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azazel1024 · 01-17-2012, 09:27 AM

There is no cloud sadly. So no, you cannot upload your own books to read them on your nook. You can side load content and you should be able to do that anywhere. BN has the option of downloading the books you've bought from them to any computer and you could side load them that way. HOWEVER, the only way you will be able to read the books on your nook is if your device is registered using the same name and credit card number that the content was purchased under OR strip the DRM off (google search Calibre and DRM removal plugin if you choose to go that route, I do that with my own content I have purchased even though only I use it, I refuse to be tied to a device).

This is doubly annoying because BN limits the user accessible storage to 236MB of the 2GB of internal storage (1GB for the operating system, ~750MB for BN content and 236MB for user sideloaded content). There is the microSD card slot, but the nook ST has an issue where shelves you create on it with microSD card slot content get lost on reboots and sometimes on plugging in to a PC. 236MB is still plenty for most owners with epubs. I have over 140 books loaded up currently and I am using less than half the main memory (about 150MB free of 236MB).

It is also annoying because side loaded content can't be synched between the nook ST and a tablet with the nook app running on it (you can side load content in to the nook app on an android device, but you cannot with an iOS device, and even on android devices I don't believe BN will synch side loaded content between it and their nook ereaders).

I don't believe you will be able to purchase any content living in Israel, though I could be wrong. BN by a number of agreements with some countries will not sell ebooks outside of the US (this may just apply to Canada's protectionism, but I believe BN generally will not sell their ebooks outside of the US, though having a US shipping/credit card address may allow you to, but they may also check your IP address at time of purchase as well, info seems mixed on that).

In general if you are outside of the US I'd only get a nook if you are planning on side loading content you purchase elsewhere.

I've been able to get beyond most of these limitations (well, I live in the US, I am not stuck with the content purchasing limitation, though I buy 3/4ths of my stuff from Amazon and convert for my nook ST anyway) or I don't find them overly onerous, but things I thought I should point out.

01-17-2012, 09:27 AM	#2
azazel1024 Groupie Posts: 182 Karma: 346596 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ellicott City, MD Device: Nook simple touch, iPad 2	There is no cloud sadly. So no, you cannot upload your own books to read them on your nook. You can side load content and you should be able to do that anywhere. BN has the option of downloading the books you've bought from them to any computer and you could side load them that way. HOWEVER, the only way you will be able to read the books on your nook is if your device is registered using the same name and credit card number that the content was purchased under OR strip the DRM off (google search Calibre and DRM removal plugin if you choose to go that route, I do that with my own content I have purchased even though only I use it, I refuse to be tied to a device). This is doubly annoying because BN limits the user accessible storage to 236MB of the 2GB of internal storage (1GB for the operating system, ~750MB for BN content and 236MB for user sideloaded content). There is the microSD card slot, but the nook ST has an issue where shelves you create on it with microSD card slot content get lost on reboots and sometimes on plugging in to a PC. 236MB is still plenty for most owners with epubs. I have over 140 books loaded up currently and I am using less than half the main memory (about 150MB free of 236MB). It is also annoying because side loaded content can't be synched between the nook ST and a tablet with the nook app running on it (you can side load content in to the nook app on an android device, but you cannot with an iOS device, and even on android devices I don't believe BN will synch side loaded content between it and their nook ereaders). I don't believe you will be able to purchase any content living in Israel, though I could be wrong. BN by a number of agreements with some countries will not sell ebooks outside of the US (this may just apply to Canada's protectionism, but I believe BN generally will not sell their ebooks outside of the US, though having a US shipping/credit card address may allow you to, but they may also check your IP address at time of purchase as well, info seems mixed on that). In general if you are outside of the US I'd only get a nook if you are planning on side loading content you purchase elsewhere. I've been able to get beyond most of these limitations (well, I live in the US, I am not stuck with the content purchasing limitation, though I buy 3/4ths of my stuff from Amazon and convert for my nook ST anyway) or I don't find them overly onerous, but things I thought I should point out.