Contact Us ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Getting to Know Your NOOK ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Registering Your NOOK ............................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Power and Charging ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Safety and Care ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Caring for Your NOOK ................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK .................................................................................................... 19
Tap ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Double Tap ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Press and Hold ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
The Quick Nav Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 22
The Status Bar .............................................................................................................................................. 23
The Left Side of the Status Bar .................................................................................................................................................................... 23
The Right Side of the Status Bar ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Swiping Left on the Status Bar ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Turning GlowLight On or Off ...................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Adjusting the Brightness of GlowLight ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
The Home Screen ........................................................................................................................................ 27
The Reading Now Panel ................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
The NOW ON NOOK Shelf ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Reading Books on Your NOOK ................................................................................................................... 29
Opening a Book .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
The Reading Tools Menu ............................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Your NOOK .............................................................................. 56
The Library on Your NOOK ........................................................................................................................ 57
The Sync Button .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Searching Your Library ................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library ................................................................................................................................. 60
Organising Your Library on Shelves ............................................................................................................................................................ 61
Archiving Books and Periodicals.................................................................................................................................................................. 62
Unarchiving Books and Periodicals ............................................................................................................................................................. 63
Transferring Files from Your Personal Computer to Your NOOK ...................................................................................................... 63
Using the LendMe Programme .................................................................................................................. 64
Lending and Borrowing Books ..................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Guidelines for Lending and Borrowing Books ......................................................................................................................................... 64
Determining whether a Book Can Be Lent .............................................................................................................................................. 65
Lending a Book ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 65
Borrowing a Book ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Shopping on Your NOOK ............................................................................................................................ 67
Purchasing Books, Newspapers, and Magazines ....................................................................................................................................... 68
Browsing Lists and Categories ..................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Searching for Titles, Authors, or Topics ...................................................................................................................................................... 69
Buying a Book .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Buying a Single Issue of a Magazine or Newspaper ................................................................................................................................. 71
Buying a Subscription to a Magazine or Newspaper .............................................................................................................................. 71
What Happens When You Buy an Item in the Shop? .............................................................................................................................. 71
Using Your Wishlist ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Searching Your NOOK ................................................................................................................................. 73
Searching from the Quick Nav Bar ............................................................................................................................................................. 73
Searching in Your Library ............................................................................................................................................................................... 73
Searching for Words with Accents and Other Diacritical Marks ......................................................................................................... 73
Conguring Your NOOK ............................................................................................................................. 74
Viewing and Conguring Device Info ......................................................................................................................................................... 76
Conguring Time Settings ............................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Conguring the Shop and Managing Payment Methods ......................................................................................................................... 83
Conguring Social Features .......................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Updating the Software on Your NOOK ..................................................................................................... 93
Tips and Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................ 95
Appendix A: Page Numbering and File Formats ....................................................................................... 97
Appendix B: NOOK UK Limited Warranty .............................................................................................. 98
ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................................................ 98
WHAT WARRANTIES APPLY TO MY NOOK? ...................................................................................................................................... 98
HOW DO I MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM OR OTHERWISE ARRANGE FOR THE RETURN OF MY NOOK? ................ 98
WHAT WILL BE THE WARRANTY PERIOD IF MY NOOK IS REPLACED? .................................................................................. 99
WHAT IF MY NOOK IS NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED WARRANTY? ............................................................................... 100
WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY? ............................................................................................................................. 100
WHAT OTHER LEGAL TERMS APPLY TO THIS LIMITED WARRANTY? ...................................................................................... 100
Appendix C: Trademarks and Copyrights ................................................................................................ 102
Adobe Reader Mobile Software ................................................................................................................................................................ 102
Google ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 103
Additional Information ................................................................................................................................................................................. 103
Other Information Related to the Radio ................................................................................................................................................ 105
Appendix E: Industry Canada Notice ...................................................................................................... 106
Appendix F: European Union .................................................................................................................... 107
EU Regulatory Conformance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 107
Appendix G: NOOK Terms of Service ...................................................................................................... 108
Index ............................................................................................................................................................ 109
Introduction
This User Guide is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your NOOK GlowLight™.
Contact Us
If you have questions about your NOOK® that this guide does not answer, be sure to visit the NOOK online
support centre at:
http://www.NOOK.co.uk/support
The online support centre offers additional information about your NOOK, including:
• A PDF version of this NOOK User Guide which you can download to your computer
• Tutorial videos
• Frequently Asked Questions
You can also contact NOOK Customer Support by sending email to customerservice@NOOK.co.uk or by calling
+1-201-438-1834 and selecting the option for Digital Technical Support. If you are in the U.S., you can call 1-800843-2665 (1-800-THE-BOOK) instead.
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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 touchscreen greyscale E Ink® display.
On your NOOK, you can:
• Read books, magazines, and newspapers
• Shop from over three million titles. Buy books, single issues of magazines and newspapers, as well as
subscriptions to magazines and newspapers
• Store hundreds of books, along with magazines, newspapers, and personal les
• Sample books for free
• Lend, borrow, share, and recommend books to friends via Facebook®, Twitter®, or Google™ using Barnes &
Noble’s LendMe technology
• Store and read les, including PDFs
Your NOOK is small enough to hold easily with one hand and to slip into a bag or a purse. When you turn on
GlowLight® on your NOOK, you can read your favorite books even in the dark.
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The picture below shows the features on the front of your NOOK.
Power Button
GlowLight
®
Touchscreen E Ink®
Display
NOOK Button
The front of your NOOK
Power Button
The power button for your NOOK is located on the left-hand edge, near the upper left-hand corner. 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”.
Touchscreen E Ink Display
Your NOOK features a high-resolution, 6-inch touchscreen E Ink display for easy navigation and page turns.
NOTE: To ensure the highest quality of reading, your NOOK has an anti-glare lm already installed. Please do
not use any additional screen protector as it will damage the device. To protect your NOOK’s screen
from accidental damage, we recommend using a NOOK cover. Your limited warranty does not cover
damage to your NOOK’s screen resulting from use of an additional screen protector.
NOOK Button
This NOOK symbol on the lower front of your NOOK is called the NOOK button.
If your NOOK is sleeping, press the NOOK button to wake up your NOOK and turn it on.
If your NOOK is already on, press this button to display the Home screen, which features navigation controls and
shortcuts to your recent reads.
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If your NOOK is on, you can also press and hold the NOOK button for 2 seconds to turn on or off GlowLight,
the light built into the frame of your NOOK. When GlowLight is on, you can read your NOOK’s touchscreen E Ink
display even in areas with low lighting.
Micro-USB Port
Your NOOK features a Micro-USB port for charging and for connecting to a personal computer. The Micro-USB
port is located on the bottom edge of your NOOK, directly below the NOOK button.
The image below shows the back of your NOOK.
The back of your NOOK
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Getting Started with Your NOOK
The rst time you use your NOOK, you will need to go through a short set-up process that will take about 5 to 10
minutes. Make sure to be 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 account on NOOK.co.uk.
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 by pressing the power button on the left-hand edge of the device.
• Connect to a Wi-Fi network.
• Accept the Terms of Service.
• Register your NOOK to a NOOK.co.uk account.
NOTE: If you do not already have a NOOK.co.uk account, you will have an opportunity to create one during
the registration process.
Your NOOK.co.uk Account
A NOOK.co.uk account allows you to purchase and download books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOK,
and from the NOOK.co.uk site.
The account also allows you to synchronise 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 do not have a NOOK.co.uk account, you can set one up in a few minutes on the NOOK Web site. Just open
a browser on your computer, navigate to www.NOOK.co.uk, and click the Sign In button. The Sign In page includes
a form for registering for a new account. You will also have the opportunity to set up an account during the
registration process for your NOOK.
Your NOOK.co.uk account is ready for use once you have set up the following:
• An email address
• A default payment method
• A valid expiration date for the payment method
• A current U.K. billing address
If you have any questions about setting up an account, please visit www.NOOK.co.uk/support, or call Customer
Service at +1-201-438-1834.
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Registering Your NOOK
NOTE: You will need to connect to a Wi-Fi network to complete your registration.
To register your NOOK, do this:
1. Read the Welcome screen. Tap the Next button.
To register your NOOK and to purchase and download books and periodicals, you need to be connected to a
Wi-Fi network. Your NOOK automatically lists all the Wi-Fi networks it nds. Tap on the name of the network
you wish to connect to. If you see a lock symbol beside the network’s name, that network is secure. You will
need to enter a password to connect to it. If you do not know the network password, ask for the network
administrator for help. Networks that appear without lock symbols do not require a password. If you have
problems connecting to a network, visit www.NOOK.co.uk/support for troubleshooting tips.
2. Connect to a Wi-Fi network. Once you have connected to a network, tap Next (if you are in a NOOK retail
store and connected to its network) or Continue with Setup (if you are connected to any other Wi-Fi network.)
Your NOOK displays a message saying it is registering your device. When the registration has completed, your
NOOK displays the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for your device and the NOOK Shop.
3. Please read the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you agree to them, tap the Yes, I agree tickbox.
If you do not accept the Terms of Service and/or Privacy Policy, you will not be able to use your NOOK.
4. If you would like to opt in to receiving emails from select partners about products and services that may be of
interest to you, tap the I agree to receive emails tickbox.
5. If you agreed to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, tap the Agree button at the bottom of the screen.
Your NOOK displays a Sign In screen with an email eld, a password eld, a Sign In button, and a keyboard at
the bottom of the screen.
6. Sign in to your NOOK account.
When you register your NOOK, you link it to your NOOK account and give it access to all the books and
periodicals in your NOOK library. You also make it possible to shop for new books and periodicals on your
NOOK.
If you already have a NOOK account, do this:
a. On the Sign In screen, enter the email address and password for your NOOK account.
(As a security precaution, if you enter your password incorrectly ve times, you will be locked
out of your NOOK.co.uk account for half an hour. You can reset your account by visiting NOOK.
co.uk.)
b. Tap the Sign In button below the password eld.
c . When a dialogue box appears, saying “Registration successful,” tap the OK button.
If you do not already have a NOOK account, do this:
a. Tap the Create Account button.
Your NOOK displays a form for creating a NOOK account.
b. Enter the information requested, including your name, password, payment method type, payment
account number, and expiration date, and a security question.
c . Ta p Submit.
Your NOOK creates your NOOK account and registers your NOOK eReader to your account.
NOTE: If you had turned GlowLight on, it now automatically turns off.
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7. Read the message that your NOOK displays about GlowLight. Press the NOOK button and hold it for 2
seconds to turn on GlowLight.
GlowLight turns on, and a Next button appears in the lower right corner of the screen.
8. Tap the Next button.
A new screen tells you that you are ready to get started exploring the features of your NOOK. .
9. Tap the NOOK button (without holding it down) to display the Home screen and begin exploring your
NOOK.
You have now registered your NOOK and tried out GlowLight.
You are ready to read books, magazines, and newspapers, and to shop for books, magazines, and newspapers in the
NOOK Shop. You can now turn GlowLight on or off as you wish, using the NOOK button.
Tutorial Videos
The NOOK.co.uk site offers tutorial videos and other useful information about your NOOK. To watch the videos
on your personal computer, visit NOOK.co.uk/support.
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Power and Charging
Turning Your NOOK On and Off
Turning On Your NOOK
To turn on your NOOK, press the power button on the left-hand side of your NOOK. Hold the button down for
2 seconds and release it.
Your NOOK starts up.
Turning Off Your NOOK
You do not need to turn your NOOK off when you stop using it. Your NOOK automatically times out its screen
and enters a power-saving mode after a set interval of time. By default, the screen timeout interval (the time your
NOOK must be idle before it times out) is 5 minutes. You can change the screen timeout interval on the Screen
settings screen. For more information, see “Conguring Screen Settings”.
With a fully charged battery and Wi-Fi turned off, your NOOK has enough power to support up to 8 weeks of
casual reading. (Based on 30 minutes of reading per day and 1 page refresh per minute, a single charge lasts up to
8 weeks with GlowLight on at default brightness or off and wireless off. Battery life tests conducted using specic
units; actual results may vary based on device settings, usage, and many other factors.)
If you are carrying your NOOK without a cover in a bag or purse, you might want to turn off your NOOK to
avoid it being accidentally turned on from its “sleeping” state. You might also want to turn off your NOOK simply
to conserve power.
To turn off your NOOK, do this:
1. Press the power button and hold it down for 3 seconds.
A window appears, asking if you really want to turn your NOOK completely off.
2. Tap the Power off button in the dialogue box.
Your NOOK turns off.
NOTE: If you ignore the window asking you to conrm that you want to power off 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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Charging Your NOOK
There are two ways to charge your NOOK. You can plug it into your personal computer, or you can use
the optional power adapter and plug it into a wall socket (The optional power adapter for your NOOK can
be purchased from your local NOOK reseller or at NOOK.co.uk.) The diagram below shows the standard
components available for charging your NOOK.
