Welcome all new Nook owners - Page 10

powree · 10-02-2011, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryvyan

I don't believe registration would affect battery life, but speaking of which, have you activated yours? Or updated the software on the Nook (if yours is the older ones); there was one that supposedly fixed a battery bug.

Let your battery drop to 10% or less and then start charging. No harm trying.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the tip! I'll charge it once it reaches 10% mark. I have registered it once I found a wifi access.Currently my Nook has passed 10 days without charging (still at 26% ).

Shushan · 11-25-2011, 02:35 AM

I am enoying my new Nook STR but didnt figure out how to add shelves until I saw this page. I thought I would share to save someone else the same puzzlement

Binkyboy · 12-21-2011, 01:39 AM

Hello, a really good friend of mine just bought me a Nook. I was just reading on here that you have to use WIFi to put books on. is that true? I thought you cold just go into your computer documents where I have tons of Ebooks stored and load them into the Nook. Can I do that? I really don`t want to buy anymore books than I already have. I am also using Calibre and have lots of Ebooks stored there. Can`t I just put what I have there already in the Nook? Someone please help me.

Thank You ,
Dennis

Have a Great Holiday everyone.

Ryvyan · 12-21-2011, 08:32 AM

The downloading of ebooks via wifi is only for purchases made off B&N's site (free or otherwise) so that the Nook can synchronise your account and download ebooks onto the device.

If you already have eBooks, just open up Calibre and plug your Nook in, then transfer files onto the Nook. Simple and easy. Just take note of available formats on the Nook!

taosaur · 12-21-2011, 04:31 PM

If it's the latest Nook, user-accessible space is quite limited (250MB, I think?), so you will likely need a SD card.

mlewis78 · 12-27-2011, 11:29 PM

I received a $50 B&N gift card and have wanted a Nook STR (have been reading on kindles, sony readers, and I have the original white nook). Bought it and a cover today at B&N. Haven't been able to read on it yet. It won't connect to my home wifi network. It sees it but keeps telling me that the password is wrong (I've tried using the password several times as well as the network key -- which is what worked when I connected my other devices to wifi). All my other devices connected without any problem.

Called customer service. They are very busy right now. Got someone who is just reading the lines she has been given. Had me do all the things I'd already done many times. Wasted 45 minutes before she said I should call my router company! She occasionally went away and talked to a tech at B&N and then would come back and read the lines they gave her. She also told me to change my password on my wifi network. Wouldn't that disconnect my laptop and other devices? I didn't do it.

She also told me to try connecting to wifi in a store, which I will do tomorrow.

In the meantime I sideloaded a number of drm-free epub books I have via calibre. I don't know if they are on it or not because I can't see a home page, my library, settings or anything else, except for access wifi page and the place to type in the password.

I didn't know you HAD to register to use this. I would like to register, but I am going to be reading my own drm-free books, so it should work without registering, but the booklet says "you have to register." Is this true? Seems to be, since I can't access the library, home page . . . etc.

Never had these problems with the white nook, 5 kindles, sony or bookkeen ereaders. Never had this problem with my ipad either. If I can't connect in the store or see my library in the store, I'm going to return it for a full refund. I am not a happy customer. Maybe I got a lemon?

Shushan · 01-13-2012, 03:22 AM

As near as I can tell, you do have to register the once before you can use it...

This fella says the same
http://john.nachtimwald.com/2011/06/11/nook-str-review/

HOWEVER all this usually requires is a WiFi signal & an email account ...somewhere...anywhere...and the bother of setting it all up at B&N online. After that you can shut off the wifi and sideload all your old DRM free books you had already or the lovely public domain books from manybooks.net or Gutenberg Project et al

Does sound like yours is being a pill about going online the first time. I had no trouble with getting mine to register & I already had an account. The only thing I can think of is to check that its looking for the same kind of encryption you are actually using on your router?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_security

http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.co...ity-at-All.htm

Shushan · 01-13-2012, 03:39 AM

hhmmm...looks like I need to make a correction. According to this thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=164508

You also need a credit card on the account to fully register. I guess I got a pass because my old credit card info had been good when it was added even though its now expired.

It is true that they refused to give me their freebies, but since these were pretty much public domain classics I could legally find for myself elsewhere, I wasn't fussed. They don't have any free word games for the Nook STR to tempt me into updating my info. (It doesn't play any. Sniff) They'll just have to wait until I get around to buying something else from them. Broke as I've been lately, that may be awhile! lol

azazel1024 · 01-19-2012, 10:40 AM

Not sure about needing the credit card info. I had a BN account previously for the nook app for my iPad 2 (just to try it out, I use iBooks normally if I am using my iPad for reading). It allowed me to register my nook ST just fine without entering credit card information and I am 99% sure I didn't have credit card information previously entered in to my BN.com account. HOWEVER, for DRM'd books from BN, it did require me to enter credit card information before it could unlock the book (and to buy the book through my PC and BN.com I had to of course at that point add credit card information to my BN.com account).

osowiecki · 02-17-2012, 02:40 PM

Good news, everyone!
I've sold my PB903 some time ago and bought myself a Nook Touch.
Hope I'll be able to deliver some help for the community.

