[readingwonder]

I just got my Nook ST today. I plugged it into my computer to give it its initial charge. After a few moments the screen saying "There isn't enough power to turn on, please wait 15 minutes" came up. An hour went by, and it still had that message up, so I decided to try turning it on anyhow.

Keep in mind it was still plugged into the USB port this whole time.

So it turned on and the window for the USB drive came up on my computer but it was completely empty, no folders or anything, and it said there was no free space, and for a while in the system info of the Nook it said 0MB of 0MB available for free space. Then a little while later it updated to saying 236MB of 236 available.

The battery was at 13% and I turned it off and let it sit for four hours but it still wasn't charged up when I went back to it. I turned it back on and the battery said 30%.

Then I read online somewhere that you have to leave it on in order for it to charge, instead of plugging it in then turning it back off. However, it did charge a little in those four hours, from 13% to 30%, it just charged very slowly.

So my grand question is, is my Nook somehow borked and do I need an exchange?

I should add I did unplug the Nook once, but only while it was off. After I had turned it off already as I mentioned above, and then read it needs to be on to charge, I unplugged it while it was still off, then plugged it back in, at which point it turned itself on. It hasn't been unplugged while it was on yet.