The Micro-USB cable and Micro-USB port on your NOOK.
CAUTION: If you are using a power adapter, use only a NOOK power adapter and custom Micro-USB cable
intended for 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 Tablets. Use only
a power adapter and cable intended for use with NOOK GlowLight. When connecting your
NOOK to a personal computer, the computer must be a UL listed, approved product.
ATTENTION : Si vous voulez brancher la liseuse à une prise murale, utilisez uniquement un adaptateur secteur
NOOK et le câble microUSB adapté conçu pour la liseuse NOOK. D’autres adaptateurs risquent
d’endommager la liseuse NOOK et sa batterie. N’utilisez pas un adaptateur secteur et un câble
prévus pour d’autres modèles (tablettes) de liseuses électroniques NOOK. Utilisez uniquement
un adaptateur secteur et un câble microUSB conçu pour NOOK GlowLight. Si vous connectez
votre liseuse NOOK à un ordinateur personnel, ce dernier doit être un ordinateur approuvé et
gurer dans la liste UL.
CAUTION: This product is intended to be supplied by a Listed Direct Plug-In Power Unit marked “Class 2”
or limited power source (LPS) and rated from 5 V dc, 850mA.
ATTENTION: Cet appareil est conçu pour être alimenté par une source d’alimentation directe certiée UL de
« Classe 2 » ou par une source d’alimentation à puissance limitée (LPS) avec un courant de sortie
de 5 VDC, 850 mA.
To charge your NOOK from your personal computer, do this:
1. Insert the large end of the USB cable into a USB port on your personal computer.
2. Plug the NOOK end of the USB cable into your NOOK. If your NOOK was turned off, it will now turn itself
on.
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NOTE: Depending on how much power remains in the battery, it might take approximately 4 hours to fully
recharge your NOOK through a USB port. Do not turn off 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.
NOTE: Some personal computers must be turned on in order to charge other devices through USB ports.
When these computers are asleep or turned off, their USB ports are inactive, and no charging takes
place. If you have connected your NOOK to your personal computer and the NOOK does not seem
to be charging, check your computer’s documentation to determine what the requirements are for
charging devices through USB ports.
3. Once your NOOK has fully charged, unplug the USB cable from your NOOK.
To charge your NOOK from a wall socket with a power adapter, do this:
1. Assemble the power adapter and Micro-USB cable. Insert the large end of the USB cable into the matching slot
in the power adapter.
2. Plug the small end of the USB cable into your NOOK.
3. Plug the power adapter into a compatible electrical socket. If your NOOK was turned off, it will now turn itself
on.
NOTE: Depending on how much power remains in the battery, it might take approximately 3 hours to fully
recharge your NOOK through an electrical socket. Do not turn off 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.
4. Once your NOOK has fully charged, unplug the power adapter from the electrical socket. Unplug the USB
cable from your NOOK.
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 10 seconds, then release the power button.
2. Press the power button again for 2 seconds to turn on your NOOK.
Low Power
You can see how much power remains in your battery by checking the battery icon in the Status Bar, or by
checking the Battery indicator on the Quick Settings screen or on the Device Info screen. (To see the Quick
Settings screen, tap the gear icon in the Status Bar. To see the Device Info screen, tap the gear icon in the Status Bar,
tap All Settings, and tap Device Info on the Settings screen.)
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 sufciently recharged.
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Charging Recommendations
Your NOOK contains a rechargeable battery. To maximise 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 off.
• 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.
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.
ATTENTION: La liseuse NOOK, les câbles et les adaptateurs ne sont pas étanches. Pour éviter tout risque de
surchauffe, de fonte ou de brûlure, gardez l’appareil et tous ses accessoires à l’abri de l’eau et
de tout autre liquide.
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 components included with or sold for your NOOK: either a
custom USB cable or a custom USB cable along with a power adapter.
Aeroplanes
When using your NOOK on an aeroplane, be sure to follow the instructions of the ight crew.
To turn your NOOK’s wireless networking on or off, do this:
1. Tap on the right end of the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings dialogue box.
2. Tap the Wi-Fi tickbox to turn wireless networking on or off.
3. Tap anywhere outside the Quick Settings dialogue 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. 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, rechargeable battery. Do not attempt to replace the battery. If you suspect
your battery is having problems, please contact Customer Service at +1-201-438-1834.
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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:
• Operation: 0° C to 35° C
• Storage: -25° C to 60° C
Outside 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 limited warranty.
Storage applies to temporary locations like the boot of your car (or other motor vehicle) as well as long-term
storage.
Even on a day that is not very hot, the passenger compartment or boot 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-ber cloth. Micro-bre cloths are available from NOOK resellers and from partner retailers. Do
not use any chemicals to clean the screen.
NOOK and Designer Covers
You can purchase an optional NOOK or designer cover for your NOOK at your local NOOK reseller and online
at NOOK.co.uk. 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.
Limited Warranty Coverage
Your NOOK is backed by a one-year manufacturer’s limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.
For a copy of this limited warranty, see “One Year Limited Warranty”. The limited warranty is also available at:
www.NOOK.co.uk/support
In the event of any changes to the limited warranty, the version in effect on the Web site as of the date of purchase
shall apply.
NOTE: To ensure the highest quality of reading, your NOOK has an anti-glare lm already installed. Please do
not use any additional screen protector as it will damage the device. To protect your NOOK’s screen
from accidental damage, we recommend using a NOOK cover. Your limited warranty does not cover
damage to your NOOK’s screen resulting from use of an additional screen protector.
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Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK
When your NOOK has been idle, your NOOK goes to “sleep.” Your NOOK displays a screensaver on the screen.
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. Swipe your nger across the rightward pointing arrows between the closed lock symbol
and the unclosed lock symbol on the screen.
Sliding your nger left to right from the closed lock to the open lock unlocks your NOOK.
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Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK
Your NOOK puts great reading material right at your ngertips. To read that material, to share it, to rate it, and so
on, you will use your ngers in different ways.
Your NOOK recognises these different gestures:
• Tap
• Double tap
• Press and hold
• Swipe
• Scroll
Tap
A tap on the screen is a quick touch of your ngertip. It is the same gesture you use when you tap a key on a
computer keyboard.
Tapping on a book cover.
Double Tap
Tapping twice quickly on the screen is a useful short-cut for many features.
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 nger to the screen and holding it there for 2 seconds.
In many situations, pressing and holding causes your NOOK to open a menu. The menu offers you choices about
the word or image your nger is resting on.
For example, if you press and hold on a word in a book, your NOOK opens a menu offering you choices of things
you can do with that word: highlight it, write a note about it, look the word up in a dictionary, and so on.
Pressing and holding on a word in a book and then lifting your nger opens the Text Selection Toolbar.
Swipe
To swipe is to slide your nger across the screen, usually to the left or right.
You can swipe to turn pages in a book you are reading.
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 bar
that displays icons at the top of your NOOK screen in Home, Library, Shop, Search, and Settings.
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Scroll
Slide your nger up or down the screen to scroll through any list displaying up and down arrows at the bottom of
the screen. A scroll gesture is like a vertical swipe.
You can scroll up and down through shelves of books and periodicals.
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The Quick Nav Bar
The Quick Nav Bar is a row of three buttons at the bottom of the Home Screen.
If your NOOK is turned on and active, you can make the Quick Nav Bar and the Home Screen appear by pressing
the NOOK button below the touchscreen.
The Quick Nav Bar looks like this:
The Quick Nav Bar.
To view the Quick Nav Bar, tap the NOOK button to open the Home Screen.
The Quick Nav Bar shows three navigation buttons:
• My Library - opens your personal library of books, magazines, and newspapers
• Shop - opens the NOOK Shop on your NOOK, where you shop for NOOK Books, magazines, and
newspapers
• Search - opens a tool for searching the NOOK Shop and the Library on your NOOK
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The Status Bar
A Status Bar runs along the top of the NOOK touchscreen on the Home Screen, the Library, the Shop, the Search
screen, and on Settings screens. The Status Bar looks like this when GlowLight is turned on:
The Status Bar with GlowLight turned on.
The Status Bar shows a different lightbulb icon when GlowLight is turned off:
The Status Bar with GlowLight turned off.
A slightly different version appears in books or periodicals when you open the Reading Tools.
The Left Side of the Status Bar
The left-hand side of the Status Bar presents:
• An open book icon that returns you to the book, magazine, or newspaper you were most recently reading.
• A NOOK symbol that appears when new software updates have been installed
• A dark square with a number inside it indicating that you have received that number of notications; tapping on
the square opens the notications. (In the images above, the Status Bar is showing 2 notications.)
The Right Side of the Status Bar
The right-hand side of the status bar presents:
• A digital clock showing the current time:
• A lightbulb icon that indicates whether GlowLight is turned on or off:
• A wireless connection indicator:
• A battery charge indicator:
• A gear icon for opening Settings screens:
The lightbulb icon indicates whether GlowLight is turned on or off. If GlowLight is on, an icon representing an
illuminated lightbulb icon appears in the Status Bar. If GlowLight is turned off, an icon representing a crossed-out
lightbulb appears instead.
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 is
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 24-hour clock. To change the time or to switch to a 12-hour
clock, set the 12-hour clock option on the Time Settings screen. See “Conguring Time Settings”.
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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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GlowLight
Your NOOK includes GlowLight, a built-in light that enables you to read even in dim lighting conditions.
Turning GlowLight On or Off
There are several ways you can turn GlowLight on or off.
Turning GlowLight On or Off with the NOOK Button
To turn GlowLight on or off, press and hold the NOOK button for 2 seconds.
• If GlowLight was off, pressing the NOOK button turns it on.
• If GlowLight was on, pressing the NOOK button turns it off.
When GlowLight is turned on, the screen illuminates and a lightbulb icon appears in the Status Bar.
Turning GlowLight On or Off in the Quick Settings Window
You can also turn GlowLight on or off in the Quick Settings window.
1. On the Home screen, in the Library, in the Shop, on the Search screen, or in Settings, tap the lightbulb icon or
Wi-Fi symbol in the Status Bar.
Your NOOK opens the Quick Settings window.
2. Change the GlowLight setting as you like.
• If GlowLight is off, tap the GlowLight slidebar to turn GlowLight on. Slide the circle on the slidebar to
make GlowLight bright or dimmer.
• If GlowLight is on, tap the tickbox by the slidebar to turn it off.
3. To close the Quick Settings window, tap the dark triangle at the bottom of the window, or tap anywhere
outside the window.
Adjusting the Brightness of GlowLight
To adjust the brightness of GlowLight, do this:
1. Do either of the following:
• On the main Settings screen, tap the GlowLight menu selection to open the GlowLight settings
screen.
• On the Home screen or the Search screen, or in the Library or the NOOK Shop, tap the gear icon in
the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings Screen.
Your NOOK opens a window with a tickbox for turning GlowLight on and off. The window also includes a
slider bar for adjusting the brightness of GlowLight.
2. Drag your nger along the slider to make GlowLight brighter or dimmer.
• Slide the circle to the left to make it dimmer.
• Slide the circle to the right to make it brighter.
3. Once you have adjusted the brightness of GlowLight to your satisfaction, return to reading or shopping.
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• To close the Quick Settings window, tap anywhere outside it on the screen.
• To return to the main Settings screen from the GlowLight settings screen, tap the left arrow in the
upper left corner of the screen.
The picture below shows the Quick Settings window. The GlowLight settings screen features similar controls for
GlowLight.
The Quick Settings window.
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The Home Screen
The Home screen gives you easy access to the books and periodicals you have recently read or purchased.
In the top portion of the screen, you will see the cover of the most recent books or periodicals you have been
reading. The Reading Now panel has room for three titles.
Here is an example of a Home screen:
The Home screen.
The Reading Now Panel
The Reading Now panel shows the covers of the three most recent books or periodicals you were reading. If you
have not read a book or periodical yet, the Reading Now panel shows the cover of the NOOK User Guide or NOOK Quick Guide. These two guides are automatically included in your Library.
To open the book or periodical shown in the Reading Now panel, tap on its cover.
The NOW ON NOOK Shelf
At the bottom of the screen, you will see a shelf with book recommendations for you. The recommendations come
from the Now on NOOK list or, if you have linked your NOOK to your Contact, Facebook, or Google email
accounts, the recommendations come from your friends.
To visit a screen in the NOOK Shop showing all the books in the recommended list, tap the link SEE ALL.
To learn more about a particular book, tap its cover. Your NOOK opens a detailed description of the book,
including an overview, a list of reviews, a list of related titles, and a button for purchasing the book. The details page
might also include a button for downloading a free sample of the book.
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The picture below shows an example of a details page about a recommended book.
The Details page for a book.
Returning to the Home Screen
You can return to the Home screen at any time by pressing the NOOK button on the lower front of your NOOK.
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Reading Books on Your NOOK
You can read books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOK. You can make notes about what you are reading,
highlight and annotate favourite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations with friends on social
sites such as Facebook.
