based bank
• A valid expiration date for the credit card
• A current U.S. billing address
If you have any questions about setting up an account, please call Customer Service at 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-
843-2665).
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Registering Your NOOK
NOTE: You will need to connect to a Wi-Fi network to complete your registration.
1. Watch the Introductory Video.
The first time you turn on your NOOK, it will show a 90-second video that gives you a quick tour of the
main features of your NOOK. Tap the button labeled “Play Video” to start playing the video.
NOTE: You can re-watch this video and watch other NOOK tutorial videos, as well, once you have completed
the registration process. See the “Tutorial Videos” section below for details.
2. Read and Accept the Terms of Service.
When the video has finished, your NOOK displays its Terms of Service. Read the terms. To accept them,
tap the Agree button. (If you do not accept the Terms of Service, you will not be able to use your NOOK.)
3. Select your Time Zone.
After you accept the Terms of Service, your NOOK displays a list of time zones. Scroll through the list and
tap on the time zone you’re in (for example, Eastern Standard Time). Then tap Next.
4. Connect to a Wi-Fi network.
To register your NOOK and to purchase and download books and periodicals, you need to be connected
to a Wi-Fi network. If you’re in a Barnes & Noble store, your NOOK will automatically open a dialog box,
oering you the option of connecting to the store’s Wi-Fi network. If you’re in some other location with
Wi-Fi access, your NOOK will list all the networks it finds. Tap on the name of the network you want to
connect to. If you see a lock symbol beside the network’s name, it’s a secure network. You’ll need to enter
a password to connect to the network. If you do not know the network password, ask for the network
administrator for help. If you have problems connecting, visit http://www.nook.com/tablet/wifi for more
troubleshooting tips. Once you have connected to a network, tap Continue with Setup.
5. Register your NOOK.
When you register your NOOK, you link it to your Barnes & Noble account and give it access to all the
books and periodicals in your Barnes & Noble library. You also make it possible to shop for new books and
periodicals on your NOOK.
If you already have a Barnes & Noble account, do this:
a. Enter the email address and password for your Barnes & Noble account.
b. Tap Submit.
If you do not already have a Barnes & Noble account, do this:
a. Tap the gold arrow in the lower right corner of the screen.
Your NOOK displays a form for creating a Barnes & Noble account.
b. Enter the information requested, such as your name and a password.
c. Tap Submit.
Your NOOK creates your Barnes & Noble account and registers your NOOK to your account.
That’s it. You’ve registered your NOOK.
Now you’re ready to read books, magazines, and newspapers, enjoy apps, watch your favorite movies and TV shows,
and shop in the NOOK Store™.
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Tutorial Videos
If you would like to re-watch the introductory video, do this:
1. Tap the NOOK button on the front of your NOOK to open the Quick Nav Bar.
2. In the Quick Nav Bar, tap the Apps button.
3. In the Apps window, tap the My Media icon to launch the My Media app.
4. In the My Media app, tap the image of the introductory video to start playing the video.
To watch other tutorial videos, do this:
1. Make sure you have an active Wi-Fi connection to the Internet.
2. Tap the NOOK button to open the Quick Nav Bar.
3. In the Quick Nav Bar, tap the Web button.
Your NOOK launches its Web browser.
NOTE: If the Web button in the Quick Nav Bar is grayed out and labeled “Disabled,” then the owner or admin-
istrator of your NOOK has disabled the Web browser. However, you can still watch the videos listed
below on your personal computer. Open the Web browser on your personal computer and navigate to
the www.nook.com addresses listed below.
4. Visit a page with tutorial videos, and tap on a video to start playing it.
You’ll find tutorial videos on these pages:
• your browser’s default home page (www.nook.com/tablet/start)
• the NOOK Tutorials page (www.nook.com/tablet/tutorials)
NOTE: For a list of Web pages with tutorials and other NOOK content, tap the star icon on the Web browser
to display the browser Favorites page.
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Power and Charging
Turning Your NOOK On and O
NOTE: If you have set up a passcode to protect your NOOK, you will have to enter the passcode after you
turn on your NOOK. See “Using a Device Lock Passcode to Protect Your NOOK”.
Turning On Your NOOK
To turn on your NOOK, press the power button located on the left edge of your NOOK. Hold the button down for
5 seconds and release it.
Your NOOK starts. When it has completed its start-up process, it makes a chiming sound.
Turning O Your NOOK
You do not need to turn your NOOK o when you stop using it. With a fully charged battery and with Wi-Fi turned
on, your NOOK has enough power to last in a suspended “sleeping” state for many days. With a fully charged battery and with Wi-Fi turned o, your NOOK has enough power to last in a suspended state for several weeks.
On the other hand, if you are carrying your NOOK without a cover in a bag or purse, you might want to turn o
your NOOK to avoid it being accidentally turned on from its “sleeping” state. You also might want to turn o your
NOOK simply to conserve power.
To turn o your NOOK, do this:
1. Press the power button and hold it down for 5 seconds.
A window appears, asking if you really want to turn your NOOK completely o.
2. Tap the Power o button in the dialog box.
Your NOOK turns o.
NOTE: If you ignore the window asking you to confirm that you want to power o your NOOK, after several
seconds the window disappears and your NOOK resumes whatever it was doing before you pressed
the power button.
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Wall Charging
To charge your NOOK, use the charging components included with your NOOK. The diagram below shows these
components and how they connect.
Wall Outlet
Charging
Indicator
Light
USB
Cable
CAUTION: Only use the Barnes & Noble power adapter and custom microUSB cable supplied with your
NOOK. Other power adapters might damage your NOOK and its battery. Do not use a power
adapter and cable intended for other models of NOOK eReader.
NOTE: Using your NOOK’s microUSB cable, you can connect your NOOK to your personal computer to
transfer files. However, connecting your NOOK to your personal computer may not fully charge
your NOOK. To charge your NOOK, you must plug it into a wall outlet.
Power
Adapter
To charge your NOOK from a wall outlet, do this:
1. Assemble the power adapter and microUSB cable. Insert the large end of the USB cable into the matching receptacle on the power adapter.
2. Plug the NOOK end of the USB cable into your NOOK.
3. Plug the power adapter into a compatible electrical outlet. If your NOOK was turned o, it will now turn itself
on.
NOTE: Depending on how much power remains in the battery, it might take around 3-4 hours to fully recharge
your NOOK. Do not turn o your NOOK while it is charging.
NOTE: Once your NOOK has enough power to turn on, you can see how much power remains in the battery
by checking the battery charge indicator in the right corner of the Status Bar. You may need to drag the
green NOOK symbol to the right across your screen to unlock your NOOK and display the Status Bar,
which runs along the bottom of the screen.
4. Once your NOOK has fully charged, unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet. Unplug the USB cable
from your NOOK.
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Resetting Your NOOK
Performing a Soft Reset
If for some reason your NOOK becomes unresponsive, you can perform a soft reset to restart the device.
1. Press and hold the power button for 20 seconds, then release the power button.
2. Press the power button again for 2 seconds to turn on your NOOK.
Low Power
If you turn on your NOOK when its battery charge is almost depleted, a warning appears on the screen, suggesting
that you begin charging your NOOK before trying to use it.
If the battery is depleted, your NOOK will shut down until it has been suciently recharged.
Charging Recommendations
Your NOOK contains a lithium ion battery. To maximize battery life:
• Avoid fully discharging the battery. Charge your NOOK after several hours of use or when you see the low
charge alert, rather than continuing to use it until it turns itself o.
• Avoid high temperatures for charging, use, and storage. For more information, see “Temperature Ranges.”
• Charge the battery half way before storing your NOOK for a week or more.
• If you are not going to use your NOOK for more than 30 days, charge the battery to 40%-50% and then turn o
your NOOK.
Safety and Care
This section explains important information about safety and about caring for your NOOK.
Water
CAUTION: Your NOOK, cables, and adapters are not waterproof. To avoid risk of overheating, melting, and burns,
keep the device and all accessories away from water and other liquids.
Do not use the cable if either end of the cable gets wet or is exposed to liquid spray. Allow the
end(s) of the cable to dry thoroughly before trying to use the cable. Do not expose your NOOK
to wet or damp conditions. Avoid exposing the device to liquid or food. If liquid is spilled on the
device, make sure to unplug the charging cable and allow the device to dry thoroughly before
reusing. Do NOT attempt to dry out your NOOK with an external heat source such as a dryer or
microwave oven. Clean the screen of your NOOK with a soft cloth and avoid using liquid cleaners
on the screen.
Electricity
Your NOOK is an electrical device. Follow the same basic safety procedures you would follow with any electrical
device.
When charging your NOOK, use only the custom USB cable and power adapter included with your NOOK.
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Airplanes
When using your NOOK on an airplane, be sure to follow the instructions of the flight crew.
To turn your NOOK’s wireless networking on or o, do this:
1. Tap on the right end of the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings dialog box.
2. Slide the Wireless switch on or o.
3. Tap anywhere outside the Quick Settings dialog box to close it.
Electronic Equipment
If you are around sensitive electronic equipment–for example, if you are in a hospital–ask if you may use your
NOOK. You probably can if you turn o Wi-Fi networking. Settings such as intensive care units might forbid the use
of any electronic device, with or without networking.
Battery
Your NOOK includes a non-replaceable lithium ion battery. Do not attempt to replace the battery. If you suspect
your battery is having problems, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665).
Caution About High Audio Volume
WARNING: Exposure to loud noise from any source for extended periods of time may aect your hearing. The
louder the volume, the faster your hearing may be aected. To protect your hearing:
• Limit the amount of time you use headsets or headphones at high volume.
• Avoid turning up the volume to block out noisy surroundings.
• Turn the volume down if you can’t hear people speaking near you. If you experience hearing
discomfort, including the sensation of pressure or fullness in your ears, ringing in your ears, or
mued speech, you should stop listening to the device through your headset or headphones
and have your hearing checked.
Caring for Your NOOK
To take the best possible care of your NOOK, please follow the recommendations below.
Temperature Ranges
Your NOOK should function as designed in these temperature ranges:
Outside of these ranges, your NOOK might develop power, display, and/or software issues. If temperatures are
extremely cold or hot, permanent physical damage can result. Such damage is not covered by the warranty. Storage
applies to temporary locations like the trunk of your car (or other motor vehicle) as well as long-term storage.
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Even on a day that is not very hot, the passenger compartment or trunk of a car can be extremely hot. Do not leave
your NOOK in a car.
High storage temperatures reduce battery life. For more information, see “Charging Recommendations”.
Caring for the Touchscreen
You should clean the touchscreen on your NOOK from time to time. Clean the screen with a damp soft cloth, such
as a micro-fiber cloth. Micro-fibre cloths are available from Barnes & Noble stores and from partner retailers. Do not
use any chemicals to clean the screen.
B&N and Designer Covers
You can purchase an optional B&N or designer cover for your NOOK at your local Barnes & Noble Bookstore, at
partner retailers, and online at BN.com. The cover helps protect your NOOK from daily wear and tear. It keeps dust
from accumulating on the screen, reducing the need to clean it. The cover also provides some protection against
spills.
Warranty Coverage and the B&N Protection Plan
Your NOOK is backed by a one-year manufacturer’s warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. For a
copy of this warranty, see “One Year Limited Warranty”. The warranty is also available at:
www.nook.com/tablet/warranty
You can extend your NOOK’s coverage by purchasing a two-year B&N Protection Plan to help safeguard NOOK
against spills, drops, and other accidents. The B&N Protection Plan can only be purchased together with a NOOK,
not later.
Information about the B&N Protection Plan can be found on the Web page listed above.
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Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK
When your NOOK has been idle, your NOOK goes to “sleep.” Your NOOK darkens its screen to conserve power.
It also locks the screen so that accidental touches do not perform actions.
To wake up your NOOK, do this:
1. Press the NOOK button (the raised NOOK symbol on the lower front panel of your NOOK).
2. Unlock your NOOK.
• If you have set up a four-digit passcode to lock your NOOK, enter the passcode. Your NOOK displays
the last screen you were viewing.
• If you have not set up a four-digit passcode, the screen displays a white NOOK symbol in a green circle
near the lower left corner of the screen. Press on the green circle and drag it to the right. Your NOOK
unlocks and displays the last screen you were viewing.
Drag the green circle with the NOOK logo to the right to unlock your NOOK.
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Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK
Your NOOK puts great reading material right at your fingertips. To read that material, to share it, to rate it, and so
on, you’ll use your fingers in dierent ways.
Your NOOK recognizes these dierent gestures:
• Tap
• Double tap
• Press and hold
• Swipe
• Scroll
• Drag
• Lift
• Pinch
Tap
A tap on the screen is a quick touch of your fingertip. It’s the same gesture you use when you tap a key on a computer keyboard.
Tapping on an icon in the Quick Nav Bar.
Double Tap
Tapping twice quickly on the screen is a useful short-cut with many features.
Double-tapping on the Home Screen cleans up the screen and arranges all the book and periodical covers in a grid.
In the Library or the Shop, double-tapping on the cover of a book or periodical opens a window with details about
the item.
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Press and Hold
Pressing and holding means touching your finger to the screen and holding it there for 2 seconds.
In many situations, pressing and holding causes your NOOK to open a pop-up menu. The pop-up menu—sometimes
called a contextual menu—oers you choices about the image your finger is resting on.
For example, if you press and hold on a book cover, your NOOK opens a menu oering you choices of things you
can do with that book: open the book, recommend it, lend it, and so on.