Phoenyx · 02-27-2012, 07:23 PM

Ok,
So I haven't searched thoroughly and completely yet, but have done a quick review. I have not seen my issue so far. I am a lucky Canadian owner but unfortunately cannot purchase anything for my Nook colour at B&N because I do not have an American based credit card. I had read off the B&N site that in Decemeber Canadian owners would be able to purchase the apps and books but alas this is not so as far as I can tell. Anyone who has a clue here for me or a direction to go?
Thanx

AlexGrama · 04-21-2012, 05:56 AM

I have one question because I'm a new owner of NST and I'm still learning. I noticed that I have, for example, a book with 350 pages and I have to turn 3 pages in order to count as a single page. In other words, I turn 3 pages and it goes from page 2 to page 3. I believe that the page numbers are not very accurate. Can I do something about it?

mikegetz · 04-21-2012, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexGrama

I have one question because I'm a new owner of NST and I'm still learning. I noticed that I have, for example, a book with 350 pages and I have to turn 3 pages in order to count as a single page. In other words, I turn 3 pages and it goes from page 2 to page 3. I believe that the page numbers are not very accurate. Can I do something about it?

take the text to the smallest font size and 1 page will = 1 turn. at least that is how it is on my nook wifi.

taosaur · 04-21-2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexGrama

I have one question because I'm a new owner of NST and I'm still learning. I noticed that I have, for example, a book with 350 pages and I have to turn 3 pages in order to count as a single page. In other words, I turn 3 pages and it goes from page 2 to page 3. I believe that the page numbers are not very accurate. Can I do something about it?

The idea is for an epub to have consistent page numbering regardless of the device or display settings used to read it, and for one electronic page to roughly equal one printed page, so that people know how much reading "800 pages" equals.

bodryn · 07-05-2012, 03:50 PM

Even though I registered on this site in 2008, I haven't been on it since then. I hope this is a good space to introduce myself here. In 2011, I bought a Nook eBook reader without the built-in WiFi, to save a a few bucks. However, I since wished I had WiFi. I see that first articles I've read here seem to indicate some buyers' remorse about the Nook. I haven't used mine at all because I've been continuing to use my old TRGpro (Palm IIIxe clone on steroids) because I've got dozens of novels on it in text form, and it has been my basic personal pocket reference device for 10 years. I often take .txt files of Gutenberg novels and lots of free articles from the internet, put them on there and read them at leisure.

I'd like to start over with ebooks from scratch and am wondering, which ebook model would people recommend now? (I definitely need something new because if my TRGpro gives out, I would not be able to replace it with another one.)

12-21-2011, 01:39 AM	#138
Binkyboy Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Nook Touch	Friend Just Bought me A Nook...I hope I didn`t ask for something I can`t use Hello, a really good friend of mine just bought me a Nook. I was just reading on here that you have to use WIFi to put books on. is that true? I thought you cold just go into your computer documents where I have tons of Ebooks stored and load them into the Nook. Can I do that? I really don`t want to buy anymore books than I already have. I am also using Calibre and have lots of Ebooks stored there. Can`t I just put what I have there already in the Nook? Someone please help me. Thank You , Dennis Have a Great Holiday everyone.

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11-25-2011, 02:35 AM	#137
Shushan Bibliophile Posts: 75 Karma: 695816 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Pandigital Novel, PC	I am enoying my new Nook STR but didnt figure out how to add shelves until I saw this page. I thought I would share to save someone else the same puzzlement

12-21-2011, 08:32 AM	#139
Ryvyan I read what I want. Posts: 224 Karma: 372315 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Singapore Device: iPhone XS, iPhone 6, Kobo Clara	The downloading of ebooks via wifi is only for purchases made off B&N's site (free or otherwise) so that the Nook can synchronise your account and download ebooks onto the device. If you already have eBooks, just open up Calibre and plug your Nook in, then transfer files onto the Nook. Simple and easy. Just take note of available formats on the Nook!

12-21-2011, 04:31 PM	#140
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	If it's the latest Nook, user-accessible space is quite limited (250MB, I think?), so you will likely need a SD card.

