If You Value "Read In Store", Then Don't Root (NOOKcolor) - Page 2

Bookworm_Girl · 01-03-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SCION

Yes, yes, and yes.

Thank you! Subscriptions was my main concern. I've been so busy over the holiday season that I haven't had a chance to stop by B&N to try out the read-in-store feature yet!

zartemis · 01-03-2011, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Is this the only B&N functionality that you lose if you root? Do magazine and newspaper subscriptions still download properly? Can you still shop the store, download samples & purchase books fine? Thanks in advance!

I think you may also lose in-store coupons. In the past they have offered free brownies, free chocolates, free smoothies and 50% discounts on Nook accessories. But if Read-In-Store isn't important to you then the loss of the bonus coupons probably isn't either (and you might be able to convince a clerk to give you the discount just for showing the Nook if you know what the current coupons are).

Bookworm_Girl · 01-03-2011, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by zartemis

I think you may also lose in-store coupons. In the past they have offered free brownies, free chocolates, free smoothies and 50% discounts on Nook accessories. But if Read-In-Store isn't important to you then the loss of the bonus coupons probably isn't either (and you might be able to convince a clerk to give you the discount just for showing the Nook if you know what the current coupons are).

Thanks, zartemis. I'm a long time e-ink user but new to the B&N ereaders. I think at the moment the NC doesn't have in-store coupons like the Nook, is that correct? Are the in-store coupons just for sweets and smoothies? I'm not too interested in those, but I would like coupons for tea or coffee. Do they ever have coupons for books and other products, or are they just limited to Nook accessories?

MsCG1 · 01-03-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by zartemis

I think you may also lose in-store coupons. In the past they have offered free brownies, free chocolates, free smoothies and 50% discounts on Nook accessories. But if Read-In-Store isn't important to you then the loss of the bonus coupons probably isn't either (and you might be able to convince a clerk to give you the discount just for showing the Nook if you know what the current coupons are).

You don't get that on the NookColor anyway.

The manager at my local BN informed me that they are to give ALL Nook owners freebies if they show a Nook, and they have a code on the register that they can scan. It's done this way precisely because the NC doesn't display coupons.

zartemis · 01-03-2011, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MsCG1

You don't get that on the NookColor anyway.

Ah, right you are. A BN engineer on the official Nook forums says they are working on a similar program for the NookColor, though, so maybe in the future ...

cutterjohn42 · 01-05-2011, 12:10 PM

It's looking like restore build.prop to stock isn't going to "fix" the instore access stuff... someone in the xda thread tried this already and it didn't work for him... back to the drawing board...

[EDIT]
Here's the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=90
[/EDIT]

SCION · 01-05-2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cutterjohn42

It's looking like restore build.prop to stock isn't going to "fix" the instore access stuff... someone in the xda thread tried this already and it didn't work for him... back to the drawing board...

donob10 · 01-17-2011, 03:54 PM

Scion
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..Thanks for the clarification. I think, looking back, that rooted nook classics don't support "free in store reading" either. Since rooting I noticed the lack, but hadn't made the connection.
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..Is it a real connection? Or have my last visits been a fluke?
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..I still like the trade off.

rogerperk · 01-19-2011, 03:12 PM

I knew this before rooting but I only go into the store on weekends. It's nice but I cant get much read in that short of time. I use the sample function if I'm interested in a book and, if so, buy it. The world rooting opens up is used during the other 165 hours of the week. OK, well, not when I'm sleeping so that's... 116 hours minus those working hours I can't sneak read, so....

Well. It's better rooted.

01-05-2011, 12:10 PM	#21
cutterjohn42 Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 1029955 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Palm IIIx, EBM-911, REB-1100(dead), PRS-505	It's looking like restore build.prop to stock isn't going to "fix" the instore access stuff... someone in the xda thread tried this already and it didn't work for him... back to the drawing board... [EDIT] Here's the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...2&postcount=90 [/EDIT] Last edited by cutterjohn42; 01-05-2011 at 12:20 PM.

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01-17-2011, 03:54 PM	#23
donob10 Member Posts: 24 Karma: 20 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: nook	Scion . ..Thanks for the clarification. I think, looking back, that rooted nook classics don't support "free in store reading" either. Since rooting I noticed the lack, but hadn't made the connection. . ..Is it a real connection? Or have my last visits been a fluke? . ..I still like the trade off.

01-19-2011, 03:12 PM	#24
rogerperk Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 632 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Salt Lake City, USA Device: NC Rooted	I knew this before rooting but I only go into the store on weekends. It's nice but I cant get much read in that short of time. I use the sample function if I'm interested in a book and, if so, buy it. The world rooting opens up is used during the other 165 hours of the week. OK, well, not when I'm sleeping so that's... 116 hours minus those working hours I can't sneak read, so.... Well. It's better rooted.

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