Pressing and holding on a word in a book and then lifting your finger opens the Text Selection Toolbar.
NOTE: On smartphones, the “press and hold” gesture is sometimes called a “long press.”
Swipe
To swipe is to slide your finger across the screen as though you were brushing away a cake crumb. You can swipe
left, as though you were swiping the crumb away to the left. Or you can swipe right, as though you were swiping the
crumb away to the right.
You’ll typically swipe to scroll through a long list or collection things, such a row of book covers on the Daily Shelf.
Swiping to scroll left and right.
If you swipe left on the Status Bar, your NOOK goes back to your previous activity. The Status Bar is a narrow black
bar that displays icons at the bottom of your NOOK screen.
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Scroll
Slide your finger up or down the screen to scroll through any list displaying a scrollbar. A scroll gesture is like a vertical swipe.
You can scroll up and down through shelves of books and periodicals.
Drag
To drag is to touch an object and pull it to another location, while keeping your fingertip touching the screen. Once
you have moved the object to where you want it to be, lift your finger, leaving the object in its new location.
Dragging a book from the Daily Shelf.
Lift
Lifting is raising your finger from the screen at the completion of a gesture such as dragging.
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Pinch to Zoom
You can use two fingers to shrink or enlarge a book cover or a photo.
Pinch your fingers together to shrink an image and zoom out. Pull your fingers apart to enlarge an image and zoom in.
Pulling your fingers apart this way is sometimes called “pinching out.”
Pinching to zoom in or out.
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The Quick Nav Bar
Tapping the NOOK button on the lower front panel of your NOOK displays the Quick Nav Bar, if it is not already
visible. The Quick Nav Bar displays icons that lead you to major features of your NOOK.
The Quick Nav Bar looks like this:
The Quick Nav Bar.
If you don’t see the Quick Nav Bar, tap the NOOK button, and the Quick Nav Bar will appear.
The Quick Nav Bar shows seven navigation buttons:
• Home - Displays the Home screen, which holds the Daily Shelf along with any books or periodicals you have
copied to Home for easy access.
• Library - Holds all the books, magazines, and newspapers available for reading on your NOOK.
• Shop - Connects you to the Barnes & Noble NOOK Store for convenient shopping right on your NOOK.
• Search - Searches across your books, magazines, newspapers, and files. Also searches the Barnes & Noble
NOOK Store and the Web.
• Apps - Oers access to Contacts, Email, NOOK Friends™, Hulu Plus, Netflix, Pandora, games, as well as to any
apps you have purchased from the NOOK Store.
• We b - Opens a Web browser on your NOOK.
• Settings - Oers you configuration settings for every aspect of your NOOK–from screen brightness to Wi-Fi
network settings.
NOTE: If the Web button in the Quick Nav Bar appears grayed out is tagged with a banner reading “Disabled,”
the Web browser on your NOOK has been disabled. For more information, see “Disabling and Reenabling Your Web Browser”.
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The Status Bar
A Status Bar runs along the very bottom of the NOOK display. The Status Bar looks like this:
The Status Bar
The Left Side of the Status Bar
The left side of the Status Bar presents:
• A green NOOK symbol that appears when new software updates have been installed
• An icon of two people that appears when the NOOK Friends™ application has received an update, such
as contacts that have just been imported
• An open book icon that returns you to the book, magazine, or newspaper you were most recently reading
• An icon with the letter P for returning to the Pandora music player if you’re playing Pandora in the background
• An icon of red musical notes for returning to the Music Player if you’re playing music files in the background
• An icon with an envelope and an @ sign, indicating that you have received new email
• An icon of downward pointing arrows indicating that books, periodicals, or apps are downloading
• A red circle with a number in it that identifies the number of notifications you have received for LendMe, recom-
mendations, software updates, and more
The Right Side of the Status Bar
The right side of the status bar presents:
• A wireless connection indicator
• A battery charge indicator
• A digital clock showing the current time
The wireless connection indicator displays a stack of concentric curves, indicating the strength of your NOOK’s
connection to a local Wi-Fi network. The higher the stack of curves, the stronger the connection. In general, it’s best
to have at least 2 or 3 curves showing to have a reliable connection. If no curves are shown, the NOOK is not connected to a network.
By default, the NOOK status bar displays time on a 12-hour clock. To change the time or to switch to a 24-hour
clock, set the 24-hour clock option on the Time Settings screen.
The Status Bar may also display other icons, as well.
A mute symbol will appear on the right half of the status bar if you have muted the sound on your NOOK. Use the
Quick Settings window or the Settings controls to mute or unmute the sound, as well as to adjust the volume of the
audio on your NOOK.
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The Quick Settings Dialog Box
If you tap on the right corner of the Status Bar (where the battery status indicator is), your NOOK opens the Quick
Settings dialog box, which looks like this:
The Quick Settings Dialog Box
The Quick Settings dialog box displays today’s date followed by five convenient controls for your NOOK.
You can jump from the Quick Settings dialog box to the main Settings screen on your NOOK by tapping the gear icon
in the upper right corner of the dialog box.
You can close the Quick Setting dialog box by tapping anywhere outside it.
Date
The dialog box displays today’s date.
Battery
The dialog box shows a horizontal line indicating how much battery power remains in your NOOK. If your NOOK is
plugged into a wall outlet, the word “Charging” appears beneath the colored line. If you’re using your NOOK while
it’s not plugged in, the word “Discharging” appears instead.
Wi-Fi
Slide the Wi-Fi toggle switch to turn Wi-Fi on or o. When your NOOK is connected to a network, the Wi-Fi setting
shows the name of the network.
Mute
Tap the Mute checkbox to mute or unmute all sounds on your NOOK, including sounds from system notifications,
music, and videos. By default, your NOOK is unmuted.
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Auto-rotate screen
By default, when you are using the Web browser or reading certain magazines, your NOOK switches orientation
automatically when rotated. That is, if you turn your NOOK so that its left edge becomes the bottom edge of the
screen, your NOOK switches to “landscape mode.” Tap the Orientation checkbox to turn this rotation feature on or
o.
NOTE: Kids Picture Books always open in “landscape mode.”
Brightness
Tap the Brightness control to open a dialog box with a slider for making the screen brighter or dimmer.
The Brightness control in the Quick Settings dialog box.
Drag the slider right or left to adjust the brightness of the screen and tap OK.
Swiping Left on the Status Bar
If you swipe left across the Status Bar, your NOOK goes back to the feature or function you were previously using.
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The Home Screen and the Daily Shelf
The Home Screen is the default display on your NOOK. You can return to the Home Screen at any time by pressing
the NOOK button on the front of your NOOK twice quickly.
NOTE: If you’re playing a game, reading a Kids Picture Book, or doing some other activity that fills the entire
screen, you’ll need to press the NOOK button twice to return to the Home Screen. In a game, pressing
the NOOK button the first time opens a dialog box asking if you want to exit the game. In other fullscreen activities, pressing the NOOK button acts like a “Back” button, taking you back to the previous
activity. Pressing the button twice quickly returns you to the Home screen.
The Home Screen consists of two main areas: three panels of open space (left, right, and center) that fill the upper
portion of the screen, and the Daily Shelf running along the bottom of the screen.
The Home Screen with books arranged on the Daily Shelf.
Home Screen Panels and the Panel Indicator
The top portion of the Home Screen consists of three panels of open space you can use for keeping books, magazines, newspapers, and apps close at hand.
Only one Home Screen panel is visible at a time.
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You can tell which panel you’re viewing by looking at the panel indicator at the top of the screen. The panel indicator is a row of three little circles, each representing a Home Screen panel. One dot will be solid white, and that dot’s
position indicates which of the three panels you’re currently viewing: left, center, or right.
Swipe your finger left or right across the screen to move from one panel to another.
On the left panel of the Home Screen, you’ll notice that the leftmost circle in the panel indicator is filled in solid white,
indicating that you’re viewing the left panel.
On the right panel, the rightmost circle in the panel indicator is solid white.
Notice that the Home Screen and the Daily Shelf scroll independently of each other. Notice also that the Keep Reading pull-down menu, located in the upper right corner, is visible on all three panels of the Home Screen.
The Keep Reading Menu and the More Menu
In the upper left corner of the Home Screen, you’ll see the words Keep Reading followed by the name of the book
or periodical you were most recently reading. If you haven’t read any books or periodicals yet, Keep Reading will be
followed by None.
To see a longer list of your recent reads, open the Keep Reading menu by tapping the word More in the upper right
corner of the screen. This menu oers you easy access to the books, periodicals, and files you have read most recently. The menu lists:
• Titles and authors of the three most recent books you have read.
• Titles and publication dates of the three most recent periodicals you have read.
• Titles and file types of the three most recent files you have opened in the My Files folder.
• Three Netflix recommendations, along with a login link for Netflix if you are not currently logged in.
• If you are logged in to Netflix, the menu lists three recommendations based on your Netflix queue.
• If you have not logged in, the menu lists three recommendation for popular movies and TV shows.
If you haven’t read any content in one of these categories, that category will not appear in the menu. For example, if
you haven’t read any newspapers, yet, the More menu will omit its newspapers section.
Once the menu is open, tapping on a title in the menu opens that book, periodical, or file you selected.
Optionally, you can close the menu without making a selection by tapping on the up arrow at the bottom of the list
of items.
Wallpaper
The background of the Home Screen is a wallpaper image. The same wallpaper appears on all three panels.
Your NOOK includes several wallpaper patterns you can choose from to customize the appearance of the Home
Screen. You can also upload images and photos to your NOOK and select one of your own images or photos to use
as the Home Screen’s wallpaper.
You can change the wallpaper from the Home Screen, as described below, or from the Settings screen. If you select
an image from your NOOK Photo Gallery, you have the option of cropping the image for use as wallpaper.
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Changing the Wallpaper from the Home Screen
To change the Home Screen wallpaper from the Home Screen, do this:
1. On the Home Screen, press and hold on the wallpaper.
A pop-up menu appears.
2. Tap on the menu choice Change wallpaper.
Your NOOK displays a dialog box with two tabs. Each tab oers you a collection of images to choose from. The
tabs are:
• Wallpapers - a collection of wallpapers included on your NOOK
• Photo Gallery - a collection of photos stored on your NOOK, including any photos you have trans-
ferred to your NOOK from your personal computer
• Live Wallpapers - a collection of animated wallpapers that appears if you have purchased one or
more animated wallpapers for your NOOK
3. If you want to switch from one tab to the other, tap on the name of the tab you want to display. In each tabbed
display, you can slide your finger up or down to scroll vertically through the images available for selection.
4. Tap on the choice you want. (To leave the wallpaper unchanged, tap anywhere outside the dialog box. The dialog
box will close, and the wallpaper image will not change.)
5. If you selected an image from the Photo Gallery, your NOOK displays a cropped version of the image. Drag the
crop marks to frame the portion of the photo you want to display. Tap the Save button in the lower left corner
of the screen to save the cropped photo as the wallpaper for the Home Screen.
When you have finished selecting wallpaper, your NOOK returns you to the Home Screen. If you have selected a
new image for the wallpaper, that image now appears in the background of the Home Screen.
The Daily Shelf
The Daily Shelf is a row of books, magazines, newspapers, and apps that runs along the bottom of the Home Screen.
The Daily Shelf holds items that you have recently opened or received.
By default, the following actions cause an item to appear at the left of the Daily Shelf:
• Buying a book, magazine, newspaper, or app.
• Downloading a free book.
• Lending or borrowing a book.
• Receiving a LendMe oer from a friend.
• Receiving a recommendation for a book or periodical from a friend.
• Automatically receiving a new issue of any magazine or newspaper for which you have a subscription.
• Using a menu choice in the Library to move an item to the Home Screen and then dragging it from the Home
Screen onto the Daily Shelf.
• Opening an app, such as Email or an app you have purchased from the NOOK Store.
New books, magazines, newspapers, and apps are marked with a flag that says “New.”
You can control which types of items appear on your Daily Shelf items by configuring the Home settings screen,
which you can access through the Settings icon in the Quick Nav Bar.
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The Daily Shelf runs left to right in chronological order. Newest items appear at the left. Swipe your finger across the
Shelf to scroll left and right through its contents.
The Daily Shelf holds up to 50 items. Once the Daily Shelf is full, it can still accept new items, but it will automatically
remove the oldest item to make room for the newest.
NOTE: All the items on the Daily Shelf also appear in your Library. Removing an item from the Daily Shelf does
not remove it from your NOOK, because the item is still available in your Library.
NOTE: By default, the Daily Shelf holds only one issue of any magazine or newspaper, and a magazine or news-
paper cover on the Daily Shelf always opens the most recent issue. You can configure how many issues
of a magazine or newspaper appear on the Daily Shelf by opening the Settings screen, tapping the Home
menu choice, and selecting the magazine and newspaper settings you want.
You can rearrange the items on the Daily Shelf. To move an item on the Shelf, place your finger on it and drag the
item up about an inch, then left or right and down into its new position. When you drag the item down, other items
on the Daily Shelf slide apart to make room for the item you have moved. When you lift your finger, the moved item
snaps into its new position in the Daily Shelf.
Moving Items from the Daily Shelf to the Home Screen
If you have many items in your Daily Shelf, you may find it convenient to pull out a few and slide them onto the Home
Screen. Items placed on a panel of the Home Screen remain visible even while you’re panning left or right through the
Daily Shelf.