To start reading, simply tap on a book’s cover. The book opens and lls the screen. You can use the features
described in this section to get the most out of your reading experience.
While you are reading, you can customise the look of the page. You can switch fonts, make type bigger or smaller,
and adjust line-spacing and margins. You can switch between page designs whenever you like.
Opening a Book
To open a book, tap on its cover. If you are displaying a list of titles in the Library, tap on the title of the book you
want to open.
NOTE: The rst time you open a book on your NOOK, you will be presented with a brief tutorial on using
gestures to turn pages and to open reading tools.
Page Layout
When you are reading content on NOOK, the text lls most of the page.
Page numbers appear at the bottom of the screen.
The title of the book you are reading appears in the upper left when you rst open a book. Once you begin turning
pages, the title disappears.
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 nger on the right-hand side of the page and slide it quickly to
the left, as though you were ipping 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 nger on the left-hand side of the page and slide it quickly to
the right, as though you were ipping a page backwards in a printed book.)
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The Reading Tools Menu
The Reading Tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, to search for content, share content, and adjust the
display of text.
To call up the Reading Tools menu, tap anywhere in the centre of the page or tap on the small dark arrow at the
bottom of the page.
The Reading Tools menu appears at the bottom of the screen. When the Reading Tools appear, your NOOK also
displays the GlowLight indicator, the battery status indicator, and a digital clock in the upper right corner of the
screen, as shown in the gure below.
The Reading Tools menu.
There are ve tools in the Reading Tools menu. Here is a summary of what they do.
• Contents - opens a table of contents for the book. Also displays tabs that give you access to Annotations,
Bookmarks, and Lookups
• Find - lets you search the book you are reading
• Go To - lets you skip forward or backward to a specic page
• Text - lets you adjust the text size, font style, line spacing, and other stylistic attributes of the page
• More - opens a page with details about the book and tools for sharing, archiving, and more
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Reading Tools: contents
Tap on the contents icon in the Reading Tools to open a window with four tabs:
• Chapters - a Table of Contents listing chapters or sections
• Annotations - a list of highlights and notes throughout the book
• Bookmarks - a list of all the bookmarks you have set
• Lookups - a list of all the words you have looked up in this book or in all your books
Tap on any title, highlighted passage summary, or bookmark on these tabs to jump to that location in the book.
The Contents dialogue box.
When the dialogue box opens, it displays the Chapters tab, which lists all the chapters in the book. If the list of
chapters runs longer than one screen, you can tap the arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll down and up
through the list.
Tapping on any chapter number or title closes the dialogue box and moves you to the beginning of that chapter in
the book.
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Tapping on the Annotations tab displays the Annotations screen, which looks like this.
The Annotations screen.
The Annotations screen lists all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about. Each passage is identied
by its page number and opening line. If the list of notes and highlights runs longer than one screen, you can tap the
arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll down and up through the list.
To jump to a particular passage, tap on it.
To erase all the notes and clear all the highlights, tap the Clear all button.
You can control whether or not your NOOK shows highlighted passages and note symbols in the NOOK Book
you are reading. Tap the tickbox labelled Show Notes & Highlights. Leave the box ticked to show Notes & Highlights.
Leave it unticked to hide them.
NOTE: When you hide Notes & Highlights, they are still visible on the Annotations screen, but in the pages of
the NOOK Book, highlighted passages no longer appear with a tinted background, and Note symbols
do not appear in the margin.
To close the window without making a selection, tap the Close button in the upper right.
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Tapping the Bookmarks tab displays the Bookmarks screen.
Here is an example of a Bookmarks screen.
The Bookmarks screen.
For each bookmarked page, the screen lists the page number and either the chapter number (if you bookmarked
the rst page of a chapter) or the rst line of text that appears on the page (if you bookmarked any page other
than the rst page of a chapter).
To clear all the bookmarks, tap the Clear all button.
To clear an individual bookmark, tap the bookmark to visit its page, and then tap the bookmark ribbon in the upper
right corner.
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Tapping on the Lookups tab displays the Lookups screen, which lists words you have looked up while reading. The
Lookups screen looks like this:
The Lookups tab.
Each looked-up word appears with an excerpt of the passage in which it appears, along with an indication of when
you rst looked up the word.
Tap on a word to see its dictionary denition.
You can limit the list of lookups to just those in the current book, or you can display a list of all the words you have
looked up across all the books on your device. A button near the upper right corner of the screen lets you toggle
between these two display modes. Tap the button for the view you want:
• See lookups across all books
• See lookups for just this book
To erase the list of lookups, tap the Clear all button. If you are viewing the lookups just for this book, only those
lookups are deleted. If you are viewing the lookups across all your books, tapping Clear all deletes all the lookups in
all your books.
To delete just a single entry in the list, press and hold on the word until a dialogue box opens. The dialogue box
asks you to conrm that you want to delete the word. To proceed, tap OK. Otherwise, tap Cancel.
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Reading Tools: goto
Tap on the goto icon in the Reading Tools to jump to another page in the book.
When you tap on goto, a navigation dialogue box appears at the bottom of the screen, as shown below.
The goto dialogue box.
The dialogue box includes a slider bar that shows your current position in the book.
Using the Slider to Move to Another Page
To move to another page, do this:
1. Tap in the centre of the page to open the Reading Tools, if they are not already open.
2. Tap the goto button.
A dialogue box opens with a slider showing your current position in the book.
3. Press on the knob on the slider and drag it left or right until you see the page number you are looking for
appear on the right end of the slider bar. If the book is divided into chapters, the slider bar will list chapter
numbers and titles as you slide through them.
4. When you have moved the slider to the position in the book you want, tap on the centre of the page to close
the goto dialogue box and resume reading the book.
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If instead of moving to the new page, you want to jump back to the previous page you had navigated from, tap the
Go Back button in the goto dialogue box. You can tap the Go Back button repeatedly to through several previous
locations.
Typing a Page Number to Move to Another Page
To move to another page by entering its page number, do this:
1. Tap in the centre of the page to open the Reading Tools.
2. Tap the goto button.
A dialogue box opens with a slider showing your current position in the book.
3. Tap the Enter a Page button in the lower right-hand corner of the dialogue box.
Your NOOK opens a page-number dialogue box with a numerical keyboard.
4. Type the number of the page you want to move to. Then tap the tickmark button.
The page-number dialogue box.
Once you have moved to the new page, tap the X symbol in the tab to close the goto dialogue box.
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Reading Tools: nd
Tap on the nd icon in the Reading Tools to search for a word or phrase in the book you are reading.
When you tap on nd, 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.
The Find screen.
If the word or phrase you searched for appears in the book, your NOOK displays a list of page numbers and
passages. To jump to a passage, tap on it.
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The image below shows an example of search results.
Search results within a book.
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If the word or phrase you searched for appears more than once in the book, your NOOK displays a search
navigation tool at the bottom of the screen when you jump to the location of a search result. This toolbar includes
a forward arrow and a backward arrow for moving from one appearance of the word or phrase to another.
Viewing a search result and using the mini toolbar.
To jump to the next appearance of this search term in the book, tap the right arrow
To jump back to the previous appearance of the search term, tap the left arrow.
To return to the screen listing all appearances of the search term, tap the square icon with the stack of horizontal
lines.
To start a search for a different word or phrase, tap in the text eld. Your NOOK opens a new search screen. Type
the word or phrase you want to search for and tap nd.
To close the mini toolbar, tap the X symbol in the raised tab by the upper right corner of the toolbar.
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Reading Tools: text
Tap on the text icon in the Reading Tools to open a window for adjusting the font, the font size, line spacing, and
margin size.
The Text dialogue box.
The Text dialogue box lets you pick:
• a text size
• a font style
• line spacing - single, 1.5-line, or double
• margin size - narrow, medium, or wide
NOTE: Some publishers have dened default settings for the display of NOOK Books. This settings specify a
specic type font, font size, line spacing, and margin setting. If these defaults have been dened for the
NOOK book you are reading, you will be able to tick and untick a box labelled Publisher Defaults. You
need to untick this box in order to make any changes to the text settings.
Tap on the settings that you would like to use. As you change settings, you will see the new settings applied to the
page behind the text screen.
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When you have nished making changes, close the dialogue box either by tapping on the X in the upper right
corner of the dialogue box or by tapping anywhere on the page of the NOOK book you are reading.
Reading Tools: more
Tap on the more icon in the Reading Tools to open a page with details about the book, along with buttons for
opening Social features.
The More screen.
The More screen presents details about the book you are reading, as well as options for sharing quotes and
recommendations with NOOK Friends or for searching for other books like it.
Reading the Book
To return to reading the book, tap the Read button.
Lending the Book to a Friend
If the book is eligible for lending, and you have not lent it, yet, you can offer to lend it to a friend who has a NOOK.
co.uk account by tapping the LendMe button. See “Using the LendMe Programme” for details.
Sharing the Book
Tap the Share button to lend the book or share your impressions about it.
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Tapping the Share button opens a dialogue box like the one shown below. (The contents of this dialogue box may
vary, depending on whether you are reading a book you own or a sample and whether the book is eligible for
lending.)
The Share dialogue box.
• Recommend - recommend the book to your friends by
• sending email to one or more contacts
• posting a recommendation on your Facebook wall
• posting a recommendation through your Twitter account
• Post Reading Status - post a message on Facebook or Twitter telling how far you have read in the book
• Rate and Review - rate the book and post a short review on NOOK.co.uk
• Like on Facebook - use the Like feature on Facebook to tell people you like this book
• LendMe - launch the LendMe programme to lend this book to a friend (see “Using the LendMe Programme”
for details)
• View Friends’ Activities - view the recommendations, shared quotes, and other activities of your NOOK
Friends
To use these features, you must rst 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 “Conguring Social Features”.
Archiving Books and Periodicals
To save storage space on your NOOK, you can archive books and periodicals you are not currently reading.
Archiving keeps a copy of a book in your account on the NOOK 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 unarchive a
book at any time, so your reading material is not lost.
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NOTE: While your book is archived, you will not be able to read it. Unarchive the book to gain access to it
again.
To archive a book or periodical, do this:
1. On the details page you opened with the more button in the Reading Tools, tap the Archive button.
A dialogue box opens, asking you if you are sure you want to move this item to your NOOK.co.uk archive.
2. Tap OK.
Your NOOK archives the book or periodical. It lists the book or periodical on a shelf in your Library called
Archived.
NOTE: Because the text of the item you have been reading has been archived, when you close the details
page, you will see a page from some other item you have been reading, rather than the item you were
just reading.
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, pull down the category menu and select Archived.
Your NOOK displays titles that you have archived.
2. Find the book you want to unarchive, and tap the Unarchive button next to its title.
Your NOOK unarchives the book or periodical and downloads it to your Library.
NOTE: If the book or periodical does not appear right away, tap the Sync button at the top of the Library
screen to update your Library.
Jumping to the Furthest Page Read
If you have 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 have read, even if you
have not read that page on your NOOK.
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Using Bookmarks
Adding a Bookmark
A bookmark marks a location in a book. In a printed book, a bookmark helps you nd the page where you left off
reading.
You can set bookmarks in books to make it easy to jump to specic locations You can set as many bookmarks 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 dark 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 setting bookmarks,
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 centre 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 the Close button in the upper right corner of the
Contents window.
Removing a Bookmark
To remove a bookmark on the current page, tap on the 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 upper left corner of the bookmarks list.
A dialogue box opens asking you to conrm that you want to clear all the bookmarks.
3. Tap Remove All.
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Selecting Text to Look up Words, Add Highlighting or Notes, and Share Quotes with Friends
You can select a word or a passage of text. Once you have selected a word, you can look it up in a dictionary. 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 nger.
The word appears highlighted, and two vertical bars will appear on either side of it, dening the start and end of the
selected text. At the same time, the Text Selection Toolbar appears along with a window displaying the word’s
dictionary denition, as shown below.
A selected word and the Text Selection Toolbar.
Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary
To display the dictionary denition of a word, press and hold on the word, as described above. If the denition is
long, you can use up and down arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll through the denition.
To have the dictionary denition ll the screen, tap the dictionary icon (an open book labelled A-Z).
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When you tap the dictionary icon, the denition lls the screen, as shown below.
A dictionary window lling the screen.
To scroll through the denition, tap the arrows at the bottom of the window.
To look up the denition of a different word, tap the search eld, type the word you want to look up, and tap the
arrow button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.
To close the dictionary window, tap the X in the upper right-hand corner of the window.
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Changing Dictionaries
Your NOOK includes support for many different dictionaries, which you can download free to your NOOK.
To change the dictionary used by the Reading Tools, do this:
1. Look up any word in a book or periodical.
2. Tap the dictionary icon to display the denition in full-screen mode.
Beneath the search eld on the dictionary screen, tap Change Dictionary.
