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Tom Nook · 10-25-2011, 10:08 AM

Summary:

For a subscription with several issues that can't be accessed, highlight a magazine issue and archive it. Repeat for each inaccessible magazine. Then, reload and read any single issue from the archive. Repeat pattern for any other issue you wish to read.

History:
I've a digital subscription to "Prevention" Magazine. I've four issues, I'll call A,B,C and D with "A" being oldest to "D" as most recent. In NFA (Nook for Android) main page, a thumbnail image forms that shows stacked magazines with new "D" on top, and implies that A,B and C are below. When the thumbnail image is tapped, a blue bar forms mid page and shows oldest issue "A"' icon. A closer look shows that NFA attempting to display all the cover icons, but is not distributing them across the blue field! There is a jumble of titles above the thumbnail picture of issue "A" indicating that all issues A to D are virtually stacking on the same screen space. I can't get to any but the oldest "A" issue! Now for the solution!

First, tap the thumbnail image A in the blue field in order to download issue A (oldest). Once that is complete, long press the icon. A popup screen shows and asks if you wish to archive the magazine. Do so, but make sure that your N2A card settings (or any other tablet OS) will not delete the file from your device when you archive it! Once issue "A" is in archive, then the blue field should be empty. close it by tapping the stacked magazine icon again, and the blue bar should open with "B", ready for downloading. Do it and archive it as before. Repeat for C and D. Now magazines A to D are physically downloaded on your N2A card. This can be confirmed using any file management utility and looking in the Nook Folder. On the NFA main screen, there is a dropdown menu which allows you to navigate to your archives. Select archives and open that screen. Each magazine A to D is in there!

Finally, you can take any single issue of the magazine out of the archive and make it active. The issue can then be read as usual. Return the magazine to the archive and select another issue to enjoy it. If you wish to make issues A and B both as active, issue B will be virtually covered up, just as it was initially. This seems to be a NFA fault. I can only access one issue of a multiple magazine subscription at a time. I believe NFA was designed to display all the issues in the blue field, permitting a finger swipe and a simple press to select, but that is not how it is actually working. Remember too, that if you download a new version of NFA or logout, your downloaded files will be destroyed. You can save a duplicate copy to another folder, such as Documents, for later use, before compromising the NFA App.

10-25-2011, 10:08 AM	#1
Tom Nook Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 18 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: N2A	Magazines, Nook for Android , Partial Solution Summary: For a subscription with several issues that can't be accessed, highlight a magazine issue and archive it. Repeat for each inaccessible magazine. Then, reload and read any single issue from the archive. Repeat pattern for any other issue you wish to read. History: I've a digital subscription to "Prevention" Magazine. I've four issues, I'll call A,B,C and D with "A" being oldest to "D" as most recent. In NFA (Nook for Android) main page, a thumbnail image forms that shows stacked magazines with new "D" on top, and implies that A,B and C are below. When the thumbnail image is tapped, a blue bar forms mid page and shows oldest issue "A"' icon. A closer look shows that NFA attempting to display all the cover icons, but is not distributing them across the blue field! There is a jumble of titles above the thumbnail picture of issue "A" indicating that all issues A to D are virtually stacking on the same screen space. I can't get to any but the oldest "A" issue! Now for the solution! First, tap the thumbnail image A in the blue field in order to download issue A (oldest). Once that is complete, long press the icon. A popup screen shows and asks if you wish to archive the magazine. Do so, but make sure that your N2A card settings (or any other tablet OS) will not delete the file from your device when you archive it! Once issue "A" is in archive, then the blue field should be empty. close it by tapping the stacked magazine icon again, and the blue bar should open with "B", ready for downloading. Do it and archive it as before. Repeat for C and D. Now magazines A to D are physically downloaded on your N2A card. This can be confirmed using any file management utility and looking in the Nook Folder. On the NFA main screen, there is a dropdown menu which allows you to navigate to your archives. Select archives and open that screen. Each magazine A to D is in there! Finally, you can take any single issue of the magazine out of the archive and make it active. The issue can then be read as usual. Return the magazine to the archive and select another issue to enjoy it. If you wish to make issues A and B both as active, issue B will be virtually covered up, just as it was initially. This seems to be a NFA fault. I can only access one issue of a multiple magazine subscription at a time. I believe NFA was designed to display all the issues in the blue field, permitting a finger swipe and a simple press to select, but that is not how it is actually working. Remember too, that if you download a new version of NFA or logout, your downloaded files will be destroyed. You can save a duplicate copy to another folder, such as Documents, for later use, before compromising the NFA App.