To move an item from the Daily Shelf to the Home Screen, tap the item, drag it up onto the Home Screen, and
release it. After you release the item, it stays on the Home Screen. The remaining items on the Daily Shelf slide together, closing the gap left by the item you moved away.
Moving Items from the Home Screen to the Daily Shelf
To move an item from the Home Screen to the Daily Shelf, tap the item and drag it into the Daily Shelf.
When the item enters the Daily Shelf, it might overlap items that are already on the shelf for a moment. The items on
the Daily Shelf will part to make way for the new item.
Removing Items from the Daily Shelf
To remove an item from the Daily Shelf manually, do this:
1. Press and hold on the item.
2. In the pop-up menu, tap on the menu choice Remove from Home.
Your NOOK removes the item from the Daily Shelf and the Home Screen.
Organizing Items on Your Home Screen
You can drag books, magazines, newspapers, and apps onto the Home Screen from the Daily Shelf. Once items are
on the Home Screen, you can arrange them however you like.
You can stack items. Your NOOK lets you drag one book cover on top of another as long as no cover is completely
obscured by the covers on the top of it.
Organizing Home Screen Items in Grids
If your Home Screen has become too cluttered, you can tell your NOOK to automatically arrange all the covers in a
neat grid.
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To clean up the items on a panel of the Home Screen, simply double-tap on any open area of the Home Screen.
You can also clean up a panel of the Home Screen by doing this:
1. Press and hold on the wallpaper of the panel you want to clean up.
A pop-up menu appears.
2. Tap on the menu choice Clean up this panel.
Your NOOK automatically arranges all the items in a grid.
Removing Items from a Home Screen Panel
You can also remove items from the Home Screen. When you remove an item from the Home Screen, it remains in
your Library but no longer appears on the Home Screen.
To remove an item, press and hold on it. When a pop-up menu appears, tap on the menu choice Remove from Home.
Opening an Item on the Home Screen or the Daily Shelf
To open a book, magazine, newspaper, or app on the Home Screen or the Daily Shelf, tap on its cover.
NOTE: If an item has not fully downloaded, yet, you will need to tap on the item twice: first to download the
item, and second to open it once it has downloaded. If an item has not fully downloaded, a Download
badge will appear on its cover.
You can also open a book or periodical by pressing and holding on its cover to open a pop-up menu, and then selecting the menu choice Read.
Using Media Shortcuts
Media Shortcuts are small icons that appear below the Daily Shelf. Tapping a Media Shortcut displays a list of recently
accessed items of that media type (for example, books), along with recommendations for similar items in the NOOK
Store. There are five shortcuts: books, newsstand, video, music, and apps. The video and music shortcuts refer to
video apps and music apps, respectively.
By default, your NOOK displays Media Shortcuts. If you would prefer to hide the shortcuts, tap the Settings icon in
the Quick Nav Bar, and tap the Home settings button. On the Home settings page, tap the checkbox labeled Show
Media Shortcuts. Leave the checkbox unchecked.
To display Media Shortcuts, tap the Show Media Shortcuts checkbox again, and leave the checkbox checked.
Returning to the Home Screen
At any time you can return to the Home screen by doing one of the following:
• Press the NOOK button. When the Quick Nav Menu appears at the bottom of the touchscreen, tap the Home
icon.
• Press the NOOK button twice. (The NOOK button is the raised button in the shape of the NOOK logo on the
front of your NOOK).
NOTE: If you’re in the middle of an activity such as playing a game or viewing a Kids Picture Book that uses the
entire screen, you’ll need to press the NOOK button twice to return to the Home Screen. The first
time you press the NOOK button, your NOOK exits full-screen mode, and the second time it returns
you to the Home Screen.
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Reading Books, Magazines, and Newspapers on Your NOOK
You can read books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOK. You can make notes about what you’re reading,
highlight and annotate favorite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations with friends on social sites
such as Facebook.
Reading Books
Your NOOK makes reading books fun. To start reading, simply tap on a book’s cover. The book opens and fills the
page. Then you can use the features described in this section to get the most out of your reading experience.
While you’re reading, you can customize the look of the page. You can switch fonts, make type bigger or smaller, and
change background colors. You can switch between page designs whenever you like.
Opening a Book
To open a book, either:
• Tap on the book’s cover.
• Press and hold on the book’s cover. A pop-up menu appears. Tap on the menu choice Read.
Page Layout
When you’re reading content on NOOK, the text fills most of the page.
The title of the book you’re reading appears in the upper left.
You may see blue notepad icons here and there along the right side of the page. These icons indicate notes. See “Using Notes”.
Turning Pages
Turning to the Next Page
To turn to the next page, either:
• Tap anywhere along the right edge of the page.
• Swipe to the left. (To swipe left, you place your finger on the right side of the page and slide it quickly to the left,
as though you were flipping the page of a printed book.)
Turning to the Previous Page
To turn to the previous page, either:
• Tap anywhere along the left edge of the page.
• Swipe to the right. (To swipe right, you place your finger on the left side of the page and slide it quickly to the
right, as though you were flipping a page backwards in a printed book.)
The Reading Tools Menu
The Reading Tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, to search for content, share content, adjust the
display of text, and adjust the brightness of the screen.
To call up the Reading Tools menu, tap anywhere in the center of the page.
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NOTE: Tapping along the right or left edge of the screen turns to the next page or the previous page, respec-
tively. To call up the Reading Tools, aim for the center of the page.
The Reading Tools.
The Reading Tools menu gives you access to these six tools:
• Contents - Opens a table of contents for the book. The current chapter is highlighted. Also gives you access to
Notes & Highlights and Bookmarks.
• Find - Lets you search the book you are reading.
• Share - Lets you share comments, highlighted text, recommendations, and ratings
• Te x t - Lets you adjust the font, the font size, the font color, and the background color of your reading material.
• Brightness - Lets you adjust the brightness of your screen.
• Discover - Lets you discover other titles by this author or by similar authors.
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In addition to these tools, there’s a slider (the gray line with a blue dot on it) that shows your current place in the
book. To move quickly through a book forward or backward, you can drag the slider right or left.
To jump to a specific page in the book, tap the Go to Page button, type the page number using the keypad that appears, and tap Go. To jump back to the page you were reading previously, tap the Go Back button.
Reading Tools: content
Tap the content icon in the Reading Tools to open a window with three tabs:
• Contents - a Table of Contents listing section or chapter titles
• Notes & Highlights - a list of all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about
• Bookmarks - a list of all the bookmarks you have placed in this book
Tap on any title, highlighted passage summary, or bookmark to jump to that location in the book.
Reading Tools: find
Tap the find icon in the Reading Tools to search for a word or phrase in the book you’re reading.
When you tap on find, a keyboard appears on the screen. Type a word or phrase you want to search for in the book,
then tap the Search button in the lower right corner of the screen.
Reading Tools: share
Tap the share icon in the Reading Tools to open a menu with these choices:
• Recommend - recommend the book to your friends by
• sending email to one or more contacts
• posting a recommendation on your Facebook wall or the wall of a friend on Facebook
• posting a recommendation through your Twitter account
• Rate and Review - rate the book and post a short review on BN.com; optionally post the review to Facebook or
Twitter
• Post Reading Status - post a message on Facebook or Twitter telling how far you have read in the book
• Like this on Facebook - use the Facebook Like feature to post a statement in your Facebook News feed saying that
you like this book
To use these features, you must first link your NOOK to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, and you must add
some email accounts to your NOOK Contacts application. For more information, see “Configuring Social Features”.
Reading Tools: text
Tap the text icon in the Reading Tools to open a window for adjusting the font size, line spacing, margin size, and
background color of the screen.
For details, please see “Adjusting the Appearance of the Page”.
Reading Tools: brightness
Tap the brightness icon in the Reading Tools to open a slider for adjusting the brightness of the screen. When you
have finished dragging the slider, tap anywhere on the page to close the slider window.
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Reading Tools: discover
Tap the discover icon in the Reading Tools to open a window with additional book recommendations, reviews, and
ratings.
Jumping to the Furthest Page Read
If you’ve been reading this book or periodical on some other device (such as a desktop computer or a smartphone)
using a NOOK application, and your NOOK has access to the Internet through its Wi-Fi connection, then when you
open a book or periodical, your NOOK will compare the last page you read on the NOOK to the last page you read
on any other device.
If you have read further on the other device, your NOOK jumps to the furthest page you’ve read, even if you haven’t
read that page on your NOOK.
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Using Bookmarks
Adding a Bookmark
A bookmark flags a location in a book. In a printed book, a bookmark helps you find the page where you left o
reading. Bookmarks work similarly in NOOK Books. You can use bookmarks to jump to specific places in a NOOK
Book. You can bookmark as many pages as you like.
To set a bookmark on the page you are reading, do this:
1. Tap in the upper right corner of the page.
A blue ribbon appears in the corner of the page, indicating that a bookmark has been placed.
A bookmark symbol appears when you tap in the upper right corner of the page. By placing a bookmark, you make it easier to return to a
location in your book.
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Viewing All Bookmarks in a Book
To view a list of all the bookmarks in a book, do this:
1. Tap the center of the page to open the Reading Tools.
2. In the Reading Tools, tap the Contents icon.
3. In the Contents pane, tap the Bookmarks tab.
Your NOOK displays a list of all the bookmarks in the book.
To visit any bookmarked passage, tap on its bookmark in the list.
To close the bookmark list without visiting a bookmark, tap anywhere on the page of the book outside the list of
bookmarks.
Removing a Bookmark
To remove a bookmark on the current page, tap on the blue ribbon in the upper right corner of the page. The ribbon
disappears, and the bookmark is cleared.
Clearing All Bookmarks
To clear all the bookmarks in a book, do this:
1. Display the list of bookmarks by tapping the Contents icon in the Reading Tools, then tapping the Bookmarks tab.
2. Tap the Clear All button in the lower left corner of the bookmarks list.
A dialog box opens asking you to confirm that you want to clear all the bookmarks.
3. Tap OK.
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Selecting Text
You can select a word or a passage of text. Once you have selected a word, you can look it up in a dictionary or on
the Web, or search for other instances of the word in the book you are reading. You can also select words or passages for highlighting, making notes, or sharing through email or social media networks such as Facebook.
To select a word or a passage of text, press and hold on a word and then lift your finger.
The word appears highlighted, and two vertical bars will appear on either side of it, defining the start and end of the
selected text. At the same time, the Text Selection Toolbar appears, as shown below.
A selected word and the Text Selection Toolbar.
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Changing the Selection from a Word to a Passage
To select an entire passage, rather than just a word, drag one of the vertical bars at either end of the word until the
two vertical bars encompass the passage you want to select.
By dragging with your thumb and forefinger, you can grow or shrink selected text as you like.
When you lift your fingers after resizing the text selection, the Text Selection Toolbar re-appears.
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Using the Text Selection Toolbar
Once you’ve highlighted a word or a passage, the Text Selection Toolbar appears. The Toolbar oers you these
choices:
• Highlight - lets you highlight the selected text with a colored background.
• Notes - opens a dialog box for writing a note about the word or passage you selected.
• Share - Lets you share quotes with friends through Facebook, Twitter, and email.
• Look Up - Displays a Dictionary definition of a selected word. Also includes buttons to search Wikipedia or
Google for information about the word. If you select Wikipedia or Google, your NOOK opens a Web browser
to search the site.
• Find - Automatically searches the book for other appearances of the word you selected.
If you decide not to take any of these actions, simply tap anywhere else on the screen. Your NOOK closes the Text
Selection Toolbar. It will also automatically close the toolbar if you haven’t made a selection after 10 seconds.
NOTE: If the Web browser on your NOOK is disabled, you won’t be able to search Wikipedia and Google.
To figure out if your Web browser is disabled, tap the Quick Nav Arrow. If the Web button is grayed
out and labeled “Disabled,” the Web browser is disabled. If the Web button is not grayed out, the
Web browser is enabled and ready for use. For more information about restricting access to the Web
browser, see “Disabling and Re-enabling Your Web Browser”.
Highlighting a Word or Passage
Once you have selected a word or phrase, tap the highlight icon in the Text Selection Toolbar to highlight the passage
with a colored background. To change the color of the highlighting, or to remove the highlighting, tap the highlighted
word or passage after the Text Selection Toolbar has closed.
Looking Up Words in Dictionaries, Wikipedia, and Other Reference Materials
It’s easy to look up information about a word or topic when you’re reading.
Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary
Your NOOK includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.
To look up a word in the dictionary, do this:
1. Press and hold on a word to select it.
2. Tap the look up icon in the Text Selection Toolbar.
A pop-up window appears, presenting a dictionary definition of the word.
• If you want to edit the word you are looking up (for example, to change one form of a verb to another), tap the Edit Your Search field and make your changes using the online keyboard. Tap Look Up to look
up the changed word.
• To close the dictionary window, tap anywhere outside the window.
Looking Up Information in Wikipedia or Google
To look up a word in Wikipedia or Google, do this:
1. Press and hold on a word to select it.
2. Tap on the Look Up icon in the Text Selection Toolbar.
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3. Tap on the button for the reference you would like to use: Wikipedia or Google.
4. Your NOOK opens a Web browser and searches on the term you selected.
For more information about using the Web browser on your NOOK, see “Using the Web Browser”.
Sharing Quotes through Social Sites and Email
You can share a highlighted passage with friends through email, Facebook, or Twitter.