Your NOOK opens the Select Dictionary window, which lists the dictionaries supported by your NOOK. An
English dictionary is installed on your NOOK by default and may not be removed. A cloud icon containing a
downward-pointing arrow appears next to any dictionary that you can download and add to your NOOK,
Once you download a dictionary, you can select it by tapping on its name. Only one dictionary is active at a
time. To remove a dictionary (other than the pre-installed English dictionary), tap the DELETE button that
appears next to the dictionary’s name. To close the window without changing dictionaries, tap the X button in
the upper right-hand corner of the window.
The Select Dictionary window showing the English dictionary pre-installed and a French dictionary which has been downloaded and
selected. Other dictionaries remain available for download.
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Changing the Selection from a Word to a Passage
To select an entire passage, rather than just a word, select the word that you want to have at the beginning or end
of the selected passage and drag the vertical bar that is closest to the direction in which you want to extend the
selection. Drag the vertical bar until you have selected the passage you want.
Select a word at the beginning or the end of the passage you want to select, and extend the selection by dragging a vertical bar.
When you lift your ngers after resizing the text selection, the Text Selection Toolbar re-appears.
Using the Text Selection Toolbar
Once you have highlighted a word or a passage, the Text Selection Toolbar appears. This Toolbar offers you the
following choices:
• Add Note (the notepad icon) - Opens a window for writing a note about the selected word or passage.
• Highlight (the pen icon) - Lets you highlight a word or passage.
• Share (the forked path icon) - Opens the Share dialogue window.
• Look Up (the A-Z icon) - Displays a dictionary denition of the selected word.
If you decide not to take any of these actions, simply tap anywhere on the screen other than in the Text Selection
Toolbar to close the Toolbar and continue reading.
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Looking Up Words in the Dictionary
It is easy to look up information about a word or topic when you are reading.
Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary
Your NOOK includes the Oxford Dictionary of English.
To look up a word in the dictionary, do this:
1. Press and hold on a word to select it.
2. Tap the A-Z button in the Text Selection Toolbar.
A pop-up window appears, presenting a dictionary denition of the word. To close the window, tap the X in the
upper right corner.
The picture below shows an example of a dictionary denition.
A denition from your NOOK’s built-in dictionary.
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Sharing Quotes through Social Media 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 button in the Text Selection Toolbar. The “Share a Quote” window
opens, offering 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 have not set up any email contacts, tap the Add Contacts button in the upper
right to ll in a form with a contact’s forename, surname, and email address.
• on Facebook opens a window that lets you post the quote, along with a brief message, on your Facebook wall.
• 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. 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 specic 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 at the bottom of the screen.
2. Lift your nger, then drag one of the vertical bars to other end of the passage.
The Text Selection Toolbar appears again.
3. Tap the notepad 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 tickmark button in the lower right corner to post the Note and close the note window.
In your book, a note icon now appears in the margin, indicating that a note has been written about this passage.
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Viewing a Note
To open a note and read it, tap the note icon in the margin.
When you are 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 displays a note icon next to any passage of text about which you have written
a note. However, you can congure your NOOK not to display note icons. Tap in the centre of the
page to display the Reading Tools, tap the Content button, tap the Annotations tab, and untick the
tickbox labelled Show Notes & Highlights. This hides notes and highlights while you are reading, though
you can still read notes by opening the Contents tool and tapping on the Annotations tab. To read a
note in the Annotations tab, tap on it.
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 labelled Cancel, Remove, 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 nished editing the note, tap the tickmark button.
Removing a Note
To remove a note, do this:
1. Tap on the highlighted word or phrase associated with the note.
A menu appears at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap the Remove button.
Your NOOK deletes the note.
Viewing All Notes
To view all notes, do this:
1. Tap the page to display the Reading Tools.
2. Tap the Contents button.
3. Tap the Annotations tab.
This tab lists all your notes and 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 have 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 button.
3. Tap the Annotations tab.
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4. Tap the tickbox labelled Show Notes & Highlights to change the display of note and highlights.
Leave the box ticked to display notes and highlights. Leave it unticked to hide notes and highlights.
Sharing a Quote
If you have entered contacts in your NOOK or linked your NOOK to Facebook or Twitter, you can share
quotations from the book you are reading with your friends.
NOTE: You must have set up contacts or linked to Facebook or Twitter before you can use this feature. To set
up contacts and links to Facebook and Twitter, see “Conguring Social Features”.
To share a quote, do this:
1. Tap the rst or last word of the passage to highlight it.
Vertical bar appear at the beginning and end of the word.
2. Drag a vertical bar to the other end of the passage, highlighting all the words in the passage.
3. In the Text Selection Toolbar, tap share.
The Share a Quote window opens. See the picture below.
The Share a Quote window.
4. Tap the button for the way you want to share the quote: with Contacts, on Facebook, or via Twitter.
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5. Tap Next.
6. Fill in the form to nish sharing the quote.
• If you opted to share the quote with contacts, you will see an email form with a Select Contacts button.
Tap the button to see a list of your contacts. Select the contacts with whom you want to share the
quote. When you have nished selecting contacts, tap Done. In the message form, type a message you
would like to include with the quote, then tap send.
• If you opted to share the quote on Facebook, you will see a form that lets you post the quote along
with a message to your own wall. You can type a message in the message eld to accompany the
quote. When you are ready to post the quote and your message, tap the post button in the lower right
corner of the keyboard.
• If you opted to share the quote on Twitter, you will see a form for posting a message to your Twitter
account. Twitter messages (known as “tweets”) must be no longer than 140 characters. If your quote
is longer than 140 characters, you will need to shorten it to post it on Twitter.
Adjusting the Appearance of the Page
In most books, you can adjust the features described below.
Text Sizes
• A range of text sizes from small to large
Font Families
• Georgia
• Malabar™
• Amasis™
• Tipperary™
• Avenir® Next
• Joanna® Sans
Line Spacing
• Single spacing
• 1.5-line spacing
• Double spacing
Margins
• Narrow
• Medium
• Wide
Publisher Defaults
• On/Off
If you turn on Publisher Settings, the page displays using the settings recommended by the publisher.
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NOTE: Some publishers dene recommended settings for their eBooks; other publishers do not. If the
Publisher Settings toggle switch is greyed out, the publisher of the eBook you are reading has not
dened recommended settings.
All other page controls in the dialogue box appear greyed out.
To change the appearance of the book, do this:
1. Tap the centre of the page to make the Reading Tools appear.
2. Tap the Text button.
Your NOOK opens a window displaying font and spacing controls.
3. Tap the controls to select the font, font size, line spacing, and margins you want.
4. Tap anywhere outside the text dialogue box to close the dialogue box.
Reviews and Recommendations
To view a summary of the book, along with reviews and recommendations for similar books, tap in the centre of
the page to bring up the Reading Tools and tap the more button.
For details, see “Reading Tools: more”.
Opening DRM-protected Files
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. DRM software protects books from being copied, sold, or distributed
in an unauthorised manner.
Your NOOK and the NOOK Web site automatically make sure that when you buy and download a NOOK Book,
the NOOK Book recognises 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 the NOOK Shop. In
this case, you will need to enter the following information to unlock the book or periodical:
• Your name as it appears on the billing address of your NOOK account
• The number of the payment method associated with your NOOK account when you downloaded the book or
periodical
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Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Your NOOK
Reading magazines and newspapers on your NOOK is similar to reading books. You use the same gestures–tapping
and swiping–to turn pages. You have access to the same Reading Tools, such as Contents and GoTo.
Some periodicals may include their own table of contents with live links to specic articles and features, but
otherwise the features are similar to the features used in reading books.
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The Library on Your NOOK
Your library is where you keep everything you want to read on NOOK. In your library, you will nd:
• Books you have purchased from the NOOK Shop
• Newsstand magazines and newspaper you have purchased from the NOOK Shop
• Free books you have downloaded from the NOOK Shop
• EPUB les and PDFs you have transferred onto NOOK using a USB connection from your personal computer
(these les appear in the My Files section of the Library).
To access your library, tap the My Library button on the Quick Nav Bar.
The Library looks like this:
The Library
Pull-down Menus
To help you quickly nd what you are looking for, the Library features a couple of pull-down menus that let you
select which Library items should be displayed on the screen and how they should be displayed.
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The Category Menu
The category menu (sometimes called the lter menu) is a pull-down menu in the upper left corner of the Library
lets you select the Library contents you want to display.
Choices include:
• All - shows everything in your Library
• Books - shows only books
• Newsstand - shows only magazines and newspapers (this menu choice appears only if you have purchased
magazines or newspapers)
• LendMe - shows only books eligible for lending and books that you have borrowed (this menu choice appears
only if you have lendable books or if you have borrowed books)
• Shelves - shows any books, magazines, and newspapers that you have organised on shelves
• My Files - shows any les, such as EPUB or PDF les, that you have transferred from your personal computer
to your NOOK
• Archived - shows any books or periodicals you have archived (this menu choice appears only if you have once
archived any books or periodicals)
• Everything Else - shows any content in your account that is not supported on this device
The picture below shows an example of the category menu.
The Category Menu.
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The Sort Menu
The sort menu is a pull-down menu that lets you sort the content shown on the screen according to rules such as
Most Recent, Title (an alphabetical listing of titles), or Author (an alphabetical listing of authors’ surnames).
The Sort Menu.
The Sync Button
In the upper right corner of the Library is a button with two curved arrows forming a circle. This is the Sync
button. Synchronising your NOOK downloads any books and periodicals that you have purchased from the
NOOK Shop while using another device, such as another NOOK, a smartphone, or a tablet, registered to the
same account. Synchronising also downloads any purchases of NOOK content you may have made on the Web at
NOOK.co.uk.
Searching Your Library
You can search your library to nd any of the following for books, magazines, and newspapers:
• Author
• Title
• Subject
To search your Library for a particular author, title, or subject do this:
1. Tap the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the Library screen.
A keyboard appears.
2. Type the word or phrase you want to search for.
3. Tap the search button.
Your NOOK displays a list of any items it nds matching the word or phrase you typed. To open an item in the
list, tap on its name.
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, offering 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 eld where you were typing.
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Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library
Your Library allows you to view and sort your books and periodicals in different 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.
Sorting and Viewing Books
You can sort books by:
• Most Recent
• Title
• Author
You can view books in these arrangements:
• a grid
• a list, which includes titles and author names
Sorting and Viewing Your Newsstand (Magazines and Newspapers)
You can sort magazines and newspapers in your Newsstand by:
• Most Recent
• Title
You can view magazines in these arrangements:
• a grid
• a list, which includes titles, publisher names, 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 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. Once the book has fully downloaded, you can
open it.
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.
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.
If a book or periodical appears with a cloud icon, you can tap on the item to download it from your Barnes &
Noble Lifetime Library.
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• Pre-order: This item is available for pre-order. You can order it now, even though it has not been released, yet.
You will be able to read it the moment it is released.
• Recommended: A friend has recommended this book or periodical to you.
• LendMe: You can lend this book to a friend.
• Lent: You have lent this book to NOOK Friend. The number on the cover indicates the number of days left on
the loan.
• Borrowed: You have borrowed this book from a NOOK Friend. The number on the cover indicates the
number of days left on the loan.
• Returned: This book has been returned to the lender.
• Google: This is a Google eBook.
When a book, magazine, or newspaper is being downloaded, dots appear within the cloud icon and then a circle
appears on the item’s cover, indicating that the download is in progress.
Organising Your Library on Shelves
In addition to views of all your books, magazines, and newspapers, your Library also includes a feature called
Shelves where you create named collections of books, periodicals, and les. 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.
A book, periodical, or le 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 category menu and select Shelves.
2. Tap the Add Shelf button.
A dialogue box appears.
3. Tap in the text eld in the dialogue box. When a keyboard appears, type the name of the shelf you want to
create.
4. Tap the tickmark button in the lower right corner of the keyboard.
Your NOOK creates the shelf, then displays a list of all the items in your Library. It also displays a number in
parentheses, indicating how many items are currently in the shelf. When you rst create the shelf, this number
is zero.
5. Tap the tickbox next to any item to you want to add to the shelf you just created.
Use the page up and down buttons on your NOOK to scroll through the list. As you add items to the library,
your NOOK updates the number which appears in parentheses by the shelf’s name, indicating the number of
items on the shelf.
6. When you have nished adding items to the shelf, tap the Save button in the lower right corner of the screen.
7. Your NOOK creates the shelf and returns you to the main Shelves screen, which displays all your shelves.
Adding or Removing Items
If you did not add items to a shelf when you created it, the shelf will be empty.
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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 tickboxes to the left of book and periodical titles to add or remove items, as you like:
• Any item with a ticked tickbox is included in the shelf.
• Any item with a blank tickbox is excluded.
3. When you have nished adding or removing items, tap Save.
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 dialogue box with a text eld appears.
3. Tap in the text eld in the dialogue 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 Delete Shelf button.
A dialogue box appears, asking if you really want to remove the shelf.