12-27-2011, 11:29 PM	#141
mlewis78 Guru Posts: 858 Karma: 6449772 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Device: Kindle Oasis 2 (7"); HDX 8.9"; Ipad2	I received a $50 B&N gift card and have wanted a Nook STR (have been reading on kindles, sony readers, and I have the original white nook). Bought it and a cover today at B&N. Haven't been able to read on it yet. It won't connect to my home wifi network. It sees it but keeps telling me that the password is wrong (I've tried using the password several times as well as the network key -- which is what worked when I connected my other devices to wifi). All my other devices connected without any problem. Called customer service. They are very busy right now. Got someone who is just reading the lines she has been given. Had me do all the things I'd already done many times. Wasted 45 minutes before she said I should call my router company! She occasionally went away and talked to a tech at B&N and then would come back and read the lines they gave her. She also told me to change my password on my wifi network. Wouldn't that disconnect my laptop and other devices? I didn't do it. She also told me to try connecting to wifi in a store, which I will do tomorrow. In the meantime I sideloaded a number of drm-free epub books I have via calibre. I don't know if they are on it or not because I can't see a home page, my library, settings or anything else, except for access wifi page and the place to type in the password. I didn't know you HAD to register to use this. I would like to register, but I am going to be reading my own drm-free books, so it should work without registering, but the booklet says "you have to register." Is this true? Seems to be, since I can't access the library, home page . . . etc. Never had these problems with the white nook, 5 kindles, sony or bookkeen ereaders. Never had this problem with my ipad either. If I can't connect in the store or see my library in the store, I'm going to return it for a full refund. I am not a happy customer. Maybe I got a lemon?

01-13-2012, 03:22 AM	#142
Shushan Bibliophile Posts: 75 Karma: 695816 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Pandigital Novel, PC	As near as I can tell, you do have to register the once before you can use it... This fella says the same http://john.nachtimwald.com/2011/06/11/nook-str-review/ HOWEVER all this usually requires is a WiFi signal & an email account ...somewhere...anywhere...and the bother of setting it all up at B&N online. After that you can shut off the wifi and sideload all your old DRM free books you had already or the lovely public domain books from manybooks.net or Gutenberg Project et al Does sound like yours is being a pill about going online the first time. I had no trouble with getting mine to register & I already had an account. The only thing I can think of is to check that its looking for the same kind of encryption you are actually using on your router? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_security http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.co...ity-at-All.htm

01-13-2012, 03:39 AM	#143
Shushan Bibliophile Posts: 75 Karma: 695816 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Pandigital Novel, PC	hhmmm...looks like I need to make a correction. According to this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=164508 You also need a credit card on the account to fully register. I guess I got a pass because my old credit card info had been good when it was added even though its now expired. It is true that they refused to give me their freebies, but since these were pretty much public domain classics I could legally find for myself elsewhere, I wasn't fussed. They don't have any free word games for the Nook STR to tempt me into updating my info. (It doesn't play any. Sniff) They'll just have to wait until I get around to buying something else from them. Broke as I've been lately, that may be awhile! lol

01-19-2012, 10:40 AM	#144
azazel1024 Groupie Posts: 182 Karma: 346596 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ellicott City, MD Device: Nook simple touch, iPad 2	Not sure about needing the credit card info. I had a BN account previously for the nook app for my iPad 2 (just to try it out, I use iBooks normally if I am using my iPad for reading). It allowed me to register my nook ST just fine without entering credit card information and I am 99% sure I didn't have credit card information previously entered in to my BN.com account. HOWEVER, for DRM'd books from BN, it did require me to enter credit card information before it could unlock the book (and to buy the book through my PC and BN.com I had to of course at that point add credit card information to my BN.com account).

02-17-2012, 02:40 PM	#145
osowiecki Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 3252 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Poland Device: ASUS eee Note / Nook Touch	Good news, everyone! I've sold my PB903 some time ago and bought myself a Nook Touch. Hope I'll be able to deliver some help for the community.

02-27-2012, 07:23 PM	#146
Phoenyx Kobo/Nook user Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo Touch & Nook Colour	Ok, So I haven't searched thoroughly and completely yet, but have done a quick review. I have not seen my issue so far. I am a lucky Canadian owner but unfortunately cannot purchase anything for my Nook colour at B&N because I do not have an American based credit card. I had read off the B&N site that in Decemeber Canadian owners would be able to purchase the apps and books but alas this is not so as far as I can tell. Anyone who has a clue here for me or a direction to go? Thanx

04-21-2012, 05:56 AM	#147
AlexGrama Writer Posts: 275 Karma: 345042 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nexus 7	I have one question because I'm a new owner of NST and I'm still learning. I noticed that I have, for example, a book with 350 pages and I have to turn 3 pages in order to count as a single page. In other words, I turn 3 pages and it goes from page 2 to page 3. I believe that the page numbers are not very accurate. Can I do something about it?

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07-05-2012, 03:50 PM	#150
bodryn Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: TRGpro, Palm IIIx	Even though I registered on this site in 2008, I haven't been on it since then. I hope this is a good space to introduce myself here. In 2011, I bought a Nook eBook reader without the built-in WiFi, to save a a few bucks. However, I since wished I had WiFi. I see that first articles I've read here seem to indicate some buyers' remorse about the Nook. I haven't used mine at all because I've been continuing to use my old TRGpro (Palm IIIxe clone on steroids) because I've got dozens of novels on it in text form, and it has been my basic personal pocket reference device for 10 years. I often take .txt files of Gutenberg novels and lots of free articles from the internet, put them on there and read them at leisure. I'd like to start over with ebooks from scratch and am wondering, which ebook model would people recommend now? (I definitely need something new because if my TRGpro gives out, I would not be able to replace it with another one.)