NOTE: Before you can share quotes through Facebook or Twitter, you need to link your NOOK to your
Facebook or Twitter account. Use the Social settings page to link your NOOK to social sites. On the
Quick Nav Bar, tap Settings, and then tap the Social menu choice to open the Social settings page.
To share the highlighted passage, tap the share icon in the Text Selection Toolbar. The “Share a Quote” window
opens, oering you the following choices:
• with Contacts
• on Facebook
• via Twitter
Tap on the choice you want to use.
• with Contacts opens a window that lets you select one or more email contacts to whom you can send the quote
you have selected. If you haven’t set up any email contacts, tap the Add Contacts button in the upper right to fill
in a form with a contact’s first name, last name, and email address.
• on Facebook opens a window that lets you post the quote, along with a brief message, on either your Facebook
wall or on the wall of a friend.
• via Twitter opens a window that lets you post the quote to your Twitter account.
NOTE: Twitter messages must not be longer than 140 characters. A number in the lower right corner of the
Twitter posting window will let you know how many characters remain before you hit the 140 character
limit. (Because your Twitter message automatically includes a shortened URL linking to the book you’re
tweeting about, you may see a number such as 113, rather than 140, appear as the limit.) If you see
a negative number, you have exceeded the 140-character limit by that number of characters. Delete
words in the quoted passage displayed in the posting window until number reads 0 or a positive number.
Using Notes
Writing a Note
Just as you might write a note in the margins of a printed book, you can make notes about specific passages in a book
on your NOOK.
To write a note, do this:
1. Press and hold on a word at the beginning or end of the passage you want to write a note about.
The Text Selection Toolbar appears.
2. Lift your finger, then drag one of the vertical bars to other end of the passage.
The Text Selection Toolbar appears again.
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3. Tap the Notes icon in the toolbar.
An “Add Note” window appears with a keyboard for typing notes.
4. Type the text of the note.
5. Tap the Post button to close the editing window and post the Note.
The Note window with the keyboard disappears. In your book, an icon now appears in the margin, indicating that a note has been written about this passage.
Viewing a Note
To open a note and read it, tap the Note icon in the margin.
When you’re done viewing the note, you can close the Note window by tapping the X in the upper right corner of
the window.
NOTE: By default, your NOOK is configured to display a Note icon next to any passage of text about which
you’ve written a note. However, you can configure your NOOK not to display Notes icons. If you have
configured the Reader not to display Note icons, you can still read, edit, and remove notes. Tap the
center of the page to display the Reading Tools. In the Reading Tools menu, tap the Contents item, and
then tap the Notes & Highlights tab. Select any note for viewing.
Editing a Note
To edit a note, do this:
1. Tap the Note icon to open the note you want to edit.
Your NOOK displays the note, along with buttons labeled Cancel and Edit.
2. In the Note window, tap the Edit button.
A window opens, displaying the text of the note and a keyboard.
3. Use the keyboard to edit the note as you like.
4. When you have finished editing the note, tap the Post button.
Changing the Color of a Highlighted Passage
To change the color of highlighting used for a note, do this:
1. Tap on a highlighted word or phrase in the passage associated with the note.
A pop-up menu appears.
2. Tap the highlighting color you want to use: blue, green, yellow.
Your NOOK highlights the passage in the color you selected.
NOTE: If you tap on the word, and a bubble opens above it, showing the word in larger type, then you’re hold-
ing your finger on the screen too long when you tap. To open the pop-up menu for a note, tap quickly
on the word, rather than holding your finger on the screen.
Removing a Note
To remove a note, do this:
1. Tap on the highlighted word or phrase associated with the note.
A pop-up menu appears.
2. Tap the Remove Note menu choice.
Your NOOK deletes the note.
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NOTE: If you tap on the word, and a bubble opens above it, showing the word in larger type, then you’re hold-
ing your finger on the screen too long. To open the pop-up menu for a note, tap quickly on the word.
Viewing All Notes
To view all notes, do this:
1. Tap the page to display the Reading Tools.
2. Tap the Contents icon.
3. Tap the tab labeled “Notes & Highlights.”
Making Notes Visible or Invisible
You can control whether or not your NOOK displays a Note icon next to any text about which you’ve written a
note.
To make notes visible or invisible in the text, do this:
1. Tap the page to display the Reading Tools.
2. Tap the Contents icon.
3. Tap the tab labeled “Notes & Highlights.”
4. Tap the On/O switch labeled “Notes & Highlights.”
Tap the switch On to display notes and highlights, or tap it o to hide notes and highlights.
Searching in a Book
1. In the Reading Tools menu, tap the search button.
2. A window appears with a list of past search strings (if any), along with a keyword for entering new queries.
3. Either:
• Tap a previous query string to repeat that query, or
• Type a new string in the text field above the keyboard. Tap Done.
Your NOOK displays a list of search results.
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Adjusting the Appearance of the Page
In most books, you can adjust the features described below.
• Size - oers a range of font sizes from small to large
• Font
• Ascender Sans
• Century School Book
• Dutch
• George
• Gill Sans
• Trebuchet MS
• Theme
• Day (black text on a white page)
• Night (white text on a black page; useful for reading at night or in dark environments)
• Gray (black text on a gray page)
• Butter (dark brown text on a pale yellow page)
• Mocha (white text on a grayish brown page)
• Sepia (white text on a sepia brown page)
• Line Spacing
• Single spacing
• 1.5-line spacing
• Double spacing
• Margin Size
• Narrow margins
• Medium Margins
• Wide margins
• Publisher Defaults
• On (uses the default formatting recommended by the publisher and turns o all other controls)
• O (lets you change the appearance of the page to your liking)
If you turn on Publisher Defaults, the page displays using the settings recommended by the publisher. All other page
controls in the dialog box appear grayed out.
To change the appearance of the book, do this:
1. Tap the center of the page to make the Reading Tools appear.
2. Tap the text icon.
Your NOOK opens a window displaying font and color controls.
3. Tap the controls to select the font, font size, and background color you want.
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The picture below shows the Text controls available for books.
The text control tools.
Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen
It’s easy to adjust the brightness of the screen while you’re reading a book. Just do this:
1. Tap the center of the page to make the Reading Tools appear.
2. Tap the brightness icon.
Your NOOK displays a brightness control that features a slider for dimming or brightening the screen.
3. Use the slider to adjust the brightness of the screen.
Move the slider to the left to dim the screen. Move the slider to the right to brighten the screen.
4. When you have adjusted the brightness to your liking, tap the center of the page again to make the brightness
controls and the Reading Tools disappear.
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Discovering Recommendations and Similar Books
Tap the discover icon in the Reading Tools to find:
• Links for recommending the book you are reading.
• A list of other books that may be of interest to you.
Zooming In and Out on Images
To zoom in on an image in a book, double-tap it.
To zoom out, double-tap again.
Reading in Landscape Mode or Portrait Mode
If you rotate your NOOK so its longest side is down, the book you are reading switches to landscape mode. To return to reading in portrait mode, turn your NOOK back to its normal orientation, with the short side of your NOOK
down.
When you rotate your NOOK, you’ll see a lock symbol appear in the lower right corner of the screen for several
seconds. To lock the books you are reading to the current orientation of the screen, tap this lock symbol when it appears.
The lock symbol for locking the screen in landscape or portrait mode for books.
To unlock the orientation, tap in the lower right corner of the screen to make the lock symbol reappear. Then tap the
lock symbol again so that the lock appears open.
To prevent your NOOK from ever switching orientation, tap the NOOK button to call up the Quick Nav Bar. Tap
Settings and select the Screen menu choice. On the Screen settings page, tap the Auto-rotate screen menu choice and
leave the checkbox empty. Turning the Auto-rotate screen option o keeps your NOOK in portrait mode regardless
of how you position the screen.
Reading Books that Include Video
Your NOOK lets you read EPUB eBooks that include videos. (EPUB is an industry standard format for eBooks.)
When you see a video clip on a page, tap the triangle to start playing the video.
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To display the video in full-screen mode, tap the icon with four outward-pointing arrows. To return to the page you
were reading, tap the Back button in the upper left of the screen.
You can try out the video features of your NOOK by opening The Good Housekeeping Cookbook sample included in
your Library.
Opening DRM-protected Files
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. DRM software protects books from being illegally copied, sold, or distributed.
Your NOOK and the Barnes & Noble website automatically make sure that when you buy and download a NOOK
Book™, the NOOK Book recognizes you as its legitimate owner and presents its contents for you to read on your
NOOK.
In some rare cases, you might need to unlock a book or periodical that you have bought from Barnes & Noble. In this
case, you’ll need to enter the following information to unlock the book or periodical:
• Your name
• Your credit card number (the number of the card you used to purchase the book or periodical)
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Reading a PDF
You can read PDF files, including trade PDF editions of books, on your NOOK. The features for reading a PDF are
similar to those for NOOK Books, but with these dierences:
• You can zoom in on an entire page by double-tapping it. Double-tap again to zoom out.
• Because PDF files do not have reflowable text, you cannot changes their fonts or page formats.
• The Reading Tools for PDFs include a thumbnail viewer that shows miniature representations of pages. You can
scroll through these page thumbnails until you find the page you want to read. Tapping on a thumbnail closes the
Reading Tools and displays the page you selected.
The picture below shows the Reading Tools for a PDF file.
The Reading Tools for a PDF.
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Reading a NOOK Kids Book
Your NOOK supports NOOK Kids picture books, specially designed for young children and formatted for rich-color,
touch-screen displays. These books open in landscape orientation in order to best present the illustrations in picture
books’ two-page spreads.
NOOK Kids books display as two-page spreads.
Moving from Page to Page
To turn to the next page in a NOOK Kids book:
• swipe to the left (drag your finger from right to left across the screen), or
• tap anywhere along the right edge of the screen
To turn back to the previous page:
• swipe to the right, or
• tap along the left edge of the screen
To skip from one part of the book to another, do this:
1. Tap the white arrow at the bottom of the screen.
A scrollable panel with thumbnail images of pages appears at the bottom of the screen.
2. Slide your finger right or left across the thumbnail images to find the page you want to read.
3. Tap the thumbnail image of the page.
The book displays the page you selected. The scrollable panel disappears.
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A NOOK Kids book with the thumbnails panel open.
Choosing a Way of Reading
There are various ways you can enjoy a NOOK Kids book. Some books include narration (a built-in audio track that
reads the text aloud as you move from page to page). Some books also include animation and interactive activities.
NOOK Kids books include a Read and Record feature that lets you record your own narration of the book.
When you open a NOOK Kids book, you will see square buttons on the left side of the first screen, color-coded for
non-readers. The buttons are labeled:
• Read by Myself
• Read to Me or Read and Play
• Read and Record
NOTE: The Read to Me and Read and Play buttons appear only on NOOK Kids books with narration or activi-
ties.
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Options for reading are displayed next to the front cover of a NOOK Kids book.
Reading a Book by Yourself
To read a book by yourself, simply tap on the blue Read by Myself button to open. Then turn the pages as you would
with any other NOOK Book. In Read by Myself mode, the picture book will not play an audio track or play any animations. You can trigger activities, if available, by tapping the white star when it appears at the top of the screen.
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Enlarging Text & Images
If text on the page of a NOOK Kids book is too small to read, double-tap on the text area to enlarge it.
In books with audio tracks, enlarged text will also display a Play button (an orange triangle) at the top left corner. To
play the audio associated with the enlarged text, tap once on the Play button.
To close the text box, double-tap it again, or tap anywhere else on the page.
To zoom in on text and images, simply pinch out to stretch the image on screen. Tap and slide to move your focus
around the screen. Double-tap to return to viewing the page at its normal size and position.
Tapping twice on a text area enlarges that text.
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Hearing a Book Read Aloud
Read to Me and Read and Play books feature an audio track. Tap the orange Read to Me or the purple Read and Play
buttons to hear the story read aloud as you turn the pages. The NOOK Kids book will play the audio track by default
if you open the front cover of one of these books.
Choosing Read to Me in this NOOK Kids book will play the audio track automatically as you turn pages.
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Read and Play Books
If a NOOK Kids book displays the purple Read and Play button with a star symbol on its first screen, that book includes special activities that enable readers to interact with the book’s content. Pages with activities display an Activity
button with a white star at the top of the page. Tap the Activity button to start or stop the activity.
The front cover of a Read and Play book.
A page of a Read and Play book displaying the Activity button at the top of the page.
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NOTE: When you’re engaged in a Read and Play activity, use the right arrow and left arrow onscreen to turn
pages. When an activity is live, gestures like tapping and swiping interact with the activity; they don’t
turn pages.
Left- and right-page-turn arrows display when an activity is live.
Some activities end automatically. Other activities continue until you stop them. To stop an activity, do one of the
following:
• Tap the stop button in the center top of the page, or
• Tap the left- or right-page-turn arrow to stop the activity and turn the page.
Recording Yourself Reading a Book
You can record yourself reading a NOOK Kids book, save the recording, and play it back.
To record yourself reading a NOOK Kids book, do this:
1. Tap the cover of the NOOK Kids book you want to record.
2. On the opening screen of the book, tap the green Read and Record button.
Your NOOK opens the book to the first page.
3. Press the green Record button and read the two-page spread.
When you start to record, the Record button changes to a Stop button. You’ll know you’re recording because a
red indicator will circle the stop button.
Here are some tips for making the best possible recording:
• Do not cover up the microphone with your hand when recording.
• Hold the device between 12” to 18” from your face.
• The microphone works best when there is no background noise.