3. To remove the shelf, tap OK.
Archiving Books and Periodicals
To save storage space on your NOOK, you can archive NOOK books and periodicals you are not currently
reading. Archiving keeps a copy of a book in your account on the NOOK Cloud at NOOK.co.uk, while removing all
but the most basic information about the book (such as its cover, title, author, and description) from your NOOK.
You can unarchive a book at any time, so your reading material is not lost.
To archive a book or periodical, do this:
1. In the Library, double-tap on the cover or title of the book or periodical.
Your NOOK opens the details page for the item.
2. On the details page, tap the Archive button.
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.
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Unarchiving Books and 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 category menu, then tap the Archived menu choice.
Your NOOK displays the items you have archived.
2. Double-tap on the cover or title of the book or periodical you want to unarchive.
The details page for that item appears.
3. Tap the Unarchive menu choice.
Your NOOK unarchives the item, restores its contents, and removes it from the Archived shelf.
Transferring Files from Your Personal Computer to Your NOOK
You can transfer les, including EPUB les, PDFs, and photos from your personal computer to your NOOK.
NOTE: You can transfer photos to your NOOK only for use as screensavers. To learn about setting up
screensavers, see “Conguring Screen Settings”.
NOTE: Transferring les from your personal computer to your NOOK is called “sideloading.”
To transfer les from your personal computer to your NOOK, do this:
1. Using the custom Micro-USB cable provided with your NOOK, connect your NOOK to your personal
computer.
NOTE: Use only the Micro-USB cable provided with your NOOK. Using any other cable might damage your
NOOK.
2. When you connect your NOOK to your personal computer, your NOOK will appear as a new disk drive
called “NOOK” on your personal computer. Drag the les you want to transfer onto the “NOOK” drive.
NOTE: If you connect your NOOK to a Windows PC, the PC might display a dialogue box asking if you want
to install a driver for a “Nook.” Click Cancel to close this dialogue box. You do not need to install a
special driver to transfer les to your NOOK.
3. To organise the les, open the “NOOK” drive. You will see several folders on your NOOK. Move your
personal les in the My Files folder.
4. When you have nished arranging les, eject the “NOOK” drive from your personal computer to unmount the
NOOK le system.
5. Disconnect the Micro-USB cable.
Recommendations for Files
After you transfer documents to your NOOK, keep back-up copies on your personal computer. Barnes & Noble
cannot be responsible for any loss of data transferred to your NOOK.
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Using the LendMe Programme
Lending and Borrowing Books
With NOOK LendMe technology, you can share lendable NOOK Books with any NOOK Friend or any friend who
has a NOOK or NOOK.co.uk account with a valid payment method. Your NOOK Friend or friend can read the
book on any NOOK device or on any NOOK application such as NOOK for Android, NOOK for iPhone®, NOOK
for iPod touch®, NOOK for PC, and NOOK for Windows8.
You may lend each of your lendable books once. You cannot read a book while it is on loan or while a lending offer
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 the details pages of books in your Library and the Shop. You can also access them
through the Social settings controls described in “Conguring Social Features”.
Guidelines for Lending and Borrowing Books
Here are details about lending and borrowing books.
• You can lend only books that are in your NOOK Library. Your 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 device.
• You can send a lending offer to any email address, but to accept the offer, the other person must have an
email address associated with a NOOK account, a valid payment method associated with the online account,
and a NOOK device or a NOOK Reading app for other devices. An account holder’s payment method is not
charged when he or she borrows a book from you.
• You can lend a book from anywhere with supported wireless connectivity.
• You can only lend a book one time. It only counts as the one-time lending if your friend accepts the lending
offer. If the lending offer expires or your friend rejects the offer, you can still lend the book.
• When you offer to lend a book, the offer lasts for up to 7 days. The offer ends when your friend accepts the
offer or when 7 days have passed.
• Once you have offered to lend the book, you cannot retract your offer.
• A loan is for 14 calendar days, counting the day on which the lending offer is accepted. A lent book is
automatically 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
offer 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 archive a book that has been lent to you.
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Determining whether a Book Can Be Lent
Not all books can be lent. Here is 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 Shop on the
NOOK.co.uk Web site. When you navigate to the details page for a book by clicking on the title, the badge is
located below the cover image if that book title can be lent.
• LendMe badges are present in your library on the NOOK.co.uk Web site. 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 and a “Lent” badge appears on its cover. If you
double-tap on the book to open its details page, you will see the name of the friend to whom you lent the book.
Lending a Book
To lend a book from your library, do this:
1. Open the LendMe application for the book you want to lend. You can open the LendMe application doing any
of the following:
• If the book is in the Library, double-tap on the book’s cover or on its title to open the book details
page. On the details page, tap the LendMe button.
• In the book itself, tap the centre of the page to bring up the Reading Tools. Tap the more button to
bring up the book’s details page. On the book’s details page, tap the LendMe button.
• In the Library, pull down the category menu and select LendMe to display only books eligible for
lending. Once the lendable books are displayed, tap the cover of the book you want to lend.
2. In the dialogue box that appears, tap on a social media icon to select the way you want to notify your friend of
the LendMe offer.
• 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
offer posting a message on your friend’s wall.
• If you have linked your NOOK to your Google account, you can notify your friend through the email
account associated with your Google 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. Tap the Next button in the lower right corner of the screen.
4. Write your email message or wall message and send it to your friend.
Borrowing a Book
You can ask a friend to lend you a book in his or her library.
To nd out which of your friends have lendable books, use the Manage my NOOK Friends feature on the Social
settings screen.
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NOTE: If you are enjoying a book sample or a book you have borrowed, you can purchase the book at any
time. Simply tap the Buy button at the top of any page in the book to purchase the book using your
NOOK account.
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Shopping on Your NOOK
Introduction
NOTE: To access the NOOK Shop on your NOOK, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. If you are
in an area with Wi-Fi access but you are not connected to a network, your NOOK will guide you
through the process of connecting.
To begin shopping, tap on the Shop button in the Quick Nav Bar at the bottom of the Home screen. Your NOOK
displays the NOOK Shop. A sample screen is shown here.
The main screen of the NOOK Shop offers several features to make shopping fast and easy.
• A SEARCH eld appears in the upper right corner of the screen.
Tap this eld to open a Search tool you can use to search for authors, titles, topics, and other information in
the Shop.
• Four buttons appear in a row across the top of the Shop. Each button leads to a different area of the NOOK
Shop:
• BOOKS - opens a window for browsing books
• MAGAZINES - opens a window for browsing magazines
• NEWSPAPERS - opens a window for browsing newspapers
• MY WISHLIST - opens a list of items you have added to the Wishlist on your NOOK
NOTE: The Wishlist on your NOOK is independent of the Wishlist for your account on NOOK.co.uk or
NOOK.co.uk.
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• A display area in the centre of the screen presents offers and recommendations from our booksellers. You can
swipe left and right to scroll through these offers and recommendations.
• POPULAR Lists, such as the NOOK Top 100, appear below the display area. Tap on a list to see its list of books.
To learn more about any book or periodical, tap on its cover.
Purchasing Books, Newspapers, and Magazines
To purchase an item, tap on the button displaying the item’s price.
When you tap on a price to buy an item, your NOOK replaces the price button with a button labelled Conrm. Ta p
this button to conrm that you want to buy the item.
When you buy an item in the Shop, Barnes & Noble S.à r.l. charges the payment method associated with your
NOOK account.
When shopping, you can always return to the Shop store front by tapping the SHOP HOME button in the upper left
corner of the screen.
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Browsing Lists and Categories
The Shop Home screen displays buttons for content categories such as books, magazines, and newspapers, along
with links to popular lists such as NOOK Bestsellers.
Tapping on the Books link under the Browse Shop heading on the home page displays a list of book categories you
can explore.
Browsing book categories in the Shop.
Searching for Titles, Authors, or Topics
To search for a book or periodical, tap the search eld in the upper right corner of the screen. When a keyboard
appears, type the title, author’s name, or topic you are looking for, then tap the Search button.
When the Shop search engine displays its results, tap on the item you are interested in to see more details about it.
If the search engine nds more entries than will t on the screen, scroll through the search engine results by
dragging your nger up or down.
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Buying a Book
Once you are in the Shop, you can buy any book you see that has a button displaying the book’s price. (If you do
not see a button with a price next to a particular book, you have already purchased the book. A label reading
Purchased or Read appears in place of the price button.)
Tap on the price button to purchase a book.
To buy a book, do this:
1. To buy a book, tap on the button displaying a price next to the book’s cover or title.
The NOOK Shop replaces the price button with a button labelled Conrm.
2. Tap the Conrm button.
What happens next depends on how you have customised your Shop. If you are using the default set-up, your
NOOK begins downloading the book once you tap Conrm. If you have congured the Shop to require that
your NOOK account password be entered every time anyone makes a purchase on your NOOK, a dialogue
box opens. Tap in the Password eld and enter the password for your account. Tap OK.
NOTE: You can congure 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 cancel the transaction without buying, do not tap the Conrm button. Tap the SHOP HOME button in the upper
left corner to close the details page without completing the purchase.
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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 to buy.
2. Tap the Buy Current Issue button.
The button changes to a grey Conrm button.
3. Tap the Conrm button to conrm your purchase.
Once you have conrmed your purchase, your NOOK downloads the issue. The Conrm button changes to a
button labelled Read.
4. Tap the Read button to begin reading the issue.
Buying a Subscription to a Magazine or Newspaper
Your NOOK offers 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 ... button.
A dialogue button opens, asking you to conrm your order.
3. Tap the Start My Free Trial.
NOTE: All rst-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 payment method will be charged automatically at the monthly subscription rate then
in effect. 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.
What Happens When You Buy an Item in the Shop?
When you buy a book, magazine, or newspaper on your NOOK, it begins downloading right away. Here is what
happens:
• The item 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.
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Using Your Wishlist
Your Wishlist is like a shopping basket on your NOOK. You can add books, magazines, and newspapers to your
Wishlist so you can buy them later.
Adding to Your Wishlist
To add a book, magazine, or newspaper to your Wishlist, do this:
1. Tap on the book or periodical’s cover to display the details page for the item.
2. On the details page, tap on the tickbox labelled Add to Wishlist.
Your NOOK adds the item to your Wishlist.
Viewing Your Wishlist
To view your Wishlist, do this:
1. On the store front of the Shop, tap the MY WISHLIST button near the top of the screen.
The Shop displays your current Wishlist. Your Wishlist shows all the books and periodicals you have added to
your Wishlist. For each item, Your Wishlist displays the cover, title, and price. It also displays the date each item
was added to list.
2. If you would like to sort your Wishlist, tap the menu in the upper left and select the view of your Wishlist you
would like to see:
• Date Added
• Best Selling
• Title
• Price
• Release Date
Buying from Your Wishlist
To buy an item on your Wishlist, do this:
1. Tap the item’s cover or title to display the details page for the item.
2. Tap the price button next to the item’s name. Tap the Conrm button to complete your purchase.
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Searching Your NOOK
Your NOOK includes a search tool to help you quickly nd what you are looking for. To provide the most relevant
results, your NOOK customises its searches based on what you were doing when you performed the search.
Searching from the Quick Nav Bar
When you search using the Search tool in the Quick Nav Bar, your NOOK searches both the Library and the Shop.
To access the Search tool, do this:
1. Tap the NOOK button to display the Home Screen and the Quick Nav Bar.
2. Tap the Search button.
3. In the Search form, type the word or words you want to search for. Tap the question-mark button to run the
search.
4. When the Search tool displays a list of results, tap a result to see more information about that particular result.
Searching in Your Library
If you search while you are in your Library, the Search tool initially limits its search to your Library. The Search tool
searches:
• Author
• Title
• Subject
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, offering 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 eld where you were typing.
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Conguring Your NOOK
Your NOOK gives you full control over many areas of its operations, from Wi-Fi connections to font sizes. Your
NOOK’s built-in Settings screen make it easy to adjust the conguration of your NOOK.
To access the Settings screens, do this:
1. On the Home screen or the Search screen or in your Library or the NOOK Shop, tap the gear icon in the
Status Bar to open on the Quick Settings window.
2. Tap the All Settings button.
Your NOOK opens the Settings screen, which looks like this:
The Settings screen.
The Settings screen leads to pages for conguring different aspects of your NOOK. When you are on a page for a
specic feature, you can always return to the main Settings screen by tapping the Back arrow on the upper left of a
page.
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Conguring GlowLight
You can use the GlowLight settings screen to turn GlowLight on and off and to adjust its brightness. (You can also
make these adjustments using the Quick Settings window, which is described earlier in this guide.)
To congure GlowLight, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap GlowLight.
The GlowLight settings screen opens.
2. To change the setting of GlowLight, tap the tickbox.
• If GlowLight is off, tapping the tickbox turns it on.
• If GlowLight is on, tapping the tickbox turns it off.
