12-09-2009, 12:54 AM | #1 |
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Barnes and Noble reader software
Well, I was curious and downloaded a free ebook from B&N and their reader software. The reader software appears to try to mimic the nook as much as possible. It connects directly to the B&N store to access your library there and will download any book you have "purchased" from them. So far I have not found any way to open other books from the B&N software (I downloaded a free EPUB book from baen.com to try to find a way to get it to work but there is no file menu and placing the book in the same directory as the other books downloaded by the software does not cause it to see the book even after a restart). But the software already handles EPUB with the B&N DRM.
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Funny you should mention that -- this just popped up in my rss reader:
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12-09-2009, 01:03 AM | #3 |
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Interesting.
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12-10-2009, 11:59 AM | #4 |
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I would love an answer to this question as well since I would like to read a few Shortcovers epub titles in the BN ereader software on my Blackberry.
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There is a My Stuff in your library section. When you go into there there is a button at the top of the screen that adds new material. You can drag a book file into the software but it only allows you read it, and doesn't seem to add it to your library that way. I have made B&N aware of this bug and they will hopefully get it fixed soon. |
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12-10-2009, 01:37 PM | #6 |
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12-10-2009, 04:08 PM | #7 |
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lol, it's actually pretty quick on Snow Leopard-I like the more minimalist look it has compared to how Adobe's reader seems to take over the screen. And I also managed to open up my own stuff in it-somehow it became the default for some format.
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