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The Record button. If the button is blocking the text you want to read, press the move button and drag the buttons to another part of the
screen.
When a recording is in progress, the Record button changes to a Stop button.
4. When you have finished reading the spread, tap Stop or turn the page.
• If you would like to hear the spread you have recorded, press the Play button. Press the Pause button
when you have finished listening.
• If you would like to re-record the spread, press the Re-record button. A dialog box appears, asking if you
want to re-record this spread now. Tap Yes. When you have finished recording, press Stop.
• To exit the recording at any time, tap the Done button (the button with a blue check mark) in the lower
left corner of the screen.
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The Play and Re-record buttons.
5. To continue recording, swipe or tap to turn to the next page and tap Record.
6. Continue recording and turning pages until you have finished the book.
7. At the end of the book, next to the back cover, press the blue Done button at the top of the screen.
Your NOOK opens a dialog box for giving your recording a title and labeling it with a picture.
Choose a picture and type a title for your recording.
8. Tap the picture you want to use as a label.
9. Tap the text field for the recording’s name. Type the name for the recording.
10. Tap Save.
Your NOOK returns you to the front cover of the NOOK Kids book. You recordings appear in the lower left
corner of the screen.
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NOTE: Your NOOK stores your recordings as audio files in the My Files area. The recordings are not part of
the NOOK Kids books themselves. If you are planning to erase and deregister your NOOK, you can
back up these audio files to your personal computer to preserve them.
NOTE: Your NOOK saves audio files for Read and Record books on its internal file system. You cannot record
audio files directly onto an SD Memory Card.
Playing a Recording
To play a recording you made of a NOOK Kids book, do this:
1. Tap the cover of the NOOK Kids book you want to hear.
2. On the opening screen of the book, tap the picture of the recording you want to play.
Your NOOK opens to the first page of the book and plays your recording of that page.
3. Swipe or tap to turn the page.
4. Continue turning pages and listening your recording until you have finished the book.
Editing or Deleting a Recording
To edit a recording you have made, do this:
1. Tap the cover of the NOOK Kids book that includes the recording you want to edit or delete.
2. Tap the word Edit next to the title My recordings.
An Edit button appears on each picture of a recording for the book.
3. Tap the Edit button on the picture of the recording you want to edit.
A pop-up menu opens, oering you these choices:
• Edit Recording
• Change Picture
• Change Name
• Delete Recording
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The Edit menu oers choices for editing or deleting a recording.
4. Tap the menu choice for the change you want to make.
• If you tapped Edit Recording, the NOOK Kids book opens to the first page and displays the Re-record
and Play buttons. Record the pages you want to change. The Re-record and Play buttons work just like
they did when you first made the recording.
• If you tapped Change Picture, a dialog box with a scrollable list of pictures opens so you can select a dif-
ferent picture for the recording. Tap the picture you want to use. Then tap Save.
• If you tapped Change Name, a dialog box with a text field opens so you can type a new name for the
recording. Tap in the text field, type the name you want to use, and tap Save.
• If you tapped Delete, a dialog box opens, asking you to confirm you want to delete the recording. Tap
Yes to delete the recording.
5. Next to the title My recordings, tap the word Done when you have finished editing or deleting recordings.
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Reading a NOOK Comics Book
Your NOOK supports NOOK Comics books, specially formatted for rich-color, touch-screen displays. You can view
these books in portrait mode or landscape mode (a two-page spread) based on your preference.
To open a NOOK Comics book, tap on its cover.
Moving from Page to Page
To turn to the next page in a NOOK Comics book:
• swipe to the left (drag your finger from right to left across the screen), or
• tap anywhere along the right edge of the screen
To turn back to the previous page:
• swipe to the right, or
• tap along the left edge of the screen
To skip from one part of the book to another, do this:
1. Tap in the center of the screen to call up Reader Tools, which display thumbnail images of pages in the lower half
of the screen.
A progress bar beneath the pictures of pages shows your current position in the book. A slider beneath the
thumbnail images lets you move quickly forward or backward through the book.
2. Drag the slider to the part of the book you want to read next.
The Reader Tools also include controls at the bottom of the screen that let you:
• Display a table of contents for the book.
• Display a slider tool for adjusting the brightness of the screen.
To view a page without the Reader Tools and thumbnail images, tap in the center of the current page or tap on the
thumbnail of the page you want to read next
Enlarging Text and Images
To zoom in on text and images, simply double-tap or pinch out to stretch the image on screen. Tap and slide to move
your focus around the screen. Double-tap to return to viewing the page at its normal size and position.
Using Bookmarks
You can bookmark a page by tapping the + icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
To view a list of bookmarks, open the Reader Tools, tap the Content icon, and tap the Bookmarks tab.
To jump to a page that has been bookmarked, tap on the page where it is listed in Bookmarks list. To clear the list of
bookmarks, tap the Clear all bookmarks button at the bottom of the bookmarks list.
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Reading a Magazine
Magazine Formats
Your NOOK displays magazines published in a variety of digital formats. The format determines a magazine’s interactive features, including its navigation. Some formats are more interactive than others.
This section describes the interface and features available in the most popular format for magazines. You may occasionally encounter magazines with dierent interfaces and features. Digital magazine formats tend to be intuitive and
easy-to-use, so even if the magazine’s features dier from those described here, you should be able to find your way
through the publication without any trouble.
Page View and Article View
Most magazines you will read on NOOK use a format that oers two views for reading.
• Page View: In Page view, you see digital representations of the printed pages of the magazine. The pages on
your NOOK will look just like the pages in the printed edition. If the page is filled with photos in the printed edition, the page appears filled with photos on your NOOK. Page View works in both portrait mode and landscape
mode.
• Article View™: In Article view, you see just the text of the article without any illustrations or photos. You can
scroll through the text as you would in a book. You can also navigate directly from article to article. Article View
works in both portrait mode and landscape mode.
Page View
In Page View, you navigate through the magazine by swiping your finger to turn pages.
You can also tap in the center of the screen to call up Reader Tools, which display thumbnail images of pages in the
lower half of the screen. A progress bar beneath the pictures of pages shows your current position in the magazine.
A slider beneath the thumbnail images lets you move quickly forward or backward through the magazine. The Reader
Tools also include controls at the bottom of the screen that let you:
• Display a table of contents for the magazine.
• Display a slider tool for adjusting the brightness of the screen.
To view a page without the Reader Tools and thumbnail images, tap in the center of the current page or tap on the
thumbnail of the page you want to read next.
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An example of Page View with the Reader Tools open, displaying thumbnails and a slider for navigating from page to page.
Once you’re viewing a page without the thumbnail images, you can turn the page and view the next page by tapping
on the right side of the screen. You can flip back to a previous page by tapping on the left side of the screen.
In Page View, you can bookmark a page by tapping the + icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
To view a list of bookmarks, open the Reader Tools, tap the Content icon, and tap the Bookmarks tab. To jump to a
page that has been bookmarked, tap on the page where it is listed in Bookmarks list. To clear the list of bookmarks,
tap the Clear all bookmarks button at the bottom of the bookmarks list.
Article View
Alternatively, you can view just the text of an article without any photos, drawings, or custom formatting. If you’re
reading a long article or an article that has type running over photographs, you might find this view a little easier on
your eyes. This view is called Article View.
NOTE: Article View is not available for all magazines. Some magazine publishers choose to make their content
only available in Page View.
Tap on the center of the page in Article View to open Reader Tools that include these controls:
• Content - a table of contents for navigating through the magazine’s contents
• Te x t - tools adjusting the font size and other text characteristics on the screen
• Brightness - a slider for adjusting the brightness of the screen
To navigate to another article in Article View, tap in the center of the page to open the Reader Tools, then tap on the
Content icon. A window opens listing:
• The magazine’s cover
• Articles and optionally their page numbers
Tap on the title of the next article you want to read.
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Reading a Newspaper
Reading a newspaper is just as easy as reading a book. You even have access to the same Reading Tools that you use
when reading books.
Recent issues of newspapers appear on your Daily Shelf, as well as in the Newspapers section of your Library.
Opening a Newspaper
To open a newspaper, tap on its cover.
Reading a Newspaper
When you first open a newspaper, it displays its Front Page, a long scrollable page that includes headlines and a paragraph or two from each major article. To read any of these articles, tap on its headline or its copy.
When you are reading an article, you can navigate as though you were reading a book.
Turning to the Next Page
To turn to the next page, do any of the following:
• Tap along the right edge of the screen.
• Swipe your finger from right to left across the screen.
• Swipe your finger from low to high on the screen.
Turning to the Previous Page
To turn to the previous page, do any of the following:
• Tap along the left edge of the screen.
• Swipe your finger from left to right across the screen.
• Swipe your finger from high to low on the screen.
Accessing Reading Tools
Tap in the center of the page to call up the Reading Tools, which include:
• Contents, featuring a table of contents along with notes, highlights, and bookmarks.
• Search, a search tool for searching throughout the issue you’re reading.
• Share, a social media tool for sharing recommendations, ratings and reviews, and reading status with friends.
• Te x t , which include tools for customizing font size, margins, line spacing, etc.
• Brightness, controls for making the screen brighter or dimmer.
The Reading Tools also include a slider that lets you scroll quickly through the newspaper. As you drag your finger
along the slider, section titles and page numbers appear in a bubble so you can quickly find the page you want.
To learn more about Reading Tools, see “The Reading Tools Menu” on page 33.
Bookmarking Pages
You can bookmark a page in a newspaper article by tapping in the upper right corner of the page.
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Your Library on Your NOOK
Your library is where you keep everything you want to read on NOOK. In your library, you will find:
• Books, magazines, newspapers, comics, graphic novels, and apps you have purchased from the NOOK Store.
• Free books you have downloaded from the NOOK Store.
• Computer files you have transferred onto NOOK using a USB connection from your PC or Mac. Computer files
can include EPUB files, PDF files, and Microsoft Oce files, such as Word files and Excel spreadsheets.
• Books, periodicals, and any other files stored on a microSD Memory Card, if you have installed such a card in
your NOOK.
To access your library, tap the Library icon on the Quick Nav Bar.
The Library.
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The Media Bar
When you display the Library, your NOOK displays the Media Bar: a row of icons along the top of the screen. Each
icon gives you access to a dierent area of your content. The Media Bar books like this:
The Media Bar, along with controls for viewing and sorting the Library.
The Media Bar displays these icons
• Books - Shows the books you have downloaded from the NOOK Store
• Magazines - Shows magazines you have purchased from the NOOK Store
• Newspapers - Shows newspapers you have purchased from the NOOK Store
• Apps - NOOK Apps such as Email and NOOK Friends, along with any apps you have purchased
• Kids - Books, including Kids Picture Books, along with Magazines and Apps for kids, which you have purchased
from the NOOK Store
• My Stu - Opens a menu with choices for displaying other types of content, such as content you have side-
loaded (transferred) from your personal computer to your NOOK, and dierent views of content, such as
books and periodicals you have grouped on shelves.
• My Shelves - Shows books and periodicals you have organized into groups.
• My Files - Shows files you have loaded on your NOOK from your personal computer. These files can
include PDFs, Microsoft Oce files, and EPUB files from a source other than the NOOK Store. (EPUB is
an industry standard file format for eBooks. EPUB files you purchase from BN.com automatically appear
on the Books page rather than in My Files.) My Files lists any files on your NOOK, as well as any files on
a microSD Memory Card if you have installed the card in your NOOK.
• LendMe - Runs Barnes & Nobles’ exclusive LendMe technology for lending and borrowing books.
Displays a shelf of any books you have borrowed, a shelf of any books that other users have oered
to lend to you but that you haven’t accepted yet, a shelf of any books you have lent to others, and a
shelf of any books that you own that are still eligible for lending. Also features a button for launching the
LendMe features in the NOOK Friends™ app, which you can use to borrow books from friends. See
“Using NOOK Friends™” for details.
• Everything Else - Shows items, such as NOOK Study™ eTextbooks, on your NOOK or in your BN
Lifetime Library but that are not currently supported on your NOOK. This menu choice appears only if
your NOOK finds items that belong in this category.
• Archived - Shows the books and periodicals you have archived in your BN Lifetime Library. Archiving
an item keeps only descriptive information about the item, such as its cover, on your NOOK. The item’s
contents are stored on the BN.com Web site in your BN Lifetime Library.
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The image below shows the My Stu submenu open.
The My Stu pull-down menu.
The Sync Button
In the lower left corner of the Library is a button with two curved arrows forming a circle. This is the Sync button.
Sync’ing your NOOK downloads any books and periodicals that you have purchased from other devices, such as a
smartphone or a personal computer.
The Search Tool for Your Library
Along the bottom of the Library screen is a Search tool that searches authors and titles of all publications in your
Library.
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Memory Card
If you have an SD Memory Card installed in your NOOK, you’ll also see two links appears appear at the top of the
Library screen when you click the My Files icon:
• My NOOK
• Memory Card
You can tap on these links to switch between viewing files stored on NOOK and files content stored on your SD
Memory Card.
Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library
Your Library allows you to view and sort your books and periodicals in dierent ways.
You can arrange items in a grid, in horizontal shelves running across the screen, or in various types of lists.
You can also sort items by title and by date of publication.
Two pull-down menus at the top of the Library screen give control over the presentation of your Library. See the
picture of the Media Bar (above) for the location of these menus.