3. To adjust the brightness of GlowLight, make sure it is turned on, then slide your nger along the Brightness
control to make the light dimmer or brighter.
NOTE: You can adjust the brightness of GlowLight only when GlowLight is turned on.
The picture below shows the GlowLight settings screen.
The GlowLight settings screen.
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Viewing and Conguring Device Info
To display device information, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Device Info.
Your NOOK displays the Device Info page, which shows:
• a Battery charge status bar, showing how much power is left on your battery
• a NOOK Content Storage Available status bar, showing how much free storage is left on your NOOK’s
internal storage for books and periodicals you purchase through the NOOK Shop
• an Other Storage Available status bar, showing how much storage remains for content, such as PDF les
and photos, that you sideload from your personal computer
The Device Info page also presents three menu choices:
• About Your NOOK
• Erase & Deregister Device
• Legal
The Device Info presents useful information about your NOOK.
The Device Info screen.
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Displaying System Information
Tap the About Your NOOK menu choice to display the following information:
• Owner, the name of the owner of this NOOK
• Account, the email address of the NOOK (or NOOK.co.uk) account linked to this NOOK
• Software version, the version number of your NOOK software
• Model number, the model number of your NOOK
• Serial number, the unique serial number of your NOOK
• Wi-Fi MAC address, a unique networking address your NOOK uses when its connects to a Wi-Fi network.
Erase & Deregister Device
The Erase & Deregister feature erases your NOOK account information from your NOOK and resets the NOOK
to its default factory settings. Deregistration unlinks your NOOK from your NOOK (or NOOK.co.uk) account.
NOTE: Erasing and deregistering your NOOK does not delete any of the books, magazines, and newspapers
from your NOOK account. Your reading material, while no longer available on your NOOK, is still
available for downloading and for reading with NOOK applications, such as NOOK for iPhone and
NOOK for Android. In addition, you can re-register your NOOK by following the same steps you
used when you rst set up your NOOK. Once you have registered, your complete Library is once
again available on your NOOK.
NOTE: Erasing and deregistering does delete any les you have transferred to your NOOK from your
personal computer. Be sure to back up these les before erasing and deregistering, if you want to have
access to them after deregistering your NOOK.
NOTE: Use caution with this feature. It is best to use it only if specically instructed to do so by NOOK
Customer Support.
NOTE: You must be connected to a Wi-Fi network to deregister your NOOK.
To erase and deregister your NOOK, do this:
1. Tap the Erase & Deregister Device menu choice on the Device Info screen.
Your NOOK displays a page for erasing and deregistering your device.
2. Tap the button labelled Erase & Deregister Device.
A dialogue box appears, asking you to conrm that you want to reset your NOOK.
3. Tap the button labelled Reset NOOK.
Your NOOK displays a messaging saying it is deregistering itself. Once your NOOK has deregistered itself,
it displays a message saying that it is clearing data. Once data has been cleared off the device, your NOOK
reboots itself.
To re-register with your existing account, or to register with a new account, follow the instructions for getting
started.
Viewing Legal Terms
To view legal terms applicable to using your NOOK, such as the Terms of Service for your device and NOOK Shop,
and the Privacy Policy, tap the Legal menu choice on the Device Info page.
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Conguring Wireless Settings
The Wireless settings screen provides:
• a switch for turning on and off Wi-Fi networking
• a list of all the Wi-Fi networks your NOOK has detected
NOTE: Most problems with Wi-Fi connections can be solved simply by turning Wi-Fi networking off and on.
If your NOOK is having difculty connecting to a network, try turning Wi-Fi networking off and on,
following the directions below.
Turning Wi-Fi Networking On or Off
On the Wireless settings page, tap the Wi-Fi button to change its status from On to Off or from Off to On.
NOTE: If Wi-Fi networking is turned off, you will not be able to access the Shop, share information with
friends, download new books, magazines, or newspapers, or perform any other action that requires a
live network connection.
Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network
When Wi-Fi networking is turned on, the Wireless settings page displays a list of the Wi-Fi networks it detects. The
list includes the name of the network and a wireless connection icon (a stack of curved lines). The darker the lines
in the wireless connection icon, the stronger the network signal is for that network.
A lock symbol indicates that a network is secured with a password. To connect to a secured network, you will need
to enter the network’s password. If you do not know the network’s password, ask the network administrator.
There may also be hidden Wi-Fi networks in your area. These are networks congured not to broadcast their
names. To connect to a hidden network, you will need to know its name, its security method (if any), and its
password (if any). If you do not know these details, ask the network administrator.
For a list of network security protocols supported by your NOOK, see “Secured Wi-Fi Networks”.
To connect to a network listed on the screen, do this:
1. Tap on the network’s name.
If the network is secured, a dialogue box appears, asking for a Wireless password. Tap in the password box, then
use the keyboard that appears at the bottom of the screen to enter the network’s password.
2. Tap Connect.
To connect a hidden network (a network not broadcasting its name), do this:
1. Tap on the menu choice Add Other Network.
This mend choice appears at the end of the list of named Wi-Fi networks. If the list of named networks is long,
you may need to scroll down the list to see this menu choice. Once you select this menu choice, your NOOK
opens a new window called Add Other Network.
2. In the Add Other Network window, type the name of the hidden network.
3. Tap the Security pull-down menu and select the type of security used by the network.
4. If you selected a Security choice other than None, enter the security information required for the network.
5. Tap Connect.
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Conguring Screen Settings
On the Screen settings page, you can:
• Change the amount of time your NOOK should wait when no activity is taking place before turning off the
screen.
• Select the screensaver your NOOK displays when it turns off the screen and goes into sleep mode.
To display the Screen settings page, tap the word Screen on the main Settings screen. Your NOOK displays the
screen shown here:
The Screen settings screen.
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Adjusting the Screen Timeout
When your NOOK has been setting for some amount of time and no activity has taken place (e.g., you have
not tapped the screen or pressed any buttons), your NOOK turns off its screen to conserve power. When that
happens, you can turn on your NOOK again simply by pressing the NOOK button.
By default, your NOOK waits 5 minutes before turning off the screen.
To adjust the screen timeout for your NOOK, do this:
1. On the Setting screen, tap Screen.
2. On the Screen Settings page, tap the menu choice Screen timeout.
A dialogue box appears with four menu choices:
• 2 minutes
• 5 minutes
• 15 minutes
• 1 hour
3. Tap on the menu choice listing the amount of time you want your NOOK to wait.
The dialogue box closes. Your change takes effect right away.
Selecting a Screensaver
The Screen Saver is the image your NOOK displays after it has been idle for the amount of time you congured as
the screen timeout (see above).
Your NOOK includes a default set of screensaver images.
NOTE: You can add your own collection of screensavers. Each image in the collection should be a .GIF,
.JPG, or .PNG le. Connect your NOOK to your personal computer, and using your computer’s le
navigation controls (such as Finder on a Mac), open the screensavers folder on your NOOK. Create
folder for your images and give it a one-word title, such as kids. Then drag the .GIF, .JPG, or .PNG les
from your personal computer into the folder you created. To make your screensaver active, select it
using the steps below.
To change the screensaver on your NOOK, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Screen.
2. On the Screen Settings page, tap the Screensaver button.
A dialogue box opens, listing the screensavers available.
3. Tap the name of the screensaver or set of screensavers you want to use.
The dialogue box closes, and your selection takes effect right away, though you won’t see the screensaver until
the next time your NOOK goes to sleep.
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Conguring Time Settings
On the Time settings page, you can control whether your NOOK uses a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock. You can
also select a Time Zone for your NOOK.
The Time Settings screen.
To return to the main Settings page, tap the back arrow under the title Settings.
Switching to a 12-hour Format
To switch to a 12-hour format in which hours run 1 to 12 and are identied as either a.m. or p.m, tap the Use 24hour format eld and leave the box unticked. Tap the box and leave it ticked to use the default 24-hour format in
which hours after 12 noon are added to the number 12, so that 1:15 p.m. is represented as 13:15.
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Selecting a Time Zone
To select a time zone for your NOOK, do this:
1. Tap the Select Time Zone eld on the Time Settings screen.
Your NOOK display a screen for selecting time zones.
NOTE: By default, the list of time zones includes only time zones in the European Union. To see a list of all
time zones around the world, tap the tickbox labelled Show all world time zones.
A list of time zones.
2. When you see the time zone you want to select, tap it.
Your change takes effect right away.
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Conguring the Shop and Managing Payment Methods
Requiring Your Account Password for Purchases
By default, your NOOK asks you to conrm all purchases by tapping a Conrm button.
If you like, you can require that your NOOK account password be entered before your NOOK authorises a
purchase. If other people might have access to your NOOK, you might want to require a password for purchases
to ensure that you know about and approve all purchases being made.
To congure your NOOK to require a password for purchases, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Shop, Account, and Payment.
The Shop settings screen appears.
The Shop settings screen.
2. Tap the line reading Require Password for Purchases. A dialogue box appears, prompting you to enter your
password.
3. Tap the password eld in the dialogue box to call up your NOOK’s online keyboard. Type your password, and
tap the tickmark button.
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Removing the Password Requirement for Purchases
If you have congured your NOOK to require a password for purchases and you want to be able to
purchase an item in the Shop without entering your password, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Shop, Account, and Payment.
2. Tap the line reading Require Password for Purchases.
A dialogue box appears, prompting you to enter your password.
3. Tap on the password eld in the dialogue box to call up your NOOK’s online keyboard. Type your password,
and tap the tickmark button.
Managing the Payment Method for Your NOOK.co.uk Account
To purchase books or periodicals, you must have a payment method associated with your NOOK.co.uk account.
You can assign a payment method to your NOOK.co.uk account through the Manage Payment Method feature on
the Shop settings screen. You can also manage your payment method through your account on the NOOK.co.uk
Web site.
To manage your payment method, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Shop, Account, and Payment.
2. On the Shop settings screen, tap Payment Method.
If you have not set up a payment method for your account, yet, you will see a button reading New Payment
Method. If you have already assigned a payment method to your account, you will see a button reading Change
Payment Method
3. Tap the button that appears on the screen: New Card or Change.
Your NOOK displays a payment method form.
4. Enter the information for the card you want to use for purchasing books and periodicals on your NOOK and
on NOOK.co.uk. Tap the arrow button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.
5. Once you have entered all the information, including your payment method’s billing address, tap the arrow
button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.
Your NOOK veries your payment method information and congures your account to use the card you
entered.
Clearing Your Wishlist
If you have added any items to the Wishlist on your NOOK and now want to clear your Wishlist, tap the Clear
Wishlist menu button.
If you have not added any items to your Wishlist, this menu choice appears greyed out.
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Conguring Social Features
You can use the Social settings screen to manage:
• your links to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google accounts
• your email contacts
• your NOOK Friends
• the visibility of your lendable books to your NOOK Friends
A NOOK Friend is a friend who has a NOOK 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. NOOK Friends can lend each other books, and they
can request books from each other for loan.
Once you have linked to Facebook and Twitter and set up email contacts, you can share favorite quotes, book
recommendations, and reading status updates with your friends.
NOTE: Your NOOK must be connected to a Wi-Fi network in order to link to Facebook, Twitter, or Google.
To display the Social settings page, tap the Social menu choice on the main Settings page. The Social settings page
looks like this.:
The Social settings screen.
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Linking Your NOOK to Your Facebook Account
You can import your friends on Facebook as contacts for lending books, sharing quotations, and other social
activities. You can also post a quote, a recommendation, and reading status on your wall.
NOTE: If you don’t have a Facebook account and would like to set one up, launch a Web browser on your
personal computer, and navigate to www.facebook.com.
To link your NOOK to your Facebook account, do this:
1. On the Social screen in Settings, tap the button labelled Link your Facebook, Twitter, and Google Accounts.
2. Tap the Link Your Account button under the Facebook logo.
Your NOOK displays a Facebook login screen.
3. Tap in the Email address or phone number eld, and type the email address or phone number associated with
your Facebook account.
4. Tap in the Password eld and enter the password to your Facebook account.
5. Tap the Login link.
Your NOOK displays a window asking for permission to receive your public prole information. NOOK
software will never post to your account without your permission. It will post content only under your
direction; for example, when you using the Reading Tools to share a quote by choosing to post it to your
Facebook account.
6. To nish linking your account, tap OK.
Linking Your NOOK to Your Twitter Account
You can share quotes, recommendations, and reading status by posting a message to your Twitter account. If you
post while reading a book, your NOOK will automatically embed a shortened link to the book you are writing
about.
NOTE: If you don’t have a Twitter account and would like to set one up, launch a Web browser on your
personal computer, and navigate to www.twitter.com.
To link your NOOK to your Twitter account, do this:
1. On the Social screen in Settings, tap the button labelled Link to Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
2. Tap the Link Your Account button under the Twitter logo.
Your NOOK displays a Twitter login screen. The screen says that your NOOK would like to access and update
your data on Twitter.
