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hokiemule · 12-27-2011, 02:32 PM

I got my mother a nook Simple Touch for her birthday in late October. She has tried to download a free ebook from a site she frequents - they offer Kindle-friendly and nook/Sony-friendly versions. When she downloads the nook version on her computer or her netbook, it is downloading a zipped file. If the zipped file is dragged and dropped into the My Folders/Books folder, the nook doesn't recognize it and show it in the library. Here are the facts so far:

1) downloads fine from B&N or smashwords,with no problems, so it's not the nook itself;
2) when I try to open the zipped file and extract the files on either her computer or netbook, it says the file is empty;
3) when I downloaded the FY-Zip unzip program to see if that made a difference, the file unzips and shows ePUb versions but it remains a folder and doesn't show in the library on her nook and won't open as a book;
4) when I download it on my computer (HP with Windows 7), it downloads as an epub, loads to the nook and shows up on the library just fine. Her computers are an HP with Windows 7 and an Acer netbook with XP.

Ideas and suggestions are much appreciated.

12-27-2011, 02:32 PM	#1
hokiemule Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	Trouble with zipped files I got my mother a nook Simple Touch for her birthday in late October. She has tried to download a free ebook from a site she frequents - they offer Kindle-friendly and nook/Sony-friendly versions. When she downloads the nook version on her computer or her netbook, it is downloading a zipped file. If the zipped file is dragged and dropped into the My Folders/Books folder, the nook doesn't recognize it and show it in the library. Here are the facts so far: 1) downloads fine from B&N or smashwords,with no problems, so it's not the nook itself; 2) when I try to open the zipped file and extract the files on either her computer or netbook, it says the file is empty; 3) when I downloaded the FY-Zip unzip program to see if that made a difference, the file unzips and shows ePUb versions but it remains a folder and doesn't show in the library on her nook and won't open as a book; 4) when I download it on my computer (HP with Windows 7), it downloads as an epub, loads to the nook and shows up on the library just fine. Her computers are an HP with Windows 7 and an Acer netbook with XP. Ideas and suggestions are much appreciated.