Sorting and Viewing Books
You can sort books by:
• Most Recent
• Title
• Author
You can view books in these arrangements:
• a grid
• shelves (long, scrollable rows)
• a detailed list, which includes book covers and short descriptions
• a list, which includes just covers, titles, and author names
Sorting and Viewing Magazines
You can sort magazines by:
• Most Recent
• Title
You can view magazines in these arrangements:
• a grid
• shelves (long, scrollable rows)
• a detailed list, which includes magazine covers and short descriptions
• a list, which includes just covers, titles, and publication dates
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Sorting and Viewing Newspapers
You can sort newspapers by:
• Most Recent
• Title
You can view newspapers in these arrangements:
• a grid
• shelves (long, scrollable rows)
• a detailed list, which includes front pages and short descriptions
• a list, which includes just covers, titles, and publication dates
Opening Books, Magazines, and Newspapers
You can tap on any cover you see to open it.
If you tap on a book or periodical that you have already downloaded, the book opens. (If you don’t see a Download
banner on the book, it has already fully downloaded to your NOOK.)
If you tap on a book with a Download banner, your NOOK begins downloading the book. A progress bar on the
book’s cover indicates how much of the book has been downloaded.
NOTE: When you buy a book or periodical, it becomes available to your NOOK, as well as to any Barnes &
Noble eReader applications installed on your smartphone, tablet, or personal computer.
Book Covers
Badges on the cover of a book indicate whether the content is the complete book or only a sample.
Badges can also indicate that a book or periodical has only been partially downloaded. Tap on the cover to resume
downloading the content.
Magazines
The Library shows the cover of each magazine you have bought, along with the date of the magazine’s issue.
Newspapers
The Library shows the front page of each newspaper you have bought, along with the headline and opening copy of
the main story.
Badges on Content
Your NOOK displays the following badges on books and periodicals:
• New: This is a new item that has been downloaded to your NOOK and is now ready for reading.
• Sample: This is a free sample of a book, magazine, or newspaper.
• Download: Tap on this book or periodical to download from your Barnes & Noble Lifetime Library.
• Pre-order: This item is available for pre-order. You can order it now, even though it hasn’t been released, yet.
You will be able to read it the moment it is released.
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• Recommended: A friend has recommended this book or periodical to you.
• LendMe: You can lend this book to a friend.
• Lent: This book has been lent to you. The number on the cover indicates the number of days left on the loan.
When a book, magazine, or newspaper is being downloaded, a striped bar appears across its cover, indicating that the
download is in progress.
Organizing Your Library on Shelves
In addition to views of all your books, magazines, and newspapers, your Library also includes a feature called My
Shelves where you create named collections of books, periodicals, and files. A shelf is a group of items that you have
collected under a common name, such as Mysteries or Cookbooks. You can give a shelf any name you like. Your
NOOK includes one shelf by default: Favorites.
A book, periodical, or file can appear in as many shelves as you like. For example, if your favorite book is a mystery
novel, you could include it on your Favorites shelf as well as on a new shelf you create called Mysteries.
Creating a Shelf
To create a shelf, do this:
1. In the Library, tap the My Stu icon.
A pull-down menu opens.
2. Tap the My Shelves menu choice.
3. Tap the Create New Shelf button.
A dialog box appears.
4. Tap in the text field in the dialog box. When a keyboard appears, type the name of the shelf you want to create.
5. Tap Save.
Your NOOK creates the shelf and returns you to the main My Shelves screen, which displays all your shelves.
Adding or Removing Items
When you create a shelf, it’s empty.
To add items to a shelf or to remove items from a shelf, do this:
1. Tap the Edit button to the right of the shelf ’s name.
A window opens, displaying a list of your books and periodicals.
2. Tap the checkboxes to the left of book and periodical titles to add or remove items, as you like:
• Any item with a checked checkbox is included in the shelf.
• Any item with a blank checkbox is excluded.
3. When you have finished adding or removing items, tap Save.
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Renaming a Shelf
To rename a shelf, do this:
1. Tap the Edit button to the right of the shelf ’s name.
A window opens, displaying a list of your books and periodicals. The window also includes buttons for renaming
or removing the shelf.
2. Tap the Rename button.
A dialog box with a text field appears.
3. Tap in the text field in the dialog box. When a keyboard appears, edit the shelf’s name as you like. Tap Save.
Removing a Shelf
Removing a shelf does not delete any of the books or periodicals on the shelf. It simply eliminates the shelf itself.
To remove a shelf, do this:
1. Tap the Edit button to the right of the shelf ’s name.
A window opens, displaying a list of books and periodicals. Buttons appear at the top and bottom of the window.
2. Tap the Remove button.
A dialog box appears, asking if you really want to remove the shelf.
3. To remove the shelf, tap OK.
Archiving Books or Periodicals
To save storage space on your NOOK, you can archive NOOK Books you’re not currently reading. Archiving keeps
a copy of a book in your account on the Barnes & Noble Web site, while removing all but the most basic information
about the book (such as its cover, title, author, and description) from your NOOK. You can un-archive a book at any
time, so your reading material is never lost.
To archive a book or periodical, do this:
1. In the Library, press and hold on the cover of the book or periodical.
A pop-up menu appears.
2. In the menu, tap on the Archive menu choice.
Your NOOK archives the book or periodical. It lists the book or periodical on a shelf in your Library called
Archived.
NOTE: You must be in the Library to archive an item. You cannot archive items from the Home Screen.
Unarchiving Books or Periodicals
Unarchiving a book or periodical makes its contents available again on your NOOK.
To unarchive a book or periodical, do this:
1. In the Library, tap the My Stu icon to open the My Stu pull-down menu.
2. Tap the My Shelves menu choice.
3. Scroll through your Shelves until you find the “Archived” shelf.
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4. Press and hold on the cover of the book or periodical you want to unarchive.
A pop-up menu appears.
5. Tap the Unarchive menu choice.
Your NOOK unarchives the item, restores its contents, and removes it from the Archived shelf.
Deleting Books or Periodicals
Archiving removes the local copy of a book or periodical from your NOOK, while preserving a copy in your B&N
Lifetime Library. Deleting permanently removes all copies of a book or periodical from your NOOK and from your
B&N Lifetime Library.
CAUTION: When you delete a book or periodical, you permanently remove it from your NOOK and from
your B&N account. If you want to read the book or periodical again later, you will need to repurchase it.
To delete a book or periodical, do this:
1. In the Library, press and hold on the cover of the book or periodical.
A pop-up menu appears.
2. In the menu, tap the Delete menu choice.
Your NOOK permanently deletes the book or periodical.
Opening Files on the SD Memory Card
To open a files stored on a microSD Memory Card, do this:
1. Make sure that the microSD Memory Card is installed in your NOOK. If the card is installed, you’ll see a large
button that says Memory Card at the top of the Library when you tap the My Files icon.
2. In the Library, tap the My Files icon in the Media Bar to displays a list of files.
Your NOOK displays a hierarchical list of the files and folders on your microSD Memory Card.
3. To open a file, press and hold on the name of the file.
A pop-up menu appears.
4. Tap Open.
NOTE: You can use the steps above to access any files on the microSD Memory Card. To transfer files from a
microSD Memory Card to internal memory of your NOOK, connect your NOOK to your personal
computer, following the directions below. Transfer the files from the microSD Memory Card to your
personal computer, and then from your personal computer to the My Files folder on your NOOK.
Transferring Files from Your Personal Computer to Your NOOK
You can transfer files, including EPUB files, Microsoft Oce files, photos, and music files, from your personal computer to your NOOK. Transferring files this way is sometimes called “sideloading.”
To transfer files, do this:
1. Using the custom microUSB cable provided with your NOOK, connect your NOOK to your personal computer.
NOTE: Use only the microUSB cable provided with your NOOK. Using any other cable might damage your
NOOK.
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2. When you connect your NOOK to your personal computer, your NOOK will appear as a new disk drive called
“MyNOOK” on your personal computer. Drag the files you want to transfer onto the “MyNOOK” drive.
NOTE: If you connect your NOOK to a Windows PC, the PC might display a dialog box asking if you want to
install a driver for a “Nook.” Click Cancel to close this dialog box. You do not need to install a special
driver to transfer files to your NOOK.
3. To organize the files, open the “MyNOOK” drive. You’ll see several folders on your NOOK. Move your personal
files in the My Files folder. Within the folder, you can sort files into these folders:
• Books
• Documents
• Magazines
• Music
• Newspapers
• Music
• Photos
• Videos
• Wallpapers
4. Put files in their proper folders.
• Put Microsoft Oce files, .txt files, and PDFs in the Documents folders.
• Put music files such as MP3 files in the Music folder.
• Put photos such as .jpg files in the Photos folder.
• Put videos in the Videos folder.
5. When you have finished arranging files, eject the “MyNOOK” drive from your personal computer to unmount
the NOOK file system.
6. Disconnect the microUSB cable.
My Files
NOTE: Books, magazines, and newspapers stored on an SD Memory Card appear under My Files, rather than
in the Books, Magazines, and Newspapers sections of the Library.
Documents and Microsoft Oce Files
NOOK can read the following types of files:
• PDF
• EPUB
• Word (doc, docx, docm, dot, dotx, dotm)
• Excel (xls, xlsx, xlsm, xlt, xltx, xltm)
• PowerPoint (ppt, pptx, pptm, pps, ppsx, ppsm, pot, potx, potm)
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• Plain Text (txt)
• HTML (htm, html, xhtml)
• Comic Book Archive (.cbz)
Music Files
Your NOOK can play the following types of music files:
• aac
• amr
• mid
• midi
• mp3
• m4a
• ogg
• wav
Video Files
Your NOOK can play the following types of video files:
• Adobe® Flash®
• 3gp
• 3g2
• mkv
• mp4
• m4v
Your NOOK supports:
• MPEG-4 Simple/Advanced Profile up to 1920x1080
• H.263 up to 352x288
• H.264 Baseline/Main/High Profile up to 1920x1080
• WEBM VP8 up to 640x480
NOTE: Your NOOK can play media files up to 2 GB.
Recommendations for My Files
After you transfer documents, Oce files, photos, videos, or audio clips to your NOOK, keep back-up copies on
your personal computer.
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Using NOOK Friends™
NOOK Friends™ is an application that lets you connect to friends, lend and borrow books, share comments and
recommendations, and more.
The NOOK Friends app makes it easy for you to interact with your NOOK Friends. A NOOK Friend is a friend who
has a Barnes & Noble account and an email address in your contacts list, and who has accepted your invitation to
connect as a NOOK Friend. Friendship is reciprocal. When someone becomes your NOOK Friend, you also become
his or her NOOK Friend.
NOTE: If you have linked your NOOK to your Facebook account, the NOOK Friends app automatically adds
Facebook friends who have BN.com accounts into your NOOK Friends.
NOTE: You can also add a new NOOK Friend by inviting an existing Contact or entering an email address.
Contacts who already have BN.com accounts automatically appear as Suggested Friends in the NOOK
Friends app.
Launching the NOOK Friends App
To launch the NOOK Friends app, do this:
1. In the Quick Nav Bar, tap Apps to display the apps on your NOOK.
2. Tap the NOOK Friends app to launch it.
The NOOK Friends Navbar
At the top of the NOOK Friends app you’ll see a horizontal nav bar with three buttons. These buttons call up the
app’s four main features. The buttons are:
• Friends’ Activities - a continuously updated news stream about the recent activities, such as shared quotes
and book recommendations, of your NOOK Friends
• About Me - your NOOK Friends profile, which shows your name, your photo, the number of books you own,
and other information relevant to the NOOK Friends app
• LendMe® - Barnes & Noble’s exclusive LendMe technology for borrowing and lending eBooks
In addition to the NOOK Friends nav bar, the NOOK Friends app features buttons for issuing NOOK Friends invitations and for listing all your NOOK Friends.
The picture below shows the nav bar, along with the Add Friend and All Friends buttons.
Buttons in the NOOK Friends app.
We’ll describe all these buttons and features in turn.
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Friends’ Activities
The Friends’ Activities screen shows a scrollable list of recent activities of your NOOK friends. Activities include:
• a NOOK Friend making a recommendation to the public (via Twitter or Facebook)
• a NOOK Friend recommending a book, magazine, newspaper, comic, graphic novel, or app to you
• a NOOK Friend rating a book, magazine, newspaper, comic, graphic novel, or app
• a NOOK Friend sharing a quote with the public (via Twitter or Facebook)
• a NOOK Friend sharing a quote with you
• a NOOK Friend posting his or her reading status to the public (via Twitter or Facebook)
• a NOOK Friend who is also a Facebook friend Liking a book, magazine, newspaper, comic, graphic novel, or app
Visit the Friends’ Activities screen to catch up on what your friends are reading, playing, and recommending.
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The picture below shows the Friends’ Activities page.
The Friends’ Activities page.
To learn more about a book, periodical, or app mentioned in these activities, tap its cover or icon.
To purchase an item, tap the green button listing the item’s price and then tap Confirm to complete your purchase.
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NOOK Friends
Tap the All Friends button in the NOOK Friends nav bar to access your list of NOOK Friends.
The NOOK friends screen features two pages, which you can toggle between by tapping the buttons near the top of
the screen. The two pages are:
• Friends - a list of your NOOK Friends
• Pending - a list of requests from friends who have sent you invitations to become NOOK Friends, as well as a
list of any invitations you have sent to friends
When you first display the screen, the Friends button is highlighted, and the screen displays your list of NOOK
Friends.