3. Tap in the Username or email eld.
4. Enter your Twitter account’s username, or enter the email address associated with your Twitter account.
5. In the Password eld, enter the password for your Twitter account.
6. Tap the Sign In button.
Your Twitter account displays a notice that an application, NOOK by Barnes & Noble, would like to connect to
your account.
7. Tap the Allow button.
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Linking Your NOOK to Your Google Account
You can import contacts from your Google account.
You can share quotes, recommendations, and reading status with your contacts. You and your contacts can also lend
and borrow books using NOOK LendMe technology.
To link your NOOK to your Google account, do this:
1. On the Social screen in Settings, tap the button labelled Link to Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
2. Tap the Link Your Account button under the Google logo.
Your NOOK displays a Google login screen.
3. Tap in the Email address eld.
4. Enter your Google account’s email address in the Email eld.
5. Enter your Google account’s password in the Password eld.
6. Tick or untick the Remember me tickbox, depending on whether you want your NOOK to automatically ll in
the Email and Password elds the next time you return to this screen.
7. Tap the Sign in button.
Google logs you in to an account management page.
8. Tap the Grant Access button.
Managing Your Contacts
Contacts are friends whose names and email addresses you have entered in your NOOK. Contacts include your
NOOK Friends, but they may include other users, as well. Contacts can include:
• Users whose names and addresses you imported from your Google account
• Users whose names and email addresses you have entered manually
• NOOK Friends
NOOK Friends can see each other’s lists of lendable books and to borrow books. Contacts who are not NOOK
Friends don’t have these privileges, but you can use your contacts list for sharing book recommendations and
quotes, and you can also offer to lend books to users who are not NOOK Friends.
To manage your contacts, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Social.
2. On the Social settings screen, tap Manage my Contacts.
Your NOOK displays a list of all your Contacts. You can limit the list to only your Google contacts or your
NOOK Friends by tapping the pull-down menu in the upper left and selecting the category of contacts you
want to see.
Use the instructions below to manage your contacts.
Adding a Contact
To add a contact, do this:
1. On the Manage my Contacts screen, tap the Add Contact button.
A Contact Information page appears.
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2. Tap in the Forename, Surname, and Email elds and use the keyboard on the screen to edit the contact’s
information.
3. To send an email message to the contact, inviting him or her to become your NOOK Friend, tap the Invite as
NOOK Friend tickbox.
4. Tap Save.
Inviting Individual Friends to Become NOOK Friends
To send an NOOK Friends invitation to a user in your Contacts list, do this:
1. On the Manage my Contacts page, tap on the user’s name.
Your NOOK displays the Contact Information page for that user.
2. Tap in the tickbox labelled Invite as NOOK Friend.
3. Tap Save.
Your NOOK sends the contact an invitation to become your NOOK Friend. The invitation includes a link for
setting up a NOOK (or NOOK.co.uk) account, in case your friend does not already have an account.
Once you have invited a user, his or her name shows up in the list of Sent invitations (see below).
To send an invitation to a friend who is not in your Contacts list, do this:
1. Follow the instructions in “Adding a Contact” to add your friend’s contact information.
2. On the Contact Information button, be sure to tick the box labelled Invite as NOOK Friend.
3. Tap the Save button.
Viewing the Contact Information of a Contact
To view the details of a particular contact, tap on his or her name on the Manage my Contacts screen.
Adding or Editing Email Addresses
If you have entered contact information for a friend manually, you can edit that contact’s name or email address, and
you add email addresses for that friend.
NOTE: You cannot make these changes to contacts you have imported from your Google account.
To add another email address for a contact or to edit an existing email address, do this:
1. On the Manage my Contacts screen, tap on the contact’s name.
Your NOOK displays the Contact Information page for the contact you selected.
2. Tap the Add/Edit more emails button. On the Add or Edit email page, do one of the following:
• To edit an existing email address, tap in the email address eld. A keyboard appears at bottom of the
screen. Type the changes you want to make, and tap Done.
• To add an email address, tap the Add New button. A keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen.
Type the address you want to add, and tap Done.
• To remove an email address, tap the minus sign (-) next to the address. You must leave at least one
email address for each contact.
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Deleting a Contact
To delete a contact, do this:
1. On the Manage my Contacts page, tap the contact’s name.
2. On the Contact Information page, tap the Delete this contact button.
Your NOOK deletes the contact.
Managing Your NOOK Friends
Tap the Manage my NOOK Friends menu choice on the Social settings screen to sent and accept NOOK Friends
invitations and to see a list of all your current NOOK Friends.
The Manage my NOOK Friends feature includes three tabs under the Manage my NOOK Friends title. The three tabs
are:
• Friends - a list of your NOOK Friends
• Requests - a list of requests from friends who have sent you invitations to become NOOK Friends
• Sent - a list of friends to whom you have sent invitations, asking them to become your NOOK Friends
The page also includes a plus sign button (+) you can use for issuing invitations and adding NOOK Friends.
Friends
The Friends tab shows an alphabetical list of all your NOOK Friends.
Use the page-forward and page-back buttons or swipe your nger to scroll through the list of friends.
Tap on a friend’s name to see information about that friend’s books.
To remove a NOOK Friend from this list, press and hold on the friend’s name and tap Remove Friend in the pop-up
menu.
Requests
The Requests tab shows a list of the invitations you have received to become a NOOK Friend of someone else.
When you receive a NOOK Friends 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
The Sent tab lists the names of people to whom you have sent NOOK Friends invitations. When friends accept
your invitations, their names appear on the Friends tab, rather than the Sent tab.
To cancel an invitation, press and hold on the name of the friend to whom you sent the invitation and select Cancel
Invite in the pop-up menu.
Inviting Friends to Become NOOK Friends
To invite a contact to become a NOOK Friend, do this:
1. Tap the plus sign (+) button on the Manage my NOOK Friends screen.
Your NOOK displays a list of your contacts.
2. Do one of the following:
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• Tap on the Invite button next to the name of any contact you would like to invite to become your
NOOK Friend. Your NOOK sends an invitation automatically to that contact.
• Tap Add New to enter information for a new contact. The Contact Information form includes a tickbox
for inviting that friend to become your NOOK Friend.
If the Suggested button is not greyed out, you can tap it to see a list of your contacts who already have NOOK (or
NOOK.co.uk) accounts and who can easily become your NOOK Friends. Tap the Invite button next to a contact’s
name to send that contact a NOOK Friends invitation.
If you have not imported contacts from a Google account, a Setup Account button appears in the dialogue box
that opens after you have tapped the + button. Tap the Setup Account button to open the Social settings screen for
linking your NOOK to your Google account.
Managing the Visibility of Your LendMe Books
By default, your NOOK Friends can see all your lendable books.
To control which of your lendable books are visible to your NOOK Friends, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Social.
2. On the Social settings screen, tap the menu choice Manage visibility of my LendMe books.
Your NOOK displays a screen with controls for selecting which books are visible to friends.
3. Use the tickbox labelled Show all my lendable books to my NOOK Friends to control whether or not any of your
lendable books are visible to your NOOK Friends. If you untick the tickbox, none of your books will be visible.
To make one or more books visible, leave the tickbox ticked.
4. To control the visibility of individual books, use the tickboxes next to individual book titles. By default, if the
Show all my lendable books to my NOOK Friends tickbox is selected, all lendable books are shown.
• Leave the Show tickbox ticked to show a book to your NOOK Friends.
• Tap the Show tickbox and leave it unticked to hide the book from your NOOK Friends.
NOTE: Only NOOK Friends can see the books you make visible, and they can see the books only through
NOOK Friends software on a NOOK eReader or in a NOOK app. No other users can see your
lendable books.
Viewing the Activities of Your NOOK Friends
To see the recent activities of your NOOK Friends, open the book details for any book in your Library or in the
Shop, tap the Share button, and in the Share dialogue box, tap View Friends’ Activities.
To see the book details page of a book in the Library or the Shop, double-tap on the book’s cover.
To see the book details page of a book you are reading, tap in the centre of any page of the book to call up the
Reading Tools, then tap the more button.
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Conguring Search
You can clear your NOOK’s history of items that you have searched for and selected.
To clear the list of search-result shortcuts, do this:
1. On the Settings screen, tap Search.
2. Tap the menu choice Clear recent NOOK searches.
A dialogue box appears, explaining that this will clear shortcuts to recently searched items.
3. Tap OK.
NOTE: If you have not selected any items from search results yet, the Clear recent NOOK searches menu
choice will be greyed out.
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Using Your NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots
In addition to connecting to your Wi-Fi network in your home or ofce, you can use your NOOK to connect to
public Wi-Fi hot spots in stores, restaurants, hotels, cafes, airports, and many other locations.
This section summarizes how your NOOK works with various types of Wi-Fi hotspots.
Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks
Your NOOK will detect unsecured Wi-Fi networks close by. An unsecured Wi-Fi network does not require users
to enter a password in order to establish a connection. You can simply select the network and connect to it.
Secured Wi-Fi Networks
Your NOOK will also detect secured Wi-Fi networks. A secured Wi-Fi network requires users to enter a password
before they can connect to the network.
There are several different security protocols available for securing networks. Your NOOK recognises and supports
the most popular Wi-Fi security protocols, including:
• WEP
• WPA/WPA2 PSK
• 802.1x Enterprise
To connect to a secured Wi-Fi network, select it from a list of networks and enter its password when prompted.
NOTE: If you do not know the password for the network, ask the network administrator for help.
NOTE: If your NOOK will display dialogue boxes that let you select a network and enter a password.
Proxied Wi-Fi Networks
Proxied Wi-Fi networks typically present a Web page with terms and conditions, a login screen, and possibly a
payment screen, before allowing you to connect to the network. You will encounter this type of network in many
hotels, restaurants, and airports. Your NOOK detects these networks.
When selecting a proxied network as a connection, your NOOK usually opens a dialogue box in which you can
read and accept terms and conditions, perhaps enter payment method information and login credentials, and
connect. However, this behavior may vary from network to network.
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Updating the Software on Your NOOK
From time to time Barnes & Noble S.à r.l. will release software updates for your NOOK. Your NOOK will
automatically install these updates.
NOTE: Updating software does not delete any of your books, magazines, or newspapers, nor does it delete
any of the les you have transferred onto your NOOK from your personal computer. The software
update simply installs new NOOK software to give you the latest features available from Barnes &
Noble S.à r.l. Your NOOK remains registered to your NOOK.co.uk account, and all your reading
material remains accessible.
Installing a Software Update over a Wireless Network
When a new software update is available, your NOOK will download it and install it sometime over the course of
a couple of weeks after Barnes & Noble S.à r.l. releases the update, and while your registered NOOK device is idle
and connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot. There is nothing else that you need to do to receive these automatic software
updates.
A small NOOK symbol will appear in the far left corner of the Status Bar when a new software release is available.
Tap on the NOOK symbol to learn details about the release.
Software installations take only a few minutes. Updating your software does not affect the contents of your Library.
Once the software installation is complete, you can continue reading or shopping or doing whatever else you were
doing before the new software was installed.
Discovering the Version Number of Your NOOK Software
To discover which software release your NOOK is running, do this:
1. Tap gear icon in the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings window.
2. Tap the All Settings button.
3. Tap Device Info.
4. Tap About Your NOOK.
You will see a screen listing conguration information, including the software version of your NOOK.
Sideloading a Software Update on Your NOOK
When a new software update becomes available, you have the option of downloading it from NOOK.co.uk to your
computer at any time and copying it to your NOOK GlowLight using the microUSB cable for your NOOK.
To sideload a software update from your personal computer to your NOOK, do this:
1. On your personal computer, download the software update le from the NOOK.co.uk Web site, and save the
le to your computer.
Do not modify or change the downloaded le’s name in any way. Do not open the *.ZIP le.
NOTE: Some Web browsers automatically open .ZIP les. To ensure that the ZIP le is not opened, be sure to
download it using a Web browser (such as Safari) that does not automatically open .ZIP les.
2. Open the Device Info settings screen and make sure your NOOK battery charge is at 20% or more.
To open the Device Info screen, tap the gear icon in the Status Bar, tap the All Settings button, and tap the
Device Info menu choice.
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3. Connect your NOOK to your computer using the USB cable that came with your NOOK. A new, removable
drive should show up in My Computer (Mac users will see the NOOK drive appear on the desktop or in
devices). You should also see a “USB Mode” message on your NOOK screen.
4. From your computer, drag and drop the downloaded *.ZIP le onto the main directory of the NOOK drive.
Do NOT open or unzip the le. You should not create a new folder on the NOOK drive or add the le to any
other existing folder.
5. Eject or Safely Remove the NOOK drive after the le transfer is complete.
When after a few minutes your NOOK goes into sleep mode, it will recognise the le and proceed to install
the update. Once the installation is completed, your NOOK will automatically restart.
NOTE: Please do not turn off your NOOK during the installation process. Your NOOK must remain turned
on while the update is being installed.