Inviting Individual Friends to Become NOOK Friends
To send an NOOK Friends invitation to a user in your Contacts list, do this:
1. In the NOOK Friends app, tap the Add Friend button at the top of screen.
The Add NOOK friends™ window opens, listing various ways of finding friends.
2. Tap Find friends from my contacts.
3. This window lists all the people in your Contacts app. Tap the Invite button next to a user’s name to send that
user an invitation to become your NOOK Friend.
Once you have invited a user, his or her name shows up in the list of Sent invitations (see below).
To invite friends from Facebook, do this:
1. In the NOOK Friends app, tap the Add Friend button at the top of screen.
The Add NOOK friends™ window opens, listing various ways of finding friends.
2. Tap Find friends from Facebook.
A window opens, listing your Facebook friends. (If you have not linked your Facebook account to your NOOK,
first visit the Social screen in Settings.)
3. Tap the Invite button next to the name of each Facebook friend you would like to invite to be a NOOK Friend.
To send an invitation to a friend who is not in your Contacts list, do this:
1. In the NOOK Friends app, tap the Add Friend button at the top of screen.
The Add NOOK friends™ window opens, listing various ways of finding friends.
2. Tap Invite a friend via email.
A dialog box opens with a form for entering a name and email address.
3. Enter the First Name, Last Name, and Email address of the person you would like to invite to become your
NOOK Friend.
4. Tap Save.
The NOOK Friends app sends an invitation to the person whose email address you entered in the invitation
form.
Setting Up Your Account to Import Contacts from Your Google Account
If you do not have any contacts entered in your account, a Setup Account button appears in the dialog box that
opens after you have tapped the + button.
Tap the Setup Account button to open the Social Settings screen, where you can link your NOOK to your Google account and import your Google account contacts.
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All Friends
Tap the All Friends button in the upper right corner of the NOOK Friends app to see an alphabetical list of all your
NOOK Friends.
A list of NOOK Friends.
Slide your finger up or down the screen to scroll through the list if it extends o the screen.
Tap the photo or photo place-holder of a friend to see that friend’s recent activities, such as shared quotes and recommendations.
Tap the LendMe button next to a friend’s name to learn about that friend’s lendable books.
To remove a NOOK Friend from this list, do this:
1. Tap the X button that appears beside the Activities and LendMe buttons for that friend.
A dialog box opens, asking you to confirm that you want to remove this friend.
2. Tap the button labeled Yes, Remove This Friend.
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Pending
Tap the Pending button to see lists of pending NOOK Friends requests. The Pending page is divided into two sections:
• Awaiting Confirmation
• Sent Invitations
Awaiting Confirmation
The Awaiting Confirmation section shows a list of the invitations you have received to become a NOOK Friend of
other people.
When you receive a NOOK Friend invitation, you have two choices:
• Accept - tap the Accept button to add this person as a NOOK Friend
• Reject - tap the Reject button to turn down the invitation for friendship
Sent Invitations
The Sent Invitations section lists the people to whom you have sent your own NOOK Friend invitations. When a
friend accepts your invitation, NOOK Friends lists them in the Friends view, rather than in the Sent Invitations section
of the Pending page.
To cancel an invitation that you have sent but that the recipient has not accepted, tap the Cancel button next to the
name of the person you invited.
Using the LendMe® Program in NOOK Friends™
Lending and Borrowing Books
With Barnes & Noble’s exclusive LendMe® technology, you can share lendable NOOK Books with any NOOK
Friend or any friend who has a Barnes & Noble account with a valid credit card number. Your NOOK Friend or friend
can read the book on any NOOK or NOOK eReader or on any NOOK application such as NOOK for iPhone®,
NOOK for iPod touch®, and NOOK for PC.
You may lend each of your lendable books once. You cannot read a book while it is on loan or while a lending oer is
pending, but you always get the book back once it has been returned or when 14 days have passed.
You can access LendMe features through the NOOK Friends app or through your Library.
Guidelines for Lending and Borrowing Books
Here are details about lending and borrowing books.
• You can lend only books that are in your Barnes & Noble Lifetime Library. Your Lifetime Library holds all the
NOOK Books that you have purchased. Not all books can be lent, though many can.
• You can lend only from a registered NOOK or NOOK Color.
• You can send a lending oer to any email address, but to accept the oer, the other person must have an email
address associated with a Barnes & Noble online account, a valid credit card number associated with the online
account, and a NOOK, NOOK Color, or other B&N eReader application that supports lending. An account
holder’s credit card is not charged when he or she borrows a book from you.
• You can lend a book from anywhere with supported wireless connectivity (including Wi-Fi hotspots outside of
the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada).
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• You can only lend a book one time. It only counts as the one-time lending if your friend accepts the lending oer.
If the lending oer expires or your friend rejects the oer, you can still lend the book.
• When you oer to lend a book, the oer lasts for up to 7 days. The oer ends when your friend accepts the offer or when 7 days have passed.
• Once you have oered to lend the book, you cannot retract your oer.
• A loan is for 14 calendar days, counting the day on which the lending oer is accepted. A lent book is automati-
cally returned at the beginning of the 15th calendar day (if the borrower has not returned it more quickly).
• When you lend a book, you temporarily lend the digital rights to the book. During the period when the lending
oer is pending and while the book is lent, you cannot read it. When the book is returned, you get the digital
rights back, and can read the book again.
• You cannot lend a book that has been lent to you.
• You cannot save a copy of a lent book to the microSD card.
• You cannot archive a book that has been lent to you.
Determining whether a Book Can Be Lent
Not all books can be lent. Here’s how you can determine whether or not a book is lendable.
• Any book eligible for lending has a LendMe badge on its cover.
• If your Library includes any books eligible to be lent out, they will appear on the shelf of lendable books in the
LendMe section of your Library.
• LendMe badges are present when you are browsing and searching for books in the NOOK Store on the BN.com
website. When you navigate to the details page of a book, you’ll see a LendMe badge on the book’s cover if that
book can be lent.
• LendMe badges are present in your library on the BN.com website. If you can lend a book, a LendMe badge is
present below the date added. Click the badge to lend the book.
If you have lent a book, it appears in the list of books you have lent. On the cover of each book, you’ll see the number of days left on the loan.
Viewing Books that are Borrowed, Lent, or Available for Lending
Viewing Books in the NOOK Friends App
You can also view a list of lendable books by tapping the Lend tab on the LendMe screen of the NOOK Friends app.
The Lend tab displays a list of your lendable books, along with a LendMe button for each book. The screen below
shows the Lend page in the LendMe view of NOOK Friends. This page lists the books you own that are available for
lending.
To lend a book, tap the LendMe button. (For more details about lending, see the section “Lending a Book” below.)
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Viewing Books in Your Library
You can also view a list of lendable books in your Library.
Tap the My Stu icon in the Media Bar of your Library to open the My Stu menu. Tap the LendMe menu choice.
Your NOOK displays three shelves of books:
• A shelf of books that you have borrowed.
If a book is still on loan, a number appears on its cover, indicating the number of days remaining before the book
returns to its owner.
• A shelf of books that you own and that are eligible for lending.
• A shelf of books that you have lent.
If you do not have any books in one of these categories (for example, books that you have lent), then your NOOK
does not display that shelf.
The picture below shows an example of the LendMe screen of the Library.
The LendMe screen in the Library
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Keeping Your List of Lendable Books Private
By default, all your NOOK Friends can see all your lendable books.
Your NOOK oers two ways to control the privacy of your lendable books.
• You can control whether or not your list of lendable books is visible to your NOOK Friends.
• If you choose to leave your list of lendable books visible to NOOK Friends, you can choose to show or hide
individual titles in the list.
To adjust your privacy settings for lendable books, do this:
1. In the NOOK Friends app, tap the Privacy button in the upper right area of the screen.
The NOOK Friends app opens a window listing all your books that are legible for lending. Beside each book, a
toggle button appears, presenting you with the choice of showing or hiding that book.
2. Use the authorization checkbox to control whether or not your NOOK Friends can see any of your books.
• To make any of your books visible to friends, tap the checkbox labeled I authorize my NOOK friends to
see my lendable books and leave the box checked.
• To make your entire list of books invisible to friends, leave this box unchecked.
3. If you have made your books visible, you can still hide individual books. Tap the Show/Hide toggle beside any
book title you wish to hide.
• If the toggle switch says Show, your friends can see the book in a list of lendable books.
• If the toggle switch says Hide, this book does not appear in the list of your lendable books.
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The image below shows the privacy controls for a list of lendable books.
A privacy settings window for the LendMe program and NOOK Friends.
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Lending a Book
To lend a book to a NOOK Friend, do this:
1. Open the NOOK Friends application for the book you want to lend. To open the application, do any of the following:
• In the Quick Nav Bar, tap Apps to display the apps on your NOOK. Tap the NOOK Friends app to launch
it. In the NOOK Friends application, tap the LendMe button in the main nav bar. If the LendMe button
isn’t selected in the row of buttons beneath the main bar, tap the LendMe button. Scroll through the list
of books eligible for lending. Tap the LendMe button next to the book you want to lend.
• If the book is on the Home Screen or the Daily Shelf or in the Library, press and hold on the book’s
cover until a pop-up menu appears. In the pop-up menu, tap the LendMe menu choice.
• On the Home Screen, the Daily Shelf, or the Library, double-tap on the book’s cover to open the
book’s details page. On the details page, tap the LendMe button.
• In the book itself, tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Tools. Tap the discover icon. Your
NOOK opens a window showing the book, along with a row of stars for rating the book, and buttons
for writing a review, lending the book, and recommending the book. Tap the share button.
2. In the dialog box that appears, tap a social media icon to select the way you want to notify your contact of the
LendMe oer.
• You can notify your friend through email through your Contacts.
• If you have linked your NOOK to your Facebook account, you can notify your friend by posting the of-
fer posting a message on your friend’s wall.
• If you have linked your NOOK to your Google Gmail account, you can notify your friend through an
automatically generated email notification that will be sent to the email address for your friend that you
imported from your Google Gmail account.
• If you have not entered any contacts or linked your account in any way, select Contacts, then use the
Add Contact button to add your friend’s email address.
3. Write your email message or wall message and send it to your NOOK Friend.
To lend a book to a friend who is not a NOOK Friend, do this:
1. Make sure you can communicate with your friend either through email or Facebook.
• If you plan to make the LendMe oer through email, make sure you have entered your friend’s email
address in your Contacts app. You can access the Contacts app from the Apps screen. To visit the Apps
screen, tap the Apps button in the Quick Nav Bar.
• If you plan to make the LendMe oer through Facebook, make sure that you have linked your NOOK
to your Facebook account, and also make sure that the friend to whom you want to lend the book is
in your Friends list on Facebook. You can connect your NOOK to your Facebook account through the
Social Settings screen, which you can access by tapping the Settings button in the Quick Nav Bar.
2. In your Library, press and hold on the cover of the book you want to lend. Books are eligible for lending if they
have a LendMe badge on their cover.
A pop-up menu opens.
3. In the pop-up menu, tap on the menu choice LendMe.
A dialog box opens, explaining the terms of the LendMe oer, and asking if you want to reach your friend
through your Contacts list or through Facebook.
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4. Tap on the menu choice you for the communication channel you want to use: Contacts or Facebook.
• If you selected Contacts, a dialog box opens that lets you select a friend from your Contacts list and send that
friend a message.
• Tap the Select a Contact button. A window opens, listing your contacts. Tap on the name of the friend to
whom you want to lend the book.
• Tap in the Message field. When a keyboard appears, type a message to your friend. You might want to
mention why you like the book or why you think your friend would like the book.
• Tap the Send button to email your LendMe oer and message to your friend.
• If you selected Facebook, a dialog box opens that lets you post a LendMe oer on the Facebook wall of a friend.
• Tap the Select a Friend button, and tap on the name of the friend to whom you want to oer to lend the
book.
• Tap in the Message field. When a keyboard appears, type a message to your friend. You might want to
mention why you like the book or why you think your friend would like the book.
• Tap the Post button to post the LendMe oer and message on your friend’s wall on Facebook.
Borrowing a Book
You can ask a NOOK Friend to lend you a book from his or her library.
To find out which of your NOOK Friends have lendable books, do this:
1. Launch the NOOK Friends application, if you haven’t already launched it. To launch NOOK Friends, do either of
the following:
• Tap the Apps button the Quick Nav Bar to display the apps installed on your NOOK. Tap the icon for
the NOOK Friends app to launch it.
• Tap the My Stu icon in the Media Bar of the Library, and tap the LendMe menu choice. On the LendMe
page, tap the red bar that says Borrow Books from Friends with the NOOK Friends App. This launches the
NOOK Friends app.
2. Once the NOOK Friends application is running, tap the LendMe button at the top of the screen.
3. Find a book to borrow. Do one of the following:
• Swipe to scroll horizontally through the books on the shelf labeled Friends books to borrow. When you
see a book you would like to borrow, tap its cover. A dialog box opens, listing the friends who own this
book.
• If you would like to view the books you can borrow in a vertical list, tap See All. When you see a book
you would like to borrow, tap the Borrow button next to it. A dialog box opens, listing the friends who
own this book.
• Enter a book title or author’s name in the search field at the bottom of the LendMe page. Tap Look Up.
The LendMe page lists any books that match the title or name you searched for. Tap the Borrow button
next to the book you would like to borrow.
4. Tap the Request button next to the name of friend from whom you would like to borrow the book. A dialog box
opens. Write a brief message to your friend, and click Send.
NOTE: If you’re enjoying a book sample or a book you’ve borrowed, you can purchase the book at any time.
Simply tap in the center of a page to open the Reading Tools, tap on the blue flag at the right end of the
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page slider to open a page of extras, and then tap on the Buy button to purchase the book using your
Barnes & Noble account.
To view a list of lendable books belonging to a specific NOOK Friend, do this:
1. In the NOOK Friends app, tap the All friends button to display a list of your NOOK Friends.
2. Tap the LendMe button next to the name of the friend whose lendable books you want to see.
A window opens listing any lendable books that belong to that friend.
3. To request to borrow a specific book, tap the Borrow button next to the book’s name.
Viewing a List of Pending Oers from your NOOK Friends
To view a list of books that your NOOK Friends have oered to lend you, do this:
1. Tap the LendMe button in the NOOK Friends app.
2. Scroll down the LendMe screen of bookshelves to the Oers shelf.
• If the shelf is empty, none of your friends has oered to lend you books.
• If a book appears on the shelf, a friend has oered to lend you the book. Tap on the book cover to read
the details of the oer and to accept it.
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Viewing a List of Pending Requests from NOOK Friends
To view a list of books that friends would like to borrow from you, do this:
1. Tap the LendMe button in the NOOK Friends app.
2. Scroll down the LendMe screen of bookshelves to the Requests shelf.
• If the shelf is empty, none of your friends has requested to borrow a book from you.
• If a book appears on the shelf, a friend has requested to borrow that book from you. Tap on the book
cover to read the details of the request and to accept or deny the request.
Here’s an example of the Pending Requests page.
The Requests shelf shows the books that friends would like to borrow.
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The NOOK Friends app opens a dialog box presenting details about the LendMe request, along with buttons for
lending the book or declining the request.
A LendMe Request dialog box.
To lend your friend the book, tap Yes, Lend this Book.
To decline, tap Decline. If you decline this request, you can still lend this book to another friend who requests it.
If you lend a book, it appears on the Lent to others shelf in the LendMe section of the Library until the loan is over.
Identifying Books You Have Borrowed
If you have borrowed a book, its appears on the shelf of borrowed books in the LendMe section of your Library. A
colored bar on the book’s cover tells you how many days remain for you to read the book.
If you have finished borrowing a book, the book’s cover appears faded. If you would like to purchase the book you
borrowed, simply tap on the book’s cover and purchase it just as you would any other book.
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About Me
The About Me page in the NOOK Friends app is a summary of information about you as a NOOK Friend. The profile includes this information:
• Your name
• Your photo (if you have linked to your Facebook account and have posted a profile picture there)
• The email account associated with your NOOK Friends account
• The number of NOOK Friends you have
• The number of NOOK books you own
• The number of books you have recommended
• A scrollable list of your NOOK Friends activities (recommendations, shared quotes, etc.) shared publicly through
Facebook or Twitter
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Shopping on Your NOOK
Introduction
NOTE: To access the Shop on your NOOK, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. If you are not con-
nected to a network but you are in an area with Wi-Fi access, your NOOK will guide you through the
process of connecting to a network.
You can buy books, magazines, newspapers, and apps on your NOOK.
To begin shopping, tap on the Shop icon in the Quick Nav Bar. The Shop page displays icons for dierent categories
of items, such as books, magazines, and so on. It also displays a scollable collection of lists with recommendations for
you.
To learn more about any book, periodical, or app you see in the Shop, tap on its cover. To purchase an item, tap on
the green button displaying the item’s price.
Whenever you tap on a price to buy an item, your NOOK replaces the price button with a button labeled Confirm.
Tap this button to confirm that you want to buy the item.
When you buy an item in the Shop, Barnes & Noble charges the credit card associated with your Barnes and Noble
account.
NOTE: When shopping, you can always return to the Shop store front by tapping on the Shop icon in the upper
left corner of the screen.
Browsing Lists and Categories
The Home screen of the Shop displays icons for these categories:
• books
• magazines
• newspapers
• kids
• apps
• music + video
The Kids category includes books, magazines, and apps that are likely to appeal to children (though they may appeal
to adults, as well).
Beneath icons for each of these categories, the Shop home screen displays a scrollable list of other lists, such as the
B&N Top 100. Tap on a list to see its contents.
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The picture below shows a typical home screen in the Shop.
The home screen in the Shop.
Searching for Titles, Authors, or Topics
To search for a book or periodical, tap the search field at the bottom of the screen. When a keyboard appears, type
the title, author’s name, or topic you’re looking for, then tap the Search button.
When the Shop search engine displays its results, tap on the item you’re interested in to see more details about it.
If the search engine finds more entries than will fit on the screen, scroll through the search engine results by dragging
your finger up or down.
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Buying a Book
Once you’re in the Shop, you can buy any book you see that has a green button displaying the book’s price. (If you
don’t see a green button with a price next to a particular book, it’s because you’ve already purchased the book. A
gray label reading Purchased appears where the price button used to be.)
To buy a book, do this:
1. To buy a book, tap on the green button displaying a price next to the book’s cover or title.
The Shop replaces the price button with a button labeled Confirm.
2. Tap the Confirm button.
What happens next depends on how you’ve customized your Shop. If you’re using the default set-up, your
NOOK begins downloading the book once you tap Confirm. If you’ve set up your Shop to require that your B&N
Account password be entered every time anyone makes a purchase on your NOOK, a dialog box opens. Tap in
the Password field and enter the password for your B&N Account. Tap OK.
NOTE: You can configure your NOOK to prompt you for a password before you make a purchase. To set up
your NOOK to require a password, visit Settings and open the Shop settings page.
To go ahead and purchase the item, click Buy.
To cancel the transaction without buying, tap the X in the upper right hand corner of the window. This closes the
window without completing the purchase.
What Happens When You Buy an Item in the Shop?
When you buy a book, magazine, newspaper, comic, graphic novel, or app, it begins downloading to your NOOK.
Here’s a closer look at what happens:
• The item appears at the far left end of the Daily Shelf.
• The item also appears in your Library.
• A badge saying “New” appears on item’s cover. This badge will disappear once you open the item.
• If an item is still in the process of downloading, a progress bar appears on its cover, indicating the amount of
content that remains to be downloaded.
Buying a Single Issue of a Magazine or Newspaper
To buy a single issue of a newspaper or magazine, do this:
1. Open the details page for the magazine or newspaper you want.
2. Tap the Buy Current Issue button.
The button changes to a gray Confirm button.
3. Tap the Confirm button to confirm your purchase.
Once you have confirmed your purchase, your NOOK downloads the issue. The Confirm button changes to a
button labeled Read.
4. Tap the Read button to begin reading the issue.
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Buying a Subscription to a Magazine or Newspaper
Your NOOK oers free 14-day trials of magazines and newspapers. You are eligible for one free trial for each newspaper and magazine.
To start your free 14-day trial, do this:
1. Open the details page for the magazine or newspaper you want.
2. Tap the Free Trial button.
A dialog button opens, asking you to confirm your order.
3. Tap the Start My Free Trial.
NOTE: All first-time subscribers receive a FREE 14-day trial. If you cancel your subscription before the end of
the 14 days, you will not be charged. If you do not cancel the subscription, deliveries will continue and
your default credit card will be charged automatically at the monthly subscription rate then in eect.
Your subscription will automatically renew each month unless you choose to cancel. You are only eligible for one free trial for each eNewspaper and eMagazine.
Buying an App
To buy an app in the Shop, do this:
1. Open the details page for the app you want to buy.
2. Tap the green button showing the price of the app.
The button changes to a gray Confirm button.
3. Tap the Confirm button to confirm your purchase.
Once you have confirmed your purchase, your NOOK downloads the app. The Confirm button changes to a button labeled Open. Tap the Open button to open the app.
Once you have downloaded the app, it appears on the Apps screen, which you can display by tapping the Apps button in the Quick Nav Bar. It will also appear on the Daily Shelf.
Managing Your BN.com Account
You can manage your BN.com account from your NOOK.
To configure your BN.com account, do this:
1. On the home screen of the Shop, tap the My Account button.
A pop-up menu opens, listing these choices:
• My Credit Cards (specify the default credit card for purchases on your NOOK)
• My Gift Cards (enter gift card information that will be applied to your next purchases)
• My Wishlist (view and edit the Wishlist on your NOOK)
• Recently Viewed (view a list of the Shop items you have recently viewed)
2. Tap the choice for the aspect of your account you would like to view or configure.
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Using Your Wishlist
Your Wishlist is like a shopping cart on your NOOK. You can add books, magazines, newspapers, and apps to your
Wishlist so you can buy them later.
NOTE: The Wishlist on your NOOK is separate from the Wishlist on the BN.com Web site. Your Wishlist on
BN.com can include paper books and other items, as well as NOOK books, magazines, and newspapers for your NOOK. The Wishlist on your NOOK includes only items that you can purchase for your
NOOK–books, periodicals, comics and graphic novels, and apps.
Adding to Your Wishlist
To add a book, magazine, or newspaper to your Wishlist, do this:
1. For books and periodicals, tap on the item’s cover to display the Details page. For apps, tap on the picture of the
app to display the Details page.
2. On the Details page, tap on the checkbox labeled Add to Wishlist.
Your NOOK adds the item to your Wishlist.
Viewing Your Wishlist
To view your Wishlist, do this:
1. Tap the My Account button in the upper right corner of the Shop.
The Shop opens a pull-down menu.
2. Tap the My Wishlist menu choice
The Shop displays your current Wishlist.
Your Wishlist shows all the books, periodicals, and apps you have added to your Wishlist. For each item, you’ll see:
• the cover
• the title
• the price
• the date you added the item to the Wishlist.
Buying from Your Wishlist
To buy an item on your Wishlist, display the list and tap the price button next to the item’s name. Tap the Confirm
button to complete your purchase.
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Using Your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble Store
When you turn on your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble store, your NOOK automatically detects the Wi-Fi network
running in the store. Your NOOK displays a special window, asking if you would like to connect to the InStore network.
• To connect to the store’s network, tap the Connect button.
• To use your NOOK without connecting to the store’s network, tap the Dismiss button.
Reading Books in a Barnes & Noble Store
When you use your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble store, you have access to all the usual features of your NOOK. In
addition, you have special privileges and abilities, including the ability to read most NOOK Books for one hour per
day free.
After you have read a book free for one hour, a dialog box appears, letting you know that one hour has passed. The
dialog box oers you two choices:
• Buy the book
• Add the book to your wishlist
NOTE: Barnes & Noble More In Store provides access to exclusive content and oers available only when con-
nected to a Barnes & Noble InStore Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Searching Your NOOK
Your NOOK includes a search tool to help you quickly find what you’re looking for.
To access the search tool, tap the NOOK button, then tap the Search icon in the Quick Nav Bar.
To provide you with the most relevant results possible, the Search customizes its searching according to what you
were doing when you started the search.
Searching in Your Library
If you search while you’re in your Library, the Search tool initially limits its search to your Library. The Search tool
searches:
• Author
• Title
• Subject
If it doesn’t find any results, it then automatically searches the Store, because it assumes that if you’re searching the
Library, you’re looking for a book, magazine, or newspaper.
Searching from the Quick Nav Bar
When invoked from the Quick Nav Bar, the Search tool searches:
• Web (including your bookmarks and browser history)
• Apps (the names of installed applications)
• Music (artists, albums, and tracks)
• Shop (books, magazines, and newspapers)
• Library (books, magazines, and newspapers)
You can limit a search to just one of these areas by pulling down the Show menu at the top of the Search tool and
selecting the area you want to search. To return to searching all results, pull down the menu and select All Results.
To select the areas that your NOOK should search by default, tap the gear icon in the upper right corner of the
Search screen. Your NOOK displays the Settings search for searchable items. Tap on checkboxes to select or deselect the items you want searched.
NOTE: If the Web browser on your NOOK is disabled, the Search tool will not search the Web, and the
Search tool’s pull-down menu will omit the Web menu choice. For information about disabling and reenabling the Web browser, see “Disabling and Re-enabling Your Web Browser”.
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As shown below, a pull-down menu in the Search tool lets you select specific types of information to search.
The Show pull-down menu in the Search tool.
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Exploring Search Results
Once the Search tool displays a list of results, tap on any result to see more information about it. Search results may
include options to search the Web or Wikipedia for information on a topic.
The image below shows an example of search results.
An example of search results, which include links for exploring further on the Web and in Wikipedia.
Searching for Words with Accents and Other Diacritical Marks
To type a word that contains accents or diacritical marks (such as a French cedilla ç), do this:
1. Press and hold on the letter you want to select a diacritical mark for.
A pop-up window appears, oering additional keyboard buttons for diacritical marks.
2. Tap on the letter-mark combination you want.
The pop-up window disappears, and the letter you selected appears in the text field where you were typing.
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Using the Web Browser
Your NOOK features a Web browser that you can use to visit Web sites.
NOTE: The browser supports Adobe® Flash® Player®, so you can watch Flash videos on sites like YouTube.
To access the Web browser, do this:
1. Tap the NOOK button to call up the Quick Nav Bar.
2. In the Quick Nav Bar, tap the Web icon.
Your NOOK launches a Web browser.
NOTE: If the Web button in the Quick Nav Bar is grayed out and tagged with a banner reading “Disabled,”
the Web browser on your NOOK has been disabled. To learn about enabling and disabling the Web
browser, see the section “Enabling and Disabling the Web Browser” below.
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