6. Once the update has been installed, unlock your NOOK and tap on the small NOOK logo that appears in the
Status Bar for additional information about the update.
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Tips and Troubleshooting
Solving Problems
My NOOK is sluggish or unresponsive.
Like any computer or electronic equipment, your NOOK periodical needs to be completely powered-off (not just
put in sleep mode) to allow it to reset.
To power off your NOOK, press and hold the power button for 10 seconds. At that point, the device should
be turned-off. Wait a few seconds, and then press and hold the power button for about 2 seconds to turn your
NOOK back on.
My NOOK is having trouble connecting to the Wi-Fi network.
Open the Quick Settings window and turn Wi-Fi networking off. Wait several seconds and turn it back on. Turning
networking off and on xes most network connectivity problems.
I want to change my NOOK.co.uk account password. What should I do?
Before you change your password on NOOK.co.uk, rst deregister your NOOK, so your NOOK is not congured
to use a password that you have made obsolete.
NOTE: You must be connected to a Wi-Fi network to de-register your NOOK.
NOTE: De-registering your device will delete any content you have side-loaded on your NOOK. You might
want to make sure you have copies of this content on your personal computer. You do not need
to back up the books, magazines, and newspapers you have purchased through the NOOK Shop.
These items will be restored to your NOOK automatically when you re-register it, using your new
password.
Deregistering Your NOOK
To deregister your NOOK, do this:
1. Tap gear icon in the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings window.
2. Tap the All Settings button.
3. Tap Device Info.
4. Tap the Erase & Deregister Device menu choice.
5. On the Erase & Deregister Device screen, tap the Erase & Deregister Device button.
A dialogue box appears, asking you to conrm that you want to reset your NOOK.
6. Tap the Reset NOOK button.
Your NOOK deregisters itself, restoring factory default settings.
Changing Your Password
Once you have deregistered your NOOK, log in to NOOK.co.uk and change your password.
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Reregistering Your NOOK
Once you have changed your password on NOOK.co.uk, register your NOOK, following the registration
instructions you followed when you rst set up your NOOK. See “Registering Your NOOK” at the beginning of this
guide.
When you need to enter your NOOK account login information, be sure to enter your new password.
The screen is acting as though I’m tapping on it, even though I am not.
If your screen is dirty, it might detect touches when none are occurring. This problem can occur on any
touchscreen device. Turn off your NOOK, and wipe the screen clean with a soft, dry cloth. Pay particular attention
to clear out or gently blow out any dust or dirt from the small lip around the edges of the display. Then turn your
NOOK back on.
I’m trying to lend a book through Facebook, but the Post button doesn’t seem to be working.
Make sure you include a comment with your posting about lending the book. Posting a LendMe offer through
Facebook requires at least a brief comment.
I transferred a ZIP archive from my personal computer. Why can’t I access the les?
Unzip les on your personal computer before transferring them to your NOOK. Your NOOK can read EPUB les
and PDFs, but not .zip les.
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Appendix A: Page Numbering and File Formats
When you read a book or periodical on your NOOK, you are reading the same words that appear in the paper
edition of the book or periodical. In most books, the page number that appears at the bottom of the screen is the
page number you would see if you were reading the printed version of the same book.
Because printed pages can be larger than the screen of your NOOK, and because many printed books use type
that is smaller than would be pleasant to read on an eReader, your NOOK may enlarge the type on a page and
spread a physical page of text across two or more digital pages.
Because digital pages might be smaller than the physical pages of a book, you might turn the page a few times on
your NOOK and still see the same physical page number in the upper right hand corner. For example, you might
nd three screenfuls of text in your book all labelled page 47.
The relation between digital pages and physical pages can vary, because your NOOK gives you a great deal of
freedom in choosing the size of fonts, the amount of spacing between lines, and other factors that affect how text
ows onto a page.
In most books, you will always know which physical page you are on from the number in the upper right. So if you
are discussing a book in a book club, everyone can refer to page 295 and be talking about the same page, even if
you have congured your NOOK to use small type and single-spacing and everyone else in the group is using large
type and double-spacing.
Page Numbering and File Formats
There are several different formats for eBooks, and these different formats treat page numbers differently. NOOK
Books are published in the EPUB format, but you can load other types of documents, such as PDFs, onto your
NOOK.
Here is a quick summary of what you need to know about le formats and page numbering:
• eBooks and Periodicals in EPUB format
EPUB is the standard format for books in the NOOK Shop. The EPUB format numbers all pages in a book
sequentially, based on some prior account of page numbering, such as the page numbering used in the print
edition. If the print edition of the book had 525 pages, so will the eBook. But the pages are re-owed in the
eBook edition to make them easier to view on a screen. As a result, a page from the print edition might be
larger or smaller than a page in the eBook. In many cases, a page from the print edition will span two or more
pages on an eReader, as described above.
• Reowable eBooks in PDF Format
In reowable eBooks formatted in PDF, page numbering is for the entire book and reects some prior account
of page numbering, before formatting for the eBook text size. The behavior is the same as for eBooks in EPUB
format, which is described above.
• Non-reowable eBooks in PDF format
Page numbering is for the entire book, and reects the number of scanned pages. Page numbers also might be
on the scanned pages, but there is no necessary relationship. Page 6 in the eBook might have the scanned page
number iv, and page 30 in the eBook might have the scanned page number 5.
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Appendix B: NOOK UK Limited Warranty
THE FOLLOWING WARRANTY TERMS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. THE ACTUAL TERMS
OF YOUR WARRANTY ARE THE TERMS THAT WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE DATE OF YOUR PURCHASE,
WHICH MAY DIFFER FROM THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN. TO FIND THE EXACT TERMS OF YOUR
WARRANTY, PLEASE GO TO NOOK.CO.UK AND REVIEW THE TERMS APPLICABLE AS OF THE DATE OF
YOUR PURCHASE.
ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
This Limited Warranty provides for specic legal rights with respect to your NOOK® eReader purchased in the
United Kingdom only. Please review it carefully.
If you are a consumer, you may also have other legal rights and remedies conveyed by local consumer protection
laws (which may vary by country) in addition to the rights and remedies provided to you under this Limited
Warranty.
WHAT WARRANTIES APPLY TO MY NOOK?
What is Covered?
This Limited Warranty covers your NOOK. For purposes of this Limited Warranty, “NOOK” means only the
hardware comprising: (i) your NOOK eReader unit; and (ii) the peripherals included in the packaging with your
NOOK eReader unit.
Express Warranty
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Warranty, Barnes & Noble S.à r.l., a Luxembourg limited
liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered
address at 2, rue Joseph Hackin, L-1746 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg register of Commerce
and Companies under number B 167.208, and having a share capital of EUR 12,500,(“B&N”) warrants to the
retail purchaser (“you”) that your NOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal
consumer use for a period of one (1) year from the date of original retail purchase (the “Warranty Period”). This
express warranty is transferable to subsequent owners of the product.
Implied Warranty
You may also have implied warranties under the local laws applicable to you. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable local law, such implied warranties are limited to the duration of the Warranty Period. Some jurisdictions
do not allow limitations on the duration of an implied warranty, so this limitation may not apply to you. You may not
assign or otherwise transfer such implied warranties. However, some jurisdictions extend the protection of implied
warranties to subsequent consumers, so this limitation may not apply to you.
HOW DO I MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM OR OTHERWISE ARRANGE FOR
THE RETURN OF MY NOOK?
To make a warranty claim or arrange for the return of your NOOK pursuant to the NOOK TERMS OF SERVICE,
you must contact NOOK Customer Service. You may nd the appropriate NOOK Customer Service contact
information and telephone number at the NOOK web site: NOOK.co.uk.
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HOW DO I RETURN MY NOOK TO B&N?
When you contact NOOK Customer Service, they will provide you with instructions as to how and where to
return your NOOK. Your NOOK must be shipped, prepaid and insured, in appropriate protective packaging,
together with proof of purchase and the Return Authorisation Number provided by NOOK Customer Service,
to the address specied by NOOK Customer Service. You must return your NOOK within fteen (15) working
days or such other longer period notied to you by NOOK Customer Service. Where applicable, you may also be
required to provide a credit card or electronic payment method to obtain an advance replacement before B&N
receives your NOOK at its returns centre.
All returned NOOKs (including both replaced and refunded NOOKs) become the property of B&N.
Before you send your NOOK to B&N, it is your responsibility to back up any data, software or les stored on
your NOOK because B&N will only return your NOOK to you if it is not covered by this Limited Warranty and
B&N has not provided an advance replacement. B&N is not responsible for any loss of your data, software or les,
or for the cost of backing up your data, software or les. You will be responsible for re-installing your downloaded
software, les and data on any replacement NOOK that B&N, at its option and sole discretion, provides you with
under this Limited Warranty.
If you do not comply with the terms above or with B&N’s instructions, there may be delays in service or you may
incur additional expenses. In particular, if you do not return your NOOK within the fteen (15) working days (or
such other longer period notied to you by NOOK Customer Service), B&N reserves the right to charge you
the purchase price for a replacement NOOK. You will be solely responsible for any cost, expense, loss or the like
relating to your failure to comply with such terms or B&N’s instructions.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW, B&N DOES NOT PROVIDE,
AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES REGARDING ITS WARRANTY
SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL DUTIES (IF ANY) OF WORKMANLIKE EFFORT AND OF
REASONABLE CARE.
IF I MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM, WHAT WILL B&N DO WHEN IT RECEIVES MY NOOK?
When B&N receives your NOOK, it will examine it and determine whether it is covered by this Limited Warranty.
If, upon examination, B&N determines that your NOOK is covered by this Limited Warranty, B&N will within a
reasonable period of time, at B&N’s option and in its sole discretion, and (subject to the above) at no additional
charge, do one of the following:
replace your NOOK with a new or refurbished model;
refund the purchase price you paid for your NOOK; or
refund part of the price while you keep the NOOK.
If B&N replaces your NOOK, B&N will bear the cost of sending a replacement NOOK to you, freight prepaid.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE FOREGOING IS YOUR EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIMS OTHERWISE RELATING TO THIS
LIMITED WARRANTY.
WHAT WILL BE THE WARRANTY PERIOD IF MY NOOK IS REPLACED?
If your NOOK is replaced during the Warranty Period, it will be covered by this Limited Warranty for a period of
one (1) year for the remainder of the original Warranty Period or ninety (90) days from the date of delivery of the
replaced NOOK, whichever is longer.
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WHAT IF MY NOOK IS NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED WARRANTY?
If your NOOK is not covered by this Limited Warranty, B&N will return your NOOK to you, at your expense, or
will charge your credit card or payment method for any advance replacement NOOK provided to you.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY?
This Limited Warranty does not cover damage or malfunctions caused by accident, disaster, misuse (including any
use in a manner contrary to the instructions contained in any user guide or on the packaging of the device), abuse,
negligence or other external causes; third-party products; Internet or telecommunications failures; commercial
use; unauthorised opening, use, service, tampering, alteration, repair or modication; or (to the extent permitted
by applicable local law) inadequate packing or shipping procedures. This Limited Warranty also does not cover
cosmetic damage or normal wear and tear. This Limited Warranty does not apply to NOOKs sold as used,
refurbished or reconditioned, except to the extent that such NOOK is a certied pre-owned NOOK that was
purchased directly from B&N or from a B&N authorised reseller of certied pre-owned NOOKs. This Limited
Warranty will be void if the Serial Number on your NOOK has been removed, tampered with or defaced or if
your NOOK has been opened or serviced without authorisation, tampered with, altered or modied. Please note
that opening the back cover of your NOOK to change the battery, external SD card or back cover will void this
Limited Warranty, except to the extent that such opening is done through a customer-accessible opening and in
accordance with the instructions provided with the NOOK.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable local law, this Limited Warranty applies to your NOOK only (i.e.,
the hardware) and not to the software within your NOOK. Please refer to the NOOK TERMS OF SERVICE for
your rights and remedies with respect to such software.
Similarly, this Limited Warranty does not cover downloaded data or materials, or accessories and peripherals,
except as expressly provided above.
WHAT OTHER LEGAL TERMS APPLY TO THIS LIMITED WARRANTY?
Disclaimer
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW, THIS LIMITED WARRANTY AND THE
REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, REMEDIES AND
CONDITIONS, WHETHER ORAL, WRITTEN, STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW, B&N SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND AGAINST HIDDEN OR LATENT DEFECTS. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR
STATUTORY RIGHTS.
Modication
No employee or representative of B&N or its afliates or any third party is authorised to make any modication,
extension or addition to this Limited Warranty. If any term of this Limited Warranty is held to be illegal or
unenforceable, the remaining terms of this Limited Warranty will remain in full force and effect.
Exclusion of Indirect Damages
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW, NEITHER B&N NOR ITS AFFILIATES
NOR ITS LICENSORS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM, RELATING TO OR
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